be as regular as clock-work
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very regular; |
saat kimi dəqiq olmaq; hər hansı bir işi eyni vaxtda görmək; müntəzəm; |
- He phones me every evening, regular as clockwork.
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be as busy as a bee
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very busy; |
arı kimi çalışqan olmaq; çox məşğul olmaq; |
- I don’t have time to help you. I’m as busy as a bee.
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be up to one’s ears in work
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to have a lot of work; |
çox işi olmaq; işi başından aşmaq; |
- I’m up to my ears in work.
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have one’s hands full
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to be very busy or too busy; |
başını qaşımağa vaxtı olmamaq; olduqca məşğul olmaq; əlində çox işi olmaq; |
- I’m sorry I can’t come. I have my hands full with problems at home.
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a woman’s work is never done
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one has always some housework to do; |
evin (qadının) işi qurtarmaz; həmişə görüləsi işi olmaq; |
- I’ll do the cleaning and go to bed, I’m tired out. A woman’s work is never done.
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morning, noon and night
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used to emphasize that something happens a lot or continuously; |
səhər-axşam; daima; |
- My sister is on the phone morning, noon and night.
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not sleep a wink/not get a wink of sleep
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not be able to sleep at all; |
yuxusuz qalmaq; çimir almamaq; göz yummamaq; |
- He looked tired. He never slept a wink that night.
- Eily couldn’t sleep a wink with worry and did her best to hide it from the others .
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