اصطلاحات شماره 56

Lose one's edge = to loose the qualities or skills that made you successful in the past.
(از دست دادن مهارت ها و ویژگی ها)

(right) on the money = correct , exactly right for the situation.
(کاملا مناسب شرایط بودن)

Play it cool = to pretend to be calmer, or to be less interested in something or some one than you really are.

اصطلاحات شماره 55

Go south = to loose value or quality ; (situation) to become very bad.
(بی ارزش شدن ؛ بدتر شدن)

Have a way with somebody/ something = have a special ability to do something.
(توانایی خاصی برای انجام کاری داشتن)

Keep something under wraps = keep it secret.
(محرمانه نگه داشتن)

اصطلاحات شماره 54

An apple of discord = something attractive that causes envy and quarrels among people who think they deserve it.

As quick as lightning = very fast (خیلی سریع)

Pyrrhic victory = a too costly victory (پیروزی با ارزش)

اصطلاحات شماره 53

Have a good innings = to live happy ever after to be successful for a long period of time.
(به خاطر کسب موفقیت؛ خوشحال زندگی کردن)

In short order = immediately.
(فورا)

The world is his oyster = about someone who is very talented and can take up the whole world quite easily.
(آدم باهوش که هر چه می خواهد می تواند به راحتی بدست آورد)

اصطلاحات شماره 52

Dressed to kill = dressed in their best clothes and looking stunning.
(بهترین لباس رو پوشیدن و عالی به نظر رسیدن)

Fair do's / fair's fair = something that you say in order to tell someone that you think something is fair.
(عادلانه است)

It's my funeral = it's my problem, you don't need to worry about it.
(این مشکل منه)

اصطلاحات شماره 51

A slap on the wrist = to get a light punishment for doing sth wrong.
(تنبیه کردن)

Many happy returns of the day = to wish somebody all the best.
(داشتن بهترین آرزوها برای کسی)

Cut corners = to do sth in the easiest, quickest, or cheapest way, often harming the quality of your work.

اصطلاحات شماره 50

Mind one's p's and q's = to do something very carefully or behave in a very polite way.

(کاری را با دقت انجام دادن / خیلی مودبانه رفتار کردن)

In one's mind's eye = in imagination

(در تخیلات)

Tooth and nail = with every available resources / with unrelenting effort.

(با تمام منابع / با تلاش مستمر)

اصطلاحات شماره 49

At sixes and sevens = in a total disarray.
(آشفتگی کامل)

A sitting target / duck = a defenceless victim.
(قربانی بی دفاع)

Take leave of one's senses = to go crazy.
(دیوانه شدن)

اصطلاحات شماره 48

In cold storage = intentionally and without emotion.
(بی احساس)

Pull out all the stops = to do everything you can to make something successful.

(انجام هر کاری برای موفقیت )

Have no stomach for something = to not feel brave or determined enough to do something unpleasant.

(جرات انجام یک کار سخت را نداشتن)

اصطلاحات شماره 47

The sword of damocles = any imminent danger.
 (خطر قریب الوقوع)

Have the best of both worlds = to have the best aspects of one choice and the best aspects of another choice when you have been asked to select between two choices.

Be on tenterhooks = anxiously waiting for news about someone or something.

(با نگرانی منتظر خبر در مورد کسی یا چیزی بودن)