1
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Drive a wedge between sone
A
Chia rẽ
2
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On no account
A
Dù bất cứ lúc nào, dù bất cứ lí do nào
3
Q
Have it in for sone
A
Ghét/ muốn hại ai đó
4
Q
Keep sone’s guard up
A
Giữ cảnh giác
5
Q
The more the merrier
A
Càng đông càng vui
6
Q
Grin/smile from ear to ear
A
To look extremely happy
7
Q
Lump it
Like it or lump it
A
chấp nhận thôi/ chịu đi / không thích cũng kệ
8
Q
Time flies
A
Thời gian trôi thật nhanh
(It’s amazing how time flies!)
9
Q
go to the trouble to V/ of V_ing
(take the trouble to V)
A
Tốn công làm gì đó
Chịu khó làm gì đó
10
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To tell (you) the truth
A
I have to admit
11
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To make a long story short (US)
= Long story short
= in short,
A
Tóm lại là…
12
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Laugh out of the other side of your mouth (US)
Be Laughing on the other side of your face (UK)
A
Cười đó, rồi sẽ khóc thôi
13
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Take note of
Take notice of
A
= notice, pay attention to
14
Q
Barking up the wrong tree
A
Nhầm hướng, đi sai hướng
15
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Open your heart to sb
A
Mở lòng
16
Q
On the other hand
A
Mặt khác, trái lại
17
Q
Break the bank
A
Cạn túi tiền
18
Q
Back on your feet
A
Hồi phục, mạnh mẽ trở lại (về sức khỏe và tinh thần)
19
Q
Sorry for your loss
A
used when you are telling sone that you feel sympathy for them because sone close to them has recently died
20
Q
Over and over (again)
A
happening or done many times
21
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Make sense
A
to be clear and easy to understand
22
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Lose track
keep track
>< On track
A
to no longer know what is happening, or not to remember sth
>< Đang đi đúng hướng hoặc đang đúng tiến độ
23
Q
At the expense of sone
= at sone’s expense
At the expense of sth
A
(sone) making another person look silly
(sth) Đổi lại bằng việc hi sinh cái khác
24
Q
On/upon closer inspection
A
Khi xem xét kĩ hơn
25
In other words
Nói cách khác
26
On the contrary
= In constrast, conversely, by contrast
27
Steal sone's thunder
to do what sone else was going to do before they do it
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in your own words
Theo lời của bạn
29
Hold your tongue
To not speak
30
Once in a blue moon
Once in a lifetime
> Rarely
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Having said that
= despite
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Miss the point
Hiểu sai, không hiểu được...
(to not understand sth correctly or what is important about it)
33
Lose sone's mind
= Take leave of your senses
1. to become mentally ill, or to start behaving in a silly or strange way
2. To become crazy
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The grapevine
=hear (sth) through/on the grapevine
to hear news from sone who heard the news from sone else
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Not darken sone's door
Không tới nhà của ai nữa
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Tough call
Quyết định khó khăn
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Stand a chance (of/ against N/ V_ing)
Có cơ hội, khả năng làm gì đó
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Give birth (+to)
Đẻ con
(nghĩa bóng: nảy ra, tạo ra...)
39
Mind your own business
= That's none of your concern
Đừng xía vào chuyện của tôi
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Bless your heart
may good things happen to sone
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Let sone in on a secret
Tiết lộ bí mật cho ai đó
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Make headway
Tiến triển
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Be in the black
>< be in the red
Làm ăn có lãi, dư tiền, ổn định
>< bị nợ, lỗi, âm tiền
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Crystal clear (idiom&adj)
1. Extremely clear
2. Very easy to understand
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put two and two together
to guess the truth about a situation from what you have seen or heard (đoán mò)
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Lose your touch
to no longer be able to do sth as well as you could before
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In a nutshell
very briefly, giving only the main points
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Lose your temper
= lose your cool
to suddenly become angry
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Get sth off your chest
Trút được nỗi lòng
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Stab sone in the back
đâm sau lưng
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Hold your horses
used to tell sone to stop and consider carefully their decision or opinion about sth
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Spit it out!
Nói thẳng ra đi (used to tell sone to speak more quickly, when they are unwilling to speak or are speaking slowly)
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Take/have a leak
= urinate, pee
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Sugar the pill (US)
= sweeten the pill (UK)
to make sth bad seem less unpleasant
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Not move a muscle
To stay completely still
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Take your breath away
1. Sững sờ, choáng ngợp (quá đẹp, quá tuyệt vời
2. Khiến nghẹt thở (vì đau đớn, sợ hãi, sốc)
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Look/feel like a million bucks (US)
Look/feel like a million dollars (UK)
to look or feel extremely good, often because you are wearing sth that costs a lot of money
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From the ground up
To learn or develop sth thoroughly from the basics
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Second to none
Không gì sánh bằng (better than all others)
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Speak volumes
Nói lên nhiều điều (without use of words)
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Take advantage of sth/sone
1. Lợi dụng
2. Tận dụng, khai thác (positive)
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Catch sight of sone/sth
= catch a glimpse of sone/sth
to see sth only for a moment (vô tình nhìn thấy một cách thoáng qua)
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Lose sight of sth
1.Quên bén mất gì đó (to forget about an important idea or fact because you are thinking too much about other thing)
2. Ko nhìn thấy gì, mất hút
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Make room/space/ way
Nhường chỗ, dọn chỗ cho...
