ترجمه اصطلاحات انگلیسی به فارسی

Persian Translation of English Idioms with Examples and Definition

ترجمه اصطلاحات انگلیسی به فارسی

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Vocabulary - Alky

Alky:

Short form of the term alcoholic. Alkie and alchy are the same term with different spellings.

Poor old Bob turned into an alky after his business failed.

Anyone who's an alchy should try going to Alcoholics Anonymous, or AA. It's helped millions of people who've been addicted to alcohol.


Persian:
الکلی
 

Idiom - make the most of

Make the most of:

If you make the most of something, you get as much as possible from it.


The warm weather won't last long, so we should make the most of it while we can.

After I retire from work, I'll make the most of all the free time and do all the things I've never had the time for.


Persian: حداکثر استفاده رو از چیزی بردن

Quotes - Freddie Mercury

Freddie Mercury:

Modern paintings are like women: You'll never enjoy them, if you try to understand them.

Proverb - No Pain, No Gain

No Pain, No Gain:

“No pain, no gain” means “If something in life is too easy, then you won’t have any success”. Real success takes hard work.

Persian:
نا برده رنج گنج میسر نشود

ترجمه داستان The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell

ترجمه داستان The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell

Persian Translation of The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell  

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Poem - A modest lot, a fame petite By Emily Dickinson

A modest lot, a fame petite:

A modest lot, a fame petite,   
A brief campaign of sting and sweet   
  Is plenty! Is enough!   
A sailor’s business is the shore,   
  A soldier’s—balls. Who asketh more            5
Must seek the neighboring life!

Quotes - Andre Maurois

Andre Maurois:

A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

Info - Turtle

Turtle:

A turtle is a reptile that has a shell covering its body. Turtles are known for moving very slowly. There are about 250 species, or types, of turtle.

Turtles are found in most parts of the world. Most live in freshwater ponds, lakes, or rivers. Others live in the ocean or on land. Some turtles live in forests or even in the desert. Land turtles are often called tortoises. Some water turtles are known as terrapins.

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Quotes - Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde:

To get back one's youth one has merely to repeat one's follies.

Vocabulary - Kook

Kook:

A strange or eccentric person.


There's this kook in my apartment building with snake tattoos on his face and he keeps these giant pythons as pets.

Why did Margaret marry a kook like that guy?


Persian:
آدم عجیب غریب

Idiom - Zero Tolerance

Zero Tolerance:

If something is given zero tolerance, it won't be accepted even once.

Because of the school's zero-tolerance policy, our boy was expelled for smoking just one cigarette.

How can a society based on Christian morals and forgiveness of sin have a zero-tolerance approach to petty crime?


Idiom - Take a Rain Check

Take a Rain Check (on sth):

To politely refuse an offer, with the possibility that you may accept in the future.

A: I’m having a dinner party tomorrow. Can you come?
B: Sorry, I’ll have to take a rain check, I already have plans.
A: Okay, no problem!

Mind if I rake a rain check on that drink? I've got to work late tonight.

Idiom - Think Outside the Box

Think Outside the Box:

If you think outside the box, you think creatively and without being restricted by common ideas or ways of thinking.


One of the reasons Gerry can solve problems so well is that he's able to think outside the box.

It takes a lot of imagination and creativity to think outside the box.


Persian:
خلاق بودن

Idiom - In a nutshell

In a nutshell:

In a few words; concisely stated.


In a nutshell, be sure of your requirements before choosing a printer.

Quotes - Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein:

Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking
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Quotes - Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein:

The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science.

Proverb - None so blind as those who will not see

None So Blind as Those Who Will Not See:

Nobody is blinder than the person who decides he does not want to see.



Idiom - Down to Earth

Down to Earth:

If someone is down to earth, they are practical and sensible.

Steven is an artist and a real dreamer, but luckily his wife Sarah is down to earth, so she takes care of their day-to-day lives.

We need someone who can come up with practical, down-to-earth ideas that we can work with in the real world.


Persian:
واقعه بین

Quotes - Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne:

Love, whether newly born or aroused from a deathlike slumber, must always create sunshine, filling the heart so full of radiance, that it overflows upon the outward world.

Info - Ant

Ant:

Ants are social insects. This means that they live together in organized communities called colonies. There are more than 10,000 different species, or kinds, of ant. Ants are found almost everywhere in the world, but they are most common in hot areas.

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Proverb - Lightning never strikes twice in the same place

Lightning Never Strikes Twice in the Same Place:

The same misfortune or bad luck will not happen again to the same person.


Idiom - Face the Music

Face the Music:

If someone has to face the music, they have to accept the consequences of doing something wrong.


To avoid facing the music and accepting his punishment for doing something bad, our little boy will tell lies with the skill of a well-trained actor.

Henry stole some money and bought a car, and when he realized he'd have to face the music he drove across the border to escape.


Persian: چوب کارهای خود را خوردن، جواب پس دادن

Proverb - If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys

If You Pay Peanuts, You Get Monkeys:

An employer who pays low wages will have bad staff.


Note: To pay peanuts means to pay very low wages.

Persian:
هر چقد پول بدی همون قدر آش می خوری



Idiom - Catch Someone Red-Handed

Catch Someone Red-Handed:

If someone is caught red-handed, they are caught in the act of doing something wrong such as cheating or stealing.


I used to cheat in exams until I was caught red-handed by my teacher. I stopped doing it after that.

How can you say you didn't steal the book? You were caught red-handed walking out of the store after you'd hidden it under your jacket.

Note: catch someone with their pants down is similar to the above idiom, but it suggests catching someone in an unprepared state or sexually compromising situation.

John couldn't convince them that he was innocent. They caught him with his pants down.

Persian: مچ کسی رو گرفتن


Info - Dolphin

Dolphin:

Dolphins look like big fishes, but they are actually mammals. They belong to a large group of animals called whales. Dolphins are closely related to porpoises. Because dolphins and porpoises look so much alike, people often confuse the two. However, dolphins are usually larger and have longer, beak-like snouts.

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Vocabulary - Redneck

Redneck:

A lower-class white person who comes from a rural background.
This word is considered to be offensive.


We were driving through Alabama when we saw some rednecks riding in the back of a pick-up truck drinking whiskey from a bottle.

If it wasn't for the redneck vote, the Republicans wouldn't have won the election.


Origin: Originally referred to working-class white people from the southeastern states of the USA. These people often worked outside as farmers or laborers, and they'd often have red necks as a result of sunburn.

Proverb - God helps those who help themselves

God Helps Those Who Help Themselves:

This saying suggests that we should not rely entirely on God to help us. God will help us if we make an effort.

Persian:
از تو حرکت، از خدا برکت


Idiom - Can't see the Wood/Forest for the Trees

Can't see the Wood/Forest for the Trees:

If you can't see the wood/forest for the trees, you can't see the whole situation clearly because you're looking too closely at small details, or because you're too closely involved.

I don't think we can see the wood for the trees at this stage, so let's get an outsider to take a look at the project and give us a progress report.

Marcus is so focused on product details that he can't see the wood for the trees when it comes to the overall needs of the company.


Note:
can't see the wood for the trees is British English, while can't see the forest for the trees is American English. Here the word for means "because of".

Persian:
شتر را گم کردن و پی افسارش گشتن، اصل را رها کردن و فرع را چسبیدن

Vocabulary - Cash Cow

Cash Cow:

A person or organization that is a source of easy profit.