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 ]

tough as old boots

[UK: tʌf ] ,  [UK: buːt ]

jelentés / meaning: 

1. kemény fából faragták (valakit)

2. rágós, kemény, rágós mint a cipőtalp (étel)

1. if someone is as tough as old boots, they are very strong and not easily injured

2. if food is as tough as old boots, it is difficult to cut or to eat

példák / examples:

• 'Do you think Grandad will ever recover?' 'Of course, he's as tough as old boots.'
• He might be in his eighties but he's tough as old boots.
• Don't worry about me. I'm as tough as old boots.

•  That steak I had was as tough as old boots.

build up

jelentés / meaning: 

növekszik, felgyülemlik, / összegyűjt, összegyűlik /

"felépít" (erőnlétet, állóképességet...)

develop, increase in intensity, to accumulate or collect,

to develop gradually 

 "I am building up my endurance for the marathon."

példák / examples:

• Tension really builds up towards the end of the novel.
• I am building up my endurance for the marathon.
• I built up my hopes after the interview.
• Sediment is building up on the ocean floor. 

sediment= üledék 

 

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

bottle it up

jelentés / meaning:

Magában tartja (érzéseit)

to hold one's feelings within;

to keep from saying something that one feels strongly about

szó szerenti jelentésben: palackoz valamit,

to put some sort of liquid into bottles.

példák / examples:

• Let's talk about it, John. You shouldn't bottle it up.
• She bottled up her feelings.
• She bottled up her emotions throughout the tournament.
• Keeping your feelings all bottled up might seriously damage your health.  

an apple a day keeps the doctor away

jelentés / meaning:

"Minden nap egy alma, az orvost távol tartja."

"An apple a day keeps the doctor away."

példák és linkek / examples and links:

• 9 Reasons why An Apple a Day Really Keeps the Doctor away 
• The saying “an apple a day keeps the doctor away” probably gives you the impression that apples are the healthiest fruits. This proverb was first mentioned more than a century ago, and it is still widely used today. Other than the fact that it is easy to remember and fun to say, it may also be true to a certain extent; otherwise, it would not have enjoyed such popularity for such a long time.(source )
•  An apple a day keeps the doctor away but if the doctor is cute screw the fruit. (screw ~egye meg a fene)

 proverb=közmondás

widely used= széles körben használt

to a certain extent =bizonyos mértékig

popularity= népszerűség

"love handles"

jelentés / meaning: 

úszógumi (olyan, ami hozzánk nőtt! :D)

"The areas of extra fat that hang or slightly bulge from the sides, and are also the little rolls on the lower back. Both men and women can have these." (urban dictionary) 

source: Lower Stomach Exercises

 példák / examples:

• A girl with love handles around the waist is very sexy.
• That girl's love handles are so cute....Damn look at those curves!
• Are lovehandles cute?
• Love handles can be attractive in some cases because they can add to an over-all curvy look.
• How to lose your love handles?
• How can I get rid of love handles?

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?

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

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.

white as a sheet

jelentése/ meaning:

fehér mint a fal (ijedtségtől)

extremely pale because frightened or sick

Voca People

példák/examples:

•  You are white as a sheet!
• Any time I encounter more than two fifth graders in a group I turn white as a sheet. I'm afraid they'll jump on me and beat me.
•  When he blurted out the bad news, Jeff turned white as a sheet and I burst into tears. (more)
• My wife tells me I went white as a sheet when William called to tell me the news.
• f any one of these people ever really encountered a real demon they would turn white as a sheet and their hair would turn white.

segítség a fordításhoz:

encounter= összefut, összetalálkozik

fifth grader= ötödikes 

blurt out= kibök,kifecseg

she was born with a silver spoon in her mouth

jelentése: 

Nagyon gazdagnak születik.

("ezüst kanállal a szájában") 

to have opportunities that you did not earn but that you have from the influence of your family

példa / example:

• He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and has never worked in his life.

tar somebody with the same brush

jelentése: 

"Egy kalap alá vesz." 

