10 methaforic idioms

1. TO LEAVE IT/ LET IT WELL ALONE

“Leave the painting well alone otherwise it will get worse

• deixar alguém sozinho

• deixar como está

• deixar alguém em paz

bag and baggage  -

“ I´ll leave Brazil with bag and baggage

• todas as malas

• bolsas e sacolas

• mala e cuia

to be a cake-eater

“They are everywhere, they are cake-eaters

• ser comedor de bolo

• convidar sempre para o bolo

• ser convidado para tudo, ir p tudo

for a rainy day

“ Il´l keep my grades high for a rainy day

• para dia de chuva

• para dias de sol

• para emergência

to play something by ear

“I played my test by ear today”

• brincar com as orelhas

• decorar

• improvisar

to fall under –

“I´ll fall under the ten worst students with my results”

• cair embaixo de

• cair de classificação

• estar na classificação

to get above oneself –

“ They got above themselves just because they ARE GOING TO TRAVEL

 

• ser ingenuo

• ser convencido, superior

• ser bobo

to be over head and ears –

“ I´m over head and ears with those tests”

• estar bem ocupado

• estar ocioso

• estar doente

to break the ice-

“ Today was so tense, nobody broke the ice”

• quebrar o gelo

• quebrar o silencio

• quebrar a cabeça

to be in a jam –

“ Sorry that I couldn´t come, I was in a jam this morning

• estar na fila

• estar numa festa

• estar numa confusão