Ваши любимые English idioms

[Радригес]

мне сразу запомнилось "you are preaching to the choir"

[Буржуй]

мне сразу запомнилось "you are preaching to the choir"huh?

[Радригес]

thats what u do here Zhirik

[Буржуй]

thats what u do here ZhirikI gave you an example of an idiom, what's your beef?

[Радригес]

you are full of it.

[Буржуй]

you are full of it.That's aint bad, I thought I broke the cheese:34:

[crazy-mike]

С идиомами - странно. Британское to be in the know - прикольное. :grum:

[toka]

пишу как слышала:
ар у сэви?

[ChicaLatina]

пишу как слышала:
ар у сэви?

Are you savvy (about ...)? - Do you understand?

Пожалуй, я бы её перевела "ты в курсе...?"

А меня очень в своё время прикалывала идиома "to rob the cradle".:angel:

[Птиц]

self-righteous bastard

[Биолог]

self-righteous bastard

with a five finger discount ;)

[Amerigo]

feather in your cap

it's not a showstopper

[Alter Ego]

А есть какая-то английская идиома про тараканов в голове?

(Что-то вроде "У каждого свои тараканы в голове".)

[Yura717]

А есть какая-то английская идиома про тараканов в голове?

(Что-то вроде "У каждого свои тараканы в голове".)

If my belly is of glass, I will fill it with bread and chicken; if it is a closed cellar, I will fill it with cockroaches.

[untamed]

Sugar daddy.

Это - не мое любимое выражение, просто оно меня поразило.
Sugar, honey, sweet pea - это все ласковые слова по отношению к кому-то, и только это выражение имеет совсем другое значение.

[Alter Ego]

If my belly is of glass, I will fill it with bread and chicken; if it is a closed cellar, I will fill it with cockroaches.

Это не то.

[химик]

гы гы сравнивая значения одной и той же идиомы в английском и в американском
... knock up.... :shura:

[Astrix]

Virgin territory:27:

[Astrix]

Well-oiled

[Yurcha]

мне сразу запомнилось "you are preaching to the choir"

I hate this one, мне её постоянно один сотрудник говорит когда-то я ему обьясняю свою точку зрения.

[HoneyComb]

Whatever tickles your pickle

[Akela]

You're not the sharpest knife in the kitchen

[BlackPanther]

You're not the sharpest knife in the kitchen

....tool in the box.... :wink1:

[Wella]

The light is on but nobody is home.

[Wella]

:27:

http://files.myopera.com/JanetB/albums/974862/Eat%20Shit%20and%20Die.jpg

[Adrina]

Запоминаются такие, за которыми интересная история/обьяснения:
Dressed to the nines, Baker's dozen, Break a leg...

[Yurcha]

water under the bridge, go the extra mile, bend over backwords, drop the ball, beat the dead horse, pick up the ball and run with it...

[Screw101]

self-righteous bastard

Self-righteous sanctimonious a$$hole:leader:

[Izold]

water the extra mile, bend over under the bridge, pick up the dead horse's balls and run with it...
different strokes for different folks, by hook or by crook, shut the f...ront door

[Screw101]

We'll jump off that bridge when we get there...
I wouldn't f*ck her with your d*ck...
:devo:

[nefertiti]

does that ring a bell

[Screw101]

He has a chip on his shoulder.

She's protesting a little too much.

[Wella]

http://oels.byu.edu/student/idioms/idioms/images/holy_cow.jpg

[Wella]

http://oels.byu.edu/student/idioms/idioms/images/rain_cats_and_dogs.jpg

[Wella]

http://oels.byu.edu/student/idioms/idioms/images/take_it_easy.jpg

[Wella]

http://oels.byu.edu/student/idioms/proverbs/images/better_safe_than_sorry.gif

[Wella]

http://oels.byu.edu/student/idioms/proverbs/images/silence.gif

[Wella]

http://oels.byu.edu/student/idioms/proverbs/images/time_flies.gif

[Screw101]

http://oels.byu.edu/student/idioms/idioms/images/rain_cats_and_dogs.jpg

Golden shower...:27:

[Wella]

Golden shower...:27:

:good:)))
"two thumbs up"

[Screw101]

"F*ck you with a broken bottle and f*ck that camel you rode in on":rofl:

[bigfatred]

self-righteous bastard

Unwarranted self-importance.

[Alechko]

Golden shower...:27:

Whoa! dude u r such a perv :grum:

[Screw101]

Whoa! dude u r such a perv :grum:

And proud of it!:leader:


Anal-lingus...:27:

[Screw101]

"Desperate maladies call for desperate remedies"

[bigfatred]

A new spin on old cliches? )

[Screw101]

A new spin on old cliches? )

You're stating the obvious?:wink1:

[bigfatred]

You're stating the obvious?:wink1:

Nah, just pointing out your obvious affinity for ready-made cliches. I see you're huge on them things. )

[nefertiti]

http://oels.byu.edu/student/idioms/idioms/images/holy_cow.jpg

http://media2.inktastic.com/thumbnails/69463.png

[Wella]

http://media2.inktastic.com/thumbnails/69463.png

http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs28/i/2008/165/d/c/Shit_Happens_by_Katmomma.jpg

[Aurbo]

"Who is John Galt?"

[Yura717]

"Who is John Galt?"

"A name I'm tired of hearing."

[Aurbo]

"А наме Иьм тиред оф хеаринг."

Читал?

[Амазонка]

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

[Ne-Blondinka]

я не в тему, т.к. это не идиома, а просто выражение, но меня бесит идиотское [If I could do it, anyone can do it]. Всегда считала, что звучит как-то унизительно по отношению к себе. Типа даже если такой дебил, как я, смог, то любой придурок сможет. :grum:

[nefertiti]

я не в тему, т.к. это не идиома, а просто выражение, но меня бесит идиотское [If I could do it, anyone can do it]. Всегда считала, что звучит как-то унизительно по отношению к себе. Типа даже если такой дебил, как я, смог, то любой придурок сможет. :grum:

agree
I did not even know smth like this exists, although there are plenty of ridiqulous expressions...

[смешно]

a think tank
a top dog
cut the crap
be dead in the water
brush over
get into a stew

[смешно]

get off my tail

[смешно]

take the plunge

[смешно]

hit a wall

[HoneyComb]

get a life

[химик]

Take a hike ...

[BlackPanther]

Take a hike ...

= go fly a kite /in a nice way/

[HoneyComb]

Take a hike ...

Get lost

[химик]

= go fly a kite /in a nice way/

Nope in a nice way it wil be
- Have a nice day xxx...