(you move ur body or move other things, so that there is space for it or them
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Take account of sth
= take (sth) into account + clause
Lưu ý, để tâm, cân nhắc đến, xem xét đến, tính đến
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Show affection for sth/sone by V_ing
bộc lộ rõ sự quan tâm, yêu thương
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(much) to sone's delight, dismay, disappointment, surprise, etc.
used to say that sone is very surprised, happy, unhappy, etc. about sth
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On sone's doorstep
Rất gần nhà ai đó, ngay gần ai đó
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Bear/keep sth in mind
Ghi nhớ điều gì đó, nhớ kĩ trong đầu (để đưa ra quyết định)
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Set/put your mind to V_ing/ N
Quyết tâm làm gì đó
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Be another/ a different kettle of fish
Một tình huống hoàn toàn khác, hoặc một vấn đề hoàn toàn khác.
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A pretty/ fine kettle of fish
Rắc rối to (a very difficult and annoying situations)
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The pot calling the kettle black
a situation in which one person criticizes another for a fault the first person also has (Talk about the pot calling the kettle black)
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Take sone's side
to support sone in an argument
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Create/ kick up/ raise a stink (about/over)
to make a strong public complaint
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Hit the sack
= hit the hay
= Go to sleep
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Miss the boat (on sth)
Miss the opportunity to V by V_ing
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Labor of love
a piece of hard work that you do because you enjoy it and not because you will receive money (làm vì đam mê)
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Land on your feet (US)
Fall on your feet (UK)
Ổn định lại (to be in good condition after a difficult experience)
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A rough ride
A difficult time
81
Don't hold your breath
Not to expect sth to happen
82
Kick to the curb
Đá ra lề đường
83
Store up trouble/ problems
Chuốc lấy rắc rối
84
Snap your fingers
Búng tay
85
Be in a funk
to be very unhappy and without hope
86
The jury is (still) out on sth
Người ta vẫn chưa biết chắc/ chưa đưa ra kết luận về điều gì đó, vì chưa có đủ bằng chứng, thời gian, hoặc kết quả.
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Out of your depth
1. Vượt quá khả năng/ hiểu biết
2. Ở chỗ nước quá sâu so với khả năng bơi lội
88
Off the top of your head
from the knowledge you have in your memory
89
get on sone's nerves
To annoy sone a lot
90
Straight up (informal)
Thành thật, thẳng thắn
91
Be on sb
E.g: that's on you (= that's your fault)
92
Keep/put your nose to the grindstone
to work very hard for a long time
93
Put the squeeze on sone...for... (UK)
Put the bite on sone (US)
1. to ask sone to give you money
2. Áp đặt tài chính lên ai đó/ gì đó
94
Champagne taste on beer budget
Tiền ít muốn hít đồ thơm
95
Head over heels (in love)
completely in love
96
in advance
= beforehand
(in advance of)
97
Nothing less than sth
= nothing short of sth
only a particular quality in sth, and not worse
98
Be bent on N/V_ing
= dead set on
= be hell-bent on sth
quyết tâm, nhất quyết
99
Be lost for words
To be shocked
100
Itching to V_ing
= itch for Ving/N
= have an itch to V
101
Be crazy about
Be mad about (UK)
= Be Obsessed with
102
Blow sone's mind
= astonish/ leave sone stunned
103
Be green with envy
Rất ghen tị
104
More in sorrow than in anger
feeling sad about sth, rather than angry about it
105
On the back burner
>< on the front burner
một việc quan trọng ít hơn, sẽ làm sau, tạm thời không tập trung.
106
Dodge a bullet (by/with...)
tránh được một tình huống nguy hiểm, rắc rối, hoặc điều xui xẻo một cách may mắn.
107
I owe you (one)
said to thank sone for helping you and as a way of saying that you will do sth for them in the future
108
Owe sone a living/my life
Nợ ai đó cả cuộc đời
109
Owe it to yourself
bạn có trách nhiệm hoặc nên làm gì đó vì lợi ích của chính bản thân mình.
110
The backbone of sth
the most important part of sth, providing support for everything else
111
In the first place
1. in the beginning
2. Trước hết là, thứ nhất là
112
In the second place (formal)
= secondly
113
go steady (with sone)
to have a romantic relationship with one person for a long period
114
Ignorance is bliss
Ko biết thì tốt (said to emphasize that sometimes it is better for you if you do not know all the facts about a situation)
115
hope springs eternal (clause)
said when you continue to hope that sth will happen, although it seems unlikely (hy vọng luôn tồn tại)
116
Sone's blessing
Sự đồng ý, sự chấp thuận
(approval that sone gives to a plan or action)
117
On/in behalf of sone
(on/in sb's behalf)
Đại diện cho sb, thay mặt cho sb
118
A fine line (between sth and sth)
Ranh giới mỏng manh
119
By a whisker
suýt soát, sát nút
120
be a glutton for V_ing/N
To like sth very much
121
be a glutton for punishment
= be asking for trouble/ it
Người thích chuốc họa vào thân
122
Out of your mind
Mất trí, điên rồ
(out of your mind with...
