IDIOMS CONTAIN "QUESTION" AND "ANSWER"

Các idiom thuộc question phần giải thích tiếng anh có chút dài dòng, nhưng chúng giải thích cách dùng, tình huống phù hợp để sử dụng idiom. Ngoài phần tiếng việt tham khảo nghĩa, các bạn nên chú trọng nhiều vào phần giải nghĩa tiếng anh. Vì nó chính xác hơn.

1. BRING /THROW STH INTO QUESTION: to cause sth to become a matter for doubt and discussion. - đưa điều gì ra bàn bạc như một vấn đề quan trọng.
Ex: This case brings into question the whole purpose of the law.

2. COME INTO QUESTION: to become a matter for doubt and discussion.- được thảo luận bàn bạc, thành vấn đề thảo luận bàn bạc.

3. GOOD QUESTION: (informal) used to show that you do not know the answer to a question.- một vấn đề tế nhị.
Ex: "How much is all this going cost?" -
" Good question"

4. IN QUESTION: 
- that is being discussed. - đang được bàn đến.
Ex: On oneday in question we were in Cardiff.
- in doubt, uncetain. - không chăc chắn.
Ex: The furture of public transport is not in question.

5. JUST/MERELY/ONLY A QUESTION OF (STH/ DOING STH): used to say that sth is not difficult to predict, explain, do, etc...- vấn đề chỉ là...
Ex: It's merely a question of time before the business collapses.

6. OUT OF THE QUESTION: impossible or not allowed and therefore not worth discussion.- không thể bàn đến, không thể được.
Ex: Another trip abroad this year is out of the question.

7. THERE IS/WAS SOME/NO QUESTION OF ( sth happening/ sb doing sth): there is /was posibility of sth.- có/ không có khả năng.

Ex: There is no question of his/him canceling the trip so near the departure date.

8. BEG  THE QUESTION:

- to make sb want to ask a question that has not yet been answered.- không đề cập đến vấn đề đang bàn cãi.

Ex: All of which begs the question as to who will fund the project.

- (formal)to talk about sth as if it were definitely true, eventhough it might not be.- cho rằng câu hỏi cần có câu trả lời thì đã đáp mất rồi.

Ex: These assumtions beg the question that children learn languages more easily than adult.

9. POP THE QUESTION: to ask sb to marry you- dạm hỏi/ gạ hỏi ( ai đó làm vợ)

10. A MOOD POINT/QUESTION ( British English/ North american english): a matter about which there may be disagreement or confusion. - một điểm/ vấn đề có thể bàn.

Ex: Whether this should be enforced by law or not is a mood question.

1. HAVE/KNOW ALL THE ANSWERS: ( informal, often disaproving) to be confident that you know something, especically when you actually do not. - tỏ ra sáng suốt, hiểu biết tường tận hơn người khác, (nhưng thật sự là không biết).
Ex: He thinks he knows all the answers.

2. ANSWER TO THE NAME OF SOMETHING ( especically of a pet animal) : to be called sth.- có tên là...., mang tên là...
Ex: my pet dog answers to the name of Spot

3. ANSWER/ FIT THE DESCRIPTION OF SOMEONE: to be like a particular person or thing.- giống như người/ vật được mô tả.
Ex: A child answering the description of the missing boy was found safe and well in London yesterday.

4.  NOT TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER: to refuse to accept that sb does not want sth, will not do sth, etc.- không chấp nhận câu trả lời từ chối.

Ex: You're coming and i won't take no for an answer.

Idioms focus:

NOT TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER: to refuse to accept that sb does not want sth, will not do sth, etc.- không chấp nhận câu trả lời từ chối.
Ex: You're coming and i won't take no for an answer.

OUT OF THE QUESTION: impossible or not allowed and therefore not worth discussion.- không thể bàn đến, không thể được.

Ex: Another trip abroad this year is out of the question.

