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English Idioms,
Similes, Metaphors |
Thai Idioms, Similes,
Metaphors |
Literal translations |
English meanings |
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To
be in the bag |
นอนมา nawn
maa |
Successfully |
Will
be definitely gotten or achieved |
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In
the balance / To hang in the balance |
ไม่แน่นอน mâi
nâe nawn |
Do
not sure |
In
an undecided state |
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The
ball is in one’s court |
ตาเรา (ที่จะทำอะไรต่อ) dtaa
- rao |
Our
turn |
It
is one’s turn to do something or to reply |
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On
the ball |
อยู่กับร่องกับรอย yòo
gàp rông gàp roi |
Have
consciousness when someone do something |
Able
to think and do what is needed |
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Ballpark
figure |
โดยประมาณ doi
bprà - maan |
Around |
A
rough or approximate number |
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To
bang one’s head against a brick wall |
ทำไปก็ไร้ผล tam
bpai gâw rái - pŏn |
Useless
thing |
To
waste one’s time trying hard to do something and yet making no progress |
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To
drive a hard bargain |
เขี้ยว (งก หรือเข้มงวด) kêaw |
Selfish,
very strict |
To
be tough in negotiating something |
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To
bark up the wrong tree |
เข้าใจผิดถนัด kâo
jai pìt tà - nàt |
Misunderstood |
To
completely misunderstand something or to be totally wrong |
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A
basket case |
ย่ำแย่ yàm
yâe |
Terrible
horrible Crisis
(economic) unbearable |
Some
or something in a hopeless condition and can not be helped |
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To
bear fruit |
ผลิดอกออกผล plìt
- dàwk - àwk - pŏn |
Benefit in return bloom |
To
produce a positive result |
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To
beat about the bush / To beat around the bush |
อ้อมค้อม , เฉไฉ âwm
- káwm, Chěa
- chai |
Circuitous indirect |
Talking
in an unclear or uncertain way to avoid answering a question |
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At
someone’s beck and call |
ตามใจ dtaam
jai |
Follow
your heart Make
yourself comfortable |
Always
ready to do what someone asks |
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A
bed of roses |
โรยด้วยกลีบกุหลาบ roi
- dûai - glîip - gù - làap |
Happiness
life |
A
situation or way of life that is always happy and comfortable |
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To
get out of bed on the wrong side (Br.) /
To get up on the wrong side of the bed (Am.) |
หงุดหงิด ngùt
- ngìt |
Bad
mood |
To
be in a bad mood for no particular |
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To
have a bee in one’s bonnet (about) |
ย้ำคิดย้ำทำ yám
- kít - yám - tam |
Think or do repeatedly |
To
have an idea, opinion, or to be very excited about something, so that you
think or talk about it continuously |
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To
make a beeline for someone or something |
ตรงดิ่งไป dtrong
dìng bpai |
Go
straight |
To
go straight towards someone or something you want |
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To
go belly up |
ล้มละลาย lóm
- la - laai |
Become insolvent |
To
go bankrupt |
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To
bend over backwards |
สุดความสามารถ , สุดฝีมือ sùt
kwaam - săa - mâat ,
sùt fĭi - meu |
Beyond one's
capability |
To
make a special effort to do something for someone |
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To
bend the rules |
แหกกฎ hàek
- gòt |
Break
rules |
To
disobey rules in small ways |
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To
give someone the benefit of the doubt |
ยกประโยชน์ให้จำเลย yók
bprà - yòrt hâi jam
- loei |
Give
some the benefit on the doubt |
To
decide to believe that someone is telling the truth, or is not guilty |
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The
best of both worlds |
ดีทั้ง 2 ด้าน dii
táng săwng dâan |
Good
on both |
The
advantage of two opposed situations each of which usually prevents the other
from being possible |
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To
give one’s best shot /To do one’s best |
ทำให้ดีที่สุด tam
hâi dii tîi sùt |
Do
one’s best |
To
try as hard as possible |
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To
put one’s best foot forward |
เริ่มต้นด้วยดี rôem dtôn
dûai dii |
Start
your day with your good |
To
act or appear at one’s best, to make a good start |
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Better
off (with / without or doing something) |
จะดีกว่าถ้า........ jà
dii gwàa tâa……… |
It
would have been better if……….. |
