Idioms Translator
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
Base language: EN
Letter: m
Total idioms: 9849 - currently selected: 346 (50 per page)Mad as a cut snake
Details:
mad as a cut snake (not comparable)
1. (Australia, simile, colloquial) Very irate, crazy with rage.
2. (Australia, simile, colloquial) Crazy; eccentric.
Examples:
mad as a cut snake (not comparable)
1. (Australia, simile, colloquial) Very irate, crazy with rage.
2. (Australia, simile, colloquial) Crazy; eccentric.
Examples:
Detalii:
Exemple:
Mad as a hatter
Details:
mad as a hatter (not comparable)
1. Demented or crazy.
Examples:
mad as a hatter (not comparable)
1. Demented or crazy.
Examples:
Detalii:
Exemple:
Mad as a hornet
Details:
mad as a hornet (not comparable)
1. (simile) Extremely angry
Examples:
mad as a hornet (not comparable)
1. (simile) Extremely angry
Examples:
Detalii:
Exemple:
Mad as a march hare
Details:
mad as a March hare (not comparable)
1. (simile, colloquial) Crazy, demented.
Examples:
mad as a March hare (not comparable)
1. (simile, colloquial) Crazy, demented.
Examples:
Detalii:
Exemple:
Mad money
Details:
mad money
1. (idiomatic) A sum of money, often relatively small in amount, kept in reserve to use for impulsive, frivolous purposes.
2. (idiomatic) A sum of money kept in reserve or to insulate oneself financially in the event of the sudden breakdown of a relationship in which one is economically dependent.
Examples:
mad money
1. (idiomatic) A sum of money, often relatively small in amount, kept in reserve to use for impulsive, frivolous purposes.
2. (idiomatic) A sum of money kept in reserve or to insulate oneself financially in the event of the sudden breakdown of a relationship in which one is economically dependent.
Examples:
Detalii:
Exemple:
Made in china
Details:
made in China (not comparable)
1. Used other than as an idiom: Manufactured in the People's Republic of China.
2. (idiomatic) Cheaply manufactured; of poor or low quality, especially if made in East Asia.
Examples:
made in China (not comparable)
1. Used other than as an idiom: Manufactured in the People's Republic of China.
2. (idiomatic) Cheaply manufactured; of poor or low quality, especially if made in East Asia.
Examples:
Detalii:
Exemple:
Made in japan
Details:
made in Japan (not comparable)
1. Used other than as an idiom: Manufactured in Japan.
2. (idiomatic, dated) [c. 1950s-1970s] Of poor or low quality, especially if cheaply manufactured in East Asia.
Examples:
made in Japan (not comparable)
1. Used other than as an idiom: Manufactured in Japan.
2. (idiomatic, dated) [c. 1950s-1970s] Of poor or low quality, especially if cheaply manufactured in East Asia.
Examples:
Detalii:
Exemple:
Made in the shade
Details:
made in the shade (not comparable)
1. (idiomatic) In a condition characterized by comfort, success, easy living, or general well-being.
Examples:
made in the shade (not comparable)
1. (idiomatic) In a condition characterized by comfort, success, easy living, or general well-being.
Examples:
Detalii:
Exemple:
Made of money
Details:
A person who is made of money is very rich and can buy whatever they want.
Examples:
Hey! I can't afford that much. I'm not made of money!
A person who is made of money is very rich and can buy whatever they want.
Examples:
Hey! I can't afford that much. I'm not made of money!
Detalii:
Exemple:
Made of sterner stuff
Details:
made of sterner stuff (not comparable)
1. (idiomatic) strong and determined (especially more so than someone else, to whom one is being compared).
Examples:
made of sterner stuff (not comparable)
1. (idiomatic) strong and determined (especially more so than someone else, to whom one is being compared).
Examples:
Detalii:
Exemple:
Magic bullet
Details:
magic bullet (plural magic bullets) 1. (idiomatic) A simple remedy to a difficult or complex problem, especially a cure for a disease. Often used to refer to a non-existent, overly simplistic remedy.
Examples:
In recent years, penicillin-based drugs have lost some of their magic bullet status due to the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
magic bullet (plural magic bullets) 1. (idiomatic) A simple remedy to a difficult or complex problem, especially a cure for a disease. Often used to refer to a non-existent, overly simplistic remedy.
