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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
useful for me! just the meanings not the short forms:Dنقل قول:
ok but... they are called internet slangs , theyre used in chatrooms , online games , or en based forums
whatever
!as you wish sir
(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
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:D
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
[LEFT]Dear Aminنقل قول:
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?:tongue: 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
:laughing: :laughing: :laughing: wow! thanks dearنقل قول:
؟:happy:
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 :cool:
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.
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
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
thanks a lot for these