EXPRESSIONS IN ENGLISH
Autor: Inglês | Publicado: 2012-07-27T14:10:00-07:00


* A rule of thumb - a principle which you base one of your actions on

*Bang - is a sudden, short, loud noise, such as, for example, those produced by a weapon our something hitting another surface.

*Big deal - used as a reply when another person tells us something we don't consider impressive, important or unusual.
Ex: Hey, did you hear the boss promised all of us a ten percent raise in our next paycheck?
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Yeah, big deal! Maybe now I can afford to take the bus to work once im a while.

*Check this out - creates a sense of expectation on the listener's part since.

*Deal - the world deal is used as a synonym of bargain.
Ex: You mean the fellow let you have the car for only four thousand? What a deal!
*Doggy bag - is the bag in which the waiter puts the portions left over from your meal.

*Dump - used informally with a figurative meaning to describe an ugly, dirty, run-down place such as a neighborhood or building.
- it may also be used to describe quite simply , a bad job (low salary, long hours, ...)
- means to unload something or to put or throw it down in a careless manner.
- to throw something away or leave it somewhere.

*Get away with murder - to describe children who do whatever they want and whose parents never discipline them. To describe anyone who seems to do as she/he pleases without ever having to pay the consequenses.

*Gross - describe someone or something that is disgusting or repugnant; emphasizes the quality of the noun it precedes; used with nouns that refer to unacceptable things such as injustice, inequality, ignorance; the meaning of total or entire; used to refer to the amount of money earned before any necessary deductions such as taxes.

*It`s no big deal - we`re saying that something that happened (or is happenig) is of little account, and does no merit worry, alarm, ect..

*Living at home - when someone lives with his/her parents.

*Living on your own - when someone lives by himsellf/herself.

*To make someone a deal - she/he is reducing the price of that particular item.
Ex: Look, if you make us a deal on the TV, I think we can do business.

*Moody - is said of a person given to changeable emotions, for instance, someone who is cheerful one moment and angry the next.

*Not to be able to make sense out of something - not to understand something, especially what another person says or writes.
Ex: I couldn`t make sense out of this poem you wrote. What`s it supposed to mean anyway?
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Hey, it`s modern poetry, man! It doesn`t have to mean anything.

*Paying off-is having great results.

*Sneaky - is said of an action done in secret in the hope other peple will not notice it

*Stunning - unusual, amazing or astonishing. Very beautiful.

*To bang one's head against a brick wall - when someone is making no progress toward the completion of a particular task she/he's taken on could just as likely.
Ex: I`ve been banging my head against a brick wall with this jog for the last three days now!


*To be down in the dumps - to feel depressed, sad and miserable.

*To be in the mood - we can use in the negative to indicate our lack of desire to do something.

*To be in the mood for something - to have interesting with something.

*To be in the mood to do something - when someone feels his/her mood is just right for undertaking something.

*To be speak/talk in riddles - used when the person is deliberately no being straighforward because she/hewantes to hide something, or perhaps the person is just not making any sense.

*To bring someone - when other people are involved in bringing a person back to a conscious state.

*To check something out - to go somewere in order to see what it's like/take a look at this bit of news/used when you want to catch someone's attention before presenting him/her with information only you have/to check something that has a problem. 

*To come to - we use this expression in the past when you fainted, lost consciousness, passed out, etc., and later regained consciousness on your own.

*To follow in one's footsteps - to follow th example of someone

*To get the picture - can be used in a question to find out whether another person has understood something, often after you've just explained it to him/her.
Ex: So, class, do you get the picture or do I have to explain this concept again?

*To hunt for a husband - look for a man for marry

*To keep up with - stay informed and up-to-date

*To keep up with someone/something -to be able to accompany someone or something's pace or speed.

*To keep up with th Joneses - to follow the lastest fad or fashionor to try to emulate the example of the wealthier classes.

*To let the cat out of the bag - to tell something that is supposed to be a secret.

*To make a big deal about something - means to unnecessarily exaggerate the seriousness or gravity of a particular situation.

*To make a deal - to conduct a business affair or transaction.
Ex: Look, if you give me a break on this car, I think we can make a deal.

*To make a big deal about something - means to unnecessarily exaggerate the serious \ness or gravity of a particular situation.
Ex: Whay do you always have to make a big deal about such stupid, unimportant things?
*To owe someone an apology - pedir desculpas

*Wipe out - means to have an accident on a bike, motorcycle, skateboard or similar vehicle / to wipe the street with one's body in the same manner a cloth would be used to wipe any type of surface / to destroy something completely / superior ability.

*Wipe that smille off your face - referring to a person whom I know is laughing at me or at something else, but who isn't openly expressing it.


Regards,
Suely.