Examples:
In recent years, penicillin-based drugs have lost some of their magic bullet status due to the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Detalii:
Exemple:
Mail it in
Details:
mail it in
1. Used other than as an idiom: see mail, it, in.
2. To deliver a performance without commitment or effort, with lackluster results.
Examples:
mail it in
1. Used other than as an idiom: see mail, it, in.
2. To deliver a performance without commitment or effort, with lackluster results.
Examples:
Detalii:
Exemple:
Main drag
Details:
main drag (plural main drags)
1. Used other than as an idiom: see main, drag.
2. (informal) The main street of a town or suburb, or the principal highway passing through a rural area.
Examples:
main drag (plural main drags)
1. Used other than as an idiom: see main, drag.
2. (informal) The main street of a town or suburb, or the principal highway passing through a rural area.
Examples:
Detalii:
Exemple:
Main man
Details:
main man (plural main men)
1. (informal, idiomatic, chiefly African American Vernacular) One's closest male friend.
Examples:
main man (plural main men)
1. (informal, idiomatic, chiefly African American Vernacular) One's closest male friend.
Examples:
Detalii:
Exemple:
Main street
Details:
Main Street
1. the generic street name (and often the official name) of the primary retail street of a village, town, or small city in the United States, Canada, Ireland, some parts of Scotland and also in some countries in central Europe.
2. (idiomatic, North America) the interests of everyday working-class people and small business owners.
? "...Wall Street has surged back to pre-crisis levels of co
Examples:
Main Street
1. the generic street name (and often the official name) of the primary retail street of a village, town, or small city in the United States, Canada, Ireland, some parts of Scotland and also in some countries in central Europe.
2. (idiomatic, North America) the interests of everyday working-class people and small business owners.
? "...Wall Street has surged back to pre-crisis levels of co
Examples:
Detalii:
Exemple:
Mainland china
Details:
mainland China
1. (informal) The area under the jursdiction of People's Republic of China, excluding Hong Kong and Macau (and, by definition, Taiwan).
2. Also used other than as an idiom: see mainland, China.
Examples:
mainland China
1. (informal) The area under the jursdiction of People's Republic of China, excluding Hong Kong and Macau (and, by definition, Taiwan).
2. Also used other than as an idiom: see mainland, China.
Examples:
Detalii:
Exemple:
Make a break for it
Details:
make a break for it
1. (idiomatic) To attempt to escape; to flee; to run away.
Examples:
make a break for it
1. (idiomatic) To attempt to escape; to flee; to run away.
Examples:
Detalii:
Exemple:
Make a clean breast
Details:
make a clean breast
1. (intransitive, idiomatic) to be honest about something; to confess
Examples:
make a clean breast
1. (intransitive, idiomatic) to be honest about something; to confess
Examples:
Detalii:
Exemple:
Make a comeback
Details:
When someone makes a comeback, they succeed in returning to their former successful career.
Examples:
After devoting several years to her children, she made a comeback on Broadway.
When someone makes a comeback, they succeed in returning to their former successful career.
Examples:
After devoting several years to her children, she made a comeback on Broadway.
Detalii:
Exemple:
Make a decision
Details:
make a decision1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To decide.
Examples:
You need to make a decision whether or not to go.
make a decision1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To decide.
Examples:
You need to make a decision whether or not to go.
Detalii:
A lua o decizie
Exemple:
Trebuie sa iei o decizie daca sa mergi sau nu.
Make a difference
Details:
make a difference (third-person singular simple present makes a difference, present participle making a difference, simple past and past participle made a difference)
1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To carry out an action, the result of which is a significant change, or an altered circumstance.
? I was hoping that, by volunteering at this refuge, I could make a differenc
Examples:
make a difference (third-person singular simple present makes a difference, present participle making a difference, simple past and past participle made a difference)
1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To carry out an action, the result of which is a significant change, or an altered circumstance.
? I was hoping that, by volunteering at this refuge, I could make a differenc
Examples:
Detalii:
Exemple:
Make a go of
Details:
When you make a go of something, you succeed in your enterprise or produce good results.
Examples:
He opened a restaurant and worked hard to make a go of it.
When you make a go of something, you succeed in your enterprise or produce good results.
Examples:
He opened a restaurant and worked hard to make a go of it.
