Op deze pagina kun je ruim 3000 Engelse uitdrukkingen, spreekwoorden en gezegden opzoeken, met een verklaring in het Nederlands. Het zijn de uitdrukkingen die worden gebruikt door Engelse en Amerikaanse jongeren. Zoekopdrachten die geen resultaat opleveren worden opgeslagen, zodat we ons bestand kunnen aanvullen.
Pas overigens op met het gebruik van spreekwoorden. Het is goed om ze te kennen, maar als je ze te veel gebruikt klink je net als je oma. Ook trendy uitdrukkingen kunnen link zijn: wat vandaag ziek is, is morgen sneu.
see through
doorzien
my mother saw right through me whenever I was lying
see through
afmaken
they had a lot of difficulties, but the team saw the project through
see to
afhandelen
he saw to the arrangements and everything ran smoothly
see you later
tot straks
a casual way of saying goodbye to friends, often shortened to 'later' or 'laters'
seed money
zaaigeld
seed money is money that is used to start a small business
seeing is believing
eerst zien, dan geloven
this idiom means that people can only really believe what they experience personally
seen better days
heeft betere dagen gekend
when aged badly and visibly compared to when it was new
seize the day
pluk de dag
just do it and don't worry about the future
sell down the river
iemands vertrouwen schaden
if you sell someone down the river, you betray their trust
sell like hot cakes
als warme broodjes over de toonbank gaan
if a product is selling very well, it is selling like hot cakes
sell off
goedkoop verkopen
she sold off her furniture before she emigrated
sell on
doorverkopen
we buy them wholesale and sell them on to the public
sell out
uitverkocht raken
the concert sold out in a couple of hours
sell out
voor het grote geld gaan
most bands sell out when they sign to a major record label
sell someone short
iemand tekort doen
to think a person is less good or valuable than is true
sell your soul
je ziel verkopen
if someone sells their soul, their betray the most precious beliefs
send someone packing
iemand wegsturen
if you send someone packing, you send them away when they want something from you
separate the sheep from the goats
het kaf van het koren scheiden
sort out the good from the bad
separate the wheat from the chaff
het kaf van het korten scheiden
select what is useful or valuable and reject what is useless or worthless
serve time
tijd uitzitten
when someone is serving time, they are in prison
set about
beginnen met
we set about the cleaning and got it done before lunchtime
set aside
naast je neer leggen
the appeal court set aside the guilty verdict
set back
kosten
the car repairs set me back eight hundred pounds
set in
de start van een seizoen
winter has set in; it's started snowing
set in stone
in beton gegoten
if something is set in stone, it cannot be changed or altered
set off
vertrekken naar
we set off for work at seven-thirty
set off
af laten gaan
terrorists set off a car bomb in the city centre last night
set out
vertrekken naar
the explorers set out for the south pole yesterday morning
set the alarm bells ringing
If it makes you start to worry, because there may be a problem
set the wheels in motion
de raderen op gang brengen
when you set the wheels in motion, you get something started