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 displease someone; make someone detest something greatly (can have sexual or physical implications)
Martha really turned me off when she ate salad with her unwashed hands. It was really disgusting the way she picked cucumbers with her fingernails!
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.
To suddenly become very angry at someone; to react or respond angrily to someone
I just said I couldn’t go to his party but suddenly he started shouting at me and called me unreliable. I don’t know why he jumped down my throat.
keep something a secret
We are going to have a surprise birthday party for Maria, keep it under your hat and don’t let anyone know about it.