Detalii:
Exemple:
Make a go of it
Details:
make a go of it (third-person singular simple present makes a go of, present participle making a go of, simple past and past participle made a go of)
1. (idiomatic) To attempt to make a success of it; especially, to attempt to make a living.
? He quit his regular job and tried to make a go of it as an artist.
Examples:
make a go of it (third-person singular simple present makes a go of, present participle making a go of, simple past and past participle made a go of)
1. (idiomatic) To attempt to make a success of it; especially, to attempt to make a living.
? He quit his regular job and tried to make a go of it as an artist.
Examples:
Detalii:
Exemple:
Make a killing
Details:
If you say that someone has made a killing you mean that they have had great financial success.
make a killing
1. (idiomatic) To win or earn a large amount of money.
Examples:
He made a killing on the stock market.
If you say that someone has made a killing you mean that they have had great financial success.
make a killing
1. (idiomatic) To win or earn a large amount of money.
Examples:
He made a killing on the stock market.
Detalii:
Exemple:
Make a leg
Details:
make a leg
1. (idiomatic, UK) To make a deep bow with the right leg drawn back.
Examples:
make a leg
1. (idiomatic, UK) To make a deep bow with the right leg drawn back.
Examples:
Detalii:
Exemple:
Make a meal of
Details:
make a meal (out) of
1. (idiomatic, transitive) To spend more time and energy on some task than it warrants; to make something overly complicated.
2. To eat something as a meal.
? Don't walk near the tiger: it'll make a meal of you.
Examples:
make a meal (out) of
1. (idiomatic, transitive) To spend more time and energy on some task than it warrants; to make something overly complicated.
2. To eat something as a meal.
? Don't walk near the tiger: it'll make a meal of you.
Examples:
Detalii:
Exemple:
Make a mint
Details:
If someone makes a mint, they make a large amount of money.
Examples:
They made a mint selling hamburgers outside the football stadium.
If someone makes a mint, they make a large amount of money.
Examples:
They made a mint selling hamburgers outside the football stadium.
Detalii:
Exemple:
Make a mockery of
Details:
make a mockery of
1. (idiomatic, transitive) To mock; to ridicule or imitate, often to express contempt
Examples:
make a mockery of
1. (idiomatic, transitive) To mock; to ridicule or imitate, often to express contempt
Examples:
Detalii:
Exemple:
Make a monkey (out) of
Details:
If you humiliate someone by making them appear ridiculous or foolish, you make a monkey (out) of that person.
Examples:
That's enough teasing. Don't make a monkey out of him.
If you humiliate someone by making them appear ridiculous or foolish, you make a monkey (out) of that person.
Examples:
That's enough teasing. Don't make a monkey out of him.
Detalii:
Exemple:
Make a monkey out of
Details:
make a monkey out of
1. (idiomatic, transitive) To cause a person, group, or action to appear foolish or inferior; to subject someone or something to ridicule.
Examples:
make a monkey out of
1. (idiomatic, transitive) To cause a person, group, or action to appear foolish or inferior; to subject someone or something to ridicule.
Examples:
Detalii:
Exemple:
Make a mountain out of a molehill
Details:
To make a slight difficulty seem like a serious problem.
Referring to over-reactive, histrionic behaviour where a person makes too much of a minor issue.
Examples:
You're making a mountain out of a molehill. You wrote one bad essay - it doesn't mean you're going to fail.
Origin:
It seems to have come into existence in the 16th century. The earliest recorded use of the alliterative phrase making a mountain out of a molehill dates from 1548. The word mole was less than two hundred years old by then. Previous to that it had been known by its Old English name wand, which had slowly changed to want. A molehill was known as a wantitump, a word that continued in dialect use for centuries more. The idiom is found in Nicholas Udall's translation of The first tome or volume of the Paraphrase of Erasmus vpon the newe testamente (1548) in the statement that "The Sophistes of Grece coulde through their copiousness make an Elephant of a flye, and a mountaine of a mollehill."
To make a slight difficulty seem like a serious problem.
Referring to over-reactive, histrionic behaviour where a person makes too much of a minor issue.
Examples:
You're making a mountain out of a molehill. You wrote one bad essay - it doesn't mean you're going to fail.
