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.
take the chair
voorzitter worden
if you take the chair, your become the chairman or chairwoman
take the fall
de schuld op je nemen
if you tall the fall, you accept the blame and punishment for another's wrongdoing
take the flak
onder vuur liggen
if you take the flak, you are strongly criticised for something
take the floor
het woord nemen
start talking or giving a speech to a group
take the heat
de schuld op je nemen
take the criticism or blame for something you didn't do
take the plunge
het er op wagen
if you take the plunge, you do something even though you know it's risky
take to
iets gaan doen
he's taken to wearing a baseball cap since his hair started thinning
take to your heels
de benen nemen
if you take to your heels, you run away
take up
iets gaan doen
he took up squash as he felt he had to lose some weight
take up
opgaan aan
an awful lot of my time is taken up with pointless bureaucracy
take up the torch
de fakkel overnemen
take on a challenge or responsibility when someone else retires, or leaves
take your breath away
adembenemend
if something takes your breath away, it astonishes or surprises you
take your eye off the ball
concentratie verliezen
not concentrating on something important
talk back
grote mond geven
the teacher was cross because the pupil talked back to her
talk down
afzwakken
the general manager talked down the recent fall in shares
talk down
neerbuigend praten
that teacher talks down to her students instead of teaching them
talk into
overhalen
she didn't want to do it, but I managed to talk her into it
talk is cheap
praatjes vullen geen gaatjes
it's easy to talk about something but harder to actually do it
talk nineteen to the dozen
snel praten
if someone talks very quickly, they talk nineteen to the dozen
talk of the town
gesprek van de dag
when everybody is talking about particular people and events
talk out
iets uit iemands hoofd praten
he wanted to drive home, but his friends talked him out of it
talk out of the back of your head
uit je nek kletsen
if someone is talking out of the back of their head, they are talking rubbish
talk over
bespreken
we talked over our problems, but we couldn't sort things out
talk shop
over werk praten
if you talk shop, you talk about work matters
talk the hind legs off a donkey
de oren van je kop kletsen
a person who is excessively or extremely talkative can talk the hind legs off a donkey
talk through
doorspreken
the teacher talked me through the test so I knew what to expect
talking to a brick wall
tegen een muur praten
if you talk to someone and they do not listen to you, it is like talking to a brick wall
tall drink of water
een bonenstaak
someone who is very tall and slender is a tall drink of water
tall order
moeilijke klus
something that is likely to be hard to achieve or fulfil is a tall order
tall story
kletspraat
a tall story is one that is untrue and unbelievable