idioms

العامية الأمريكية: طور إنجليزيتك مع مجموعة جديدة من العبارات الأمريكية.

Give someone the benefit of the doubt

To trust someone even though you are not sure that what they are saying or doing is true or right.

أحْسَنَ الظَّنَّ بِهِ.

In the past, I was found guilty of cheating on an exam, but luckily this time I was given the benefit of the doubt by my professor when I told him I was not cheating.

Go off the rails

To act or behave in an unstable or socially unacceptable manner.

خَرَجَ عَنْ طَوْرِهِ؛ اضطَرَب أمرُه، اخْتَلَّ؛ زاغَ عَنِ الطَّريقِ؛ انْحَرَفَ، حادَ عَنْهُ.

A man that lives in my neighborhood went off the rails last night when he smashed his neighbors' windows.

Have the floor

To give someone the right to speak.

أخذ الكلمة ليتحدث، أعطى الكلمة لشخص ليتحدث.

At the end of the King's press conference, he let the journalists have the floor to ask him questions.

Do you have a mouse in your pocket

When someone speaks on behalf of you and includes you in their plans without asking you. Always using the plural personal pronoun "We".

تقول هذا التعبير لشخص ما حينما يتحدث نيابة عنكما ويشركك معه في خططه. و دائما يستعمل ضمير الجمع "نحن" . كأن يقول لصديق لكما: نحن قادمان للحفلة لا تقلق. رغم أنك لم تقل له أنك تفكر في الذهاب. و الغاية من استعمال كلمة فأر في هذا التعبير على ما أعتقد هو كون الفئران تصدر أصوات ك 'وي وي وي وي وي وي.

My sister said, "C'mon, we are going to clean the kitchen for our mother." And I said to her, "We? Do you have a mouse in your pocket?"

Crack the whip

To make someone work harder.

تحزَّم في معاملتِه لَهُ.

My personal trainer cracked the whip on me to prepare me for my next boxing match.

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