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Frequent English phrases, meanings and an example with their Kurdish meaning. Leave a comment by using the phrase in a well-formed sentence! look like the back end of a bus [informal]: to be very ugly زۆر ناشیرینه‌. ➥She looks like the back end of a bus. زۆر ناشیرینه‌.

Frequent English phrases, meanings and an example with their Kurdish meaning. Leave a comment by using the phrase in a well-formed sentence! Interjections : a word that is used to show a short sudden expression of emotion: ووشه‌یه‌كه‌ به‌كاردێت بۆ پیشاندانی هه‌ست و سۆزی له‌ناكاو. Expressing pleasant surprise: Wow ! ده‌ربڕینی شتێكی له‌ناكاوی خۆش Expressing sudden pain: Ouch ! ده‌ربڕینی ئازارێكی له‌ناكاو Expressing a negative reaction to unpleasant sensations of sight, touch, smell or taste: Ugh ! ده‌ربڕینی كاردانه‌وه‌یه‌كی خراپ یان هه‌ستێكی ناخۆش له‌ بینین، ده‌ست لێدان، بۆن كردن، یان تام كردن.  Expressing delight with an outcome: Yippee ! ده‌بڕینی خۆشی به‌ ئه‌نجامێك Expressing positive relief: Phew ! ده‌ربڕینی حه‌سانه‌وه‌ی ئیجابی

Frequent English phrases, meanings and an example with their Kurdish meaning. Leave a comment by using the phrase in a well-formed sentence! blah  blah  blah   [ informal ]: used to refer to something which is boring or without meaningful content. كاتێك به‌كاردێت كه‌ شتێك بێزاركه‌ربێت و ناوه‌ڕۆكێكی بێمانای هه‌بێت. ➤ The teaching was so monotonus all I heard was blah blah blah.  وانه‌ ووتنه‌وه‌كه‌ زۆر بێزاركه‌ربوو، هه‌موو ئه‌وه‌ی گوێم لێبوو  ته‌نها  بڵا بڵا بڵا بوو.

Frequent English phrases, meanings and an example with their Kurdish meaning. Leave a comment by using the phrase in a well-formed sentence! have a lot on your plate [ informal ]: to have something, usually a large amount of important work, to deal with: ئیشێكی زۆری هه‌یه‌ She's got a lot on her plate - especially with two new projects starting this week. ئیشێكی زۆری هه‌یه‌ - به‌تایبه‌ت دوو پڕۆژه‌ نوێیه‌كه‌ی ئه‌م هه‌فته‌یه‌ ده‌ست پێده‌كات.

Frequent English phrases, meanings and an example with their Kurdish meaning. Leave a comment by using the phrase in a well-formed sentence! bells and whistles : special features that are added to a product or system to attract more buyers: تایبه‌تمه‌ندی تایبه‌ت كه‌ زیاد ده‌كرێ بۆ به‌رهه‌مێك یان سیسه‌مێك بۆ سه‌رنج ڕاكێشانی كڕیاری زیاتر. Manufacturers still build luxury cars with all the bells and whistles. كۆمپانیاكانی دروست كردنی سه‌یاره‌ تاكو ئێستاش سه‌یاره‌ی خۆشگوزه‌رانی دروست ده‌كه‌ن كه‌ تایبه‌مه‌ندی تایبه‌تی بۆ زیاد ده‌كه‌ن (بۆئه‌وه‌ی سه‌رنجی كڕیاران ڕابكێشن).

Frequent English phrases, meanings and an example with their Kurdish meaning. Leave a comment by using the phrase in a well-formed sentence! everything but/except the kitchen sink [ humorous ]: a much larger number of things than is necessary ژماره‌یه‌كی زۆر زیاتر له‌و شته‌ی كه‌ پێویسته‌ We're only going on vacation for a week, but John will insist on taking everything but the kitchen sink. بۆ ماوه‌ی یه‌ك هه‌فته‌ له‌ پشوودا ده‌بین، هه‌تا جۆن سووڕبوو له‌سه‌ر بردنی زۆر شت له‌وه‌ی كه‌ پێویسته‌.

Frequent English phrases, meanings and an example with their Kurdish meaning. Leave a comment by using the phrase in a well-formed sentence! bang/beat the drum [UK]: to publicly show your support for something or someone. پاڵپشتی خۆت به‌ شتێك یان كه‌سێك پیشان بده‌ی به‌ ئاشكرا. The president said he will beat the drum to build public support for his education program. سه‌رۆك ووتی كه‌ پاڵپشتی خۆی پیشان ده‌دا به‌ ئاشكرا بۆ دروست كردنی پاڵپشتی گشتی بۆ پرۆگرامی په‌روه‌رده‌.

