[ { "ID": 367, "MID": 6001, "Chapter": "FOOD", "AID": "AllThatAndABagOfChips", "Phrase": "All that and a bag of chips", "Arabice": "كل شيء و زيادة أيضاً (تقال لوصف الشخص ال\"برفكت\" الذي لديه جميع المواصفات المطلوبة، ولديه مواصفات زيادة ايضاً)", "Englishe": "All that and more; used to describe a person or situation that is the best, complete, perfect person or thing (has all desired qualities, plus extra qualities)", "EnglishExample": "You think you're all that, but I am all that AND a bag o'chips. So there." }, { "ID": 368, "MID": 6002, "Chapter": "FOOD", "AID": "6-21", "Phrase": "An apple a day keeps the doctor away", "Arabice": "مثل قولنا «تفاحة يومياً تغنيك عن الطبيب»", "Englishe": "Apples are so nutritious that if you eat an apple every day, you will not ever need to go to a doctor", "EnglishExample": "Stay healthy. Eat lots of fruits. Remember, an apple a day keeps the doctor away!" }, { "ID": 369, "MID": 6003, "Chapter": "FOOD", "AID": "ApplesAndOranges", "Phrase": "Apples and oranges", "Arabice": "شيئين لا يمكن مقارنتهما، شخصين مختلفين تماماً، الخ", "Englishe": "Two things that cannot be compared, two unlike things, two completely different people", "EnglishExample": "Person 1: Which do you prefer, Paris or London? Person 2: Oh come on, that's like comparing apples and oranges…and I love all fruit" }, { "ID": 370, "MID": 6004, "Chapter": "FOOD", "AID": "BreadAndButter", "Phrase": "Bread and butter", "Arabice": "المصدر الرئيسي للدخل", "Englishe": "One's primary source of income/ livelihood", "EnglishExample": "Person 1: Why doesn't she tell the truth about the company's corruption? Person 2: Because they're still her bread and butter, and she's scared tbh. " }, { "ID": 371, "MID": 6005, "Chapter": "FOOD", "AID": "6-30", "Phrase": "Bring home the bacon", "Arabice": "يكسب المال ليعيش، ينجح", "Englishe": "To earn money to live on; succeed", "EnglishExample": "You've got to go back to work if you want to bring home the bacon." }, { "ID": 372, "MID": 6006, "Chapter": "FOOD", "AID": "6-16", "Phrase": "Brownie points", "Arabice": "قيمة مكتسبة لجهد مبذول، حتى لو لم يحقق هذا الجهد النتيجة المرجوة", "Englishe": "An earned, nonmonetary credit for efforts made, even if efforts did not achieve desired results", "EnglishExample": "I thought I could score some brownie points with my mother-in-law by offering to cook dinner." }, { "ID": 373, "MID": 6007, "Chapter": "FOOD", "AID": "CherryPick", "Phrase": "Cherry-pick", "Arabice": "اختيار أفضل الأشياء الموجودة بعناية٬ وتعني ايضاً استخدام موقف معين لإثبات حقيقة ما مع تجاهل ما يتعارض مع هذه الحقيقة ", "Englishe": "Choose something carefully to make sure that the best thing is chosen (often selfishly); use data that seem to confirm a particular position while ignoring a significant portion of related data that may contradict that position)", "EnglishExample": "That speech was such BS! The president cherry-picked data to support his party's platform on gun control! Ugh! " }, { "ID": 374, "MID": 6008, "Chapter": "FOOD", "AID": "6-15", "Phrase": "To chew (someone) out", "Arabice": "التوبيخ او التأنيب الشديد لشخص ما", "Englishe": "To scold someone; to severely reprimand someone", "EnglishExample": "Careful! If you walk on the neighbor's grass he'll chew you out." }, { "ID": 375, "MID": 6009, "Chapter": "FOOD", "AID": "6-22", "Phrase": "The cream of the crop", "Arabice": "المفضلين من المجموعة", "Englishe": "The very best of a particular group of people or things", "EnglishExample": "In order to get selected for the varsity team, you need to be the cream of the crop." }, { "ID": 376, "MID": 6010, "Chapter": "FOOD", "AID": "CupOfJoe", "Phrase": "Cup of joe", "Arabice": "كوب قهوة", "Englishe": "Cup of coffee", "EnglishExample": "Good morning! I need a cup