make headway

jelentés / meaning: 
előrehalad valamivel (szó szerint és átvitt értelemben is), halad valamivel, boldogul valamivel

make headway =to achieve progress
headway=progress , especially in difficult circumstances 

"This soldier struggles to make headway against a gale."

példák / examples:

• We are making little headway with the negotiations.
• We hope scientists are able to continue to make headway against cancer.
• We haven't made any headway with this project. 
• With Freda's help, we made headway.  
• The boat made slow headway against the tide.
• We just couldn't make any significant headway despite having the benefit of a stiff breeze behind our backs.

do a crash course in something

jelentés / meaning: 
gyorstalpaló tanfolyamon vesz részt (nem feltétlenül tényleges tanfolyamon),
gyorsan, a "helyzet hozta szükség okán" tanul meg valamit 

a rapid and intense course of training
detailed explanation

példák / examples:

• He took a crash course in Italian on his way to Italy.
• I am going to do a crash course in Spanish before my holiday.
• The main focus at Crashcourse is to offer a choice of intense, 1-day, hands-on courses on specific topics in Linux and open source.  (Itt a crash course-okat kínáló cég neve  Crashcourse. )
• Keep in mind this is the 4 Hour Photoshop Crash Course - not the 4 minute crash course.
• a crash course in clothing  

 
A crash course in motorcycle safety :

 

hand over fist

jelentés / meaning: 

játszva, könnyedén, gyorsan (szerzel vagy veszítesz el pénzt)

szó szerint: kéz az ököl felett

if you make or lose money hand over fist, you make or lose large amounts of it very quickly

"Rovio is making money hand over fist from its most popular game, Angry Birds."  read more

példák / examples:

• What a busy day. We took in money hand over fist.  
• They were buying things hand over fist.
• Business was good and we were making money hand over fist.  
• Last year their company was losing money hand over fist.

by leaps and bounds

vagy: in leaps and bounds

jelentés / meaning: 

rohamosan, ugrásszerűen (növekszik, fejlődik valami)

with great or rapid progress, by large movements forward

példák / examples:

• My teacher says my English has improved by leaps and bounds since I started using idioms.
• The bush we cut back last fall is growing by leaps and bounds. 
•  The profits of my company are increasing by leaps and bounds.
• School enrolment is increasing by leaps and bounds.   
• After staying in China for a year, Mia’s ability to speak Mandarin grew by leaps and bounds. She came back speaking like a native.

bush= bokor

fall=ősz 

enrolment= beiratkozás, beiratkozottak

leap= ugrás, ugrásszerű  haladás

bound=ugrás