Algumas girias em inglês

Gírias relacionadas a carros

To blow a tire = furar o pneu

Once I blew a tire on my way to Campinas around 3 am. I was really screwed once I  noticed that my spare one was under the car.

To broadside = bater na lateral de outro carro

Clunker = Pé de boi, Lata Velha

To conk out = Morrer

My car conked out for no reason

Fender-Bender = Batidinha

Head-on collision = colisão onde os dois carros batem de frente

To sideswipe = ralar o carro dos outros com a lateral do seu

To total a car = dar PT

Gírias com nomes de frutas

To be as American as apple pie = ter valores tradicionais americanos

Our president is as American as apple pie

Bean Town = Boston

I went to Bean Town for college

To be a bowl of cherries = ser um mar de rosas

I had an awful day, guess life isn´t always a bowl of cherries

To compare apples to oranges = comparar água com vinho

You can´t compare this restaurant with the one from last week, you are comparing apples to oranges !

Lemon = Abacaxi

Dude, your car is a lemon . It has already broken down twice.

Where did you buy that shit?

Gírias sobre política

Carpetbagger = político safado que tenta se eleger em uma cidade onde não é conhecido.

We find carpetbaggers pretty much everywhere.

Demagoguery = Demagogo

I hate demagogueries

Floor = Planalto

The floor was chaotic last week, as the Senators debated the proposed law.

Junket = viagem política

Our president is always on a junket .

Girias em inglês com a palavra ball

Drop the ball = cometer uma gafe

The president always drops the ball

To have a ball = curtir muito, um momento muito bom.

James: How was the party?

John: I had a ball

To have the balls = ter estômago, ter culhão

She doesn´t have the ball s to do it.

Ballbuster = uma vaca, um filho da puta.

My boss is a ballbuster

Ball and chains = esposa

My ball and chains is jealous

Gírias Americanas