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Essential Idioms That Will Make You Sound Like a Native Speaker
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Essential Idioms That Will Make You Sound Like a Native Speaker
12 words
abrir o coração
(p)
sincerely disclose one's feelings about something
Poxa, abri meu coração para você e você faz isto?
Gosh, I opened my heart to you and you do this?
acabar em pizza
(p)
end a situation unsolved even after efforts to fix or discuss it
Aqui nada se resolve, tudo acaba em pizza!
Here nothing is solved, everything always ends with a pizza!
andar nas nuvens
(p)
be distracted
A Camila está sempre andando nas nuvens. Será que está apaixonada?
Camila is always walking on clouds. Perhaps she's in love?
aos trancos e barrancos
(p)
obtain or do something under great difficulties
Terminamos a reforma aos trancos e barrancos.
We finished the renovation by fits and starts.
bater na mesma tecla
(p)
insist about a subject over and over
Já entendi! Chega de bater na mesma tecla!
I got it! Stop hitting on the same key!
bola pra frente
(p)
be strong and move on despite the difficulties
Não consegui este emprego, mas bola pra frente!
I didn't get this job, but let's move on!
chutar o balde
(p)
act irresponsibly in a situation, not worrying about the consequences
Hoje vou chutar o balde e sair da dieta.
Today I'll kick the bucket and quit my diet.
dar uma mãozinha
(p)
help
Você pode me dar uma mãozinha aqui?
Could you give me a hand here?
estar de cabeça quente
(p)
be irritated
Não fala com ele agora porque ele está de cabeça quente!
Don't talk to him now because he's irritated!
ser um barbeiro
(p)
be a bad driver
Nossa, este cara é muito barbeiro! Olha só como ele dirige!
Wow, this guy is a very bad driver! Look at how he drives!
quebrar o galho
(p)
improvise a solution
Não dá tempo de ir comprar todos os ingredientes para o bolo, vou ter que quebrar o galho com o que tenho aqui.
There is no time to buy all ingredientes for the cake. I'll have to improvise with what I have here.
fazer de olhos fechados
(p)
do something easily and confidently
Eu faço isto de olhos fechados!
I do this easily!
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