Go out of your mind)
123
Hostage to fortune
= tempt fate
tự gây rủi ro cho chính mình
124
The floor is yours
Mời ai đó phát biểu, nói chuyện, hoặc trình bày trước mn (It's your turn to speak)
125
Take the floor
1. To start speaking
2. Ra sàn nhảy, bắt đầu nhảy
126
(as) slow as molasses
Extremely slow
127
Get out of my sight
= get out of here, go away, leave me alone
128
Lower your sights
Lower your expectations
129
Set your sights on V_ing/N
= aim to V/aim for N
130
Sight unseen
Sth mà chưa nhìn thấy trực tiếp hoặc không thấy trước
131
Love at first sight
Yêu từ cái nhìn đầu tiên
= you had me at hello
132
(just) in the nick of time
Kịp lúc trong gang tác (= in time)
133
Hit it off
có mối quan hệ tốt, hợp cạ (hit it off with)
134
The dawn of sth
= the beginning of sth
135
The twilight of sth
the final part of a period
136
Twilight years
the last years of sone's life (những năm tháng cuối đời)
137
Twilight zone (between)
Khoảng giao thoa giữa hai thứ đối lập
138
Clear sone's mind
Làm đầu óc thư giãn, không bận tâm muộn phiền
139
Beyond belief
Ngoài sức tưởng tượng
140
Be hard up (for sth)
to not have enough of sth important or valuable (thiếu gì đó)
141
throw (sone) a curve (ball)/curveball
to surprise sone with sth that is difficult or unpleasant to deal with
142
To do sone a solid
= to do sone a favor
143
Within shouting distance (of+N)
Very close
144
A parting of the ways
sự rẽ hai hướng, kết thúc mối quan hệ hoặc hợp tác.
145
Chomp/champ at the bit (+V)
Be chafing at the bit (+V)
to be very eager to do sth
146
Grind sone's teeth
Nghiến răng (=clench sone's teeth)
147
Never look back
Ko hối tiếc
148
be like a bear with a sore head
to be in a bad mood that causes you to treat other people badly and complain a lot
149
bring a lump to sone's throat
Have a lump in sone's throat
nghẹn ngào, khó nói vì xúc động
150
Somehow or other
Bằng cách nào đó, ko rõ bằng cách nào
151
Have an eye for sth
to have an ability to notice sth
152
Save your breath
Đừng phí lời nói/ đừng tốn lời
153
On board
1. on a boat, train, or aircraft (on board sth)
2. Tham gia vào
3. Đồng ý với
154
Take sth to heart
Bận tâm tới (If you take criticism or advice to heart, you think about it seriously, often because it upsets you)
155
Break the ice (by V_ing)
to make people who have not met before feel more relaxed with each other (làm quen)
156
Hit the nail on the head
to be exactly right about sth
157
Spill the beans
Tiết lộ bí mật
158
Bite the bullet
= grin and bear it
Chấp nhận điều khó khăn
159
Cry over spilled milk
tiếc nuối điều đã xảy ra (không thay đổi được)
160
Burn the midnight oil
To work late into the night
161
Pull your weight
Làm tròn trách nhiệm (to work as hard as other people in a group)
162
Go the extra mile (for+N)
to make more effort than is expected of you
163
The ball is in sone's court
they have to do sth before any progress can be made in a situation (trách nhiệm hành động đang thuộc về người đó)
164
Hit the ground running
to immediately work hard and successfully at a new activity
165
Let the cat out of the bag
= spill the beans
= give the game away
166
Under the weather
Not really well
167
Pigs can fly
said when you think that there is no chance at all of sth happening (mơ đi cưng)
168
cost an arm and a leg/a small fortune/ a fortune
to be extremely expensive
169
Add fuel to the fire
to make an argument or bad situation worse
170
At all costs
At any cost
= at any price
Bằng bất cứ giá nào
171
not my circus, not my monkeys
not my circus
= Be none of my business
172
Wash your hands of sth, sone
Phủi tay, không dính líu đến nữa
173
Leave well enough alone
Để yên
174
The die is cast
không thể thay đổi nữa, số phận đã định đoạt
175
The mercury
= the temperature
176
packed/squashed like sardines
Rất chật chội, đông đúc
177
Take sth with a grain of salt
to not completely believe sth that you are told, because you think it is unlikely to be true (= be suspicious of...)
