THÀNH NGỮ, TỤC NGỮ VIỆT ANH THÔNG DỤNG
THÀNH NGỮ, TỤC NGỮ VIỆT ANH THÔNG DỤNG
Ăn cháo đá bát : Eaten bread is soon forgotten
Ăn để sống , chứ sống không để ăn : Live not to eat,but eat to live
Ba chìm bảy nổi chin lênh đênh : Live a life marked by ups and downs
Ba hoa chích chòe : Shoot one’s mouth off ( about s.th)
Cá nằm trên thớt : Struggle like a fish out of water
Cái nết đánh chết cái đẹp : Beauty is only deep
Dậm chân tại chỗ : Make no headway
Dốt hay nói chữ : The less people think the more they take
Gieo gió thì gặp bão : Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind
Giữ mồm giữ miệng : Keep a still tongue in one’s head .
To wash your hands of something = to decide that you will no longer be responsible for someone or something = phủi tay
Ex.: I’ve tried to help them and they won’t listen to me, so I’m washing the hands of the whole mess.
The writing is on the wall = It is clear that something bad will probably happen soon = sắp tiêu rồi, sắp thua rồi, sắp kết thúc rồi.
Ex. 1: I haven’t lost my job yet. But the writing is on the wall: My company just laid off 50 more people today.
Ex. 2 : No one told him he was going to be fired, but he could see the writing on the wall.
On the nose = very accurate = rất chính xác
Ex. 1: Her prediction was right on the nose.
Ex. 2: A: Your mother must be about 60 years old? B: You got it on the nose. She’s 60. But I don’t think she looks like that old.
To add fuel to the fire = To make a problem or an argument worse = Châm dầu vào lửa
Ex.: Don’t shout at children if they’re crying, it just adds fuel to the fire.
With flying colours = To do something easily and with great success = Với kết quả mỹ mãn
Ex.: She passed her exams with flying colours!
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