11.3.4. gy. C1C2 (példák)

Phrases and idioms:

cramp sb's style zavar/feszélyez vkit (a jelenlétével)

Are you sure you don't mind me coming with you? I'd hate to cramp your style.

give sb a hard time megkeseríti az életét vkinek

Ever since I missed the goal, the other players have been giving me a hard time.

have no time for sb/sth nem veszteget időt vkire/vmire (nem becsül vkit/vmit)

I have no time for people who are racist.

have sth against sb/sth vmi kifogása van vki/vmi ellen

I've got nothing against him personally, I just don't think he's the right man for the job.

(keep sb) at arm's length távol tart magától vkit (átv.)

I always had the feeling she was keeping me at arm's length.

not be sb's type nem az ő típusa (nem talál vonzónak vkit) (informal)

I like Bertrand but he's not really my type.

not take kindly to sth nem fogad szívesen vmit, nem vesz jó néven vmit

He doesn't take kindly to criticism.

not think much of sb/sth nem tart valami sokra vmit/vkit

I don't think much of the food here.

sb's/sth's clutches karmai között vkinek/vminek (átv.)

Keep your children out of his clutches.

steer clear of sb/sth távol tartja magát vkitől/vmitől, kerül, elkerül vkit/vmit

Steer clear of Tony this morning - he's in a bad mood.