o' joe." }, { "ID": 377, "MID": 6011, "Chapter": "FOOD", "AID": "6-3", "Phrase": "Don’t bite off more than you can chew", "Arabice": "لا تحمل نفسك فوق طاقتك", "Englishe": "To try to do more than you are able to do", "EnglishExample": "Person 1: I agreed to manage three projects that need to be finished this week. I'm swamped. Person 2: Looks like you bit off more than you can chew. Let us help." }, { "ID": 378, "MID": 6012, "Chapter": "FOOD", "AID": "6-23", "Phrase": "Don't cry over spilled milk", "Arabice": "لا تبكي على اللبن المسكوب؛ اي لا تحزن على ما لا يمكنك تغييره", "Englishe": "Don't be unhappy about what cannot be undone", "EnglishExample": "We already submitted the report, it's too late to make any changes now. No use crying over spilled milk." }, { "ID": 379, "MID": 6013, "Chapter": "FOOD", "AID": "DrinkingTheKoolAid", "Phrase": "Drinking the Kool-Aid", "Arabice": "تبني فكرة أو نظام حتى لو كان سيئا أو خطير، عادةً بسبب ضغط الأقران (ملاحظة: تستخدم سلباً أو بدعابة في سياق إغاظة شخص ما)", "Englishe": "Going along with an idea or system even if it is bad or dangerous, often due to peer pressure (Note: normally used negatively or humorously, i.e. in the context of teasing someone) ", "EnglishExample": " I never thought I'd see you hire a maid to clean your house! LOL! Looks like someone's been drinking the Dubai Kool-Aid. " }, { "ID": 380, "MID": 6014, "Chapter": "FOOD", "AID": "6-25", "Phrase": "To eat someone out of house and home", "Arabice": "شخص أكل معظم الأكل الذي كان متوفراً في المنزل", "Englishe": "To eat most of the food that someone has in their house", "EnglishExample": "The kids are eating her out of house and home." }, { "ID": 381, "MID": 6015, "Chapter": "FOOD", "AID": "EatYourHeartOut", "Phrase": "Eat your heart out!", "Arabice": "مت قهر! (من الغيرة الشديدة)", "Englishe": "To tell someone to \"eat their heart out\" is like saying 'go ahead, be jealous!'/'let jealousy consume you!' ", "EnglishExample": "We won the game! Yay! The other team can eat their hearts out! " }, { "ID": 382, "MID": 6016, "Chapter": "FOOD", "AID": "6-19", "Phrase": "Feed the meter", "Arabice": "اي قم بوضع المال في جهاز مواقف السيارات، او للدفع لوقت إضافي للمواقف", "Englishe": "To put money in a parking meter; to pay for additional parking time", "EnglishExample": "Sorry, I need to go outside and feed the meter. BRB!" }, { "ID": 383, "MID": 6017, "Chapter": "FOOD", "AID": "FoodComa", "Phrase": "Food coma", "Arabice": "حالة من الخمول والكسل بعد أكل وجبة دسمة أو ثقيلة", "Englishe": "A state of lethargy and sleepiness that comes on shortly after eating a large or heavy meal", "EnglishExample": "After eating Thanksgiving dinner I went into a food coma for six hours." }, { "ID": 384, "MID": 6018, "Chapter": "FOOD", "AID": "6-10", "Phrase": "Food for thought", "Arabice": "قضية للتفكير بها. الترجمة الحرفية «غذاء للفكر»", "Englishe": "Something for someone to think about; issues to be considered", "EnglishExample": "The lecture gave us some food for thought on the topic of language barriers." }, { "ID": 385, "MID": 6019, "Chapter": "FOOD", "AID": "HaveABeefWith", "Phrase": "Have a beef with (someone)", "Arabice": "لديك شكوى أو مشكلة مع شخص ما (مع احتمال حدوث جدال قريباً)", "Englishe": "Have a complaint or problem with someone", "EnglishExample": "Honestly I've got a beef with our neighbors--their dog barks way too much!" }, { "ID": 386, "MID": 6020, "Chapter": "FOOD", "AID": "6-5", "Phrase": "To have a sweet tooth", "Arabice": "وصفاً لرغبة التهام الحلويات", "Englishe": "To desire to eat many sweet foods, especially candy and pastries", "EnglishExample": "I saw the chocolate dates and couldn't resist taking a few. Then I took the whole box. I really have a sweet tooth." }, { "ID": 387, "MID": 