it gives me the creeps

jelentése / meaning:
a frászt hozza rám, libabőrös leszek tőle,
a hideg ráz tőle

makes me feel frightened, anxious and disgusted

példák / examples:

  • This old house gives me the creeps.
  • Spiders give me the creeps
  • Walking through the graveyard late at night gave me the creeps.
  • How to make your boyfriend happy: Friends, especially old friends, are usually particularly close to his heart so never let slip that they give you the creeps or wonder out loud what on earth he has in common with them.Read more: here 


to freeload

jelentése/meaning:
potyázik

to take advantage of the charity, generosity, or hospitality of others,
to accept food and housing 

példák/ examples:
  • He was angry at his brother because he was always freeloading and never worried about finding a job. 
  • "Washington is a town of freeloaders so of course it's only natural that some people compile lists of the best freeloading events of the Christmas party season."  source

Is he just using me to freeload?
 forrás/source

in the public eye

jelentése / meaning:
valami vagy valaki a figyelem középpontjában van
/ közszereplő/ sokszor szerepel TV-ben vagy rádióban/

known and talked about by many people, visible to all
"She has found herself in the public eye."
formái:
  • to be in the public eye
  • get into the public eye
  • find herself/himself in the public eye
  • remain in the public eye
példák / examples:
  • MPs find themselves constantly in the public eye.
  • The former senator remained in the public eye even after retirement.
  • Vaccines are in the public eye. 
  • Important information will never catch the public's eye.
  • The popular and profane Broadway musical “The Book of Mormon,” is putting Mormons in the public eye. (tovább a cikkre)

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)

    '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.