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Unit 83 Idioms - miscellaneous

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  1. A) Match the idioms with their definitions.
  2. B) Define the meanings of the idioms from the context, translate the sentences into Ukrainian.
  3. Choose one word to complete the idioms
  4. Food Idioms
  5. II. Study business idioms and use them in the sentences of your own
  6. III. Clothing Idioms
  7. Learn the idioms and match them with the definitions below. Use these idioms in sentences of your own.

 

Bought a real pig in a poke – buy something without examining it. – купить кота в мешке.

To pay over the odds – pay more than the usual rate. – Чересчур много.

To foot the bill –pay up, usually a large amount. – Оплатить расходы.

A real rip-off, ripped us off – made us pay much too much; very informal. – обдираловка.

Drive a hard bargain – ask a lot and resist lowering the price. – много запрашивать и торговаться.

Got that song on the brain – just can't stop myself singing it. – прокручивать в голове.

Made quite a bit of headway – make progress. – делать успехи.

Pay through the nose – pay a huge amount. – платить бешенные деньги.

You've got to hand it to her – acknowledge/admit. – признавать.

Get it off my chest – tell something that's been bothering you a lot. – чистосердечно признаться, облегчить душу.

He’s got a finger in every pie – is involved in many different things.

Rise and shine – a command to someone to get up, often said to someone who doesn't want to and at a very early hour – вставать.

Get a bite to eat – have a snack or meal.

Have a nap – a short sleep – дремать.

Freshen up – wash and tidy oneself. – освежиться.

Be ready to crash out – be very tired/ready to sleep almost anywhere.

Put our feet up – relax – бездельничать.

Watch the box – watch television. – смотреть TV.

Unit 84

Don't count your chickens before they're hatched. -Don't anticipate the future too much. – Цыплят по осени считают.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket. - Don't invest all your efforts or attention in just one thing. – поставить все на карту, рисковать всем.

Never judge a book by its cover. - Don't judge people/things by their outward appearance. – не стоит судить о другом человеке по его внешности.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth. - Never refuse good fortune when it is there in front of you. – дареному коню в зубы не смотрят.

Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves. - Take care of small sums of money and they will become large sums. – копейка рубль бережет.

When the cat's away, the mice will play – people will take advantage of someone else's absence to behave more freely. – кот из дома, мыши в пляс.

You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink – you can try to persuade someone, but you can't force them. – не всего можно добиться силой.

One swallow doesn't make a summer – one positive sign does not mean all will be well. – одна ласточка весны не делает.

There's no smoke without fire – rumours based on some degree of truth. – нет дыма без огня.

Too many cooks spoil the broth – too many are usually people interfering is a bad way of doing things. – у семи нянек дитя без глазу.

People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones – don't criticise others' faults if you suffer from them yourself. – живущий в стеклянном доме не должен бросать в других камни, не следует осуждать других тому, кто сам не безупречен.

Many hands make light work – a lot of people helping makes a job easier. – когда много рук работа спориться.

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. – лучше синица в руках, чем журавль в небе.

All that glitters is not gold. – не все то золото, что блестит.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Don't cross your bridges before you come to them.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

 


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