he cut me dead

jelentése / meaning:

úgy csinál mintha nem is ismerne, levegőnek néz

 ignore somebody totally because you are angry with them or do not like them

példák / examples:

• I saw Johnny in town but he simply cut me dead.
• I bumped into Dana in the street and started to talk to her but she just cut me dead.
• They changed their table in the dining-room and they cut me dead whenever we met on deck.

hold out

jelentése / meaning:

kibír, kitart, elegendő valameddig 

continue to be enough, endure, last, continue to function

példák / examples:

•  The car engine started making very strange noises, but thankfully it managed to hold out until I got home.
• How long can they hold out without water?
• The garrison held out for another month.( helyőrség)

 Jakov Halip-Szomjúság

'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

get your feet wet

jelentése / meaning:
kipróbál valamit, nekilát valaminek,
 kipróbálja magát valamiben

begin something, do something for the first time

- said especially about something that involves taking a risk 

 példák / examples:

• He has managed to get his feet wet in the publishing business and is ready to start his own business now. 
• I am looking forward to learning to drive. I can't wait to get behind the steering wheel and get my feet wet.
• If you've never invested money in the stock market, now is the time to get your feet wet.
• Are you ready to get your feet wet?

like a ton of bricks

 formái és jelentései:

hit somebody like a ton of bricks -  váratlanul csap le valakire (negatív esemény)

come down on somebody like a ton of bricks- hirtelen csap le valakire, megdorgál, 

be down on somebody like a ton of bricks - hirtelen csap le valakire, megdorgál, 

 to punish someone very quickly and severely 

példák:

• If you miss any more classes , your teachers will be down on you like a ton of bricks.
• When he failed to supply his accounts , tax inspectors came down on him like a ton of bricks.
• The news about the tragic terrorist acts hit us like a ton of bricks.
• How do you realize that you need to make a change? Is it gradual, or does it hit you like a ton of bricks?

crack a joke

jelentése:

poént elsüt

to tell a joke, to make a joke

példa:

• NYPD( New York Police Department) arrests a guy for cracking a joke.

A guy cracks a joke about a guy on a bicycle getting a ticket for riding on the sidewalk and ends up in handcuffs and under arrest. Apparently making jokes about people's misfortunes is illegal in New York....
 

arrest= letartóztat
get a ticket for riding ont the sidewalk= megbüntetik, mert a járdán teker kerékpárjával

ends up in handcuffs = bilincsben köt ki

misfortune=balszerencse


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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.

put me off something (driving/ sex/ being a hitchhiker ..etc.)

jelentése:

elvette a kedvem valamitől 

(vezetéstől/ szextől / attól, hogy stoppos legyek, stb.)

put somebody off something/ somebody = to make somebody lose interest in or enthusiasm for something/somebody

példák:

• The accident put me off driving for a long time.
• It is the smell of garlic that puts most people off it.
• Bad experiences have put me off hitchhiking.
• Drunk guys put me off going clubbing without wearing tights. 
• Don't be put off by his apperance- he's really very nice.
• Don't tell Mark how hard the course is- you'll put him off.

" Medusas didn't put me off swimming in the sea."

A medúzák nem vették el a kedvem, hogy ússzak a tengerben.

példák nyers fordításra: 

• ( A baleset hosszú időre elvette a kedvem a vezetéstől. )
• ( A legtöbb ember a szaga miatt utálja a fokhagymát. )
• (A rossz tapasztalatok elvették a kedvem a stoppolástól.)
• (A rossz tapasztalatok elvették a kedvem a stoppolástól.)
• ( A részeg fiúk elvették a kedvem attól, hogy harisnya nélkül menjek bulizni.)
• ( Ne engedd , hogy elriasszon a külseje, igazán nagyon kedves ember.)
• ( Ne mondd meg Márknak, milyen nehéz a tanfolyam, csak elveszed a kedvét.)

take me for a fool

jelentése/ meaning:

hülyének néz

take somebody for something: valaminek néz valakit, valakit valaminek tart 

Do you take me for a fool?
forrás 

példák:

• Do you take me for a fool ?
• What do you take me for?
• What do you take me for, an idiot?
• They obvioously take me for an Englishman. Which I am—more or less. I was born here anyway.
• I take him for an optimist

by and large

jelentése:
többnyire / mindent összevetve
 
mostly, more often than not, all things considered

"By and large, 2011 was a good year."

példák:

• By and large, woman can bear pain better than men.
• By and large, the performance was a success.
• There were bad days but, but it was a pleasant summer, by and large.
• It was, by and large, an unexceptional presentation.