In
a more fortunate position |
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A
big fish |
ขาใหญ่ kăa
yài |
Someone
has so much power to do something |
An
important or powerful person in a group or organization |
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Big
gun |
พวกบิ๊ก
ๆ pwûak
bík bík |
Someone
has powerful |
A
person or company that is powerful and influential |
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No
big deal / Not
a big deal |
ไม่ใช่เรื่องต้องซีเรียส mâi
châi rûeang dtâwng
sii - rîat |
Not
serious with someone or something |
Not
important or not a serious problem |
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To
think big |
คิดการใหญ่ kít
gaan yài |
Think
so much do something important |
To
set high goals |
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A
bird’s eye view |
มองลงมา mawng
long maa Thais say Mawng long maa มองลงมา / English say Mawng
kêun bpai มองขึ้นไป Look
up กวาดตามอง gwàat
dtaa mawng |
Look
down below Look up Look
around |
a
view seen from high above a
brief survey of something, a hasty look at something |
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Bird
brain |
พูดโง่
ๆ pôot
ngôr ngôr |
Speak
something stupid |
Someone
who considered unintelligent or says something that makes them look stupid |
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Birds
of a feather (flock
together) |
แก๊งค์เดียวกัน gáeng
deaw gan |
Do
in the same things |
Two
or more people that have very similar |
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For
the birds |
ไร้ค่า rái
kâa |
Be
useless |
Worthless,
meaningless |
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To
bite the bullet |
กัดฟันทน gàt
fan ton |
To
be strong patient |
To
do something painful and unpleasant because you know you have to do it |
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To
bite off more than one can chew |
เกินกำลัง goen
gam - lang |
Exceed one’s ability exceed one’s status |
To
take on too much to handle |
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To
bite the dust |
ซี้แหงแก๋ síi
ngăe găe |
Died |
A
way of saying someone has died or something has failed |
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Black
and blue |
ฟกช้ำดำเขียว fók
chám dam kěaw |
Bruise |
Badly
bruised after an accident or fight |
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A
black mark (against
someone) |
กาหัว gaa hŭa หมายหัว măai hŭa |
Make a mental note of
someone |
A
sign that a person’s mistake will be memorized |
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The
black sheep (of
the family) |
แกะดำ gàe
dam |
Someone
do something different from others |
The
worst member of the family |
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In
the black |
ตัวดำ
/ ไม่เป็นหนี้ dtua
dam / mâi bpen nîi |
Not
owe Or
have money |
Having
money in the bank, not in debt. |
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In
black and white |
ลายลักษณ์อักษร laai
- lák - àk - săw |
Something
in writing |
Written
or printed on paper |
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To
put the blame on someone |
โบ้ยความผิด bôi
kwaam pìt |
Exacerbate, problems someone trying to put the blame on somebody |
To
name somebody else as responsible for a misdeed (usually not very serious
one) |
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A
blank cheque |
ไม่อั้น mâi
ân |
Pay
someone or something as you like |
An
allowance to spend as much money as you like or to do whatever you like |
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Blessing
in disguise |
ต้นร้าย
ปลายดี dtôn
ráai bplaai dii |
Be
bad at the beginning and good at the end |
Something
that appears to bad and unfortunate but produces good results in an
unexpected way |
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A
blind spot |
จุดบอด jùt
bàwt |
Weak
point |
An
inability to recognize or understand something |
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After
someone’s blood |
โกรธหัวฟัดหัวเหวี่ยง gròrt
hŭa fát hŭa wìang |
So
much angry |
Extremely
angry with someone and want to scold or punish them severely |
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In
someone’s blood |
มันอยู่ในสายเลือด man
yòo nai săai luêat |
Run
in the family |
Naturally
given and typically shared with other members of the family |
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To
make one’s blood boil |
ทำให้เดือด (โกรธมาก ๆ) tam
hâi duèat (gròrt mâak mâak) |
So
angry |
To
make someone very angry |
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To
blow hot and cold |
โลเล lor
lea |
Can
not decide |
To
keep changing your mind about whether you like something or you want to do
something or not |
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