نان و شيريني در اصطلاحات انگليسي

نان و شيريني در اصطلاحات انگليسي فهرستي از اصطلاحات انگليسي که در آنها از نام نان يا شيريني استفاده شده، به همراه معاني و مثال هايي براي هر يک:

to have a bun in the oven – to be pregnant

اشاره به خانم باردار

eg: Did yoy know that Jane has a bun in the oven?

to butter one's bread on both sides – to be wasteful or luxurious

کار احمقانه و بي فايده انجام دادن

eg: What you are doing is just buttering your bread on both sides.

nutty as fruitcake – crazy

ديوانه و ابله

eg: You are just as nutty as fruitcake! I don't understand what you are doing.

a piece of cake – something easy or pleasant

بسيار ساده و آسان

eg: Doing this puzzle is a piece of cake for me!

to sell like hot cakes – to sell quickly or in large quantities

سريع و آسان فروش رفتن

eg: Although his new paintings were expensive, he just sold all of them like hot cakes!

to take the cake – to carry off the honors, rank first; often used ironically or as an expression of surprise.

مفتخر شدن (معمولا به صورت متناقض و جهت به سخره گرفتن چيزي بيان مي شود.)

eg: You just took the cake when you passed the exam!

You can't have your cake and eat it, too. – proverb meaning you can't have it both ways

نمي شود هم خدا را داشته باشي و هم خرما

eg: If I am the one who goes shopping, you should clean up the room instead of watching football game! You can't have your cake and eat it, too!

one sharp cookie – someone who is not easily fooled or deceived

آدم تيز و باهوش

eg: My dad is a real sharp cookie! I can never deceive him!

one tough cookie – someone who is self-confident and ambitious and will do what is necessary to achieve what they want.

آدم سرسخت و با پشتکار

eg: Sarah is one though cookie... she tries her best to go to university.

That's the way the cookie crumbles. – that is how the position resolves itself; that is the way it is.

همينه که هست... طبيعتش اين است

eg: John is a selfish boy. That's the way the cookie crumbles!

to eat humble pie – to be humbled, to admit one's errors

متواضع بودن و تصديق کردن اشتباهات

eg: I really eat humble pie and accept all my faults.

finger in the pie – to participate in something that is happening

دستي بر آتش داشتن و در ماجرايي دخيل بودن

eg: John has a finger in the pie, too.

as easy as pie – something that is very easy

آسان مثل آب خوردن

eg: Deleting you from this project is as easy as pie for me!

icing on the cake – an extra benefit that makes a good situation even better

گل بود به سبزه هم آراسته شد، از اين بهتر نمي شود

eg: If you let me stay here, I will be very thankful and if you help me, too this is just icing on the cake.