IDIOMS-RELATED FINANCE - thành ngữ liên quan đến tiền

Các bạn xem các thành ngữ in đậm trong các câu ví dụ dưới đây và thử đoán xem người ta có nhiều tiền, hay có ít tiền, trả nhiều tiền, hay phải trả ít tiền nhe.

1. Steve is up to his ears in dept.

2. Kevin is on dole.

3. Jamie has made his pile.

4. Sue can't make ends meet.

5. Jacqueline is stinking rich.

6. Mark's boss pays him chickenfeed.

7. Tarquin is loaded.

8. Laurance is hard up.

9. Christine is well off.

10. Brenda is in the red.

11. John is trapped for cash.

12. Mike is made of money.

13. Don is penniless.

14. Judy has money to burn.

15. Pete is broke.

16. Tim has more money than sense.

17. Alison is rolling in it.

18. Bob is skint.

19. Andy is down and out.

20. Jeannette is feeling flush.

21. Cherles is ranking it in.

22. Annabel is a bit down-at-heel.

23. The shop sold us hi-fi for a rock-bottom price.

24. A pizza and a glass of wine cost us $100. It was daylight robbery.

25. We paid next to nothing for holiday.

26. It cost us the earth to get our car repaired.

27.  it didn't break the bank to travel business class to New York.

28. I paid $6 for a hotdog and Coke. What 's a rip-off!

29. My new car cost me a packet.

30. It cost an arm and a leg to change our fligt times.

31. We paid a tidy sum for our new computer.

32. The rent on my house is a bit steep.

33. How much was my new camera? Well, it didn't come cheep.

34. The restaurant served excellent food, at a price.

35. This suit set me back a bit.

36. This home cinema system was going for a song.

37. We had an excellent meal, and it was dirt cheap.

38. I paid good money to stay in this hotel.

IDIOMS DESCRIBE EMOTION - Thành ngữ dùng mô tả cảm xúc

Read these sentences below, then you guess whether they have  positive or negative emotion.

1. Amada is at her wits' end.

2. Ilan is in a state.

3. Amalia is at death's door.

4. Nigella is not feeling herself.

5. Imogen is in good shape.

6. Tom's condition is touch-and-go.

7. Felicity is feeling blue.

8. Orville is on top of the world.

9. Oliver is on the warpath.

10. Wiliiam looks washed out.

11. Paul is feeling pooped.

12. Priscilla is a picture of health.

13. Frank is as fit as fiddle.

14. Cluadia is on cloud nine.

15. Dave is down in the dumps.

16. Olivia is over the moon.

17. Regan is run down.

18. Henrietta hasn't got a care in the world.

19. Samantha is seeing red.

20. Pamela is in the pink.

21. Olga is on a high.

22. Fernando feels lousy.

23. Charles is chucking his toys out of the pram.

24. Justin is just peachy.

25. Sean looks shattered.

26. Henry is hopping mad.

27. Freddy feels really rough.

28. Teresa has taken a turn for the worse.

29. Camilla has come down with something.

30. Davina is dead on her feet.

31. Harry is het up.

32. Lucy looks like death warmed up.

33. Ursula is under the weather.

34. Belinda is in a black mood.

35. Larry is like a dog with two tails.

COLOR-RELATED IDIOMS - Thành ngữ liên quan đến màu sắc

1. Green with envy: the strong feeling of wanting something that somebody else has. - ghen tị, đố kỵ

Ví dụ:  My new car made my neighbor green with envy. 

2. See red: to become very angry - rất tức giận.

Ví dụ: Generally i'm very calm. relaxed person. But when people are rude to me, i start to see red.

3. Once in a blue moon: very rarely, almost never - hiếm khi.

Ví dụ: I very rarely see my parents these days. They only visit once in blue moon.

4. The black Sheep: Someone who is thought to be a bad person by the rest of family.- người cá biệt trong gia đình.

Ví dụ: Everyone in my family is a teacher, but i decided from age that i wanted to be an actor. I guess i've always been the black sheep.