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.

get the hang of something

jelentése / meaning:

rájön a nyitjára, ráérez valamire, rájön a csínjára-bínjára

példák / examples:

• I haven't yet got the hang of how to use the new washing machine.
• It took me  a long time to get the hang of skiing.
• I was never especially interested and never really got the hang of that stupid piano.
• I can't get the hang of meditation.
• Don't worry. You'll get the hang of it. ( You'll learn soon how it is done.)

rokon értelmű szavak, kifejezések: find out, learn, pick up 

"I can't get the hang of it"

 forrás: danagraves

leave somebody in the lurch

jelentése:

cserben hagy

desert or leave alone in trouble, refuse to help or support someone

 "My car has left me in the lurch."

példák:

• He left me in the lurch when he didn`t come over to help me although he had promised to earlier in the day.  
• Where were you, John? You really left me in the lurch. 
• The zip of my favourite jacket decided to dismantle itself and leave me in the lurch. ( zip= cipzár, dismantel= lebont )
• My car has left me in the lurch so I can't deliver the things I promised.

pull someone`s leg

megtréfál, megviccel valakit

play a joke on somebody, tease somebody, hoax somebody

 forrás: OELS

példák:

• Are you serious about moving back in or are you pulling my leg?
•  Her grandfather is always pulling her leg when he comes to visit.
• Is he really angry with me or do you think he's just pulling my leg?
• Dorothy had me fooled for a while, but finally I realized she was just pulling my leg.

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.   

put one`s foot in one`s mouth

jelentése:

elszólja magát, rossz helyen rossz dolgot mond

say something that is the wrong thing to say in a situation, to say something embarrassing or wrong, to say something that one will regret, to make an error 

példák: 

• John put his foot in his mouth when he asked the overweight girl if she was pregnant.
• When I told Ann that her hair was more beautiful than I had ever seen it, I really put my foot in my mouth. It was a wig.
• He really put his foot in his mouth when he told her about the surprise party.  
• I really put my foot in my mouth during the interview.

A: This is a great party.
B: Yeah it is!
A: Whose house is this? It is so ugly.
B: It’s my house.
A: Oh. I just put my foot in my mouth.  

forrás: superfantastic

 szinoníma: 
have a big mouth 

( talk too much, especially about things that should be secret)

• She's got such a big mouth - the news'll be all over the village by tomorrow. I knew I shouldn't have mentioned the letter. Oh dear, me and my big mouth!