WorksheetsIDIOMS
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
Chercher midi à quatorze heures = “To look for noon at two o’clock”
To complicate things unnecessarily
To be late
To look for something
To be hungry
C’est du gâteau = “This is some cake”
When someone is hungry
When something is easy
When someone is lazy
When something is boring
Tirer les vers du nez = “To pull the worms out of someone’s nose”
To get waxed
To be forced to tell the truth
To pick your nose
To be forced to lie
“Passer l’arme à gauche” = To pass the weapon to the left
To go to war
To go for a walk
To die
To change opinion
Etre cloué au lit = “To be nailed in the bed”
To tell the truth
To be unable to move
to be in a good shape
to be slow
To be in pain
To stop guessing
Never
To be quiet
Kúpiť mačku vo vreci - To buy a cat in the sack
you suddenly got a lot of money – e.g. you inherited it or won a lottery
to lie a lot
to get cheated when buying something
to bring a cat home from a shelter
Spomeň čerta - Speak of the devil
someone wants to summon the devil
you talk about someone and they suddenly show up
when you gossip
when you want to curse someone
Zlom väz - Break your neck
to wish someone something bad
to hurt someone
to wish someone good luck
to hurt yourself
Bez práce nie sú koláče = There in no cake without work.
No effort – no reward
If you don't work out, you will get fat.
If you try hard, you will get a dessert.
look for something everywhere
Neplač nad rozliatym mliekom. = Don´t cry over spilt milk.
Don´t cry when you don´t have milk.
Be happy when you break something you don´t need.
Don´t worry if you spill something.
Don´t worry about anything you can´t fix.
Nájsť, kde je pes zakopaný - To find where the dog is buried.
when you forget where you buried your pet
to find the reason of a problem
to look after a pet cemetery
to find a secret place
it is better to do things slowly
the mills will stop working once
person is punished for acting bad
God is the best miller.
we like to bath in gold
we are handy and skilled
we wear golden rings only
we are generous and kind
Koupit za pět prstů / Buy for five fingers
cut off your fingers
steal something
you need only fingers to buy something
to receive a gift
Mít velké oči / to have big eyes
when your eyes are bigger than your belly
have big eyes
to ask for forgiveness
to have a good eyesight
Vrána k vráně sedá/ A crow likes to sit with another crow.
the same animals like each other
crows don’t like to be alone
similar people are close to each other
When in Rome, do as Romans do
Chytit příležitost za pačesy. / Grab the opportunity by the hair
take the chance
have bad luck
be afraid
to do something just in time (almost too late)
Wie der Herr so's Gescherr - Like the master, like the dishes.
Like the king, like his people
you always buy things which are alike
a dog and his owner look alike
you do things the way others do
Der Apfel fällt nicht weit vom Stamm - The apple doesn't fall far away from the trunk.
you always stay at home
apples are to be harvested soon
children look/behave similar to their parents
no way is too far for the love of your life
Wie Du mir so ich Dir - Like you to me, so me to you.
As you are treated, you will not treat others
a friendly game of table tennis
traditional Bavarian dance
How you treat me, I will treat you.
Hochmut kommt vor dem Fall - Pride precedes the fall.
If you are arrogant, it will come back at you.
If you don't look where you're going, you will trip and fall.
It is better to be proud and avoid experiencing failure.
If you are too brave, you will get disappointed.
Hätte hätte Fahrradkette - If I had had, if I had had a bicycle chain
You can have everything you want
My bike needs a new chain.
You cannot always get what you want.
I cherish what I have.
Wer anderen eine Grube gräbt, fällt selbst hinein - Who sets a trap will fall in it himself.
When you want to do harm to someone, it will come back at you
If you want to do harm to someone, you will succeed.
Nothing stays the way it was.
You set a trap for someone else and you destroyed it.
