Everyday Idioms: I Dread to Think

These everyday-life idioms can help foreign learners acquire spoken English skills so that they can engage in fluent communication. The key expressions will be explained, supported by example, sentences and where relevant, language help notes. Leave a comment by giving an example for each idiom.

I dread to think: if you say that you I dread to think what might happen, you mean that you are anxious about it because it is likely to be very unpleasant.

نازانم ده‌بێ، ئه‌رێ ده‌بێ: ده‌ته‌وێ جه‌خت له‌وه‌ بكه‌یته‌وه‌ كاتێك نیگه‌رانی سه‌باره‌ت به‌ شتێك كه‌ ڕووبدات زۆر ناخۆش بێت.

I dread to think what it will cost.

ئه‌رێ ده‌بێ چی تێبچێ؟

Note: you can use I hate to think in the same way

I hate to think how much money I have spent.

نازانم ده‌بێ چه‌ند پاره‌م سه‌رف كردبێت.

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Kurdish - English Proverbs 51 - 60

The following are the equivalence of English proverb of Kurdish proverbs. 51. هه‌موو گیای مردنین. 51. death is the grand leveller. 52. ئیشی ئه‌مڕۆ مه‌خه‌ره‌ سبه‌ینێ. 52. defer not till tomorrow what you can do today. 53. قسه‌ بی كێژه‌ و بی بێژه‌ و بی وێژه‌. 53. deliver your words not by number but by weight. 54. به‌ته‌مای مه‌لای له‌ ئیمان مه‌گه‌ڕێ. 54. dependence is a poor trade. 55. دار كرمی له‌ خۆی نه‌بێ هه‌زار ساڵ ئه‌ژی. 55. diamonds cut diamonds. 56. ئه‌گه‌ر قسه‌كردن زیو بێت ئه‌وا نه‌كردنی زێڕه‌. 56. discourse is silver silence is gold. 57. ئه‌وه‌ی به‌ خۆتی ڕه‌وا ئه‌بینیت، بۆ خه‌ڵكیشی ڕه‌وا ببینه‌. 57. do as you would be done by. 58. چاكه‌ بكه‌ وبیده‌ به‌ ده‌م ئاوا. 58. do good and cast it into the sea. 59. ماسی له‌ ده‌ریادا سه‌ودا ناكرێ. 59. do not count your chickens before they are hatched. 60. دوو گندۆره‌ به‌ ده‌ستێك هه‌ڵناگیرێن. 60. do one thing at a time.

Kurdish - English Proverbs 41 - 50

The following are the equivalence of English proverb of Kurdish proverbs. 41. مانگ دیاره‌، حه‌وجه‌ی به‌ په‌نجه‌ نییه‌. 41. brave actions never want trumpet. 42. كردن هه‌تا مردن. 42. business is the salt of life. 43. مشتێك نموونه‌ی خه‌روارێكه‌. 43. by the little is known the much. 44. ده‌ستی ماندوو له‌سه‌ر زگی تێره‌. 44. care and diligence bring luck. 45. نه‌ ئه‌وه‌نده‌ ووشك به‌ بشكێیت، نه‌ ئه‌وه‌نده‌ش ته‌ڕ به‌ بگوشرێیت. 45. common fame is seldom to blame. 46. زمانت به‌ندكه‌ تا به‌ندی نه‌كردووی. 46. confine your tongue lest it confine you. 47. سه‌بر كلیلی ده‌رگای خۆشییه‌. 47. content is better than riches. 48. خووی شیری هه‌تا پیری. 48. crooked by nature is never made straight by education. 49. پێ قه‌د به‌ڕه‌ی خۆت ڕاكێشه‌. 49. cut your coat according to your cloth. 50. مریشك هێلكه‌ش ئه‌كا وڕیقنه‌ش ئه‌كا. 50. danger and delight grow on one stalk.

Kurdish - English Proverbs 61 - 70

The following are the equivalence of English proverb of Kurdish proverbs. 61. نه‌زان به‌ پێیه‌ك زانا به‌دوو پێ تێ ئه‌كه‌وێ. 61. clever people often miss their way. 62. لافاو له‌ تكه‌تك په‌یدا ئه‌بێ. 62. drop by drop the jug is filled. 63. په‌له‌كردن په‌شیمانی له‌دوایه‌. 63. error is always in haste. 64. كه‌ڵه‌شێر له‌سه‌ر نوێلكی خۆی ئازایه‌. 64. every cock is brave on his dunghill. 65. قسه‌ كه‌وته‌ زارێ كه‌وته‌ شارێ. 65. from the lips starts the word and reaches thousands. 66. سه‌بر تاڵه‌ به‌ری شیرینه‌. 66. everything comes to him who waits. 67. كه‌نگر و ماستیش بۆ وه‌ختی خۆی. 67. everything is good in its season. 68. هه‌موو سه‌ره‌و ژوورێك سه‌ره‌و خوارێكی هه‌یه‌. 68. every tide has its ebb. 69. حه‌سوود ناگا به‌ مه‌خسوود. 69. envy never enriched any man. 70. روخساری جوان پێویستی به‌ ئارایشت نییه‌. 70. fair faces need no paint.

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