Εδώ μερικές χρήσιμες εκφράσεις της καθομιλουμένης με αφορμή το καλοκαίρι και τον ήλιο! Ξεκίνησε μαθήματα Αγγλικών online, μικρά διαδικτυακά τμήματα και ιδιαίτερα Στο Πρώτο Θρανίο, το πιο wow φροντιστήριο ξένων γλωσσών!
1. travel on a shoestring - ταξιδεύω φθηνά
We were short in cash this summer, so we got our backpack and travelled ona shoestring.
2. make hay while the sun shines - Εκμεταλλεύομαι την ευκαιρία όσο πιο καλά γίνεται
We only got a few days left on this island so let's make hay and go sightseeing all day!
3. A drop in the ocean (BrE) , a drop in the bucket (AmE) - μόνο λίγο, συγκριτικά
Thanks for helping me out this month. I had so many unpaid bills and what I earn from my part time job is just a drop in the bucket!
4. Like a fish out of water - είμαι έξω από τα νερά μου
She isn't very sociable so she felt like a fish out of water at the party yesterday.
5. The dog days of summer - καύσωνας
Man: I can't stand that heat anymore.
Woman: Yeah, I also hate the dog days of summer!
6. Find your place in the sun - κάνω την τύχη μου
Marrying John was the best thing ever happened to me! Finally, I found my place in the sun!
7. To think that the sun shines out of his backside (ανεπίσημο, λιγάκι προσβλητικό) Όταν έχεις λαθεμένη αντίληψη ότι αυτός που αγαπάς είναι τέλειος και παραβλέπεις τις αρνητικές πλευρές του.
Can't she realize how duplicitous he is? Why does she still think the sun shines out of his backside?
8. Take a shine to somebody - μου αρέσει κάποιος/ αναπτύσσω συμπάθεια για κάποιον
I think Mary takes a shine to Mark. She's staring at him all night.
9. Like watching grass grow - υπερβολικά βαρετό
I didn't like this movie. The plot developed so slowly; It was like watching grass grow.
10. a fair-weathered friend - φίλος μόνο στα καλά
I needed your support but you dumped me! What a fair-weathered friend you are!
11. head in the clouds - "τα μυαλά στα κάγκελα", είμαι αλλού, πετάω
Watch out ! What are you doing?! You got your head in the clouds?
12. To be full of hot air - λέω βλακείες, ασυναρτησίες, μιλάω πολύ χωρίς νόημα
She's always bragging but everybody knows she's full of hot air!
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