Kategorie:Redewendung (Englisch)

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• Wiktionary:Englisch/Redewendungen

A

• a piece of cake
• act on impulse
• alive and kicking
• all but
• all the more
• all the same
• as a pastime
• as much again
• auld lang syne

B

• be a real live wire
• be about to do something
• be all at sea
• be all ears
• be all in
• be all legs
• be all there
• be fed up with something
• be ill at ease
• be in debt
• be in somebody's debt
• be in the pink
• be not somebody's cup of tea
• be of age
• be on the air
• be on the decline
• be on the job
• be on the way in
• be on the way out
• be out of debt
• be out of the way
• be skating on thin ice
• be tied up
• be wary of

C

• call attention to
• call it a day
• cat got your tongue
• cede something to somebody
• chilled to the bone
• come of age
• come to someone's attention
• cost the earth
• cry over spilled milk

D

• die a thousand deaths
• do something the hard way
• duck soup

F

• fish out of water
• for immediate attention
• for the attention of
• for the birds

G

• get hold of
• get one's own way
• get out of debt
• give someone the hump
• give up the ghost
• go bananas
• go down the aisle
• go to the loo
• go wrong

H

• have a good time
• have the hump
• here you are
• here's to you
• hit the ground running
• hit the jackpot
• hum and haw

I

• it seems as if
• it seems that
• it's all yours
• it's up to you

J

• jump the shark

K

• kill two birds with one stone
• know something cold

L

• lead managed by
• lightning in a bottle
• lose one's cool

M

• make a mountain out of a molehill
• make things hum

N

• never mind
• nip in the bud
• not for love or money
• not on any account

O

• obtain a divorce
• of one's own accord
• off the cuff
• on no account
• on the decrease
• one-act play
• out of the box
• over and done with

P

• pay attention to
• pay one's attentions to someone

P (Fortsetzung)

• play the world’s saddest song on the world’s smallest violin
• proud as a peacock
• put into circulation
• put into operation
• put into stock
• put on a gloss
• put on the last
• put on the market
• put one's cards on the table
• put the kettle on
• put up a good fight

R

• rain cats and dogs
• raise a hue and cry
• Ready about
• run into debt

S

• sleep rough
• slow like a snail
• so what
• speaking
• spend a penny
• spill the beans
• stand at attention
• strictly speaking
• swing the lead

T

• take advantage of
• take one's breath away
• that will do
• that'll do
• that's all very well
• that's what it is all about
• those who can't use their head must use their back
• throw out the baby with the bathwater
• to attention
• to be in a tight spot
• to be out of the wood
• to hit the bottle
• to keep one's fingers crossed
• to pull someone's leg
• to work like a horse
• twiddle one's thumbs

V

• vanish into thin air

W

• walk down the aisle
• what on earth
• work an angle

Y

• you're welcome