(be) prone to

jelentés / meaning:
hajlamos valamire (negatív dologra), kitett valaminek,

to be likely to be affected by something bad or harmful 

'Prone to attention seeking behaviour' (more)

példák / examples:

• Some plants are prone to this particular disease.  
• My boss is prone to anger when my work isn't done on schedule.
• He was prone to emotional outbursts under stress.
• Even though the problem is now mainly under control, I'm still prone to severe headaches if I spend too long in front of a screen.
• Even soldiers are falling prone to our society's growing hypochondria.

to be affected by= érintett valamiben
emotional outburst = érezelmi kitörés
on schedule= határidőre/ időbesztás szerint 
severe headache= komoly fejfájás
screen= monitor 
behaviour=behavior (American spelling)= viselkedés
seek= keres
 

walls have ears

jelentés / meaning:

a falnak is füle van

something that you say in order to warn someone to be careful what they say because someone may be listening

példák / examples:

•  Why don't we go and talk about this somewhere quieter? Walls have ears, you know.
• A: 'Tell me more.' B: 'Not just now.Walls have ears. Let's take a walk in the park.' ( not just now~ de nem most)

takes its toll on (something or somebody)

jelentés / meaning: 

áldozatot követel, áldozatait szedi, negatívan érint,  ("vámot szed")

toll= vám, útdíj, autópályadíj

 

to cause harm or suffering 

 

 Record-breaking Drought Takes Its Toll on Texas

 

 példák / examples:

• Divorce takes its toll on the children involved. 
• Civil war has taken its toll on both sides.
• The heavy truck traffic has taken its toll on the highways. 
• Recession, unemployment take toll on men 
• Heat Wave Continues to Take Toll in Eastern States : About 1.3 million homes and businesses in the eastern United States remained without power amid a      heat wave on Tuesday, and storm damage and high temperatures forced many Fourth of July celebrations to be canceled.

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 ]

safe and sound

jelentés / meaning:

ép és egészséges, ép és egyben van

if you are safe and sound, you are not harmed in any way, although you were in a dangerous situation

példák / examples:

• It was a rough trip, but we got there safe and sound.
•  I'm glad to see you here safe and sound.
• Home again, safe and sound.
• It was a dangerous journey but luckily we all got back safe and sound.
• The package took a long time to get here, but it arrived safe and sound in the end. 

 

 

Taylor Swift- Safe and Sound

..."You and I'll be safe and sound."...

lyrics

Better safe than sorry

better to be safe than sorry

jelentés / meaning: 

Jobb félni, mint megijedni.

You should be cautious—if you are not, you may regret it./

something that you say which means it is best not to take risks even if it seems boring or hard work to be careful

to be out of the woods

jelentés / meaning: 

kint van a vízből, kint van a pácból, túl van a nehezén, túl van a problémán, megmenekült,

overcome difficult challenges

free from difficulty or danger; safe.

"We are not out of the woods yet."

source

 példák / examples:

• Joe was sick two weeks ago and we were very worried, but now it looks like he is out of the woods.
• It is true that the economy is getting stronger, but we are not out of the woods yet.
• Is Hungary out of the woods?