50 Thanh Ngu Thu Vi Trong Tieng Anh Phan 2

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50 ENGLISH EXPRESSIONS


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Index

Curiosity killed the cat. ............... 5

Fit like a glove. ............................. 9

Fly by the seat of your pants. ..... 9

Get blood from a stone. .............. 3

Have two left feet ......................... 2

If the shoe fits, (wear it). ........... 14

Jump through hoops. ............... 11

Knock your sock off .................... 7

Like water off a duck’s back. .... 12

Needle in a hay stack. ................. 3

Never look a gift horse in themouth ........................................... 9

Out of the frying pan and into thefire ................................................. 3

On a slippery slope. ..................... 5

Put your head in the sand. .......... 7

Quiet as mouse .......................... 15

Rain cats and dogs. ................... 14

Spill the beans. ............................ 9

Take something with a grain ofsalt. ................................................ 8

The third time’s a charm. ............ 5

Under the table. .......................... 11

Volte-face. ................................... 13

Walk on eggshells. ...................... 5

Wolf in sheep’s clothing. ............ 8

X-rated. ....................................... 12

You are what you eat. ................ 13

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Have two left feet1.dd

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Have two left feet.to move in an awkward way when you are running or doing a sport, a dance

V ụ ng v ề khi chơi th ể thao hay nh ảy n hót.

E.g.a. I love to dance, but my wife has two left feet.

b. You never want to see me dancing with my two left feet. Trust me.

27 Needle in a hay stack.An item that is very hard or impossible to find.

Một vật cực kỳ khó tìm; “Mò kim đáy bể”.

E.g.

a. Looking for one person in this crowd is like looking for a needle ina haystack.

b. My husband’s office is so messy that looking for anything is likelooking for a needle in a haystack.

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A bad/rotten apple:E.g.

a. He’s so lazy! Getting him to cleansomething is like getting blood

from stone.

b. Getting an apologyfrom my husband islike getting bloodfrom a stone.

Have egg on2.your face:

Burn the candle3.at both ends:

To escape a bad situation only to findyourself in a worse situation.

Thoát kh ỏi m ột tình hu ống b ấ t l ợ i vàlâm vào tình hu ống khác t ệ hơn;

“Tránh vỏ dưa, gặp v ỏ d ừa”.

E.g.

a. Biology was too hard so I transferredto engineering, but I just went out of thefrying pan and into the fire!

b. He didn’t like his boss so he quit andfound a new job. He realized he had

gone out of the frying pan and into thefire when he met his new boss!

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28Almost impossible to obtain.

G ần như không thể nào th ể nào làm được, tương đương “trứ ng ch ọi đá”.

Get blood from a stone.

Out of the

frying panand intothe fire.


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Walk on eggshells.to try very hard not to upsetsomeone or something. To be verydiplomatic and inoffensive.

C ố g ắ ng không làm bu ồn lòngngười nào đó, tỏ ra t ế nh ị và gi ữ ý

t ứ ; “giữ m ồm, gi ữ m i ệng”.

E.g.a. I was walking on eggshells trying to explain the comment to her without offending herfurther.

b. I’m sick of walking on eggshells around you. Why do you have to be so sensitive?

On a slippery slope.

used to talk about aprocess or habit that isdifficult to stop and whichwill develop into something

extremely bad.

Trượ t d ốc: M ột hành độngkhó b ỏ mà n ế u ti ế p t ụ c s ẽ tr ở thành t hói quen x ấ u.

E.g.

a. It’s a slippery slope fromdrugs to prison.

b. Cheating on a diet is aslippery slope. Before youknow it, you’ll be fat again.


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4. 5. Bite the bullet:6.

Cry over spilt milk:7.

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Curiosity killed the cat.used to tell someone not to ask too many questions aboutsomething.

Dùng để nh ắc ai đó đừ ng quan tâm thái q uá v i ệc gì đó;“chết vì tò mò”.

E.g.

a. Don’t ask me about that. Curiosity killed the cat, you know.

b. I don’t want to know what is down that dark street. Curiositykilled the cat.

33 The third time’s a charm.The third try is always lucky.

Lần th ử th ứ 3 thườ ng mang l ại may m ắn; “quátam ba b ận”.

E.g.

a. Ask her out on a date again. Don’tgive up. The third time’s charm.

b. The third time was a charm forKorea’s Pyeongchang 2018 Winter

Olympic bid committee.

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Every cloud has a silver lining:8.there is something good even in a situation that seems very sad or difficult.

(trong cái rủi có cái may, cái khó ló cái khôn)

E.g:

a. Every cloud has a silver lining. Maybe losing your job will allow you to

pursue your real dreams!

b. I broke my leg but then met my future wife in hospital. It’s true that every

cloud has a silver lining.

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Knock your sock off

To ignore an unpleasant situation and hope it will stopif you do not think about it

Vùi đầu vào cát: làm ngơ, trốn tránh s ự th ật không v uiv ẻ; “Giả câm , gi ả điếc”.

E.g.

a. Stop burying your head in the sand. Look at the statisticson smoking and cancer.

b. He’s about to lose his job but he’s just sitting there withhis head in the sand!

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Put your head in the sand.

to ignore an unpleasant situation and hope it willstop if you do not think about it

Vùi đầu vào cát: làm ngơ, trốn tránh s ự th ậtkhông vui v ẻ; “Giả câm, gi ả điếc”.

E.g.

a. Stop burying your head in the sand. Look atthe statistics on smoking and cancer.

b. He’s about to lose his job but he’s just sittingthere with his head in the sand!


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A little bird told me:9.

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to not completely believe what someone tells you, becauseyou know that they do not always tell the truth.

