Atualizado em 13.11.2010 por Elia
I’ve already talked about Idioms in another post, as well as the difficult I sometimes have in recognize what IDIOMS is and what SLANG is.
Here you have some idioms:
brainy – inteligente
loo (British) – banheiro
to eavesdrop – escutar atrás da porta
to make ends meet – sobreviver com dificuldade e pouco dinheiro
to have butterflies in stomach – sentir um frio na barriga
on cloud nine (in seventh heaven) – muito feliz (no sétimo céu)
at once – imediatamente
soap opera – novela
capital punishment – pena de morte
absent minded – distraído
by heart – de cor
to hit the nail on the heat – acertar na mosca
piece of cake – muito fácil
to make up one’s mind – decidir, chegar a uma decisão
to have something on the brain – ser obcecado por
to pay through the nose – pagar os olhos da cara
to take something for granted – tomar algo como certo, não dando valor
on purpose – de propósito
to get rid of – livrar-se de
Fonte: apostila Dom Bosco – Ensino Médio – Editora Dom Bosco