Origin:
It seems to have come into existence in the 16th century. The earliest recorded use of the alliterative phrase making a mountain out of a molehill dates from 1548. The word mole was less than two hundred years old by then. Previous to that it had been known by its Old English name wand, which had slowly changed to want. A molehill was known as a wantitump, a word that continued in dialect use for centuries more. The idiom is found in Nicholas Udall's translation of The first tome or volume of the Paraphrase of Erasmus vpon the newe testamente (1548) in the statement that "The Sophistes of Grece coulde through their copiousness make an Elephant of a flye, and a mountaine of a mollehill."
Faci din tantar armasar
Detalii:
A face ca o dificultate minora sa para o problema serioasa.
Exemple:
Faci din tantar armasar. Ai scris un eseu slab - asta nu-nseamna ca o sa pici.
Make a name for oneself
Details:
make a name for oneself
1. (idiomatic) to gain fame
Examples:
make a name for oneself
1. (idiomatic) to gain fame
Examples:
Detalii:
Exemple:
Make a pig of oneself
Details:
make a pig out of oneself (third-person singular simple present makes a pig of oneself, present participle making a pig of oneself, simple past and past participle made a pig of oneself)
1. (idiomatic) To eat to excess; to overeat; to gorge.
Examples:
make a pig out of oneself (third-person singular simple present makes a pig of oneself, present participle making a pig of oneself, simple past and past participle made a pig of oneself)
1. (idiomatic) To eat to excess; to overeat; to gorge.
Examples:
Detalii:
Exemple:
Make a pig of yourself
Details:
If you make a pig of yourself, you eat and drink too much.
Examples:
Watch what you eat - don't make a pig of yourself!
If you make a pig of yourself, you eat and drink too much.
Examples:
Watch what you eat - don't make a pig of yourself!
Detalii:
Exemple:
Make a pig's ear of
Details:
If you make a pig's ear of something, you do a task or a chore very badly or make a complete mess of it.
Examples:
Gary offered to paint the kitchen but he made a pig's ear of it.
If you make a pig's ear of something, you do a task or a chore very badly or make a complete mess of it.
Examples:
Gary offered to paint the kitchen but he made a pig's ear of it.
Detalii:
Exemple:
Make a pig's ear of
Details:
If you make a pig's ear of something, you do a task or a chore very badly or make a complete mess of it.
Examples:
Gary offered to paint the kitchen but he made a pig's ear of it.
If you make a pig's ear of something, you do a task or a chore very badly or make a complete mess of it.
Examples:
Gary offered to paint the kitchen but he made a pig's ear of it.
Detalii:
Exemple:
Make a point
Details:
make a point
1. (idiomatic) To argue or promote an idea.
? I suppose the people who wrote that stuff on the wall were trying to make a point, but they mainly made a mess.
2. (idiomatic) To take care in doing something of something; to pay attention or ensure that something is done.
? Make a point to carry your calendar with you at all times.
Examples:
make a point
1. (idiomatic) To argue or promote an idea.
? I suppose the people who wrote that stuff on the wall were trying to make a point, but they mainly made a mess.
2. (idiomatic) To take care in doing something of something; to pay attention or ensure that something is done.
? Make a point to carry your calendar with you at all times.
Examples:
Detalii:
Exemple:
Make a silk purse of a sow's ear
Details:
make a silk purse of a sow's ear
1. (idiomatic) To produce something refined, admirable, or valuable from something which is unrefined, unpleasant, or of little or no value.
Examples:
make a silk purse of a sow's ear
1. (idiomatic) To produce something refined, admirable, or valuable from something which is unrefined, unpleasant, or of little or no value.
Examples:
Detalii:
Exemple:
Make a song and dance
Details:
If someone complains in an annoying way or becomes unnecessarily excited about something unimportant, they make a song and dance about it.
Examples:
OK, you don't like carrots. Don't make a song and dance about it!
If someone complains in an annoying way or becomes unnecessarily excited about something unimportant, they make a song and dance about it.
Examples:
OK, you don't like carrots. Don't make a song and dance about it!
Detalii:
Exemple:
Make a spectacle of oneself
Details:
make a spectacle of oneself
1. (idiomatic, US) To embarrass oneself or others in public
Examples:
make a spectacle of oneself
1. (idiomatic, US) To embarrass oneself or others in public
Examples:
Detalii:
Exemple:
Make a splash
Details:
make a splash
1. (idiomatic) To do something that attracts attention.
