Cool MateModi di dire inglesi
Modi di dire inglesi popolari spiegati. Ognuno include il significato, un esempio reale, il registro e come li usano i madrelingua.
81 total
- One step ahead
To be slightly better prepared than others.
- Do the trick
to work well or successfully
- Moving on up
Getting better in life or in a situation.
- Time will tell
We will know the truth in the future.
- On the house
Something is free and paid by the owner.
- You scratch my back
We help each other.
- It is what it is
Accept a situation as it is.
- Think outside the box
To think in a new or different way.
- Lend a hand
To help someone
- Bear in mind
Remember or consider something.
- Use it or lose it
You need to practice skills or you will forget them.
- Believe it or not
The phrase used when something surprising is true.
- With a vengeance
with great intensity or force
- Blown away
Very impressed or amazed
- Mum's the word
Don't tell anyone about it.
- How in the name of god
A phrase used to express surprise or disbelief.
- Cheap as chips
Very inexpensive or low-cost.
- Wouldn't miss it for the world
I would never miss this, no matter what.
- Slip through the cracks
To be missed or overlooked.
- What the hell
An expression of surprise or anger.
- It kills me
It makes me very sad or hurt.
- Out in the cold
Being alone or ignored, not included in something.
- Piece of work
A task or job that is difficult or requires a lot of effort.
- Get another notch on your belt
To achieve something new or add to your achievements.
- Learn the ropes
To understand how to do something well.
- Burning the midnight oil
Staying up late to work or study.
- Lives up to his name
is as good as his name suggests
- Slip through our fingers
To lose something or someone quickly and easily.
- Did the world a favor
Did something good for someone or something.
- Know a thing or two
To have some knowledge or experience about something.
- Shot in the dark
A guess made without enough information.
- Put it to bed
To finish or resolve something.
- Quick and dirty
Something done fast and without care.
- In vain
without success
- The bomb
something very good or exciting
- Son of a bitch
An offensive term for a person, often used in anger.
- No stone will go unturned
Everything possible will be done.
- Buyer beware
Be cautious when buying something.
- Thought long and hard
To think about something carefully for a long time.
- Burning a hole in your pocket
When you want to spend money quickly.
- Damned if i know
I really don't know.
- Irons in the fire
Many projects or plans being worked on at the same time
- The whole nine yards
Everything possible; all of something.
- A man among men
A person who stands out in a group of strong or notable people.
- Big deal
something important or significant
- Complete basket-case
A person who's very anxious or unable to cope with stress.
- Open-and-shut case
A situation that is clear and easy to decide.
- Blow his stack
to get very angry
- Took great pains
tried very hard to do something
- Hand to god
I promise you, I am telling the truth.
- Put him out to pasture
To stop someone from working, often because they are old or no longer useful.
- Keeping up appearances
Trying to look good or proper even if it's not true.
- Hand on heart
To be sincere and honest about what you say.
- As cold as they come
Very cold or unfriendly.
- Rising tide that raises all dinghies
A situation that helps everyone or everything succeed.
- Forbidden fruit tastes the sweetest
Things that are off-limits are often more attractive.
- For the million-billionth time
For what feels like the very last time after many times
- Dicking you around
To waste your time or play tricks on you.
- Never set foot in england
to have never gone to England
- I don't shit where i eat
Don't make problems in your work or personal life.