Enlem ve Boylam 153 - English Idioms (İngilizce Deyimler)

İngilizce İfadeler

bite the dust: die; fail, break down

• I think that my old car has finally bitten the dust.
• Jack said his cell phone bit the dust when he dropped it in the swimming pool.

for peanuts / for chicken feed: for a very paltry or minuscule amount of money, insignificant amount of money

• I won’t work for peanuts! They expect me to do all that for chicken feed.
• The students had very little money and were willing to work for peanuts.
• I got this shirt for peanuts. It was on sale at the department store.

for a song: for a little money, cheaply, inexpensively

• We bought the house for a song.
• I went to the flea market last weekend and I got some coffee cups for a song.
• You can get a lot of stuff for a song at that marketplace.

head in the clouds: daydreaming or absentminded, being unaware of what is going on

• When Tommy was on the bus, he had his head in the clouds and didn't realize that he missed his stop.
• If you've got your head in the clouds, you're not going to be able to pay attention to this lesson/podcast.
• He is not right for this job; he has his head in the clouds.

on the spur of the moment: without advance planning

• In business, it's better to plan your activities carefully, rather than just doing things on the spur of the moment.
• It is difficult to get him to do anything on the spur of the moment.
• The decision was taken on the spur of the moment.

on the go: very busy; in motion, constantly moving

• Everyone in the city appears to be constantly on the go.
• My cousin Danny is a college student and he has 2 part time jobs. So he is always on the go.
• I've been on the go all this week.
• Sorry, I can't talk right now. I am on the go.

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