6021, "Chapter": "FOOD", "AID": "6-24", "Phrase": "To have one's cake and eat it too", "Arabice": "اي لديك شيئين جيدين بنفس الوقت حيث من المستحيل أن تجمع بينهما في نفس الوقت", "Englishe": "To have or do two good things at the same time that are impossible to have or do at the same time", "EnglishExample": "She started a home business so that she could raise her kids and make money-- that way she could have her cake and eat it too." }, { "ID": 388, "MID": 6022, "Chapter": "FOOD", "AID": "6-32", "Phrase": "Hole in the wall (place)", "Arabice": "مكان صغير و متواضع، و من الصعب ايجاده على الخريطة", "Englishe": "A small, very modest place, often hard to find or \"out of the way\"", "EnglishExample": "We love going to that hole-in-the-wall pizza joint." }, { "ID": 389, "MID": 6023, "Chapter": "FOOD", "AID": "6-9", "Phrase": "Icing on the cake", "Arabice": "فائدة إضافية لشيء جيد مسبقاً. مثل «زيادة الخير خيرين»", "Englishe": "An additional benefit to something already good", "EnglishExample": "I already liked your personality, but the fact that you dress very well is icing on the cake." }, { "ID": 390, "MID": 6024, "Chapter": "FOOD", "AID": "6-17", "Phrase": "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen", "Arabice": "اذا لم يكن بإستطاعتك تحمل الضغط، ليس عليك البقاء هنا إذاً", "Englishe": "If you cannot handle the pressure, you should not be in a position where you have to deal with it", "EnglishExample": "Listen, I never said my class would be easy. I give a lot of homework. It's not gonna be a fun semester. So if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen now." }, { "ID": 391, "MID": 6025, "Chapter": "FOOD", "AID": "6-1", "Phrase": "In a nutshell", "Arabice": "يعني «بالمختصر»؛ الحديث بإيجاز قدر الإمكان", "Englishe": "Something that you say when you are describing something using as few words as possible ", "EnglishExample": "The answer, in a nutshell, is no." }, { "ID": 392, "MID": 6026, "Chapter": "FOOD", "AID": "6-11", "Phrase": "It all boils down to…", "Arabice": "طريقة أخرى لقول «الشيء المهم حقاً هو...». او «بإختصار...»", "Englishe": "Another way of saying the “most important thing is…”", "EnglishExample": "It all boils down to one thing: the budget. If we have enough left over, the project is doable." }, { "ID": 393, "MID": 6027, "Chapter": "FOOD", "AID": "6-13", "Phrase": "It takes the cake", "Arabice": "أن تكون الأكثر تميزاً في بعض النواحي، سواء في الأفضل او الأسوأ", "Englishe": "Be the most outstanding in some respect, either the best or the worst", "EnglishExample": "I've heard a lot of embarrassing stories, but yours takes the cake." }, { "ID": 394, "MID": 6028, "Chapter": "FOOD", "AID": "6-14", "Phrase": "It's a cakewalk", "Arabice": "بمعنى انها مهمة يمكن إنجازها بسهولة", "Englishe": "It's an easily accomplished task", "EnglishExample": "The English exam should be a cakewalk for anyone who studied the notes." }, { "ID": 395, "MID": 6029, "Chapter": "FOOD", "AID": "6-6", "Phrase": "It's a piece of cake", "Arabice": "من السهل جداً أن تفعل هذا الشيء", "Englishe": "It's very easy/ \"no problem\"", "EnglishExample": "I knew exactly how to fix the problem. It was a piece of cake." }, { "ID": 396, "MID": 6030, "Chapter": "FOOD", "AID": "6-4", "Phrase": "Like taking candy from a baby", "Arabice": "سهل جداً، شديد السهولة؛ كأخذ قطعة حلوى من طفل", "Englishe": "Very easy, extremely easy", "EnglishExample": "After months of tough practice, winning the game was like taking candy from a baby." }, { "ID": 397, "MID": 6031, "Chapter": "FOOD", "AID": "6-26", "Phrase": "Made to order", "Arabice": "معد خصيصاً حسب طلب الزبون", "Englishe": "Made according to the specifications of the buyer (\"custom-made\")", "EnglishExample": "All of our cakes are made-to-order. Just give us two business days to