What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries
A towel.
What goes up and down the stairs without moving?
A rug.
What can you catch but not throw?
A cold.
I can run but not walk. Wherever I go, thought follows close behind. What am I?
A nose.
I have holes in my top and bottom, my left and right, and in the middle. But I still hold water. What am I?
A sponge.
http://www.rinkworks.com/brainfood/p/riddles1.shtml
rain or shine
اگر سنگ از اسمون بباره
rain day
روز مبادا
salad days
دوران جوانی و خامی
salt of the earth
برکت زمین
you are a doll
تو یه فرشته ای
week of Sundays
وقت گل نی
منبع:کتاب اصطلاحات دکتر نیلی پور
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/words/opposites1.htm
back | in front of |
background | foreground |
backward | forward |
bad | good |
bad luck | fortune, good luck |
beauty | ugliness |
before | after |
to begin | to end, to stop, to finish |
beginning | end, ending |
behind | in front of |
below | above |
best | worst |
better | worse |
beautiful | ugly |
big | small, little |
birth | death |
bitter | sweet |
black | white |
blunt | sharp |
body | soul |
to bore | to amuse, to be interested in |
boring | exciting, interesting |
to borrow | to lend |
bottom | top |
boy | girl |
brave | cowardly, afraid |
to break | to mend, to fix |
broad | narrow |
brother | sister |
to build | to destroy |
busy | lazy |
to buy | to sell |
http://www.bitrin.com/ARTICLE10658.html
داستان کوتاه انگلیسی با ترجمه فارسی
on cloud nine |
A person who is
on cloud nine is very happy because
something wonderful has happened. When the boss announced my promotion, I was on cloud nine. |
cry one's eyes out |
If you cry your eyes out, you cry a
lot and for a long time. My son cried his eyes out when he discovered his bike had been stolen. |
like a dog with two tails | If someone is
like a dog with two tails, they are
extremely happy. When Paul won the first prize he was like a dog with two tails. |
down in the dumps | Someone who is
down in the dumps is depressed or
feeling gloomy. Alex has been down in the dumps since he failed his exam. |
down in the mouth | When someone is
down in the mouth, they look unhappy,
discouraged or depressed. You look a bit down in the mouth. What's the matter? |
face like a wet week-end | If someone has a face like a wet
week-end, they look sad and miserable. What's wrong with Pete? He's got a face like a wet week-end! |
fool's paradise | If someone is living in a fool's
paradise, they are in a state of
contentment that will not last because their
happiness is based on illusion or false hope. Lisa is living in a fool's paradise if she thinks her boss is going to marry her. |
fulls of the joys of spring | If you are full of the joys of
spring, you are happy, enthusiastic and
full of energy. Barbara is full of the joys of spring at the moment! Has she got a new boyfriend? |
grin from ear to ear | If somebody
grins from ear to ear, they look vey
satisfied and happy. When we saw Paul grinning from ear to ear, we knew he had passed the exam. |
grin like a Cheshire cat | When someone has a
smile on their face because they are happy
or satisfied about something, they grin
like a Cheshire cat. I knew she had succeeded when I saw her with a grin like a Cheshire cat. |
http://www.learn-english-today.com/idioms/idiom-categories/happiness-sadness/happiness-sadness1.html