Expressões idiomáticas do dia a dia em inglês — nível B2

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Palavra	Tradução	Definição
cost an arm and a leg	custar os olhos da cara	to be very expensive
twist someone's arm	convencer, pressionar	to persuade someone to do something they are reluctant to do
rack your brains	quebrar a cabeça	to think very hard to remember or solve something
get cold feet	amarelar	to suddenly become too nervous to do something planned
off the top of my head	de cabeça	from memory, without checking or thinking carefully
play it by ear	ir levando conforme a situação	to decide what to do as a situation develops, without a plan
get it off your chest	desabafar	to tell someone about something that has been worrying you
bite your tongue	morder a língua	to stop yourself from saying something you want to say
a slip of the tongue	um lapso	a small mistake in speaking, saying something you didn't mean
head over heels	apaixonado perdidamente	completely in love with someone
give someone the cold shoulder	tratar com frieza	to treat someone in an unfriendly way; to ignore them
the black sheep	a ovelha negra	a person in a family who is seen as bad and different
a dark horse	azarão	a person whose abilities or plans are unknown and surprise people
the early bird catches the worm	Deus ajuda quem cedo madruga	the person who acts first has the best chance of success
the lion's share	a parte do leão	the largest part of something
a fish out of water	como peixe fora d'água	a person who feels uncomfortable in a situation
take the bull by the horns	pegar o touro à unha	to deal with a difficult situation in a brave, direct way
a bull in a china shop	como um elefante numa loja de cristais	a clumsy person who breaks things or handles a delicate situation badly
a can of worms	uma caixa de Pandora	a complicated situation that causes many new problems once you start dealing with it
smell a rat	desconfiar de algo	to sense that something is wrong or dishonest
straight from the horse's mouth	direto da fonte	directly from the person who really knows
ants in your pants	não parar quieto	unable to keep still because you are excited or impatient
break the bank	estourar o orçamento	to cost more money than you can afford
foot the bill	pagar a conta	to pay for something, often for other people
tighten your belt	apertar o cinto	to spend less money because you have less
bring home the bacon	sustentar a família	to earn money to support your family
make ends meet	fazer o dinheiro dar conta	to earn just enough money to cover your needs
the daily grind	a rotina diária	the boring, repetitive routine of daily work
back to square one	de volta à estaca zero	back to the starting point after a failure
climb the ladder	subir na carreira	to move up to higher positions at work
cut corners	fazer nas coxas	to do something cheaply or quickly, lowering the quality
in the red	no vermelho	owing money; having spent more than you have
egg on your face	pagar mico	looking foolish or embarrassed because of something you did
a hard nut to crack	um osso duro de roer	a difficult problem or person to deal with
food for thought	algo para refletir	something that makes you think carefully
take it with a pinch of salt	levar com reservas	to not fully believe something
bite off more than you can chew	abraçar o mundo com as pernas	to take on more than you can handle
butter someone up	puxar o saco	to be extra nice to someone so they help you
the icing on the cake	a cereja do bolo	an extra good thing that makes a good situation even better
sell like hot cakes	vender como água	to sell very quickly and in large numbers
the calm before the storm	a calmaria antes da tempestade	a quiet period just before a time of trouble or intense activity
the ship has sailed	esse trem já passou	it is too late; the opportunity has passed
a close call	por um triz	a situation where something bad nearly happened
under the radar	sem chamar atenção	without being noticed
third time's the charm	a terceira é a vencida	said in the hope that a third attempt will succeed after two failures
out of the woods	fora de perigo	no longer in danger or difficulty
better safe than sorry	melhor prevenir do que remediar	it is better to be careful than to risk something bad happening
hit the sack	ir pra cama	to go to bed
out of the blue	do nada	suddenly and unexpectedly
in the nick of time	em cima da hora	just before it is too late
against the clock	contra o relógio	rushing to finish before a deadline
get your act together	se organizar, tomar jeito	to start organizing yourself and behaving effectively
ring a bell	soar familiar	to sound familiar; to remind you of something
cut to the chase	ir direto ao ponto	to get to the main point without wasting time
a wake-up call	um sinal de alerta	an event that warns you to change or take action
hit the roof	ficar uma fera	to become extremely angry
blow off steam	extravasar	to release anger or energy in a harmless way
jump the gun	se precipitar	to act too soon, before the right time
the bigger picture	o panorama geral	the most important facts about a situation and its wider effects
a long shot	uma chance remota	an attempt with little chance of success
call the shots	dar as cartas	to be the person in control who makes the decisions

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