back to square one

jelentés / meaning:

vissza a kiindulóponthoz; vissza az elejére ,hogy újrakezd az egészet előről

back to the beginning, to start again.

példák / examples:

• We thought everything was settled, but now they say they're not happy with the deal, so we're back to square one again.
• If this guy rejects our offer we'll have to go back to square one and start the whole recruitment process again.
• The investigation was back to square one when Mrs. Earle proved she wasn't anywhere near the crime.  
• If this doesn't work we're back to square one.
• And now I’m giving all this up and going right back to square one. 

have green fingers

jelentés / meaning:

különleges tehetsége van a növényekhez, nagyon ügyes kertész

="zöld ujjai vannak"

considerable talent or ability to grow plants and keeping them healthy

 példák / examples:

• I'm afraid I don't have green fingers. I've killed every plant I've ever owned. 
• My mum has such green fingers she could probably grow roses on the moon. 

eager-beaver

eager [UK: iːgər ]= buzgó, mohó
beaver [UK: biːvər ]=hód

jelentés / meaning:

túlbuzgó ember, buzgómócsing, stréber


 a person who is exceptionally, often excessively industrious - especially one who volunteers for extra work

példák / examples:

• New volunteers are always eager beavers. 
• The young assistant gets to work very early. She's a real eager beaver. 
• She always does her English grammar homework and even asks for extra exercises on the weekend. What an eager beaver! 

precautionary measure

jelentés / meaning: 

megelőző lépés, elővigyázatosságból tett intézkedés

• Precautionary measures are steps/actions which are carried out to ensure that nothing bad happens, e.g. an accident in the laboratory.
• preventive, safety, protective step or action

példák / examples:

• The curfew is a precautionary measure.
• Afterwards, they sent him into exile in the capital of the Republic of Congo, Brazzaville, as a precautionary measure.
• What are the precautionary measures inside a laboratory? 
• Governments should take precautionary measures to anticipate, prevent or minimize the causes of climate change.

curfew= kijárási tilalom [UK: kəːfjuː]

exile= számüzetés  [UK: eksaɪl ]

something is up and running

jelentés / meaning:

valami működik,megy / valami zajzlik, megy

in operation, functioning properly

 példák / examples:

• The computer is up and running again.
• The engineer soon got the air-conditioning up and running again. 
• Festival season is up and running. (!)
• The blog is back, up and running.

done and dusted

jelentés / meaning:

teljesen készen van, teljesen befejezett,

100 %-os, nincs már teendő vele kapcsolatban

• (an event, activity, deal ) is successfully completed (none is left to be done.)
•  something is not only created or accomplished but it is also polished and cleaned up after.

 "It isn't done and dusted yet.

 példák / examples:

• However, as the report makes clear, this does not mean that all is done and dusted: far from it. 
• 2011 is almost done and dusted. (mondja valaki az év utolsó napjaiban)
• I had a lot to do last week, but I got it all done and dusted. Today I relax! 
• It still isn't official but it's done and dusted.

nyers fordítás:

• Bár- mint ahogy azt a jelentés világossá teszi- ez nem jelenti azt, hogy minden teljesen készen van -messze nincs.
• 2011-nek majdnem vége.
• Sok dolgom volt a múlt héten, de mind megcsináltam. Ma pihenek.
• Még mindig nem hivatalos, de már kész és "elrendezett". ( vagy egyezség esetén: "megköttetett" )

burn the midnight oil

jelentés / meaning: 

késő éjszakáig tanul vagy dolgozik

to study (or work) late into the night 

példák / examples:

• I have an important exam tomorrow so I'll be burning the midnight oil tonight.
• I've got to get this report finished by tomorrow so I guess I'll be burning the midnight oil tonight.
• I was up all night burning the midnight oil.
• That call was from the office and I guess I'll have to burn the midnight oil again.

 

it is still early days

meaning/jelentése:

még korai megítélni,(mert még kezdeti szakaszában van valami)

it is too soon to make a judgement about something

 It's still early days, but will the new 3D revolution become just another short-lived cinema fad?

examples/példák:

• It looks like we will earn a profit, but it's early days yet and we can't be sure.
• It's still early days for social impact measurement in the housing sector. We're pretty excited about the opportunity there, but it's still early days.
• Already, this approach is starting to yield results, although it is still early days.  
• It's still early days in the rehearsals but the set looks amazing.

social impact= társadalmi hatás

opportunity=lehetőség

rehearsal= színházi próba

set= díszlet

fad=hóbort, vesszőparipa

she had a go at me

to have a go at somebody

jelentése/ meaning:

leszid valakit, nekiesik vagy nekitámad valakinek (verbálisan)

to verbally attack somebody, tell somebody off,  confront somebody over a particular issue,  starting an argument, shout at somebody

"My mother had a go at me for not doing my homework."

 source

példák/examples:

• My wife had a go at me last night. She said 'You'll drive me to my grave'.
• Mum had a go at me for not doing my homework.
• The boss had a go at me for being late for work.

to kick one's heels

jelentése / meaning:

 tűkön ül/ idegesen és hosszasan várakozik / megvárakoztatnak valakit

 közben az ember akár tényleg a saját sarkát rugdossa türelmetlenségében

to be kept waiting

 "Let the applicants kick their heels in your hall."

source

példák / examples:

• She kicked her heels for hours at the gate of the Embassy
• I was left kicking my heels for half an hour.
• The problem is that I am on time and now I have to kick my heels for 20-30 minutes.

