تعرف على العبارات الإنجليزية العامية.
"catch someone red-handed" means for someone to be found in a situation where they are obviously guilty
أمسك به متلبسا - ضبط بالجرم الشهود
- I caught him red-handed stealing liquor from my restaurant.
"get back into the swing of things" means for someone to return to something that was previously a familiar routine in their life
يستعمل
هذا التعبير عندما شخص ما يرجع للقيام بشيئ ما توقف عن فعله لبعض الوقت،
ثم يرجع ليفعله و يبدأ بالتعود عليه مرة أخرى أي يبدأ بإجادته مرة أخرى -
كأنه يقول بدأت أعتاد عليه مرة أخرى
- After my foot injury, I couldn't run for 4 months so it took some time for me to get back into the swing of things.
"to lose your head" means for someone to be overly emotional about something
ينفعل - يفقد صوابه - يفقد رباطة جأشه
- I know you hoped it wouldn't rain on your wedding day, but don't lose your head over it because we prepared for bad weather.
"honesty is the best policy" means it is always better for someone to tell the truth rather than to lie
الصراحة راحة
- She was nervous about telling her boyfriend she couldn't swim, afraid he would laugh at her, but her friend told her to tell him because honesty is the best policy.
"hit the ceiling" means for someone to become very angry about something
يجن جنونه - يشتاط غضبا
- He's going to hit the ceiling when he finds out you dented his car when you borrowed it today.
"lose your temper" means for someone to become very angry about something
يفقد أعصابه
- She finally lost her temper and yelled at her friends after listening to them fight in the back seat of the car for 30 minutes.