پیشنهاد‌های مریم سالک زمانی (٥,٩٥٤)

A rare, precious opportunity that comes with some problems is better than a regular opportunity that seems to be perfect Example: I would advise you ...

When we’re away from loved ones, we long for their company more than in normal times

If someone is gun - shy, they are overly cautious or scared by something

If the knives are out for someone, people are trying to hurt someone's career or reputation

If you wish to be associated with a particular high risk and/or high profile situation and benefit from the rewards of that association, you have to ...

If someone tells you to hit them with your best shot, they are telling you that no matter what you do it won't hurt them or make a difference to them

If someone is grinning like a shot fox, they are smiling uncomprehendingly or smugly, looking stupid while smiling, showing that they don't really un ...

Things are indistinguishable in the dark so appearances don't matter

If someone is whistling in the dark, they believe in a positive result, even though everybody else is sure it will not happen

If someone is trying to convince people to do or feel something without any hope of succeeding, they're flogging a dead horse. This is used when some ...

If something makes your hair stand on end, it terrifies you

This means 'don't keep me waiting'. It's said to someone who is taking too long to get moving

A time - honoured practice is a traditional way of doing something that has become almost universally accepted as the most appropriate or suitable way

If something has happened since time immemorial, it's been going on for such a long time that nobody can remember a time without it

When someone uses this expression, they mean that the specific thing happens a lot. It is an abbreviation of the statement 'If I had a nickel for eve ...

The sands of time is an idiom meaning that time runs out either through something reaching an end or through a person's death. It comes from the sand ...

If people say that there's no time like the present , they believe that it is far better to do something now than to leave it for later, in which cas ...

The speaker could say this when they have not heard from a person, either through phone calls or emails for a long time

If someone draws the shortest straw, they lose or are chosen to do something unpleasant

To draw a bead on is to aim a gun at something and can be used to mean to focus on or aim at someting as a goal

If you have to walk a fine line, you have to be very careful not to annoy or anger people or groups that are competing. ( 'Walk a thin line' is an al ...

Someone who's as flash as a rat with a gold tooth tries hard to impress people by their appearance or behavior

If someone will fight tooth and nail for something, they will not stop at anything to get what they want. ( 'Fight tooth and claw' is an alternative. ...

Fight fire with fire

A fire - guard is used in front of a fireplace for safety. A chocolate fire - guard is of no use. An alternative to 'As much use as a chocolate teapot

A person who has a few irons in the fire has a number of things working to their advantage at the same time

If something is sure - fire, it is certain to succeed. ( 'Surefire' is also used. )

If you pull the fat from the fire, you help someone in a difficult situation

If you aren't satisfied with someone and want them to do better, you can tell them to pull up their socks

A person who sucks hind teat is at a disadvantage or considered worse or less important that others

When people say 'don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs', they mean that people shouldn't try to teach someone who has experience or is an expert ...

If everybody has a fair crack of the whip, they all have equal opportunities to do something

If you demand a fair suck of the sauce bottle, the other person is being unreasonable in what they are asking or suggesting you do

When someone has a face only a mother could love, they are ugly

This idiom is used to say that where there is conflict, people can be expected to behave in a more vicious way

در انگلیسی بریتانیایی این اصطلاح به صورت استعاری برای اشاره به خط مقدم کار یا جایی که کار واقعی و سخت انجام میشود استفاده میشود، مثلا در آموزش، درمان ...

انجمن کشورهای جنوب شرق آسیا

یک سازمان بین المللی غیرانتفاعی است که در زمینه توسعه پایدار زنجیره های تأمین محصولات کشاورزی، معدنی و صنعتی فعالیت می کند. این بنیاد در سال 1969 در ...

همکاری دوجانبه

ترک خانمان کردن - به صورت سیار کار کردن ( در آمریکا ) راهزن شدن - راهزنی پیشه کردن

بیقرار شدن - بی تاب شدن - بی صبر شدن

امر مسجل - امر مسلم - امر محتوم

تفهیم کردن - منتقل کردن

تو خط پول درآوردن بودن - سرگرم پول درآوردن بودن

( سخنرانی ) تعدیل کردن - زهرِ . . . را گرفتن

آرد کردن - پودر کردن - کوبیدن

آدمی را به خاک سیاه نشاندن - به اعتراف واداشتن

چیزی را در خاطر کسی حک کردن - چیزی را در خاطر کسی نقش کردن

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