Ételes kifejezések – interaktív kvíz

idiom

meaning

example sentence

apple of one’s eye

valakinek a szeme fénye

Baby Jessica is the apple of her father’s eye.

(have a) bun in the oven

terhes, várandós

I don’t think Jan will come to the bar because she has a bun in the oven.

bad egg

olyan személy, aki gyakran kerül bajba

I don’t want my little brother hanging around with the bad eggs on the street.

bread and butter

alapszükségletek

Just explain the bread and butter of your report. You don’t have to go into details.

bring home the bacon

pénzt keresni (a családban)

My husband has had to bring home the bacon ever since I broke my leg.

butter someone up

valakihez nagyon kedvesnek lenni, lekenyerezni

We’ll have to butter Angie up before we tell her the news about the broken vase.

cool as a cucumber

nagyon nyugodt, cool

I thought I was afraid of flying, but I was cool as a cucumber all the way to England.

cream of the crop

a krémje valaminek, a legjobbja

We hired the cream of the crop to entertain us at the Christmas party.

(not my) cup of tea

nem az én világom

Opera isn’t exactly my cup of tea.

egg someone on

sürgetni valakit

The gang tried to egg us on but we didn’t want to fight.

freeze one’s buns off

szétfagyni

I froze my buns off at the ice rink.

full of beans

tele van energiával

The kids were full of beans after the circus.

gravy train

sok pénz kevés munkáért

The unionized grocers have been enjoying the gravy train for twenty years.

hard nut to crack

kemény dió, nehéz megérteni

Angelo is a hard nut to crack when something is bothering him like this.

hot potato

nehéz ügy

Choosing a location for our new store is a hot potato right now.

in a nutshell

dióhéjban, röviden

In a nutshell, I’m having a bad day.

peach fuzz

egy kis pihe

Except for a bit of peach fuzz, the baby came out bald.

piece of cake

nagyon könnyű

The exam was a piece of cake.

put all of ones eggs in one basket

mindent egy lapra tenni fel

Even though I’m majoring in Art, I’m taking a maths course because my Dad says I shouldn’t put all of my eggs in one basket.

souped up

felturbózva lenni

The car was souped up with shiny rims and a loud stereo.

sell like hot cakes

veszik, mint a cukrot

The new Harry Potter books sold like hot cakes.

spice things up

feldobni, jobbá, izgalmasabbá tenni valamit

I wanted to spice things up in the office, so I bought some red and gold paint.

take something with a pinch (grain) of salt

nem venni készpénznek valamit

Take Mandy’s advice with a pinch of salt. She doesn’t always do her research.