178
Throw sone under the bus
to do sth harmful to sone else in order to gain an advantage for yourself
179
Be on cloud nine
to be extremely happy and excited
180
Throw caution to the wind
= Play with fire
Làm điều liều lĩnh
181
Harden sb's heart
làm ai trở nên lạnh lùng/vô cảm
182
On the take
accepting bribes (illegally)
183
Be on the make
to be trying very hard to get more money and power (tham vọng tiến thân)
184
Pull a stunt
To do sth silly and dangerous
185
Be over the hump
Vượt qua giai đoạn khó khăn nhất của một việc gì đó
186
Pale in comparison (v)
= Pale beside sth/sone
Chẳng nhằm nhò dì, chẳng thấm vào đâu
187
In safe keeping
= In sone's keeping
(in the keeping of sb)
Being carefully taken care of
188
In/out of keeping (with sth)
= in line with sth
suitable or not suitable for a particular situation
189
Watery grave
= drown
(go to... Sone's watery grave)
190
Get sth into your (thick) skull
Làm cho ai đó hiểu gì đó (because they're quite stupid)
191
No shortage of sth
Vô số kể gì đó, không hề thiếu gì đó
(no shortage of unN/(p)N + (s)N)
192
he who laughs last, laughs longest/best
ai đó kiên nhẫn hoặc chờ đợi đến lúc thích hợp để đạt chiến thắng
193
a hive of activity/ industry
a place where a lot of people are working very hard
194
Like clockwork
Đều đặn, trơn tru (very regularly, or at exactly the planned times)
195
Run/go like clockwork
to happen exactly as planned, without any trouble
196
Into thin air
used to refer to sone or sth disappearing suddenly and completely
197
be that as it may, + clause
= all the same
Dù vậy thì (= nevertheless, nonetheless)
198
Out of the frying pan into the fire
= From bad to worse
said when you move from a bad or difficult situation to one that is worse
199
Be your last resort
Là hy vọng cuối cùng
200
Don’t count your chickens before they hatch
Đừng chắc ăn quá (you should not make plans that depend on sth good happening before you know that it has actually happened)
201
be (caught) between a rock and a hard place
to be in a very difficult situation and to have to make a hard decision
202
A blessing in disguise
sth that seems bad or unlucky at first, but results in sth good happening later
203
The betting is...
used to say that it is very likely that sth is true or will happen
204
Hit the books
To study
205
Tempest in a teapot
Storm in a teacup (UK)
Chuyện bé xé ra to
205
Play chicken
to play dangerous games in order to discover who is the bravest
206
A chicken and egg situation
a situation in which it is impossible to say which of two things existed first and which caused the other one
207
Throw in the towel
= give up
= surrender
208
Slug it out (with sb)
to argue or compete with sone fiercely
209
Same old same old
mọi thứ vẫn như cũ, không có gì thay đổi, thường theo nghĩa nhàm chán hoặc lặp đi lặp lại
210
Take sone's life
To kill sone
211
(go; do) by the book
exactly as the rules tell you
212
Skeleton in the/your closet
an embarrassing secret
213
Pull an all-nighter
to stay up all night, especially to study or work
214
Kick the bucket
= Be pushing up the daisies
= bite the dust
= fall off your perch
to die (informal)
215
Sick to your stomach
1. Likely to vomit
2. Feeling very upset, worried, or angry
216
Strike a discordant note
to look or sound different or wrong compared with everything else
217
The last/ final straw
Giọt nước tràn ly
218
Bite off more than you can chew
to try to do sth that is too difficult for you
219
Wear your heart on your sleeve
Bộc lộ cảm xúc rõ ràng
220
A shoulder to cry on
Sone who is willing to listen to your problems and give you sympathy, emotional support, and encouragement
221
Learn/know the ropes
to learn/know how to do a job or activity
222
Put the finishing touches on
Làm những bước cuối cùng, những chi tiết nhỏ để hoàn thiện một việc gì đó trước khi kết thúc.
223
By the score
= by the dozen
= in droves
in large numbers
(come/ go/ arrive/ leave/ turn out + in droves: kéo đến hàng loạt)
224
What's the score?
“Tình hình thế nào rồi?”, “Chuyện gì đang diễn ra vậy?”
225
Settle a score
Settle old scores
To take revenge
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Settle an account
1. to harm sone because they have harmed you in the past
2. to give a shop or business all the money you owe them
(settle an account with)
227
Overplay your hand
to spoil your chance of success by saying or doing too much
228
Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit
said to mean that sarcasm is unkind and not very funny
229
Play on words
a humorous use of a word with more than one meaning or that sounds like another word
230
Bruise sone's ego
it upsets you because it makes you feel less valuable or important
231
Buckle under sth
To be defeated by a difficult situation
232
An awful lot (of)
A very large amount
233
without a murmur
without even a small complaint (ko phàn nàn, càm ràm một tiếng nào)
234
Pale into insignificance
to seem not important when compared with sth else
(pale into insignificance when/next to/compared with/ beside sth)
235
Blow the whistle on sone/sth
to bring sth to the attention of other people in order to stop sth bad from happening
236
Purely and simply
for only one reason or purpose (chỉ vì một lý do duy nhất, không có gì khác)
237
Go bananas
to become extremely angry or excited
238
An acquired taste
một thứ lúc đầu bạn không thích, nhưng sau dần dần mới thích
239
Do sth at your peril
to do sth that might be very dangerous for you (làm việc gì đó và tự chịu rủi ro/ hậu quả)
240
Put/set sth in motion
To start a machine or process
241
Go through the motions
Làm cho có lệ
242
Look on the bright side
to find good things in a bad situation
243
Economical with the truth
Không hoàn toàn nói sự thật
244
On the same wavelength
>< on a different wavelength
cùng suy nghĩ, cùng tần số, hiểu ý nhau
245
Know when you are well off
= count your blessings
biết hài lòng với những gì mình đang có (a bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush)
246
At first blush
At first glance
when you first see or experience sth
247
So/As far as sone knows
= so/as far as sone can/could tell
Based on what sone knows
248
a flush of anger, excitement, pleasure, etc.
a sudden strong feeling of anger, excitement, pleasure, etc.