? If you want to make a splash at the event, do something especially memorable.
Examples:
make a splash
1. (idiomatic) To do something that attracts attention.
? If you want to make a splash at the event, do something especially memorable.
Examples:
Detalii:
Exemple:
Make a stink
Details:
make a stink
1. (idiomatic) To complain; to demand attention or remedy for a problem.
? If nothing happens when you ask nicely, make a stink until something gets done.
Examples:
make a stink
1. (idiomatic) To complain; to demand attention or remedy for a problem.
? If nothing happens when you ask nicely, make a stink until something gets done.
Examples:
Detalii:
Exemple:
Make a virtue of necessity
Details:
make a virtue of necessity
1. (idiomatic) To make the best of a difficult situation; to recast or portray an action or situation in which one has no alternatives as an action or situation which was deliberately chosen on its merits.
Examples:
make a virtue of necessity
1. (idiomatic) To make the best of a difficult situation; to recast or portray an action or situation in which one has no alternatives as an action or situation which was deliberately chosen on its merits.
Examples:
Detalii:
Exemple:
Make amends
Details:
make amends (third-person singular simple present makes amends, present participle making amends, simple past and past participle made amends)
1. (idiomatic) To repair a relationship; to make up; to resolve an argument or fight; to make reparations or redress.
? I hope they can stop fighting and make amends.
Examples:
make amends (third-person singular simple present makes amends, present participle making amends, simple past and past participle made amends)
1. (idiomatic) To repair a relationship; to make up; to resolve an argument or fight; to make reparations or redress.
? I hope they can stop fighting and make amends.
Examples:
Detalii:
Exemple:
Make an appearance
Details:
make an appearance (third-person singular simple present makes an appearance, present participle making an appearance, simple past and past participle made an appearance)
1. (idiomatic) To turn up to an event for a brief moment.
Examples:
make an appearance (third-person singular simple present makes an appearance, present participle making an appearance, simple past and past participle made an appearance)
1. (idiomatic) To turn up to an event for a brief moment.
Examples:
Detalii:
Exemple:
Make an ass of
Details:
make an ass of (transitive)
1. (transitive, idiomatic) To cause (someone) to seem foolish.
Examples:
make an ass of (transitive)
1. (transitive, idiomatic) To cause (someone) to seem foolish.
Examples:
Detalii:
Exemple:
Make an ass of yourself
Details:
If you behave so stupidly that you appear ridiculous, you make an ass of yourself.
Examples:
Tom made an ass of himself by singing a love song outside Laura's door!
If you behave so stupidly that you appear ridiculous, you make an ass of yourself.
Examples:
Tom made an ass of himself by singing a love song outside Laura's door!
Detalii:
Exemple:
Make an ass of yourself
Details:
If you behave so stupidly that you appear ridiculous, you make an ass of yourself.
Examples:
Tom made an ass of himself by singing a love song outside Laura's door!
If you behave so stupidly that you appear ridiculous, you make an ass of yourself.
Examples:
Tom made an ass of himself by singing a love song outside Laura's door!
Detalii:
Exemple:
Make an example of
Details:
make an example of
1. (transitive, idiomatic) To punish someone so as to be a warning to others.
? He made an example of' the drunken sailor with twenty lashes, to show that he must have a sober crew.
Examples:
make an example of
1. (transitive, idiomatic) To punish someone so as to be a warning to others.
? He made an example of' the drunken sailor with twenty lashes, to show that he must have a sober crew.
Examples:
Detalii:
Exemple:
Make an exhibition of oneself
Details:
make an exhibition of oneself
1. (idiomatic, UK) To embarrass oneself or others in public
Examples:
make an exhibition of oneself
1. (idiomatic, UK) To embarrass oneself or others in public
Examples:
Detalii:
Exemple:
Change base language
Search / Cautare
Project Presentation
Read about the whole idea and birth of the project in the article below:
Idiomatic Expressions Translator Prezentation
Get the phone app
I also made an Android App that you can install directly from Google Play:
Idioms Translator Android App
This project involves a huge amount of time for linguistic research and software development, which I don't have due to the job commitments.
So any support from the community will allow me to dedicate some work to the development of this project. Thank you!
Show your support
So any support from the community will allow me to dedicate some work to the development of this project. Thank you!
Show your support
