pet hate

jelentés / meaning: 
amit a legjobban utálsz,  
 legjobban irritáló dolog, "kedvenc" idegesítő dolog amit utálsz

 something you strongly dislike because it particularly annoys you

'Back-seat drivers are motorists’ biggest pet hate'

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példák / examples:

• TV game shows are one of my pet hates.
• A pet hate of ours is telephone salesmen who phone just as we're sitting down to watch TV
• My pet hate is being put on hold on the telephone.
• One of my pet hates is when people leave an event before it has finished. I have been in concerts, theatre shows or even sporting events where people get up and leave before the event has finished. I find this really rude to the performer.
• What are your top 5 pet hates? (examples here ) 

HELP:

pet=    háziállat, kedvenc
pet=    kedvenc (person treated as a favourite, for example: 'the teacher's pet')
pet=    kedvenc, sok figyelmet kapó dolog ( thing that is given special attention, for example:    

• pet hate,
• pet peeve (American English),  
• pet project, 
• pet theory,
• pet aversion,  my pet aversion= amitől leginkább iszonyodom ,

back seat driver   = A backseat driver is a passenger who is not controlling the vehicle, and seems to be uncomfortable with the skills of the and/or wants to tutor the driver while the driver is at the wheel.

heads will roll

jelentés / meaning: 

(ezért még) fejek fognak hullni  

szó szerint: fejek fognak gurulni

people will get into severe trouble/ something that you say which means people will lose their jobs as punishment for making serious mistakes

 

 példák / examples:

• How could the air force have bombed a school by mistake? Heads will roll, believe me!
• Have you any idea how much money this mistake will cost the company? You can be sure that heads will roll. 
• When the company's year-end results are known, heads will roll.
• You can rest assured that heads will roll for this.

bite somebody's head off

jelentés / meaning:

Leharapja valaki fejét, mérgesen reagál, mérgesen beszél valakivel , túlreagál valamit

to speak sharply and with great anger to someone. / overreact to something that someone has done or done

He bites his head off!
forrás: D Speaking English- angol tanulós blog

példák / examples:

• Don't bite my head off! Be patient.
• I'm very sorry I lost my temper. I didn't mean to bite your head off.
• I only asked if I could borrow your bike. There's no need to bite my head off!   
• You don’t have to bite my head off !
• Ask her to step down from the board? She'd bite my head off!
• Try not to bite his head off. 
• I can't tell him he is not good at doing his job, he'd bite my head off!

I lost my temper= elvesztettem az önuralmam

patient ( ~pésönt)= türelmes

step down from the board~ lemond a bizottsági pozíciójáról

send somebody away with a flea in their ear

jelentés / meaning: 

elzavar, mérgesen elküld, visszautasít félreérthetetlenül,

to angrily tell someone to go away

flea= bolha

példák / examples:

•  A young kid came asking for money but I sent him away with a flea in his ear.
• He pulled out his warrant but I sent him away with a flea in his ear.
• However, while Bill Gates may have become accustomed to getting his way with US politicians, Jiang reportedly sent him away with a flea in his ear: "Come back to China," the President said, "when you have learned something about Chinese culture." Global Times article
•  The man says something nice to you and you sent him away with a flea in his ear!

warrant=végzés, parancs, meghatalmazás, bizonylat....

reportedly= állítólag/ azt mondják 

become accustomed= hozzászokott