249
Flush sth down the toilet
to get rid of sth by putting it in the toilet and operating the toilet
250
Take sth under advisement
to consider sth such as advice or information carefully
251
Curiosity killed the cat
said to warn sone not to ask too many questions about sth
252
A taste for sth
sở thích hoặc sự ưa thích đối với một thứ gì đó
253
second best
not as good as the best and therefore not wanted as much
(settle for second best)
254
The second (that), + clause
= as soon as
255
Give utterance to feelings/ emotions
to express your ideas or feelings in spoken words
256
Have a good head for sth
to have a natural ability to do sth well
257
Take pity (on sone)
to feel sorry for sone, and to do sth that shows this (thương hại, thương xót, cảm thấy thương cho ai đó)
258
make representations/a representation to sone
trình bày ý kiến, khiếu nại, đề xuất, hoặc phản ánh chính thức về một vấn đề
(make a representation to+ authority/body+about/regarding +vấn đề)
259
perform/work miracles/a miracle
to be extremely effective in improving a situation
260
On fire
1. playing, working, etc. extremely well
2. (of a part of the body) feeling very hot and painful
3. It is burning
261
Fight tooth and nail (to V)
to try very hard to get sth you want
262
Keep sone at bay
To prevent sone from moving closer
263
At the eleventh hour
Eleventh-hour (adj)
the last moment or almost too late
264
Bay for blood
If a group of people are baying for blood, they want sone to be hurt or punished
265
Keep/ hold sone/sth at bay
to prevent sone or sth unpleasant from harming you
266
At bay
it is about to be caught or attacked (animals)
267
Pay the price
Phải trả giá
268
Jack-of-all trades, master of none
said about sone who is able to do many things, but is not an expert in any
269
Lead/live a charmed life
to be very lucky in life, often escaping dangerous situations without being hurt
270
Laughter is the best medicine
Một nụ cười bằng 10 than thuốc bổ
271
The/ a glare of sth
an occasion when sth receives a very large amount of public attention
272
Throw a fit/tantrum
Have a fit
To became very angry
273
Not lift a finger
To not make any effort
274
Put sth out of joint
to prevent a plan from working correctly (Làm rối loạn, phá vỡ trật tự hoặc kế hoạch)
275
Behind the eight ball
in a difficult situation or in a worse situation than other people (gặp khó khăn, bất lợi, thế khó)
276
Have a ball
to enjoy yourself very much
277
On the ball
1. Nhanh nhạy, thông minh, nắm bắt tình hình tốt
2. if you are on the ball, you have control of it (sports)
278
pick up/take the ball and run with it
to continue an activity or process that sone else has started, often when that person could not finish it or make it work
279
A little bird told me
used to say that you have heard a piece of information about sone from sone else
280
The lion's share (of sth)
the largest part or most of sth
281
Kill two birds with one stone
Một mũi tên trúng hai con nhạn (một công đôi việc)
282
A wolf in sheep’s clothing
Sói đội lót cừu
283
Make a pig of yourself
To eat too much
284
Cry wolf
to keep asking for help when you do not need it, with the result that people think you do not need help when you really need it
285
Be (as) busy as a bee
Bận rộn, chăm chỉ
286
An elephant in the room
you mean that there is an obvious problem or difficult situation that people do not want to talk about
287
A drop in the bucket (US)
A drop in the ocean (UK)
a very small amount compared to the amount needed
288
From the bottom of my heart
Very sincerely (từ tận đáy lòng)
289
never look a gift horse in the mouth
hãy biết ơn món quà hoặc sự giúp đỡ, đừng so đo giá trị
290
Bow and scrape
to show too much politeness or attention to sone
291
fire a (warning) shot across sone's bow
Đưa ra lời cảnh báo nghiêm túc cho ai đó, trước khi có biện pháp cứng rắn hơn
292
Put a bow on sth
To make sth complete or perfect
293
Have a frog in your throat
to have difficulty in speaking because your throat feels dry and you want to cough
294
the nuts and bolts of sth
the basic facts or practical things that need to be understood or done (Những chi tiết cơ bản, thiết yếu, thực tế)
295
A bolt from/ out of the blue
Out of the blue
sth completely unexpected that surprises you very much
296
Make a bolt for somewhere
to try to escape by running towards sth (Chạy nhanh, lao thẳng về một nơi nào đó)
297
Take the bait
to react to sth said or offered
298
Act your age!
Bớt trẻ con lại
299
Steal sone's heart
you start to love or like them very much
300
Steal a march on sone
liên quan đến vượt lên trước, chiếm lợi thế chiến lược
301
Steal the limelight
to get more attention than anyone or anything else in a situation
302
Steal the show/scene
to be the most popular or the best part of an event or situation
303
In/ into the bargain
thêm vào đó, hơn nữa, kèm theo đó
(= in addition)
304
Retail at/for (+ price)
to be sold at a particular price
305
Burden of proof
trách nhiệm chứng minh rằng điều gì đó là đúng
306
Brace yourself
Chuẩn bị tinh thần đi
307
Keep your temper
not become angry
308
a big fish in a small pond
sone who has a lot of influence only over a small area
309
Scent blood
Cảm thấy cơ hội để tấn công, lợi dụng hay hạ gục ai đó (vì thấy họ yếu thế, sơ hở).
310
On the scent
Đang lần ra manh mối, đang theo dõi đúng hướng, sắp tìm thấy cái gì.
