Thẻ ghi nhớ: English Idioms in Use Advanced - unit 44 (Responding to what people say) | Quizlet

you may well ask

tôi cũng đang tự hỏi điều tương tự đây!

same difference

you admit you were wrong, but you think the difference is unimportant (cũng như nhau cả thôi)

nice work if you can get it

an easy job that you would like to have if you could (được thế thì còn gì bằng, trúng mánh, vớ bở)

that's all we need

something even worse will be added to an already bad situation (đúng là họa vô đơn chí)

good riddance

rảnh nợ, đỡ khổ

give me a break

thôi đi / bớt đùa lại đi!

the plot thickens

something has happened to make a strange situation even stranger (câu chuyện trở nên ly kỳ/phức tạp rồi đây)

I thought as much

used to say you are not surprised that sth is true (tôi biết ngay mà, đúng như tôi nghĩ)

what's the world coming to

thế giới này rồi sẽ đi về đâu

get a life

stop being so boring or annoying and do something more interesting (hãy sống cuộc đời của mình đi, lo chuyện của mình đi)

it'll all end in tears

something that you say that means something will end badly and the people involved will be upset (kết cục sẽ chỉ toàn là nước mắt thôi)

you've got me there

said when you don't know the answer to a question (tôi chịu)

be completely stumped

hoàn toàn bí, bế tắc, bó tay

do me a favour

said when you don't believe what someone has said or you desagree very much with it (làm ơn đi, thôi bớt giỡn đi, nghĩ sao vậy)

I wouldn't trust someone as far as I could throw them

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fair enough

something you say to show that you understand why someone has done or said something (cũng hợp lý, tôi hiểu rồi)