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. easier said than done [ informal ]: said when something seems like a good idea but would be difficult to do: بیرۆكه‌یه‌كی باشه‌ به‌ڵام پێده‌چێ ئه‌نجامدانی زه‌حمه‌ت بێ. "Why don't you just ask Simon to pay?" "That's easier said than done." باشه‌ بۆ داوا له‌ سایمن ناكه‌ی پاره‌كه‌ بدات؟ بیرۆكه‌یه‌كی باشه‌ به‌ڵام پێده‌چێ ئاسان نه‌بێ.

These everyday-life expressions and phrases 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 phrase. goodbye: You say goodbye at the end of a telephone call:  خوات له‌گه‌ڵ (له‌ كۆتایی په‌یوه‌ندی ته‌له‌فۆنی به‌كاردێت) I must go now. Goodbye!  پێویسته‌ بڕۆم. خوات له‌گه‌ڵ! Note : If it is an informal call you might say bye or bye-bye instead of goodbye as these are both informal forms of goodbye:  (bye،bye-bye)  هه‌ردووكیان به‌شێوه‌ی ناڕه‌سمی به‌كاردێن بۆ خواحافیزی. It's been good chatting to you again, but I really must go. Bye!  دووباره‌ خۆشحاڵبووم كه‌ قسه‌م له‌گه‌ڵتان كرده‌وه‌، به‌ڵام به‌ڕاستی پێویسته‌ بڕۆم. خوات له‌گه‌ڵ!

Frequent English phrases, meanings and an example with their Kurdish meaning. Leave a comment by using the phrase in a well-formed sentence! till/until the cows come home : for a very long time بۆ ماوه‌یه‌كی زۆر دوور ودرێژ I could sit here and argue with you till the cows come home, but it wouldn't solve anything. ده‌توانم لێره‌ دابنیشم و له‌گه‌ڵ تۆ گفتوگۆ بكه‌م بۆ ماوه‌یه‌كی زۆر دوور ودرێژ، به‌ڵام هیچ شتێك چاره‌سه‌ر نابێت.

Frequent English phrases, meanings and an example with their Kurdish meaning. Leave a comment by using the phrase in a well-formed sentence! smell a rat : to recognize that something is not as it appears to be or that something dishonest is happening: هه‌ست ده‌كه‌م شتێك بووه‌، ئه‌و ماسته‌ مووه‌كی تێدایه‌ He's been working late with him every night this week - I smell a rat! ئه‌و هه‌فته‌یه‌ هه‌موو شه‌وێك له‌گه‌ڵ ئه‌و كار ده‌كات - هه‌ست ده‌كه‌م شتێك بووه‌.

Frequent English phrases, meanings and an example with their Kurdish meaning. Leave a comment by using the phrase in a well-formed sentence! blue-sky thinking [ usually used in corporate language/speak ] : means having ideas which are very original, even if they're not practical or realistic.  بۆچونی زۆر ڕه‌سه‌ن هه‌تا ئه‌گه‌ر پڕاكتیكی یان واقعیش نه‌بن، بیركردنه‌وه‌ی داهێنه‌رانه‌. It's all about blue-sky thinking right now; mobile phones are no longer just for calls! ئه‌وه‌ هه‌مووی ئێستا سه‌باره‌ت به‌ بیركردنه‌وه‌ی داهێنه‌رانه‌یه‌، مۆبایل هیچی تر ته‌نها بۆ په‌یوه‌ندی ته‌له‌فۆنی به‌كارنایه‌ت!

Frequent English phrases, meanings and an example with their Kurdish meaning. Leave a comment by using the phrase in a well-formed sentence! cold feet : to get nervous and change your mind. دوو دڵ بووم و بۆچونی خۆم گۆڕی، ساردبوومه‌وه‌  I'm getting cold feet about this nickname I picked. دوودڵ بووم وبۆچوونی خۆم گۆڕی سه‌باره‌ت به‌و نازناوه‌ی كه‌ هه‌ڵمبژارد.