311
Turn over a new leaf
Thay đổi bản thân
312
throw/put sone off the scent
Đánh lạc hướng, làm cho ai hiểu sai, không tìm ra sự thật.
313
Strike a chord (with/among sb)
Gợi cảm xúc mạnh mẽ, tạo sự đồng cảm, khiến ai đó cảm thấy gần gũi hay thấu hiểu
==> sự đồng tình
314
At (your) ease
1. Relaxed (put/set sone at (their) ease)
2. standing with feet apart and hands behind the back
315
Ease sone's mind
to stop sone from worrying
316
Blow sone a kiss
Blow a kiss to/at sone
Hôn gió
317
Clear your throat
1. To give a small cough
2. Hắng giọng
318
Rest on your laurels
ngủ quên trên chiến thắng (quá tự mãn vì thành công cũ)
319
in a spin
Worried and confused
320
A close call
Sth bad that almost happened
321
Cheat death
Suýt chết
322
Be at death's door
Ở cửa tử
323
A matter of life and death
a situation that is extremely serious (chuyện sống còn)
324
Rock the boat
Gây chuyện, làm mất hòa khí
325
in the distance
ở đằng xa/ ở phía xa
326
Toss and turn
to move about from side to side or turn a lot in bed, especially because you cannot sleep
327
In no time (at all)
In next to no time
very quickly or very soon (ngay lập tức, ngay tức khắc)
328
Bless my soul!
Bless me!
Well, I'm blessed!
Trời ơi
329
Don't give up the day job!
Don't quit your day job
used for telling sone that you do not think they are very good at sth
330
On a wing and a prayer
you do it hoping that you will succeed, although you are not prepared enough for it
331
Blow hot and cold (about)
lúc thì nhiệt tình, lúc thì lạnh nhạt
332
put the brakes on
to slow down or stop an activity
333
by a process of elimination
Phương pháp loại trừ
334
By the same token
For the same reason
335
Be like talking to a brick wall
Chẳng khác chi nói với bức tường
336
(like) water off a duck's back
Nước đổ đầu vịt
337
pour/throw cold water on sth
làm nản chí, phản đối hoặc phá hỏng ý tưởng, kế hoạch, hoặc sự hào hứng của ai đó (tạt gáo nước lạnh lên mặt ai đó)
338
Go in one ear and out the other
Gió thoáng qua tai này sang tai khác (you mean you quickly forget it)
339
Think outside the box
Suy nghĩ sáng tạo, vượt ra khỏi khuôn khổ thông thường
340
The calm before the storm
a quiet or peaceful period before a period during which there is great activity, argument, or difficulty
341
Cross sone's mind
= pop into your head/ mind
Thoáng nghĩ đến ai hoặc điều gì đó, chợt nảy ra trong đầu
342
put sone/ sth through their/its paces
to make sone show their skills or knowledge, or to make sth show its good qualities (để kiểm tra khả năng)
343
Trials and tribulations
troubles and events that cause suffering
344
Put sone through the mill
Gây khó dễ (to cause sone to have a difficult and unpleasant experience, especially by asking them a lot of difficult questions)
345
Birds of a feather flock together
người cùng sở thích, tính cách, hoặc quan điểm thường tìm đến nhau
(birds of a feather: people who are similar in character)
346
Make up your mind
Make your mind up
= take the plunge (+ and V)
= decide
347
(as) proud as a peacock
Extremely proud
348
(As) proud as lucifer
Extremely proud or satisfied with yourself
349
Calm and collected
showing great control over your feelings
350
Fairly and squarely
Completely
351
Listen to reason
to listen to good advice and be influenced by it
352
Or I'll know the reason why
used for saying in an angry or threatening way that if sone does not do sth, they need to have a good reason why not
353
Nothing ventured, nothing gained
You have to take a risk in order to get sth good
354
Holy cow!