 (ugyanazzal az ecsettel bekátrányoz :)

 

to believe wrongly that someone or something has the same bad qualities as someone or something that is similar

példák:

• I admit that some football supporters do cause trouble but it's not fair that we're all being tarred with the same brush.
• Don't tar all drinkers with the same brush.
• Don't tar me with the same brush. 
• I have to speak up here for recruiters because I am one, a good one, who gives a professional and worthy service and so to all critics of recruiters I would say this, don’t tar us all with the same brush AND check out a few facts before you cast your stone!( tovább)

példák nyers fordítása: 

• Elismerem, hogy egyes football szurkolók "bajt kevernek", de nem fair hogy mindannyiunkat egy kalap alá vesznek.
• Ne vegyél mindenkit, aki iszik egy kalap alá.
• Ne vegyél (vele, velük) egy kalap alá.
•  A humánosok ( állások betöltését szakmaszerűen végzők) érdekében kell szóljak, mert én is az vagyok, egy jó humános, aki profi és értékes munkát nyújt. Szóval a összes bírálónknak azt mondanám, hogy ne vegyetek minket mindig egy kalap alá és ellenőrizzetek néhány tényt mielőtt ránk vetitek a követ.

live up to my expectation(s)

jelentése:

beváltják a várakozásomat, a hozzá fűzött reményeim

 forrás: vernhart

példák:

• Did university live up to your expectations?
•  Not only did Inzi live up to my expectations, so did the rest of the team.
• I know I don't live up to my parents expectations.
• Will my trip around the world live up to my expectation?
• The new airport fails to live up to expectations.   

live up to one's principles

jelentése:

elveihez tartja magát, kitart az elvei mellett 

(to live or act in accordance with one's principles )

szinoníma: 

stick to one's principles

•  You should live up to your principles.
• It is always easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them. (Alfred Adler)
• He could not live up to his principles because he was a practical politician.  
• Republican Party vows to stick to principles in new legislature.

live up to something = valamivel összhangban él, cselekszik  
(to live or act in accordance with something) 

nehezebb példamondatok:

• Principles do not give us algorithms for living. They identify broad requirements we must live up to, but they do not actually tell us what to do.
• Christians have been urged to live up to the very core of Christian principles, to help address the problems of moral decadence that had engulfed the youth of today. (cikk)
• Every one of us has a role to play in the evolution of our planet, and to achieve world peace each of us must live up to our responsibilities and obligations.

bite the bullet

jelentése:
állja a sarat, nekidurálja magát, lenyel veszteséget  (endure in a difficult situation, face a difficult situation bravely)


példamondatok:

• I have decided to bite the bullet and begin studying for my Master`s degree.
• I think you should bite the bullet and divorce him as soon as possible.
• You are just going to have to bite the bullet and make the best of it.
• Many of these people will bite the bulletand give her money, because it serves the larger goal ... that of getting Obama elected.
• So you think he'll just bite the bullet and keep smiling.

forrás: katiew

come to terms with sg.

jelentése: 
elfogad kellemetlen helyzetet , érzelmi csapást
kibékül, megbékél nehéz helyzettel
példák:

• Finally, she managed to come to terms with her dog's sudden death. Végül sikerült elfogadnia kutyája hirtelen halálát.
• It's very hard coming to terms with the fact that you'll never have children. Nagyon nezéz megbékélni a ténnyel, hogy sosem lesz gyereked.
• How did you come to terms with your diagnosis? 
• The Israeli government needs to come to terms with that, or it will suffer the same fate as S. Africa

forrás: Fernando Sacasa

bring up (the subject of/ the idea of ...)

jelentése:
felhoz egy témát 
múlt idő alakja: brought/brought
példák:

• They brought up the subject at the meeting but nobody wanted to talk about it. 
• How do you bring up the subject of marriage and kids to your other half? / How to bring up the subject of.... ? ( your other half: másik feled, párod )
• There are some techniques that you can do in order to bring up the subject without being so direct.

forrás: BTO Educational

bet on the wrong horse

jelentése:

rossz lóra tesz

példák:

• I think that he bet on the wrong horse by putting all of his money into that new stock.(stock= részvény)
• Are Google and Nokia betting on the wrong horse in the smartphone race? 
• Hillary bet on the wrong horse when she teamed up with Obama.

call off something

jelentése:

lefújni, törölni valamit (találkozót, utat....stb.)

példák:

• We should call off the meeting. Le kellene fújnunk a találkozót, megbeszélést.
• The Prime Minister's visit to Washington was called off. A miniszterelnök washingtoni útját törölték. (passzív szerkezet)
• Instead of the start of a bitter divorce battle, the couple said they had called off the divorce and planned to stay together. (instead= helyett, bitter= keserű, elkeseredett,  divorce = válás, battle = háború, csata )
• Call off Christmas. (cikkhez kattints rá) (karácsonyi túlköltekezés elleni felszólítás, mozgalmak)

2. jelentés: visszahív, visszatart

 példák:  

• Call off your dogs. Hívd vissza a kutyáid! (amik éppen készülnek megenni engem )