get the hang of something

jelentése / meaning:
rájön a nyitjára, ráérez valamire, rájön a csínjára-bínjára
példák / examples:
  • I haven't yet got the hang of how to use the new washing machine.
  • It took me  a long time to get the hang of skiing.
  • I was never especially interested and never really got the hang of that stupid piano.
  • I can't get the hang of meditation.
  • Don't worry. You'll get the hang of it. ( You'll learn soon how it is done.)
rokon értelmű szavak, kifejezések: find out, learn, pick up 

"I can't get the hang of it"

 forrás: danagraves

leave somebody in the lurch

jelentése:
cserben hagy
desert or leave alone in trouble, refuse to help or support someone

 "My car has left me in the lurch."
példák:
  • He left me in the lurch when he didn`t come over to help me although he had promised to earlier in the day.  
  • Where were you, John? You really left me in the lurch. 
  • The zip of my favourite jacket decided to dismantle itself and leave me in the lurch. ( zip= cipzár, dismantel= lebont )
  • My car has left me in the lurch so I can't deliver the things I promised.