Help someone back who has helped you
Ali: Sue, would you please give me a hand with my math homework? Sue: Sure, I’ll do it if you promise to help me with the housework later. Scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours.
To deliberately deceive someone about your plans or intentions over a period of time; to make someone believe something while you know for a fact that you are misleading them and giving them false hopes about that thing
فریب دادن کسی، کسی را به بازی گرفتن، سر کار گذاشتن
Can’t you see he has strung you around? There is no pay raise or promotion and he only wants you to do all his duties to go on holiday freely.
say foolish things; make stupid comments
He was speaking nonsense about world economy. He knew nothing about it. He only talked through his hat.
Try to be as polite as you can; mind your behavior and try to be polite.
Susie, mind you P’s and Q’s when Aunt Martha is here and be a little good sweet girl. She likes polite girls.
To delay or postpone something
به حالت تعلیق درآمده ، روی هواست
The oil projects are on ice and can’t be run at the moment. We have to wait for the sanctions to be terminated.
To be in a bad mood and to be easily annoyed all day
What's wrong with Ali? Did he get up on the wrong side of the bed??
To escape or get away from someone
Oh no, look over there, that's my old uncle. If we go for a greeting, we’ll be late. Let’s give him the slip! Let’s go that way.
To protest publicly and strongly
The new students to the college raised a stink about the poor quality of the food. They gathered in front of the headmaster’s office with some plaques saying “poor food, poor management".
If something drives somebody up the wall, it annoys or irritates them very much
How can you tolerate Mia shouting at you for everything? It’s really annoying and drives me up the wall.
To chat informally about unimportant things
- What are you girls doing here?
- Nothing, we’re chatting, just shooting the breeze.
