some catchy idiomatic expressions with the following:
[b:77f4c80f49]Screws/Nails/Tools/Hammer [/b:77f4c80f49]
1. it’s a poor workman who quarrels with his tools (Polish zlej baletnicy nawet rabek u spodnicy …) putting blame on something else rather than yourself
2. to put a screw on someone = to put pressure (because screws were once a common instrument of torture 😉 )
3. to have a screw loose = be slightly mad / insane (humorous – lekko szurniety?)
4. to have one’s head screwed on the right way = opposite of to have a screw loose – so to be sensible and intelligent
5. as hard as nails – without sentiment / feeling (bez skrupulow)
6. to pay on the nail = to pay on the exact date when money is due ( w sam czas)
7. to drive a final nail into someone’s coffin – cause extreme unhappiness (wbic ostatni gwozdz do trumny)
8. to hit the nail on the head – to find exactly the right answer in 1 or 2 words
9. come under a hammer = to be sold / put up for auction (pojsc pod mlotek 😉 )
10. to go hammer and tongs at (a job) =
work with all one’s will (pracowac z calych sil) /
quarrel furiously (okropnie sie klocic)
11. to take a sledgehammer to crack a nut = to use unnecessary force to achieve something (jak nie siłą to młotkiem ?)
12. not to touch someone with a pair of tongs = to avoid someone at all costs (nawet kijem nie dotknac 😉 )
13. to call a spade a spade = to speak bluntly / plain truth (nazywać rzeczy po imieniu)
14. by hook or by crook = by all means (po trupach do celu)
15. to rake in the money = make money very fast, huge profits (niezłą kasę kosić )
16. to be hooked on = become addicted (to a drug/a preson/ a habit a sport, etc)
17. to get down to brass tacks = concentrate on essentials (zejść na ziemię )
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