#idioms ⚫️ BLACK IDIOMS ⚫️
⬛️ Black and white
#تعني : أن تأخذ كل شيء في الاعتبار وتبسيط شيء ما.
او للحكم على كل شيء إما بطريقة أو بأخرى ، جيدة أو سيئة. ان لاتترك شي للحيره
#Example: Our boss always thinks that everything is straightforward, but he doesn’t realise that this whole situation is not as
black and white as he thinks!
⬛️ Put something down in black and white #تعني : لكتابة أو كتابة شيء ما على الورق للتأكيد أو الدليل
#Example: I don’t understand why you don’t believe me! Look, it’s written here in
black and white!
⬛️ Black as night ⬛️▪️Meaning: Somewhere very dark, when it is hard to see anything
▪️Example: We had another power cut last night; it was as
black as night in our house. We didn’t even have any candles!
⬛️ Black and blue ⬛️▪️تستخدم لوصف شيء مصاب بكدمات شديدة
#Example: John’s face was
black and blue after the boxing match.
⬛️ Black eye ⬛️👈كدمة بالقرب من العين
▪️#Example: Fred came home with a horrible
black eye today, but he won’t tell us what happened!
⬛️ Black out ⬛️▪️Meaning: This means to, either darken by putting out or dimming the lights, or to lose consciousness.
▪️Examples:
▪️We had a huge
black out here last night, the whole town was out of power for about 7 hours!
▪️ I don’t know what happened to him, he just
blacked out! Maybe he banged his head.
⬛️ Black as a skillet ⬛️▪️ تستخدم لوصف شيء متسخ جدا ، أسود مع الأوساخ
#Example: My hands and clothes were as
black as a skillet, and I was only halfway through cleaning your garage!
⬛️ Black market ⬛️ ➪ السوق السوداء
▪️مصطلح يستخدم للأماكن التي يتم فيها شراء البضائع وبيعها بشكل غير قانوني من أجل الربح.
#Example: Jerry used to sell cigarettes from South America on the
black market!
⬛️ Blackball someone ⬛️▪️Meaning: To exclude or ostracise someone socially, reject them
▪️Example: Their company has been
blackballed ever since that scandal was all over the newspapers. No one wants to do business with them anymore.
⬛️ Blacklist someone ⬛️▪️لكتابة اسم شخص ما في القائمة إذا خالف أي قواعد, ومنعهم من الحصول على فرصة المشاركة مرة أخرى
#Example: “I was in a lot of debt a while ago, and was unable to pay it all back, so I’ve been
blacklisted. I’m not allowed to get a mortgage in my own name.
⬛️ Pot calling the kettle black ⬛️(shorten version:
pot kettle black)
▪️Meaning: يتم استخدام هذا عندما يكون الشخص الذي ينتقد أو يتهم شخصا آخر بنفاق مذنبا مثل الشخص الذي ينتقده أو يتهمه
#Example: She kept telling me that I shouldn’t do that, but that’s like the
pot calling the kettle black, as she does it herself too!
⬛️ Blackmail someone ⬛️▪️Meaning: To extort or take money from someone by using their secrets against them and threatening to reveal it to others
▪️Example: He has been
blackmailing me for months with some photos that I didn’t know he had. I need someone to help me stop him!
⬛️ In someone’s black books ⬛️▪️Meaning: To be in disgrace or in disfavour with someone
▪️Example: After that argument yesterday, I assure you he will be in a lot of people’s
black books for quite some time!
⬛️ Black tie event/affair ⬛️▪️Meaning: A formal event where male guests wear black bow ties with tuxedos or dinner jackets
▪️Example: The award’s ceremony will be a
black tie event, so I’ll have to buy a smart suit. My wife is going to wear her purple ball gown.
⬛️ Black sheep ➪
#تعني شخص عديم القيمة او شخص غريب عن مجموعة او لاينسجم مع مجموعة
#Example:
🔆 I have always been the
black sheep in my family, I have a completely different personality to all of them, and we don’t even look the same!
⬛️ In the black #تعني :
ناجحة أو مربحة#Example:
🔆Their company has been
in the black ever since the new CEO took over, and changed it all around!
⬛️ Pitch black ➪
شديد السواد▪️مصطلح آخر لمكان مظلم جدا, وأنت غير قادر على رؤية أي شيء
#Example:
🔆I was afraid to go downstairs, the whole house was
pitch black, and very quiet.
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