Idioms and Expressions
Por: carol1303 • 6/5/2015 • Resenha • 349 Palavras (2 Páginas) • 218 Visualizações
Idioms/Expressions and Vocabulary
Affluent - person supplied with money
To be caught red handed - ser pego no ato - The were caught red handed
To be cheapskate - a miserly person
In the black, blue - opposite of being in the red (no money)
Keep one's shirts on - to keep calm. Ex: keep your shirt on, he'll give u an apology.
Posh - fashionable adjective. Ex: posh hotel
To be as red as a beet - to be ashmed - evergonhado
To be a Red hot - selling too much - Pau de selfie is a red hot seller
To be a red neck - to be from country place - caipira
Red tape - bureacracy - burocracia
To see red - to be very angry
Spendthrift - One who spends reckelessly
To be in the red - negativo no banco.
To be in your shoes - to be in someone's position
To be out-of-date - old fashioned - ultrapassada
To be paid off - ser paga. Ex: The bill was paid off
To be up-to-date - to be modern, fashionable
To browse around - pesquisar, ir a procura de algo
To call over - chamar alguém aqui
To catch one's eye - chamar atenção. Ex: That dress caught my eye.
To come in - ir ao encontro
To dress up - To put on special clothes. Ex: I like to dress up for the evening
To drop by - visitar um lugar inesperadamente
To feel down and out - to feel depressed
To go in for - to like. Ex: He goes in for classical music
To have something up one's sleeve - ter alguma coisa debaixo da manga. Ex: we will lose the game, unless the coach has something up his sleeve.
To run out of - ficar sem.
To run up of - tornar maio por adição. Ex: I had not run up a tremendous bill
To try on - experimentar roupas
To try out - experimentar equipamentos
To turn me on -
To wears the pants - to take care of everything - Duda wears the pants in the house.
To took someone to cleaners - to take all money. Ex: Paul's ex-wife took him to the cleaners.
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