Idioms in context – 12

My Co-Worker

When I started working with her at first she was friendly, but after a while she started getting on my nerves, and we soon. began to have argument over stupid things. If I made even a small mistake with my work, she would give me a hard time, you know, she would poke fun at me if I smiled at or chatted with any of our male colleagues. To add insult to injury, she began to question my honesty, and one day when some money disappeared from someone’s handbag she told people she thought I had sticky fingers. I don’t believe she was an out-.and-out evil person but she was certainly asking for trouble and one day I just lost my temper and, you know, told her exactly what I thought of her and how much I disliked her. We haven’t been on speaking terms ever since

Idioms

Get on someone’s nerves رو اعصاب کسی راه رفتن

Meaning: if someone gets on your nerves, they annoy you, especially by doing something all the time .Example: She’s always moaning. It really gets on my nerves

Give sb a hard time با کسی بد تا کردن

:Meaning: to make things difficult or unpleasant for someone .Example: Her kids always give her a hard time when she takes them shopping

Poke fun at sb کسی را مسخره کردن

:Meaning: to make fun of someone in an unkind way Example: Some of the kids were poking fun at Judy because of the way she was dressed

To add insult to injury نمک رو زخم پاشیدن

Meaning: act in a way that makes a bad situation worse “Example: “to ask our members to accept a pay cut adds insult to injury

Have sticky fingers دست کج بودن

Meaning: to be likely to steal something

Out-and-out به معنای کامل

Meaning: used to emphasize that someone is definitely a particular kind of person or thing SYN complete Example: he’s an out-and-out liar

Asking for trouble دنبال دردسر بودن

.Meaning: act in a way that is likely to incur problems or difficulties “Example: “hitching a lift is asking for trouble

Not to be on speaking terms قهر بودن

Meaning: If you are not on speaking terms with someone, you refuse to speak to them because you are angry with them Example: They had an argument last night and now they’re not on speaking terms with each other