Frequent English phrases, meanings and an example with their Kurdish meaning. Leave a comment by using the phrase in a well-formed sentence! no/not enough room to swing a cat : said about a place or space that is very small شوێنێكی زۆر بچوكه‌  (پیشله‌یه‌كیش شوێنی نابێته‌وه‌ یاری جۆلانه‌ی له‌ناودا بكات!) The library at my college was really small. There wasn't enough room to swing a cat! كتێبخانه‌ی كۆلێژه‌كه‌م زۆر بچوكه بوو. شوێنێكی زۆر بچوك بوو (پیشله‌یه‌كیش شوێنی نه‌ده‌بوه‌وه‌ یاری جۆلانه‌ی له‌ناودا بكات!)

Frequent English phrases, meanings and an example with their Kurdish meaning. Leave a comment by using the phrase in a well-formed sentence! off the back of a lorry [ British humerous ] : used about something that is cheap or free because it was probably stolen by the person who gave it to you. دزیاری The black market was thriving when the war ended. It wasn't difficult to find all sorts of things off the back of a lorry. بازاڕه‌ ڕه‌شه‌كه‌ گه‌شه‌ی ده‌كرد كاتێك شه‌ڕه‌كه‌ كۆتایی هات. ئاسان بوو هه‌موو جۆره‌ شتێكی دزیاری بدۆزیه‌وه‌.

Frequent English phrases, meanings and an example with their Kurdish meaning. Leave a comment by using the phrase in a well-formed sentence! wrong 'un : a person of bad character. كه‌سێكی خراپ He's a real wrong 'un. He always gets into fights. كه‌سێكی زۆر خراپه‌. هه‌میشه‌ خۆی له‌ شه‌ڕ هه‌ڵده‌قورتێنێ.

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 نازانم ده‌بێ، ئه‌رێ ده‌بێ: ده‌ته‌وێ جه‌خت له‌وه‌ بكه‌یته‌وه‌ كاتێك نیگه‌رانی سه‌باره‌ت به‌ شتێك كه‌ ڕووبدات زۆر ناخۆش بێت. I hate to think how much money I have spent. نازانم ده‌بێ چه‌ند پاره‌م سه‌رف كردبێت.

These everyday-life expressions and phrases 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 phrase.  the line is engaged : you say the line is engaged when someone else is already using the telephone line that someone wants to use.  هێڵی ته‌له‌فۆنه‌كه‌ سه‌رقاڵه‌ (مه‌شغوڵه‌) I'm sorry I can't put you through to Mr Brown just now. The line is engaged.  ببوره‌، ئێستا ناتوانم په‌یوه‌ندیه‌كه‌ت بۆ به‌رده‌ست بكه‌م بۆئه‌وه‌ی قسه‌ له‌گه‌ڵ به‌ڕێز بڕاون بكه‌ی.  هێڵی ته‌له‌فۆنه‌كه‌ سه‌رقاڵه‌ (مه‌شغوڵه‌). Note : You can also use the line is busy in the same way: هێڵی ته‌له‌فۆنه‌كه‌ سه‌رقاڵه‌ (مه‌شغوڵه‌) The line is busy. Would you like to hold or call back later?  هێڵی ته‌له‌فۆنه‌كه‌ سه‌رقاڵه‌. ده‌ته‌وێ له‌سه‌ر خه‌ت بمێنێ یان دواتر ت...

Frequent English phrases, meanings and an example with their Kurdish meaning. Leave a comment by using the phrase in a well-formed sentence! pie in the sky : something that you hope will happen but is very unlikely to happen: خه‌یاڵ پڵاو (حه‌زده‌كه‌ی شتێك ڕووبدات به‌ڵام زۆر زه‌حمه‌ته‌ ڕووبدات). Their plans to set up their own business are just pie in the sky. پلانه‌كه‌یان بۆ دامه‌زراندنی كۆمپانیا بۆ خۆیان ته‌نها خه‌یاڵ پڵاوییه‌.

Frequent English phrases, meanings and an example with their Kurdish meaning. Leave a comment by using the phrase in a well-formed sentence! on the tip of your tongue : If something that you want to say is on the tip of your tongue, you think you know it and that you will be able to remember it very soon: له‌سه‌ر زمانمه‌ (ده‌زانی به‌ڵام بیرت چۆته‌وه‌ و به‌ڵام به‌مزوانه‌ بیرت دێته‌وه‌) Wait – it’s on the tip of my tongue – her name is Fiona. ڕاوه‌سته‌ (چاوه‌ڕێبكه‌)، له‌سه‌ر زمانمه‌، ناوی فیۆنایه‌.