= how surprising, how wonderful
355
Fair to middling
Not very good but not very bad
356
It's fair to say
= it is true to say
357
Talk rubbish
Talk nonsense
Nói nhảm
358
Get/ start the ball rolling
to make sth begin or happen
359
Speak your mind
Nói lên suy nghĩ, ý kiến của bản thân một cách thẳng thắn, trung thực
360
Once bitten, twice shy
said when you are frightened to do sth again because you had an unpleasant experience doing it the first time
361
if at first you don't succeed, try, try again
said to encourage sone who has failed at sth to try to do it again
362
Practice makes perfect
said to encourage sone to continue to do sth many times, so that they will learn to do it very well
363
Slow and steady wins the race
Chậm mà chắc
364
Rome wasn’t built in a day
you cannot expect to do important things in a short period of time
365
Promise sone the earth/moon
to say that you will do much greater things than you will ever be able to achieve (hứa đủ điều)
366
Spit and polish
careful cleaning and shining (Sự chăm chút bề ngoài, vẻ sạch bóng)
367
Good wine needs no bush
hữu xạ tự nhiên hương
368
the proof of the pudding (is in the eating)
the proof is in the pudding
said to mean that you can only judge the quality of sth after you have tried, used, or experienced it
369
Actions speak louder than words
Hành động hơn lời nói xuông
370
Don't judge a book by its cover
you can't judge a book by its cover
said to show that you cannot know what sth or sone is like by looking only at that person or thing's appearance
371
Beauty is only skin deep
used to say that a person's character is more important than how they look
371
beauty is in the eye of the beholder
vẻ đẹp là cảm nhận chủ quan; cái đẹp tùy thuộc vào người nhìn
372
all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy)
said to warn sone that they will not be an interesting person by working all the time
373
the grass is (always) greener (on the other side)
Đứng núi này trông núi nọ
374
Every cloud has a silver lining
Trong cái rủi có cái may
375
You reap what you sow
Gieo nhân nào gặp quả nấy
376
when in Rome (do as the Romans do)
Nhập gia tùy tục
377
Still waters run deep
said about a person who says little, but who might in fact know a lot
378
a leopard can't/doesn't change its spots
Giang sơn dễ đổi, bản tính khó dời
379
The show must go on
said to encourage sone to continue with what they are doing, even if they are experiencing difficulties (cứ tiếp tục đi)
380
Better late than never
Muộn còn hơn không
381
you can't teach an old dog new tricks
Tre già khó uốn
382
The milk of human kindness
Good, kind qualities (lòng nhân hậu tự nhiên trong con người)
383
Be in hot water (over)
Get into hot water
= be in a (pretty) pickle
Gặp rắc rối
384
sth runs in sone's family
a skill or quality is present in relatives
385
A clean state
một khởi đầu mới, không bị ràng buộc bởi quá khứ
386
Good things come in small packages
said to emphasize that sth does not need to be big in order to be good
387
Be the tip of the iceberg
Bề nổi của tảng băng chìm
388
beyond the pale
vượt quá giới hạn đạo đức
389
in the long run
nhìn tổng thể, dài hạn
390
be at a crossroads
to be at a stage in your life when you have to make a very important decision
391
Time will tell
Thời gian sẽ trả lời tất cả
392
Pull sone's leg
Trêu đùa ai đó
392
bide your time
Hãy kiên nhẫn chờ thời cơ
393
Cross the Rubicon
to do sth that you cannot later change and will strongly influence future events
(Rubicon: một con sông ở Italy)
394
Food for thought
Gợi suy tư, suy nghĩa sâu
395
the handwriting is on the wall
said to mean that there are clear signs that sth will fail or no longer exist
396
burning issue/question
vấn đề nóng hổi, gây nhức nhối
397
against (all) the odds/against all odds
Bất chấp mọi khó khăn
398
leave no stone unturned (to V/in sth)
Làm mọi cách để đạt kết quả
399
Raise the bar
nâng tiêu chuẩn, kì vọng
400
no/not enough room to swing a cat
said about a place or space that is very small
401
Give voice to sth
to express your thoughts or feelings in words
402
Put sth behind you
Gạt sth qua một bên (If you put a bad experience or your own bad behaviour behind you, you do not let it affect your life now)
403
no room for sth
It is not acceptable
404
too many cooks spoil the soup
Quá nhiều người cùng can thiệp vào một việc sẽ khiến nó trở nên rối rắm hoặc thất bại
405
the beating heart of sth
the most important part of sth
406
Be toast
Tiêu đời, xong đời
407
not be sone's cup of tea
Không phải gu của sone
408
get on like a house on fire
like each other very much and become friends very quickly
409
Let your hair down
= unwind
410
broaden/expand/widen sone's horizons
to increase the range of things that sone knows about or has experienced
411
Go against the grain
trái với lẽ tự nhiên, thói quen
412
Against your better judgment
even though you feel you are not making the best decision
413
be pushing up (the) daisies
= kick the bucket, bite the dust
414
Take the bull by the horns
to deal with a difficult situation in a very direct way
415
Bring home the bacon
kiếm tiền nuôi sống gia đình
416
Onwards and upwards
becoming more and more successful
417
That's my jam
Thứ tôi thích
418
Jam on the brakes
to use the brakes of a road vehicle suddenly and forcefully
419
A walk in the park
= a piece of cake (but feeling pleasant)
420
Sone's hands are tied
you are not free to behave in the way that you would like (ko thể, ko có quyền hành)
421
Up against sone
to have a difficult opponent
422
burn the candle at both ends
= drive/work yourself into the ground
to work or do other things from early in the morning until late at night and so get very little rest (làm quá sức, kiệt quệ, cày đến kiệt sức)
423
Seize the day
Carpe diem
Hãy sống hết mình
424
get a/your foot in the door
to enter a business or organization at a low level, but with a chance of being more successful in the future
425
Call the shots
Call the tune
to be the person who controls or organizes a situation
426
draw a line under sth
to decide to stop thinking or talking about sth/ to stop sth from continuing, and consider it finished
427
Keep your nose clean
= Keep your head down
= not soil your hands
to avoid getting into trouble
(to stay out of trouble)
(not soil your hands with sth)
427
Throw your weight around
to use your position or influence unfairly to get what you want
428
A sight for sore eyes
Một cảnh đẹp hoặc điều gì dễ chịu cho mắt, khiến vui mắt
429
Easy on the eye/ ear
pleasant to look at/listen to
430
Go easy on sone/ sth
(sone) To treat sone in a gentle way
(sth) to not take or use too much of sth
431
be music to sone's ears
to be sth that you are very pleased to hear
432
echo down/through the ages
to continue to have a particular effect for a long time
433
Tucked away
hidden/ difficult to find (ở nơi ẩn mình, yên bình)
434
Paint a picture (of sth)
Miêu tả một bức tranh
435
As far as the eye can/ could see
For a long distance (bao la, trải dài tầm mắt, xa tận chân trời)
436
be out of the woods
to no longer be in danger or difficulty
437
in no way
= By no means
= Not by any means
Not at all
438
As far as sone is concerned
in a particular person's opinion
439
Hold your nose
1. Bịt mũi
2. làm việc gì không thích nhưng vẫn làm
440
A big ask
Yêu cầu khó thực hiện
441
a bird in the hand (is worth two in the bush)
said when you recognize that you should not risk losing sth you already have by trying to get sth you think might be better
442
Turn a blind eye
= Turn a deaf ear
Cố tình làm ngơ
(turn a blind eye/ turn a deaf ear to V_ing/ N)
443
A pig in a poke
sth that you buy or accept without first seeing it or finding out if it is good
444
Talk at cross purposes
If two or more people are at cross purposes, they do not understand each other because they are talking about different subjects without realizing this (ông nói gà, bà nói vịt)
445
in the same boat
in the same difficult situation as sone else
446
Move heaven and earth
Nỗ lực hết sức
447
The greater good
Lợi ích chung
448
Keep a cool head
Giữ cái đầu lạnh
449
be of two minds (about)
Phân vân
450
Make ends meet
đủ sống, đủ tiền
451
Come to light
To become know
452
Name your poison
What's your poison?
