Idioms Exercises – Part 3
:Use your dictionary of idioms to find the meaning of the following idioms
Bread and butter Out of the blue Donkey work In the red Red-letter day Chicken-hearted
Answers
Bread and butter وسیله امرارمعاش
Meaning: providing a livelihood or basic source of income, supplying the basic needs of life Example 1: a bread-and-butter job Example 2: the agency’s bread-and-butter account
(expressing thanks for hospitality: a bread-and-butter letter)
Out of the blue یهویی
Meaning: without warning; unexpectedly “Example: “she phoned me out of the blue
Donkey work خرکاری
Meaning: the boring or laborious part of a job; drudgery “Example: “supervisors who get a research student to do the donkey work
In the red بدهکار
Meaning: If you or your bank account are in the red, you owe money to the bank
Red-letter day روز بیادماندنی
Meaning: a day that is pleasantly noteworthy or memorable “Example: “many a trout angler has had a red-letter day on Loch Awe
Chicken-hearted بزدل
Meaning: easily frightened; cowardly