Không tin tưởng hoàn toàn vào điều ngườ i khác nói , vì b ạnb i ết người đó thườ ng h ay nói d ối ; “Bán tín, bán nghi”.

E.g.

a. You should always take everything you see on TV with a grain of salt.

b. This research was based on a small group of people, so we have to take the results witha grain of salt.

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Wolf in sheep’s clothing.Someone who seems to be friendly or harmless but is in fact dangerous,dishonestSói đội l ốt c ừu: Ngườ i c ố tình t ỏ ra thân t hi ện, hi ền lành nhưng thự c ch ấ tr ấ t nguy h i ểm và gian x ảo.

E.g.a. She may look cute, but that girl is a wolf in sheep’s clothing.

b. Carla thought the handsome stranger was gentle and kind, but Susansuspected he was a wolf in sheep’s clothing.


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Have a green thumb:10.

Money tal ks:11. Mind-blowing:12. Pay through the nose (for13.

something):

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Spill

thebeans.

to give away a secret or a surprise.

Để l ọt bí m ật, điều b ấ t ng ờ ra ngoài.

E.g.a. There is surprise party for Heidion Wednesday. Please don’t spillthe beans.

b. You met Natalie Portman? YouMUST tell me what’s she really like.Come on, SPILL!!!

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Never look a gift horse

in the mouth.

used to tell someone to be grateful for something that has beengiven to them, instead of asking questions about it or findingsomething wrong with it.

Dùng nh ắc ngườ i k hác b i ết ơn những điều may m ắn đượ c th ay vìchê bai , so i mói chúng ; “Được voi đòi tiên”.

E.g.

a. You gave him a car and he asked if the engine was new? Doesn’t heknow never look a gift horse in the mouth?

b. I don’t mean to look a gift horse in the mouth, but why are you givingme this bonus?


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Fly by the seat of your pants.

to do something by using only your own skill and

experience, without any help from anyone or anythingelse, especially when this is risky or dangerous.

Hành động ch ỉ d ự a trên m ỗi k inh nghi ệm b ản thân màkhông có s ự h ỗ tr ợ c ủa người khác, đặc b i ệt là tr ongcác tình hu ống nguy h i ểm, tương đương “làm việctheo c ảm tính, t ới đâu hay tới đó”

E.g.

a. I’m not one to plan everything in detail. I prefer to fly bythe seat of my pants.

b. You can’t expect to do this job by flying by the seat ofyour pants. You need to be organized.

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Fit like a glove.

To fit perfectly and comfortably

V ừ a v ặn, v ừ a k hít.

E.g.

a. I’m so happy with my new jeans. They fit like a glove.

b. If the car doesn’t fit you like a glove, don’t buy it.


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Jump through hoops.

E.g.a. We had to jumpthrough hoops to get our

visas in time.

b. If you want to get apromotion, you’ll have to jump through a fewhoops.

to do a series of things thatare difficult or annoying, but

that are necessary in order

to achieve something

th ự c h i ện nh i ều vi ệc kh ókhăn nhưng cần th i ết để đạt

được điều gì đó.

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Under the table.

Money that is paid under the tableis paid secretly and illegally.

Ti ền h ối l ộ b ấ t h ợ p pháp.

E.g.a. Payments were made under the

table to local officials.

b. Employers who pay an employeeunder the table or misclassify an

employee as an independentcontractor.


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Like water off a duck’s back.

if criticism, warnings etc are like water

off a duck's back, they have no effecton the person you are saying them to.

Lờ i phê bình không có tác d ụ ng gì v ớ ingườ i mà b ạn đang chỉ trích, phêbình; “nước đổ đầu v ịt”, “Nước đổ lákhoai”.

E.g.

a. If you want to be on TV, you have tobe able to let personal attacks roll offyou like water off a duck’s back.

b. Baseball players don’t care when youyell insults at them. It’s like water off aduck’s back.

45 X-rated.Used in the past to describe a film that was officially approved asonly suitable for people over 18.

T ừng dùng để mô t ả ph im ch ỉ dành cho ngườ i t ừ 18 tu ổi t r ở lên.

E.g.a. X-rated films are not allowed for public showing.

b. Children mustn’t watch X-rated films.

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46Volte-face.

A change to a completely oppositeopinion or plan of action.

S ự thay đổi đột ng ột trong hành động,trái ngượ c hoàn toàn so v ới ban đầu,s ự tr ở m ặt .

E.g.

a. The government has done a volte-faceon the research.

b. Everyone was thrown into confusion by

her volte-face.

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You are what ou eat.

To be healthy, you must eat healthy food.

Để kh ỏe m ạnh , b ạn nên ăn thức ăn bổ dưỡng. ~ Ăn gì bổ n ấ y.

E.g.

a. You shouldn’t eat so much junk food.You are what you eat, you know.

b. I believe strongly that you arewhat you eat, so I try to eat onlyhealthy food.

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Rain cats and dogs.

It is raining very hard.

Mưa rấ t l ớ n.

E.g.

a. It’s been raining cats and dogs all week.

b. It rained cats and gods on my wedding day.

used to tell someone that you think a criticism of them istrue.Đồng ý v ớ i l ờ i ch ỉ trích/ phê bình v ề mình.

E.g.

a. 'So you think I'm a liar.' 'Well, if the shoe fits...'

b. You are ignoring all the facts. If the shoe fits,wear it.(-by The Return ofLight Joker)

If the shoe fits, wear it .


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Very quiet

Im l ặng; “Câm như hến”

E.g.

a. I'll be as quiet as a mouse.

b. You can hide quiet as a mouse.

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