۴۲ اصطلاح و ضرب المثل خنده دار انگلیسی برای زبان آموزان

Okay, the street you need to turn on is up here, so keep your eyes peeled.

امروزه، این عبارت برای توصیف وضعیتی طاقت‌فرسا و غیرقابل پیش‌بینی یا غرق شدن در یک موضوع خاص استفاده می‌شود.

I went down a rabbit hole looking at muffin recipes, and now I’m thinking about opening my own bakery.

این عبارت در محیط‌های کاری زیاد استفاده می‌شود. گاهی اوقات می‌تواند به عنوان بهانه‌ای برای اجتناب از چیزی به نظر برسد، اما همچنین می‌تواند کاملاً صادقانه و صمیمانه گفته شود.

So I had an idea for how we could make our team more diverse.

That sounds great, but we’re out of time right now. Let’s put a pin in it.

چیدن مغز کسی فقط به معنای فهمیدن این است که او درباره یک موضوع خاص چه فکر می‌کند یا چه می‌داند.

I’d like to pick your brain about the new project.

در سال ۲۰۱۹، ویدئویی از کایلی جنر که این عبارت را برای دخترش می‌خواند، در شبکه‌های اجتماعی محبوب شد.

Hey there, sleepyhead, rise and shine!

We’re not sure if people are interested in a bakery that only sells muffins. So we’re just putting out feelers right now to see if it’s a good idea.

عبارت «Sliced bread» به تنهایی نیز می‌تواند برای اشاره به چیزی که عالی یا شگفت‌انگیز است استفاده شود. مثلاً در ویدئویی درباره یک بوریتو، آن را «the sliced bread of food that’s not sliced bread» می‌نامند وقتی که تاریخچه آن را توصیف می‌کنند.

Have you seen how much he loves that video game? He thinks it’s the best thing since sliced bread.

Why is this game so hard to win? Pardon my French.

I poured my heart into this bakery, and it just isn’t working out. I’m so disappointed.

I don’t get it! Why doesn’t anyone want to buy my muffins!?

Hey, keep your shirt on. Maybe you just need a better business plan.

Why was six afraid of seven?

I don’t know. Why?

Because seven ate nine. I’ll show myself out.

Hey, can you help me with something for a minute?

Sorry, I can’t. I’m totally swamped.

Banana muffins are the BEST kind of muffins in the entire world! I could go on about them forever!

Whoa, calm down, dude. Take a chill pill.

Some people just aren’t willing to work hard. But not me. I keep going no matter what. I never quit.

Uh, okay, whatever. Do you want a cookie or something?

اگر حرکت نکنی، چه چیزی را از دست می‌دهی؟ یک کفش؟ کیف پولت؟ غرورت؟ هیچ‌کس واقعاً نمی‌داند. این عبارت معمولاً به عنوان یک تهدید واقعی منظور نمی‌شود.

Hey everyone, I’m coming through! Move it or lose it!

So here are the muffins I just baked…

Oh! I call dibs on blueberry!

I don’t care whether young people have opportunities or not. It’s not my problem.

Oh, come on, have a heart!

Hey, hey, have a heart, hey, have a heart
If you don’t love me, why don’t you let me go?
Have a heart, please, oh don’t you have a heart?
Little by little you fade while I fall apart, oh, oh

Can I have the rest of your muffin?

Hmm, I don’t know.

Pretty please?

Hey, can I have a job at your new bakery?

No, sorry, we aren’t hiring right now.

Then can I at least have a free muffin?

No.

Come on, throw me a bone!

Listen, I have a bone to pick with you.

You do?

Yeah, you really hurt my feelings when you wouldn’t give me a job. I thought we were friends.

You didn’t give Tim the job, right?

No, and now he’s having a pity party.

Where do you get off telling me (a woman) what it’s like for women in the working world?

Well, now everyone is selling muffins. Should we jump on the bandwagon and do it, too?

I’m up to my eyeballs in work this week! I’m swamped!

همچنین می‌تواند یک راه خوب برای تعریف از آشپزی کسی باشد زیرا نشان می‌دهد که غذا آنقدر خوب بوده که بیشتر از آنچه می‌خواستید خورده‌اید.

More potatoes?

Oh, no thank you! I’m stuffed to the gills. What a delicious meal!

You always bend over backwards to help her, but would she do the same for you?

I know that they’re not being very nice right now, but it’s important to keep a cool head.

I tried to stay calm, I really did. But then he said my dog was ugly, and I just flew off the handle.

I’m just cheesed off about these new office rules. I need more than 10 minutes for a snack break!

I’m not too hard to please. Just give me a nice, hot cup of coffee and I’ll be a happy camper.

I skipped breakfast, so I’m going to pig out at lunch today.

Hey, come over sometime and we’ll chew the fat.

Okay, sure. Maybe we can go out for a beer and chew the fat.

I lost my job, so I was tearing my hair out trying to figure out how to pay rent.

Now, all of a sudden, you see these new muffin bakeries coming out of the woodwork.

If you try to start a new business when you’re already in debt, you might be jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire.

این عبارت معمولاً برای اظهار نظر درباره نقاط قوت یا ضعف افرادی که به نوعی با آنها رقابت می‌کنند، مانند سیاست‌مداران یا ستارگان ورزشی، استفاده می‌شود.

He’s going to eat all the other competitors for breakfast.

When I told her that we weren’t going to be able to go on vacation this year, she threw a hissy fit.

• «Wrack» به معنای «کشتی غرق شده» در انگلیسی قدیمی است.
• «rack» به نوعی شکنجه در قرون وسطی اشاره دارد.

اما در این اصطلاح، هر دو به معنای فشار آوردن به مغز برای به یاد آوردن یا پیدا کردن چیزی استفاده می‌شوند. (این اصطلاح به معنای خیلی فکر کردن و تلاش کردن برای به یاد آوردن یا پیدا کردن چیزی است. می‌تواند به دو شکل «wrack» یا «rack» نوشته شود و هر دو صحیح هستند.)

I wracked my brains trying to remember her phone number, but I just couldn’t.

Cough cough Sorry, I seem to have a frog in my throat.

I’ve tried to talk to him about finding a new job, but it’s like pulling teeth.

He’s been burning the candle at both ends, working in the daytime and going to school at night. I don’t know how much longer he can go on like this.