process your request." }, { "ID": 398, "MID": 6032, "Chapter": "FOOD", "AID": "6-27", "Phrase": "Make one's mouth water", "Arabice": "جعل لعابه يسيل؛ (غالباً طعام)", "Englishe": "Cause one to eagerly anticipate or long for something (usually food)", "EnglishExample": "The smell of freshly baked cookies made their mouths water." }, { "ID": 399, "MID": 6033, "Chapter": "FOOD", "AID": "6-28", "Phrase": "Meat and potatoes (of something)", "Arabice": "الأشياء الأساسية (في شيء ما)", "Englishe": "The most important or basic parts of something", "EnglishExample": "They stuck to the meat and potatoes of broadcasting--news and sports." }, { "ID": 400, "MID": 6034, "Chapter": "FOOD", "AID": "NutsAbout", "Phrase": "Nuts about (something or someone)", "Arabice": "التعلق بشخص أو بشئ ما (بمعني تحب هذا الشخص أو هذا الشيء بجنون)", "Englishe": "Crazy or enthusiastic about something or someone, very fond of something or someone", "EnglishExample": "We knew they were nuts about each other--always holding hands, kissing, finishing each other's sentences…you know how it is, typical \"honeymoon phase.\"" }, { "ID": 401, "MID": 6035, "Chapter": "FOOD", "AID": "6-18", "Phrase": "On the back burner", "Arabice": "تقال عن المشاريع التي يتم تأجيلها", "Englishe": "Put aside for the time being; postponed", "EnglishExample": "After his surgery, he put everything on the back burner so that he could rest and recover." }, { "ID": 402, "MID": 6036, "Chapter": "FOOD", "AID": "6-31", "Phrase": "Out to lunch", "Arabice": "غير متصل مع العالم الحقيقي، مجنون، غافل", "Englishe": "Not in touch with the real world, crazy; also, inattentive", "EnglishExample": "Their team is so good, they'd have to be totally out to lunch for anyone to beat them." }, { "ID": 403, "MID": 6037, "Chapter": "FOOD", "AID": "6-8", "Phrase": "Polish something off", "Arabice": "بمعنى استهلاك الشيء كله", "Englishe": "To eat, consume, exhaust, or complete all of something", "EnglishExample": "I polished off that cake in three bites." }, { "ID": 404, "MID": 6038, "Chapter": "FOOD", "AID": "Potluck", "Phrase": "Potluck", "Arabice": "طعام تحضره معك عند الذهاب لحفلة أو لبيت أحدهم (وغالباً تكون من صنع البيت)", "Englishe": "A meal or party where each guest brings a dish of food (often homemade) to be shared", "EnglishExample": "Alright guys, we're having a potluck next Friday at my house. Please write what you're bringing on the form so that we don't all bring the same thing." }, { "ID": 405, "MID": 6039, "Chapter": "FOOD", "AID": "6-2", "Phrase": "The proof is in the pudding", "Arabice": "مثل أن نقول «المويه تكذب الغطاس»؛ يعني لا تخبر عن نجاح الشيء إلا بعد تجربته", "Englishe": "You can only say something is a success after it has been tried out or used", "EnglishExample": "She says she can run well, and the proof was in the pudding when we saw her win the race last week." }, { "ID": 406, "MID": 6040, "Chapter": "FOOD", "AID": "RaiseAToast", "Phrase": "Raise a toast", "Arabice": "رفع الكأس والشرب في صحة شخص أو شيء ما", "Englishe": "Raising a glass and drinking in honor of or to the health of a person or thing", "EnglishExample": "I'd like to raise a toast to the newlyweds. May you always be happy and successful." }, { "ID": 407, "MID": 6041, "Chapter": "FOOD", "AID": "RoastSomeone", "Phrase": "Roast (someone)", "Arabice": "إذلال, سخرية, أو أن يسخر من شخص ما بطريقة مضحكة", "Englishe": "Humiliate, ridicule, or make fun of someone in a way that appears to be funny", "EnglishExample": "The celebrity got roasted on social media for wearing a T-shirt that offended some of her fans." }, { "ID": 408, "MID": 6042, "Chapter": "FOOD", "AID": "6-12", "Phrase": "They sold like hotcakes", "Arabice": "حرفياً «بيعت كالكعك الساخن»؛ دلالة على أنه تم بيعها بسرعة جداً", "Englishe": "They