Weka idioms/nahau mbalimbali unazozifahamu katika uzi huu

[Companero]

I'll take a rain check

 

[Kiranga]

I'll take a rain check

And do what? Save it for a rainy day?

 

[MadameX]

Hizi ni proverbs, MadameX; si idioms.

Hebu nihabarishe...lol nitarudi

 

[Iselamagazi]

Rule of thumb = a rough estimate.

When pigs fly = something that 'll never ever happen.
When pigs fly Machingas will become pilots

First water = highest grade.

 

[mtemiwaWandamba]

Kaza buti ......ongeza bidii.
Funga mkanda ---bana matumizi katika kipindi kigumu.
Kula kwa jasho----kupata mahitaji kwa shida sana au kwa kazi ngumu.

 

[Mwanaukweli]

cook someone's goose: ruin someone, upset someone's plan

clay pigeon: someone who can be easily cheated, someone in defenceless position

fat cat: a person with a lot of money and influence.

 

[Ralphryder]

I'll take a rain check

When the going is tough,the tough get going.

 

[Mwanaukweli]

bull headed: stupidly stubborn, unintelligent person

dark horse: little known, unexpectedly successful competitor

 

[Iselamagazi]

Crocodile tears = False tears.
When Ester died, her husband shed false tears.

A fool's paradise = An imaginary happiness.

 

[Osaka]

Crocodile tears = False tears.
When Ester died, her husband shed crocodile tears.

A fool's paradise = An imaginary happiness.

Crocodile tears = exaggerated or fake sympathy.
Eg. Faiza told me she was sorry but she was not. It was just crocodile tears.

 

[Mwanaukweli]

sacred cow: a person, institution, custom etc. unreasonably held to be beyond criticism. (Wanaolindwa na wakubwa hata kama si wasafi/waadilifu/watendaji)

 

[Mwanaukweli]

beating a dead horse: a particular request or line of conversation is already foreclosed, mooted or otherwise resolved, and any attempt to continue it is futile. Try to renew interest in a hopeless issue.

 

[Companero]

hitting the last nail in one's coffin

 

[Mwanaukweli]

tail wagging the dog: a small or unimportant factor or element governing an important one or a reversal of the proper order.

 

[Mwanaukweli]

feather one's nest: acquire wealth for oneself, especially by taking advantage of one's position or using the property of others.

 

[The Pen]

Hebu nihabarishe...lol nitarudi

Idioms: Misemo, e.g. kuvaa miwani, kukalia kuti kavu, kupiga chabo (LOL).
Proverbs: Methali, e.g. aliye juu ..., mvumilivu hula ..., mtaka cha mvunguni ....

 

[GIUSEPE]

Mumbo jumbo=meaningless speech.

Scapegoat=someone else who takes the blame.

Tie the knot=to get married.

A blessing in disguise=something good that is not recognised at first.

 

[Mwanaukweli]

seize up: stop working
e.g. The financial markets seize up of September 2008 was a clear sign that there was a financial crisis.

 

[Mwanaukweli]

jack of all trades: a person capable of doing a variety of different jobs acceptably well.

 

[Mwanaukweli]

look down upon somebody: have a low opinion on somebody, spurn somebody (kumdharau mtu)