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Kolorowe idiomy – ‚red’

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Witam,
red
dzisiaj ponownie skupimy się na ‚kolorowych idiomach’, a w szczególności na kolorze CZERWONYM.

Mam nadzieję, że dzisiejsze słówka okażą się dla Was przydatne w przyszłości.
Zapraszam!!!

 

RED:

  • (be) in the red – mieć saldo debetowe na koncie; być na minusie; mieć deficyt;
    (EN. owe money to a bank)
    e.g. Many of the students were in the red at the end of their first year.

  • red tape – biurokracja; papierkowa robota;0610-DaveCarpenter-d
    (EN. official, bureaucratic formalities and procedure which slow down people and procedures)
    e.g. I hate applying for visas. For some countries there’s no so much red tape involved.

  • a red-herring – temat zastępczy, służący jako odwrócenie uwagi;
    (EN. a piece of information or suggestion introduced to draw attention away from the real facts of a situation)
    e.g. The mystery novel has a couple of red herrings that keep readers off guard.

  • see red – wściec się;
    (EN. Suddenly become very angry, lose one’s temper)
    e.g. When Mom saw the mess Pete had made in the living room, she simply saw red and threw him out.

  • red-carpet treatment – traktować (kogoś) z honorami;Caught_Red_Handed_by_ultrafishbulb
    (EN. very special treatment; royal treatment)
    e.g. There’s a Japanese trade delegation expected tomorrow and the boss is giving them the full red-carpet treatment.

  • catch someone red-handed – przyłapać kogoś na gorącym uczynku;
    (EN. catch a person in the act of doing something wrong)
    e.g. I caught young Jimmy and his friend red-handed smoking behind the garden shed.

  • a red letter day – szczególny dzień; pamiętny dzień;
    (EN. An import ant or joyful occasion which one looks forward to or remem bers with plesure)
    e.g. The day we moved into our newly built house was a red letter day for the whole family.

 

A teraz pora na zadanie utrwalające:

red

ĆWICZENIE:

UZUPEŁNIJ ZDANIA IDIOMAMI Z ZAKRESU KOLORU CZERWONEGO.

PAMIĘTAJ O UŻYCIU POPRAWNEJ FORMIE GRAMATYCZNEJ!!!

  1. This is going to be ………………………………… . I found my lost keys!
  2. The smuggler was ………………………………… with a kilo of cocaine.
  3. We need ………………………………… to black out the recent scandal, any ideas?
  4. I can’t afford new clothes. I’m ………………………………… .
  5. ………………………………… prevented Jack’s wife from joining him abroad.
  6. Bill really ………………………………… when the tax bill arrived.
  7. I love to go to fancy stores where I get ………………………………… .
  8. Because of ………………………………… , Frank took weeks to get a visa.
  9. Tom was stealing the car when the police drove by and ………………… him ……………………… .
  10. It has been announced that the company will still ………………………………… for the rest of this year.
  11. Whenever I think of the needless destruction of trees, I ………………………………… .
  12. Today was ………………………………… in our history.
  13. The detectives were following ………………………………… , but they’re on the right track now.
  14. The queen expects to get the ………………………………… wherever she goes.
  15. Our wedding was ………………………………… for us.
  16. When he laughed in my face, I just ………………………………… .
  17. He saw that she was stealing a dress. He ………………………… her ……………………… .
  18. Some Internet customers ………………………………… as a result of the new virus that slowed Web traffic last week.
  19. Mary tried to cash a forged check at the bank, and the teller …………………… her …………………… .
  20. My passport application has been held up by ………………………………… .

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K.