أهم العبارات الإنجليزية المستعملة في اللغة الإنجليزية.
نستعمل هذا التعبير لنقول عن شخص بأنه مميز و مختلف - أو قام بشيئ مختلف و جديد
- The magazine broke the mold by hiring an 80 year old woman to be a fashion model.
"raining buckets"/ "coming down" means that it's raining heavily
التعبيرين معا لها نفس المعنى : المطر يهطل بغزارة - تمطر بغزارة
- It's raining buckets and I'm worried the creek will overflow.
- It's really coming down out there, so I will go shopping later.
"for the birds" means that something is stupid or unimportant
يستعمل هذا التعبير لتقول عن شيئ ما بأنه : تافه - لا قيمة أو معنى له
- The idea you had to wash white shirts and jeans together was for the birds because now all my shirts are blue.
"when hell freezes over" means that something will never happen
يستعمل هذا التعبير لتقول عن شيئ ما : بأنه لن يحصل أبدا
- He told me he'll watch a movie that contains sexual scenes with his parents when hell freezes over.
"put up your dukes" means someone is being challenged to a fight
عندما يقول لك شخص هذا التعبير فهو يتحداك للعراك أو للقتال
- I heard you speak to my girlfriend inappropriately and you should not have done that. Put up your dukes!