A mai “5 expressions a day” sorozatunkból kiderül, hogy az angol “funny” szó nem is mindig vicces. Vágjunk is bele!
1.funny bone – villanyozó ín (könyöknél)//humorérzék
the outer part of the elbow (= the middle part of the arm where it bends). Your funny bone can hurt a lot if it is knocked.
I hit my funny bone on the edge of the coffee table.
to have a sense of humour
Schwarzenegger could use his funny bone in the film titled ’Twins’.
2.funny looking/funny look – furcsa kinézetű//furcsa pillantás
when something/somebody looks strange or weird
Do you know that funny looking guy over there? The one with purple hair and neon green T-shirt.
If you give someone a funny look, you look at them in a way that shows you think they are behaving strangely
I was dancing in the rain and ignored the funny look from passers-by.
3.funny feeling/feel funny – fura érzés//kavarog (a fejem/a gyomrom)
when you feel that something might happen soon without any reason, you have an intuition about something
I had the funny feeling that I was going to drop the glass.
when you feel slightly ill
After eating that slice of cake, I felt a little bit funny.
4.funny sound – furcsa/felismerhetetlen zaj
when a machine makes a strange noise
Our washing machine is making funny sound again.
5.funny business – rosszalkodás//süketelés/mellébeszélés
dishonest actions or behaviour intended to trick someone or misbehave
When you got into my car, no funny business, boys!!
sources: Cambridge Dictionary; Longman Dictionary; When Funny isn’t funny in English, Learn English with Bod the Canadian, Youtube
Vocabulary
elbow | könyök |
to bend | hajlítani |
to knock | beütni/beverni |
to ignore | semmibe venni |
dishonest | nem becsületes |
behaviour | viselkedés |
to intend to trick | szándékában áll átverni |
to misbehave | rosszalkodni |