
talk turkey – tárgyra térni/őszintén beszélni to discuss something honestly and directly to go/quit cold turkey – hirtelen abbahagyni egy függőséget you have stopped taking a drug which you depend on or stop doing the activity which you are addicted to turkey – bukás a failure, something that fails badly What a turkey! – (sértő!) Micsoda barom!/ Milyen ostoba! This usually refers to a stupid or annoying person A stuffed shirt – nagyképű alak/ „keményített ing” a person who behaves in a very formal way and expects to be treated as someone very important A blessing in disguise – álruhás áldás/öröm az ürömben something that at first appears to be bad or unlucky but is actually good to be a mixed blessing – nem feltétlenül előnyös/vannak negatívumai is a pozitívumai mellett something that has bad effects as well as advantages sources: Cambridge Dictionary; English with a Twist Egészítsd ki a következő mondatokat az előbbi kifejezések/idiómák egyikével! 1.Ten years ago, I went _______ on smoking cigarette. 2.My brother gave his wife nothing on her birthday. What a _______! 3.When I was fired, I thought it would be the end of my life. But later it turned out to be a _______. […]

| to discuss | megbeszélni |
| honestly | őszintén |
| directly | nyíltan |
| to be depend on | függeni valamitől |
| to be addicted to | függeni valamitől |
| failure | hiba/kudarc/tévedés/balsiker |
| to fail badly | valami rosszul sül el |
| annoying | bosszantó/idegesítő |
| to behave | viselkedni |
| to expect | elvárni/remélni |
| blessing | áldás |
| to appear | mutatkozni |
| unlucky | baljóslatú/szerencsétlen |
| to be fired | ki van rúgva |
| to turn out | kiderülni |
| current | jelenlegi |
| I’m broke | le vagyok égve (anyagilag) |
| to consider | tekinteni |
| to receive attention | figyelmet kapni |
| to take sb seriously | valakit komolyan venni |