I'll never live it down

jelentése / meaning:

sose mosom le magamról, soha nem fogják elfelejteni nekem

people will not forget something bad or embarrassing that you have done

live down: to live so as to wipe out the memory or effects of

 " I'll never live it down."

source

példák / examples:

• I'll never live down the fact that I spilt wine on my boss's dress.
• I knew she'd never live it down.
• John ' s business failure hurt him for a long time , but in the end he lived it down.

put your thinking cap on

jelentése / meaning:

kezdj el gondolkozni róla, törd a fejed

Take time for consideration of some question, think carefully

"Scientists develop actual thinking cap."

példák/ examples:

• It's time to put our thinking cap on, boys.
• Put on your thinking cap and try to remember whose car was it.
• Now using these examples, put on your thinking cap and see what you can identify as possible trends.

a vicious circle

[ˈvɪʃəsˈ sər-kəl ] 

jelentése/ meaning:

ördögi kör

vicious= harapós, gonosz, rossz

a situation which makes itself worse, so that there is little chance of improvement

"Look out, it's a vicious circle!"

source 

 példák/examples:

• The fatter I get, the unhappier I am, so I eat to cheer myself up, which makes me fatter yet. It's a vicious circle.
• All of these factors have contributed to a vicious circle.

make up leeway

jelentése/meaning:

bepótol mulasztást / behoz lemaradást/ behoz késést

If you have to make up leeway you have to do extra work because you have not done as much work as you should have done

source

példák/ examples:

• We've got quite a lot of leeway to make up.
• There was an attempt to make up leeway in 1940 and 1941, but it was hampered by
  difficulties in securing shipping space and by losses through enemy action. ...
• There is a short break of 10 minutes between each presentation, to make up leeway caused by prolonged presentation or discussion. (source)

call it a day

jelentése/meaning:
végeztünk, legyen ennyi elég mára

stop doing something ( especially stop working for the rest of the day)

"Let's call it a day."

 source

példák/examples:

• I am tired. Let's call it a day.
• Why don't we call it a day?
• They have decided to call it a day.
• I was tempted to call it a day.  ( I was tempted= kísértésbe estem.)

he's slow on the uptake

jelentése / meaning:
lassú a felfogása


not able to understand something quickly

"I know I'm a bit slow on the uptake."

példák/ examples:

• I tried to explain how the printer works to my brother, but he's a little slow on the uptake.
• I tend to be a little slow on the uptake. ( I tend to =hajlamos vagyok)
• Working with colleagues who are a bit slow on the uptake. 
• I know I'm a bit slow on the uptake.

I have a lot on my plate

jelentése / meaning:

sok dolgom van / azt sem tudom hol áll a fejem

to be very busy with many different activities, problems

source

példák/ examples:

• I can't take that on now; I've got too much on my plate already. Read more
• My brother is attending university, he has a full-time job, and volunteers at a school. He really has a lot on his plate.
• I don't want to bother my wife with my problems, she's got enough on her plate with her mother in hospital.

I have to dash

jelentése / meaning:

Rohannom kell! Sietek.

I need to move with haste / rush 

 

"I have to dash, boys!"

source

példák/ examples:

• I have to dash now.
• Anyway, I have to dash to rehearsal today, so I will write more tomorrow. (rehearsal=színházi próba)
• I have to dash off to the store, but I'll be back soon.
• He dashed across the field.

'will' vagy 'going to'?

'Will' vagy 'going to' ?Mikor melyiket használjuk? 

Összefoglalás:

going to = gonna:

• tervek, szándékok (már korábban kitalált) -  We are going to York in the summer. / I am going to wait here until Jim gets back.
• biztosan bekövetkező dolgok, amiknek látjuk az okát - It is going to rain. ( if you see black clouds in the sky) / Look at the tree! It's going to fall.  /She's going to have a baby ( is you see she is pregnant)
  

will:

• reakció, hirtelen döntés -I'll take this one /I'll wait here until Jim gets back.
  
• nem biztosan bekövetkező dolog, feltételezés, tippelés -The company will make a profit next year./ That'll be Jim at the door. / He'll be rich one day.
• 'bizonyosságok' - Our anniversary will be on a Sunday this year.

go through a bad patch

 jelentése /meaning:
nehéz időket él meg, rájár a rúd

patch= folt,toldás

  

go through a period of poor luck 

formái / forms:

• go through a bad patch
• hit a bad patch
• strike a bad patch

példák / examples:

• The Hungarian economy has certainly been going through a bad patch but there are definite signs of improvement now.
• Our marriage has hit a bad patch.
• Let's hope that is the end of our bad patch. -Liverpool football team.                    (Reméljük ezzel vége a rossz szériánknak.)
• I"m wondering what people here use as a measuring tool whether a relationship is just a bad patch or entirely over?( tovább olvasom )
• Lately, I feel like I've been going through somewhat of a “bad patch”, in terms of blogging and social networking.

in terms of something= valamivel  kapcsolatban