Idioms and Expressions

Idioms/Expressions and Vocabulary

Affluent - person supplied with money

To be caught red handed - ser pego no ato - The were caught red handed

To be cheapskate -  a miserly person

In the black, blue -  opposite of being in the red (no money)

Keep one's shirts on -  to keep calm. Ex: keep your shirt on, he'll give u an apology.

Posh - fashionable adjective. Ex: posh hotel

To be as red as a beet - to be ashmed - evergonhado

To be a Red hot - selling too much - Pau de selfie is a red hot seller

To be a red neck - to be from country place - caipira

Red tape - bureacracy - burocracia

To see red - to be very angry

Spendthrift - One who spends reckelessly 

To be in the red - negativo no banco.

To be in your shoes - to be in someone's position

To be out-of-date - old fashioned - ultrapassada

To be paid off - ser paga. Ex: The bill was paid off

To be up-to-date - to be modern, fashionable

To browse around - pesquisar, ir a procura de algo

To call over - chamar alguém aqui

To catch one's eye - chamar atenção. Ex: That dress caught my eye.

To come in - ir ao encontro

To dress up - To put on special clothes. Ex: I like to dress up for the evening

To drop by - visitar um lugar inesperadamente

To feel down and out - to feel depressed

To go in for - to like. Ex: He goes in for classical music

To have something up one's sleeve - ter alguma coisa debaixo da manga. Ex: we will lose the game, unless the coach has something up his sleeve.

To run out of - ficar sem.

To run up of - tornar maio por adição. Ex: I had not run up a tremendous bill

To try on - experimentar roupas

To try out -  experimentar equipamentos

To turn me on -

To wears the pants -  to take care of everything - Duda wears the pants in the house.

To took someone to cleaners - to take all money. Ex: Paul's ex-wife took him to the cleaners.