Como dizer "sai desse chove não molha" em inglês

Olá pessoal,

Resolvi postar aqui algumas expressões bem interessantes. As expressões abaixo fazem parte da Newsletter que encaminho mensalmente (a que posto no momento é referente ao mês de janeiro). Aproveitem!


EXPANDING OUR VOCABULARY


- Fish or cut bait Sai desse chove não molha!

MEANING: Do something or get out of the way

Ex: Fish or cut bait, Chuck. There's work to be done here. Decide whether you're going to watch or help. Fish or cut bait.


- Strike while the iron is hot Aproveita enquanto é tempo

MEANING: When you have an opportunity to do something, do it before you lose your chance

Ex:This is the best time in the last ten years to buy a house. Strike while the iron is hot.


- Wet behind the ears Ingênuo

MEANING: young and inexperienced

Ex: John's too young to take on a job like this! He's still wet behind the ears! He may be wet behind the ears, but he's well-trained and totally competent.


- Above board: Transparente, honesto.

MEANING: If things are done above board, they are carried out in a legal and proper manner = Openly - without any trickery

Ex:The deal was completely above board.


- Skeletons in the closet: Esqueletos no armário

MEANING: If someone has a skeleton in the closet, they have a dark, shameful secret in their past that they want to remain secret. A secret source of shame, potentially ruinous if exposed, which a person or family makes efforts to conceal.

Ex: there must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet

- Raining cats and dogs Chovendo canivetes

MEANING: rain heavily

Ex: Put on your rain coat-- it's raining cats and dogs


Take care,

Daniel