sold very fast", "EnglishExample": "If you can come up with a cool new toy that all the kids love, they'll sell like hotcakes." }, { "ID": 409, "MID": 6043, "Chapter": "FOOD", "AID": "SourGrapes", "Phrase": "Sour grapes", "Arabice": "التقليل من شيء لا يمكن لشخص ما تحقيقه (اللي ما يطول العنب، حامض عنه يقول) ", "Englishe": "Disparaging something that someone can't attain (if you say that a person's comments are \"sour grapes,\" you mean that he/she said those words out of jealousy)", "EnglishExample": "Person 1: I can't believe he said my dog is ugly! Person 2: Oh come on, it's just sour grapes! You know he wanted that dog but his parents wouldn't let him, so now he's jealous." }, { "ID": 410, "MID": 6044, "Chapter": "FOOD", "AID": "Sugarcoat", "Phrase": "Sugarcoat ", "Arabice": "يجعل الشيء جذاب, وأجمل مما هو عليه في الحقيقة", "Englishe": "Make something look attractive or appealing; make something seem better than it really is ", "EnglishExample": "I know Maher--he's not one to sugarcoat reality. He'll tell it like it is. " }, { "ID": 411, "MID": 6045, "Chapter": "FOOD", "AID": "SweetenThePot", "Phrase": "Sweeten the pot", "Arabice": "يرغّب أكثر في الجائزة أو المكافأة, أي بمعني زيادة الرهان (القمار مثلاً)", "Englishe": "Make a possible reward look more desirable (in gambling, \"sweeten the pot\" means to increase a wager) ", "EnglishExample": "Person 1: Can you edit my essay? I'll pay you $50! Person 2: Can you sweeten the pot a little? Person 1: Hmm…how about $50 and a new phone? Person 2: Deal! " }, { "ID": 412, "MID": 6046, "Chapter": "FOOD", "AID": "TakeOut", "Phrase": "Takeout", "Arabice": "الأكل السفري", "Englishe": "Food that is cooked and sold by a restaurant (to be eaten elsewhere)", "EnglishExample": "What a long day! I'm beat. Let's just order takeout and watch TV. I'm not in the mood to cook." }, { "ID": 413, "MID": 6047, "Chapter": "FOOD", "AID": "6-20", "Phrase": "That hit the spot", "Arabice": "حين تشعر بالرضا تماماً عن وجبة او شراب ما، بمعنى أعجبك جداً", "Englishe": "If a meal or drink \"hits the spot,\" it tastes good and makes you feel satisfied; it is exactly what is needed", "EnglishExample": "Thanks, that pizza really hit the spot. I'm not hangry anymore." }, { "ID": 414, "MID": 6048, "Chapter": "FOOD", "AID": "6-29", "Phrase": "That's the way the cookie crumbles", "Arabice": "مثل قول «الحياة كذا أحياناً»، ومشابهة لعبارة «لا تبكي على اللبن المسكوب»", "Englishe": "Bad things sometimes happen and there is nothing you can do to prevent it, so it is not worth becoming upset about it (similar to \"don't cry over spilled milk\")", "EnglishExample": "Yes, your team lost. That's just the way the cookie crumbles. Next time you'll play harder." }, { "ID": 415, "MID": 6049, "Chapter": "FOOD", "AID": "WakeUpAnd", "Phrase": "Wake up and smell the coffee", "Arabice": "إيلاء اهتمام بالموضوع، وعمل شيء تجاه ذلك (أفق من نومك)", "Englishe": "Pay attention and do something about a situation", "EnglishExample": "Dude, wake up and smell the coffee! Things have changed and there's nothing you can do except let it go and move on." }, { "ID": 416, "MID": 6050, "Chapter": "FOOD", "AID": "TheWholeEnchilada", "Phrase": "The whole enchilada", "Arabice": "المسألة برمتها، كل شيء (بالنسبة للأشياء في المجموعة)", "Englishe": "The entire matter, the whole situation, everything", "EnglishExample": "You can't just give up your contract like that! We'll lose the benefits, insurance, perks…we're talkin' the whole enchilada!" }, { "ID": 417, "MID": 6051, "Chapter": "FOOD", "AID": "6-7", "Phrase": "Up for grabs", "Arabice": "لازال متاحاً لأي شخص. لم يطالب به أحد حتى الآن", "Englishe": "Available for anyone; not yet claimed", "EnglishExample": "I've got two tickets up for grabs, if anyone's interested." } ]