Tổng hợp các IDIOMS chủ đề gia đình

1. Black Sheep of the Family: Con cừu đen của gia đình

Khi ai đó được gọi là “Black sheep of the family”, nghĩa là, thể hiện sự khác biệt trong tính cách, hành động, cư xử giữa họ với các thành viên còn lại trong gia đình.

Ví dụ:

• Josh is always in trouble with the policeman, his father don’t know why he is so different. He calls him the black sheep of the family.

2. It Runs in the Family: Di truyền trong gia đình

Khi một thứ gì đó “Runs in the family” nghĩa là đặc điểm nhận dạng hoặc tính cách giống nhau mà tất cả các thành viên trong gia đình đều có.

Ví dụ:

• Harry is very tall, but everyone in his family is tall. It runs in the family.

3. Flesh and Blood: Máu mủ ruột thịt

Ví dụ:

• Anna is always in trouble but Jonh have to look after him because he is his flesh and blood.

4. A Chip off the Old Block

Khi bạn là “a chip off the old block” nghĩa là bạn rất giống bố/mẹ bạn như hai giọt nước, một hình thức ẩn dụ so sánh.

Ví dụ:

• David loves going to the countryside and sleeping in his tent, and so does his father. He’s a real chip off the old block!

5. Bring home the bacon: Kiếm tiền nuôi gia đình

Ví dụ:

• My mom – as a housewife, she does all the household chores, while my dad – as an officer, works outside and brings home the bacon.

6. Go/ Turn grey: Bạc đầu

Ví dụ:

• Parents work so hard to raise the children that their hair turn grey over the time.

7. A red letter day: Ngày đáng nhớ

Ví dụ:

• The day when my father was safe, came back after the 2nd World War was the red letter day of my family.

8. When the blood sheds, the heart aches: Máu chảy, ruột mềm

Ví dụ: 

• When the blood sheds, the heart aches. Everyone in the family has to take responsibility to stand by side and help them to go through sorrow.

9. Blood is thicker than water: Một giọt máu đào hơn ao nước lã

Ví dụ:

• You had better pay more attention to your family and relative than neighbor. Because blood is thicker than water.

10. Like two peas in the same pot: Anh em giống nhau

Ví dụ:

• The twins like two peas in the same pot, I can’t tell them apart though I meet them everyday at class.

11. Break one’s neck: Nai lưng ra làm cật lực

Ví dụ:

• My parents want us to try hard and use all of the effort for studying. They don’t want us to care for anything else. In fact, they break their neck, try to fulfil our requirements for life expense.

12. Come hell or high water: Dù có chuyện gì xảy ra đi chăng nữa

Ví dụ:

• My mother said that, though anything came hell or high water, she promised stand by and wait for me to come back.

13. Buckle down: Làm việc nghiêm túc

Ví dụ:

• My dad wants me to stop playing games and buckle down for my test, or else he will tear down my computer.

14. Apple doesn’t fall far from tree: Con nhà tông, không giống lông cũng giống cánh

Ví dụ:

• This year, he has just won the 1st prize in Math Competition. He studied so well, just as his father. You know that, apple doesn’t fall far from tree.

15. Until the cow comes home: Rất muộn

Ví dụ: 

• I regret what I have done in the past, hung out all day with bad guys, stole money to play game and went home until the cow comes home. That makes my parents worried a lot.

16. The apple of one’s eyes: Người được cưng chiều, yêu mến

Ví dụ:

•  My 2-year old little brother is the apple of parent’s eyes, he’s take after my father a lot.

17. Bang for the buck: Đáng đồng tiền bát gạo

Ví dụ:

• When I had to prepare for my entrance exam to the university, my parents borrowed money from bank to help me come to my dreams. After 4 years studying so hard, I achieve a job in Unilever, it’s the best bang for the buck.

18. Air one’s dirty laundry in public: Vạch áo cho người xem lưng

Ví dụ:

• My mom acts so sensibly, whenever I do anything wrong, she just helps me to fix it right away, not yells at me in front of people. She doesn’t want to air my dirty laundry in public.

19. Like father, like son: Giống hệt nhau

Ví dụ:

• My dad and my brother is like father like son, they match each other in every aspect.

20. Cleanliness is next to godliness: Nhà sạch thì mát, bát sạch ngon cơm

Ví dụ:

• My mom take care for home very well, she thinks that cleanliness is next to godliness

21. Men make houses, women make homes: Đàn ông xây nhà, đàn bà xây tổ ấm

Ví dụ:

• Folks rumoured that men make houses, women make homes. So, in Viet Nam, men often work outside to earn money, while women takes care for home.

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