Expressões idiomáticas do dia a dia em inglês, com tradução

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Palavra	Nível	Tradução	Definição
cost an arm and a leg	B2	custar os olhos da cara	to be very expensive
twist someone's arm	B2	convencer, pressionar	to persuade someone to do something they are reluctant to do
rack your brains	B2	quebrar a cabeça	to think very hard to remember or solve something
get cold feet	B2	amarelar	to suddenly become too nervous to do something planned
off the top of my head	B2	de cabeça	from memory, without checking or thinking carefully
a pain in the neck	B1	um pé no saco	an annoying person or thing
play it by ear	B2	ir levando conforme a situação	to decide what to do as a situation develops, without a plan
get it off your chest	B2	desabafar	to tell someone about something that has been worrying you
bite your tongue	B2	morder a língua	to stop yourself from saying something you want to say
pay through the nose	C1	pagar uma fortuna	to pay far too much for something
a slip of the tongue	B2	um lapso	a small mistake in speaking, saying something you didn't mean
keep your fingers crossed	B1	torcer	to hope that something will happen the way you want
stick your neck out	C1	se arriscar	to take a risk by saying or doing something others avoid
head over heels	B2	apaixonado perdidamente	completely in love with someone
give someone the cold shoulder	B2	tratar com frieza	to treat someone in an unfriendly way; to ignore them

Palavra	Nível	Tradução	Definição
hold your horses	B1	calma, segura a onda	wait and slow down; don't rush
the black sheep	B2	a ovelha negra	a person in a family who is seen as bad and different
a dark horse	B2	azarão	a person whose abilities or plans are unknown and surprise people
the early bird catches the worm	B2	Deus ajuda quem cedo madruga	the person who acts first has the best chance of success
the lion's share	B2	a parte do leão	the largest part of something
a fish out of water	B2	como peixe fora d'água	a person who feels uncomfortable in a situation
take the bull by the horns	B2	pegar o touro à unha	to deal with a difficult situation in a brave, direct way
a bull in a china shop	B2	como um elefante numa loja de cristais	a clumsy person who breaks things or handles a delicate situation badly
a can of worms	B2	uma caixa de Pandora	a complicated situation that causes many new problems once you start dealing with it
smell a rat	B2	desconfiar de algo	to sense that something is wrong or dishonest
a wild goose chase	C1	uma busca inútil	a hopeless search or pointless effort
straight from the horse's mouth	B2	direto da fonte	directly from the person who really knows
like a deer in the headlights	C1	paralisado de susto	so shocked or scared that you cannot move or react
ants in your pants	B2	não parar quieto	unable to keep still because you are excited or impatient
the world is your oyster	C1	o mundo é seu	you are free to do or achieve anything you want

Palavra	Nível	Tradução	Definição
break the bank	B2	estourar o orçamento	to cost more money than you can afford
cost a fortune	B1	custar uma fortuna	to be very expensive
foot the bill	B2	pagar a conta	to pay for something, often for other people
tighten your belt	B2	apertar o cinto	to spend less money because you have less
bring home the bacon	B2	sustentar a família	to earn money to support your family
make ends meet	B2	fazer o dinheiro dar conta	to earn just enough money to cover your needs
the daily grind	B2	a rotina diária	the boring, repetitive routine of daily work
call it a day	B1	encerrar o expediente	to stop working for the day
back to square one	B2	de volta à estaca zero	back to the starting point after a failure
climb the ladder	B2	subir na carreira	to move up to higher positions at work
a rip-off	B1	um roubo	something that costs much more than it is worth
cut corners	B2	fazer nas coxas	to do something cheaply or quickly, lowering the quality
in the red	B2	no vermelho	owing money; having spent more than you have
a dead-end job	B1	um emprego sem futuro	a job with no chance of progress or promotion
burn the midnight oil	C1	virar a noite trabalhando	to work or study late into the night

Palavra	Nível	Tradução	Definição
egg on your face	B2	pagar mico	looking foolish or embarrassed because of something you did
a hard nut to crack	B2	um osso duro de roer	a difficult problem or person to deal with
in a nutshell	B1	em poucas palavras	in a few words; briefly
not my cup of tea	B1	não faz meu gênero	not something you enjoy or are interested in
food for thought	B2	algo para refletir	something that makes you think carefully
take it with a pinch of salt	B2	levar com reservas	to not fully believe something
bite off more than you can chew	B2	abraçar o mundo com as pernas	to take on more than you can handle
butter someone up	B2	puxar o saco	to be extra nice to someone so they help you
the icing on the cake	B2	a cereja do bolo	an extra good thing that makes a good situation even better
sell like hot cakes	B2	vender como água	to sell very quickly and in large numbers
a couch potato	B1	preguiçoso de sofá	a lazy person who watches a lot of TV
go bananas	B1	pirar	to become very excited, angry, or crazy

Palavra	Nível	Tradução	Definição
every now and then	B1	de vez em quando	occasionally; from time to time
the calm before the storm	B2	a calmaria antes da tempestade	a quiet period just before a time of trouble or intense activity
the ship has sailed	B2	esse trem já passou	it is too late; the opportunity has passed
a close call	B2	por um triz	a situation where something bad nearly happened
under the radar	B2	sem chamar atenção	without being noticed
third time's the charm	B2	a terceira é a vencida	said in the hope that a third attempt will succeed after two failures
out of the woods	B2	fora de perigo	no longer in danger or difficulty
better safe than sorry	B2	melhor prevenir do que remediar	it is better to be careful than to risk something bad happening
hit the sack	B2	ir pra cama	to go to bed
out of the blue	B2	do nada	suddenly and unexpectedly
in the nick of time	B2	em cima da hora	just before it is too late
against the clock	B2	contra o relógio	rushing to finish before a deadline

Palavra	Nível	Tradução	Definição
get your act together	B2	se organizar, tomar jeito	to start organizing yourself and behaving effectively
ring a bell	B2	soar familiar	to sound familiar; to remind you of something
cut to the chase	B2	ir direto ao ponto	to get to the main point without wasting time
a wake-up call	B2	um sinal de alerta	an event that warns you to change or take action
hit the roof	B2	ficar uma fera	to become extremely angry
blow off steam	B2	extravasar	to release anger or energy in a harmless way
jump the gun	B2	se precipitar	to act too soon, before the right time
the bigger picture	B2	o panorama geral	the most important facts about a situation and its wider effects
pull strings	C1	usar os contatos	to use your influence or connections to get something
a long shot	B2	uma chance remota	an attempt with little chance of success
call the shots	B2	dar as cartas	to be the person in control who makes the decisions
a ballpark figure	C1	um número aproximado	a rough estimate of a number or amount

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