Idioms, Proverbs, Expressions & Slang terms

[Rainman]

Dear Dianella

Good job and keep it up!

It's good that you've included the Farsi translation of the idioms and slang

Just wondein' if there is any book or web-site that you've used as a source
and I would greatly appreciate having access to the whole "source" package

Cheers

Rainman

[amintnt]

ok but... they are called internet slangs , theyre used in chatrooms , online games , or en based forums
whatever
!as you wish sir

useful for me! just the meanings not the short forms

[behnam karami]

(fair shake(to give someone
یه شانس دیگه به کسی دادن

talk someone into something
متقاعد کردن کسی

as plain as the nose on your face
خیلی واضع

pull someone's leg
شوخی کردن

flash in pan
خیلی زود گذر

pop the question
خاستگاری کردن

[amintnt]

In one of the topics, dear reza had said this sentence:" let me touch the wood". the

meaning is pretty clear. I checked it in dictionary, and here is the explaination.

Touch wood (BrE) (AmE, knock on wood), Its American is more similar to Iranians,

isn't it?

used when u have just mentioned some way in which u have been lucky in the past,

to avoid bringing bad luck: I've been driving over 20 years and never had an

accident- touch wood! .
بزن به تخته.

another on with wood

Not see the wood for trees( AmE, not see the forest for the trees). To not see or understand the main point about sth, because u r paying much attention to small details.

Is there any equivalent in persian for this one?

Kick someone's ass
حال کسی رو گرفتن

[Reza1969]

[LEFT]

In one of the topics, dear reza had said this sentence:" let me touch the wood". the

meaning is pretty clear. I checked it in dictionary, and here is the explaination.

Touch wood (BrE) (AmE, knock on wood), Its American is more similar to Iranians,

isn't it?

used when u have just mentioned some way in which u have been lucky in the past,

to avoid bringing bad luck: I've been driving over 20 years and never had an

accident- touch wood! .
بزن به تخته.

another on with wood

Not see the wood for trees( AmE, not see the forest for the trees). To not see or understand the main point about sth, because u r paying much attention to small details.

Is there any equivalent in persian for this one?

Kick someone's ass
حال کسی رو گرفتن

Dear Amin

Thanks for your attention to smallest details in my posts, but don't you think it is good to practice what we preach? Before making your post, did you bother just to take a quik look at it to see if you've goofed up and if so, how many times? Let me clear it up for you:

In one of the topics, dear reza has said this sentence:" let me touch the wood". the meaning is pretty clear. I checked it in the dictionary, and here is the explanation:

Touch wood (BrE) (AmE, knock on wood), Its American style is more similar to its Persian equivalent, isn't it?

And about your question, I don't think we've got any equivalents for it in Persian.However, that's what I think. But ytou can use other idioms like :
Don't split hairs : مته به خشخاش نگذار

[amintnt]

[LEFT]
Dear Amin

Thanks for your attention to smallest details in my posts, but don't you think it is good to practice what we preach? Before making your post, did you bother just to take a quik look at it to see if you've goofed up and if so, how many times? Let me clear it up for you:

In one of the topics, dear reza has said this sentence:" let me touch the wood". the meaning is pretty clear. I checked it in the dictionary, and here is the explanation:

Touch wood (BrE) (AmE, knock on wood), Its American style is more similar to its Persian equivalent, isn't it?

And about your question, I don't think we've got any equivalents for it in Persian.However, that's what I think. But ytou can use other idioms like :
Don't split hairs : مته به خشخاش نگذار

wow! thanks dear
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[misagh_uk]

Hey guys,
I don't know if any of these has already been mentioned here or not but i give it a 50 out of 100 that I am the ace
going for a bender= بریم تا خرخره مشروب بخوریم
This one has been used about 100 years ago in England but still the yougsters are using it on daily conversations. On the old good days the 50 shilings coin was made out of silver and it was easy to bend it with teeth , it was also the money that you should have paid for 8 pints of larger ( 4liters of beer) and a packet of cigrette. so if they were saying let's go for a bender,it meant, let's go and spend 50 shilings on beers and get proper drunk.

upper crost=منصوب به کسی که از اشراف باشد. توانمند
again meny years ago when the bakers were making bread in england they were putting the paste on the hot ashes to cook. after the bread was cooked then it would be cut in to 2 halves horizentaly. the top bit which was called upper crost was for richest part of the society who could pay double on the price as it was nice and the bottom bit which was called lower crost was for the poor part of society who would not have enough money and they would recieve the bread with the burnt ash mixed with the bread. soon it became a saying between people to descreminate one from the other and today it is still in use between the crowd.

[misagh_uk]

Ta mate= Thank you my friend
Ta Ra= See you later
it bugs me=it bothers me
you with me?= are you listening to what I am describing to you
I am mashed, I am shattered, I am hammerd= I am so tired

[behnam karami]

come clean
صادق بودن

if worse comes to worse
در بدترین حالت

Bite your tongue
زبونتو قاز بگیر

have the best time one's life
بهترین لحظه ی زندگی یه نفر

sleep like a log
با خروپف خوابیدن

[lovelydream]

thanks a lot for these