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Idioms-with-Six-Seven

Page history last edited by Elif Çevik 15 years, 3 months ago

 

The Idiom: Sixes and Sevens (If something is all sixes and sevens, then there is a lot of disaggreement and confusion about what should be done)

Sample Sentence: What we are going to do on weekend is all sixes and sevens

Turkish Equivalence: Her kafadan bir ses çıkmak

 

The Idiom: Six feet under (If someone is six feet under, they are dead)

Sample Sentence: The young boy whom the police shot accidentially is six ffet under now

Turkish Equivalence: Toprağın altında olmak

 

The Idiom: Sixty-four-thousand-dollar question (the most important question)

Sample Sentence: The president will answer the sixty thousand dollar question about the elections, this evening.

Turkish Equivalence: Bir konu hakkındaki en önemli soru

The Idiom: Six of one and half a dozen of the other (two people or groups are responsible equally)

Sample Sentence: She always accusing Luke of starting the arguments but it is six of one and half a dozen of the other 

Turkish Equivalence: Al birini vur ötekine

 

The Idiom: Watch your six (you should look behind for the dangers coming you can't see)

Sample Sentence: Watch your six while walking in Kızılay!

Turkish Equivalence: Arkanı kolla

 

The Idiom: All sixes (It doesn't matter how it's done)

Sample Sentence: Just eat the ice cream, it's all sixes

Turkish Equivalence: Üzümünü ye bağını sorma

 

The Idiom: Seventh Heaven (extremely happy)

Sample Sentence: The little girl was in seventh heaven when she received a gift from her dad)

Turkish Equivalence: Mutluluktan havalara uçmak

 

The Idiom: Seven sheets to the wind (very drunk)

Sample Sentence: The boys vere seven sheets to the wind at Christmas party

Turkish Equivalence: Zilzurna sarhoş olmak

 

The Idiom: Twenty-four seven (always open- 24/7)

Sample Sentence: This restaurant serves twenty-four seven)

Turkish Equivalence: yedi-yirmi dört

 

The Idiom: Cloud seven (extremely happy as seventh heaven)

Sample Sentence: I'm on cloud seven for going home for Christmas

Turkish Equivalence: Bulutların üstünde olmak

 

The Idiom: a seven day wonder (someone or something causing interest for a short period but quickly forgotten)

Sample Sentence: Popstars were seven day wonder

Turkish Equivalence: Kısa bir süre şöhret olup unutulmak

 

The Idiom: the seven year itch (to become bored with the relationship after about seven years)

Sample Sentence: There is a rumour that he is unfaithful to his wife. I think he is seven year itch

Turkish Equivalence: İlişkiden sıkılıp aldatmak

 

The Idiom: deep six someone/something ( to get rid of someone/something)

Sample Sentence: The boss will deep six some workers because of the crisis)

Turkish Equivalence: Kovmak

 

The Idiom: Knock someone for six (suprise and upset someone a lot)

Sample Sentence: It knocked her parents for six when they heard she couldn't pass the exam

Turkish Equivalence: Hayalkırıklığına uğratmak

 

The Idiom: six of the best (punish someone by hitting on their bottom with a long stick

Sample Sentence: The teachers in that school six of the best for pupils as a punishment!

Turkish Equivalence: Sopalamak

 

The Idiom: Seventy times seven (a large number)

Sample Sentence: People killed at  war are seventy times seven

Turkish Equivalence: Çok fazla

 

The Idiom: Sixshooter ( Cowboy gun)

Sample Sentence: Sixshooter was very popular in wild west

Turkish Equivalence: Altıpatlar, kovboy tabancası

The Idiom:Seven Deadly Sins (Yedi Ölümcül Günah)

 

The Idiom: Four score and seven years ago ( an idiom about declarition of independence in US)

 

The Idiom: The sixth man (the partizan at basketball)

Sample Sentence: The National Basketball team won the cup with the big support of the sixth man

Turkish Equivalence: Altıncı adam

 

 

The Idiom: The sixth sense ( foresight)

Sample Sentence: I admire his sixth sense which makes him always right.

Turkish Equivalence: Altıncı his, önsezi

 

The Idiom: Sweet sixteen ( the idiom for the girls sixteen years old)

Sample Sentence: She is throwing her sweet sixteen party this weekend

Turkish Equivalence: Tatlı 16

 

The Idiom: Seven come eleven (calling good luck)

Sample Sentence: When you are rolling dice and the number seven is followed by number eleven, they are considered lucky numbers 

Turkish Equivalence: Şeytanın bol olsun

  

The Idiom: Six-pack (used to describe someone's abdominal muscles that are so well developed)

Sample Sentence: He exercised so hard that now his muscles are six- pack

Turkish Equivalence: Kasları çok gelişmek

 

 

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