used to ask what type of alcoholic drink sone would like
453
Sone's heart desire
Sth that you want very much
454
Sone's fingerprints are all over sth
it is very likely that sone is responsible for sth
455
On the horizon
likely to happen or exist soon
456
Be torn between sth and sth
= be in a cleft stick (UK)
finding it very difficult to choose between two possibilities
457
Under oath
Having legally promised to tell the truth (in court)
458
bend/ lean over backwards (for sth/ to V)
= go out of your way (to V)
Cố gắng hết sức, làm mọi cách để giúp đỡ ai đó hoặc làm cho ai đó hài lòng
459
(It) beats me!
Tôi chịu/ Tôi bó tay
460
Go/swim with the tide
>< go/swin against the tide
Hùa theo/ theo phong trào/ theo số đông (to follow what everyone else is doing)
>< to not follow what everyone else is doing
461
Withstand/ Stand the test of time
Bền vững qua thời gian (it is still popular, strong, etc. after a long time)
462
Weather the storm
Sone successfully deals with a very difficult problem
463
be ahead of the curve
>< be behind the curve
Đi trước thời đại
464
Take sth in stride
Bình tĩnh đối mặt (not let it have an effect on you)
465
For all intents and purposes
Almost completely
466
drive your message/point home
Nhấn mạnh ý chính
467
Cut to the chase
đi thẳng vào vấn đề (ko lòng vòng)
468
Open sone's eyes (to sth)
Giúp sone nhận ra sth
469
Walk the walk
= put your money where your mouth is
to show that sth is true by your actions rather than your words
470
Hang by a thread
Ngàn cân treo sợi tóc
471
Walk of life
tầng lớp xã hội, nghề nghiệp hoặc vị thế
472
carve out a niche (for yourself)
Tạo chỗ đứng riêng, tạo phong cách riêng
473
rise to the occasion/ challenge
to show that you can deal with a difficult situation successfully
474
Make a name for yourself
Tạo dựng danh tiếng
475
come/get to grips with sth
Bắt đầu hiểu và đối mặt với vấn đề
476
Tip the balance
= Tip the scales
Làm thay đổi cục diện
477
hold sone accountable for sth
= hold sb responsible for
478
lay the groundwork/basis for
lay the foundation(s) of
Tạo tiền đề
479
Set the scene/ stage
the scene/stage is set
chuẩn bị, mở đường, tạo điều kiện để điều gì xảy ra
480
Pave the way
mở đường, dọn đường, tạo điều kiện cho điều gì đó
481
Hope for the best
to hope that sth will be successful, even if it seems unlikely
482
keep your fingers crossed
Cầu mong may mắn
483
Keep to yourself
1. Giữ bí mật (keep it to yourself)
2. Sống khép kín (to often avoid other people)
484
take the law into your own hands
to do sth illegal and often violent in order to punish sone because you know the law will not punish that person
485
take matters into your own hands
to deal with a problem yourself because the people who should have dealt with it have failed to do so
486
Take no prisoners
to be very determined and not care about other people's feelings when trying to achieve sth (ko khoang nhượng)
487
By heart
= learn sth by rote
thuộc lòng
(know by heart/ learn by heart: nhớ nằm lòng/ học thuộc lòng)
488
Follow in sone's footsteps
to do the same thing as sone else, esp. sone in your family, previously did
489
Silence is golden
Im lặng là vàng
490
Preach to the choir
= Preach to the converted
to try to persuade people who already agree with you
491
Live (on) in the memory
Sống mãi trong ký ức của ai đó
492
bask/bathe in reflected glory
ăn theo ánh hào quang của người khác
493
Sone's/ sth's former glory
Hào quang, chiến thắng cũ
494
not have a hope in hell
to have no possibility of doing or achieving sth (= no chance of)
(not have a hope in hell of)
495
Be out of sone's league
Ngoài tầm với
496
Fat chance
Cơ hội mỏng manh
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