Talk is cheap حرف زدن و عمل نکردن/حرف مفت / حرف زدن آسانه. talk is cheap until you hire a lawyer تا زمانی که وکیل استخدام نکنید، حرف مفت است   talk is cheap but it takes money to buy car حرفش آسان است (حرف زدن و عمل نکردن) اما خرید ماشین پول نیاز داره

pull no punches=Behave unrestrainedly ملاحظه کسی را نکردن/ رک و بی پرده حرف زدن/ ملاحظه و رحم نکردن این اصطلاح از ورزش بوکس گرفته شده   The doctor pulled no punches but told us the whole truth  دکتر هیچ ملاحظه ما را نکرد اما تمام حقیقت را به ما گفت.   Her image is that […]

یکی از راههایی که به ما کمک میکنه شبیه نیتیو ها صحبت کنیم استفاده از افعال دوقمستی یا “Phrasal verb” هاست⠀ ⠀ ⠀ Remove = take sth off/ take off something⠀ I’m going to remove my jacket-  I’m going to take off my jacket (take my jacket off)⠀ ⠀ ⠀ Continue = carry on with […]

Punch in the stomach=A punch to the gut اصطلاح به یک ضربه عاطفی یا مالی اشاره دارد/ در معنای خود کلمات به ضربه فیزیکی اشاره دارد   Meandering around به معنی چرت و پرت گفتن/ گپ بی هدف/  کلمه Meander به معنی بی هدف راه رفتن Your talk was not well organized. It felt like […]

To get cold feet جا زدن، دچار ترس و دودلی شدن To get something off one’s chest درد دل کردن، خود را خالی کردن To be in over one’s head خارج از فهم بودن، قابل درک نبودن To play it by ear همینطوری و بدون برنامه کاری را انجام دادن (هر چه باداباد)

The man & the frog An old gentleman was playing a round of golf. Suddenly his ball sliced and landed in a shallow pond. As he was attempting to retrieve the ball he discovered a frog that, to his great surprise, started to speak! “Kiss me, and I will change into a beautiful princess, and […]

 بجای استفاده از not + already، باید از ساختار not + yet استفاده کرد:  not + already => not + yet: We have not been paid yet پول ما هنوز پرداخت نشده است.  The plane has not landed yet هواپیما هنوز فرود نیامده است.   (اشتباه) The war is not over already (اشتباه) The new […]

کاربرد as if و as though  از as if و as though برای بیان مقایسه وضعیت های تخیلی یا بیان شرایطی که احتمال وقوع دارند استفاده می کنیم. He acted as if he didn’t hear anything, but he did  They feel as though they didn’t do enough, but they did  دقت داشته باشید که فرم […]

idiot-box= television, TV   Hey, you kids! Turn off the idiot-box and go do your homework After workin’ hard all day, all I wanna do is chill out in front of the idiot-box

Heavy cupboard 👉Miss Green had a heavy cupboard in her bedroom. Last Sunday she said, ‘I don’t like this cupboard in my bedroom. The bedroom’s very small, and the cupboard’s very big. I’m going to put it in a bigger room.’ But the cupboard was very heavy, and Miss Green was not very strong. She […]