Beat A Dead Horse (To force an issue that has already ended)
Break A Leg (A superstitious way to say 'good luck' without saying 'good luck', but rather the opposite)
Chew someone out (Verbally scold someone) I remember Dr.Newmark used this once when she was talking to me, so I just wrote it down
Excuse my French (Please forgive me for cussing) This is my favorite. Because I always use this when I scold my friends. Also Brad Pit used it in one of his movies ... haha
Fools' Gold (Iron pyrites, a worthless rock that resembles real gold) Off course there is a movie with the same title and Matthew McConaughey is in it.
Kick The Bucket (Some one Died)
Let The Cat Out Of The Bag (To share a secret that wasn't suppose to be shared)
Mambo Jumbo (Nonsense or meaningless speech) I like this as it rhythms
Over My Dead Body (When you absolutely will not allow something to happen)
The Whole Nine Yards (Everything. All of it) Movie title again
Under the weather (Feeling ill or sick)
Van Gogh's ear for music (Tone deaf) This was funny. I thought the opposite of what it actually means when I heard it the first time (was watching a drama in opera house).
Catch22 (conflicting rules make the desired outcome impossible)
And offcourse there are other local stuffs like California stop means to stop at a stop sign for a sec as if not to stop at all.
This is as far as I can think. If I do remember something interesting I would include it.
Beat A Dead Horse
ReplyDelete(To force an issue that has already ended)
Break A Leg
(A superstitious way to say 'good luck' without saying 'good luck', but rather the opposite)
Chew someone out
(Verbally scold someone)
I remember Dr.Newmark used this once when she was talking to me, so I just wrote it down
Excuse my French
(Please forgive me for cussing)
This is my favorite. Because I always use this when I scold my friends. Also Brad Pit used it in one of his movies ... haha
Fools' Gold
(Iron pyrites, a worthless rock that resembles real gold)
Off course there is a movie with the same title and Matthew McConaughey is in it.
Kick The Bucket
(Some one Died)
Let The Cat Out Of The Bag
(To share a secret that wasn't suppose to be shared)
Mambo Jumbo
(Nonsense or meaningless speech)
I like this as it rhythms
Over My Dead Body
(When you absolutely will not allow something to happen)
The Whole Nine Yards
(Everything. All of it)
Movie title again
Under the weather
(Feeling ill or sick)
Van Gogh's ear for music
(Tone deaf)
This was funny. I thought the opposite of what it actually means when I heard it the first time (was watching a drama in opera house).
Catch22
(conflicting rules make the desired outcome impossible)
And offcourse there are other local stuffs like
California stop means to stop at a stop sign for a sec as if not to stop at all.
This is as far as I can think. If I do remember something interesting I would include it.
Tongue-in-cheek
ReplyDeletemaking a smart remark
Pulling your leg
making fun of someone
Cough up
To come up with it yourself
Wet Blanket
Not able to have fun and ruining other people's fun
Straight from the horse's mouth
obtaining information for a (supposedly) reliable source
Burning the midnight oil:
ReplyDeleteTo work late to complete the job
Back to square one:
To start all over again
(To) fall flat (on one's face):
ReplyDeleteTo fail. To be unsuccessful.
Fair-weather friend:
A person who is only your friend when things are going well for you.
take it's toll:
To cause damage (or loss).
eat one's heart out:
To be envious or jealous.
pay an arm and a leg/ pay a fortune:
To pay a lot of money.
promise someone the moon:
To promise someone lots of extravagant things (unrealistically).
nip something in the bud:
To end something at an early stage.
vanish into thin air:
To disappear without leaving a trace
Jack-of-all-trades:
A person who knows how to do a lot of different things.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks:
A proverb meaning that old people can't learn anything new.
A Dime A Dozen:
ReplyDeleteAnything that is common and easy to get
All Greek to me:
Meaningless and incomprehensible like someone who cannot read, speak, or understand any of the Greek language would be.
An Arm And A Leg:
Very expensive. A large amount of money.
Baker's Dozen:
Thirteen.
(i love it, it is funny)
Blue Moon:
A rare event or occurance.
Buy A Lemon:
To purchase a vehicle that constantly gives problems or stops running after you drive it away.
Crack Someone Up:
To make someone laugh.
(we have sth like this in Persian)