IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS AND PHRASAL VERBS : Notes
NO IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS MEANINGS TRANSLATION IN MALAY
1. A bookworm One who likes to read Ulat buku /suka membaca
2. A close shave A narrow escape Nyaris-nyaris
3. A white elephant Useless possession Sesuatu yang tidak berguna
4. Around the corner Coming soon Semakin hamper
5. At the eleventh hour At the last minute Saat-saat akhir
6. A white lie A harmless lie that is more Terpaksa berbohong untuk
polite than true kebaikan
7. Bad blood Feeling of strong dislike Sangat tidak suka
8. Bark up the wrong tree Get wrong ideas Salah tanggapan/salah anggap
9. Bear in mind Remember Ingat!
10. Beat around the bush Talk indirectly about Berkias
something
11. Black sheep Person who is an Orang yang memalukan
embarrassment
12. Blow one’s trumpet To boast Membangga diri
13. Burn the midnight oil Study until late at night Belajar hingga larut malam
14. By hook or by crook By all means Sedaya mungkin/seboleh-
bolehnya
15. Caught red handed Caught in the act Tertangkap
16. Count me in Include me Saya turut serta
17. Don’t lose heart Don’t be discouraged Jangan mengalah
18. Down to earth Humble/Honest Merendah diri
19. Drive me up the wall Make me very angry Membuat saya marah
20. Drop a line write Tulis
21. Easier said than done Easier to talk about an idea Senang bercakap susah nak buat
than carry it out
22. Eye catching Attractive Menarik
23. Flying colours Good grades Gred/keputusan yang baik
24. Getting on my nerves Making me annoyed/irritated Membuat saya meluat/terganggu
25. Have green fingers Good at gardening Berbakat dalam bercucuk tanam
26. I am all ears I am listening Saya mendengar
27. In a twinkling of an eye Very quickly Sangat cepat
28. In high spirits Happy Gembira/bersemangat
29. In hot water In trouble Dalam keadaan bermasalah
30. Keep an eye Look after Perhatikan
31. Keep your word Keep your promise Menepati janji
32. Lend a hand Help Tolong
33. Let the cat out of the bag Let a secret out Pecah rahsia
34. Not kidding Not joking Tidak bergurau/serius
35. Not my cup of tea Not to my liking Saya tidak suka
36. Once in a blue moon Seldom Kadang-kadang
37. Out of the blue Unexpectedly Tidak dijangka
38. Practice makes perfect You will be good if you do it Selalu berlatih akan menjadikan
often saya lebih baik
39. Put your mind to it Concentrate Menumpukan perhatian
40. Raining cats and dogs Raining heavily Hujan lebat
41. The early bird catches the Those who are early will Mereka yang awal akan mendapat
worm benefit keuntungan
42. Throw in the towel Give up Mengalah
43. To be in the same boat To be in the same Keadaan yang sama
circumstances
44. To believe your ears To believe what you hear Percaya apa yang anda dengar
45. To face the music To take the punishment or Bersedia untuk dimarahi
scolding
46. To keep one’s fingers crossed To hope for the best Mengharap yang terbaik
47. To live from hand to mouth To live in hardship Hidup dalam kesusahan
48. To paint the town red To enjoy oneself Bergembira
49. To sit on the fence To take no sides in a debate/ a Tidak berpihak kepada mana-
quarrel mana bahagian
50. Took to heart Be upset by Sangat sedih
51. Turn over a new leaf To change for the better Berubah ke arah lebih baik
52. Under the weather Slightly ill Tidak sihat
53. Where there’s a will, there’s a When you are determined, Kalau bersungguh-sungguh pasti
way you will succeed Berjaya
54. Work wonders Achieve very good results Mencapai kejayaan cemerlang
NO PHRASAL VERBS MEANINGS TRANSLATION IN MALAY
1 Ages ago Long ago Lama dahulu
2 Break/Broke down Stop/Stopped because of a fault Rosak
3 Break/Broke into Enter/Entered by force Masuk secara paksa
4 Bring in Earn a profit Membawa keuntungan
5 Call on Visit Melawat
6 Carry on Continue Teruskan
7 Come across Find by chance Terjumpa
8 Crash into Hit Langgar
9 Cut down Reduce Kurangkan
10 Deal with Handle Menguruskan
11 Drop in Make a visit Singgah/melawat
12 Get along with Be friendly with Serasi
13 Get over Recover Sembuh
14 Get ready Hurry Bersedia
15 Get through Pass Berjaya/lulus
16 Give up Stop trying Mengalah/berhenti mencuba
17 Hold/Held up Delay/Delayed Tertangguh/tertunda
18 Look after Take care of Menjaga
19 Look forward Expect with pleasure Ternanti-nanti
20 Look into Investigate Menyiasat
21 Look out Be careful Awas
22 Look out Look for/ Search Mencari
23 Look up to Respect Menghormati
24 Make up Compensate Menebus semula
25 Map out Plan Merancang
26 On and off Sometimes Kadang-kadang
27 Passed away Died Meninggal dunia
28 Put in To spend time or energy/contribute Menyumbang
29 Put off Postponed Menangguhkan
30 Rely on Depend on Bergantung kepada
31 Round up Gather Kumpulkan
32 Run into Meet Berjumpa/terserempak
33 Running out Lacking Kehabisan
34 Set Off Start the journey Bertolak
35 Tag along Accompany Menemankan
36 Takes after Looks like/Behaves like Mirip/serupa dengan
37 Throw up Vomit Muntah
38 Turn up Attend/Arrive Hadir/tiba
39 Watch out Be careful Berhati-hati
40 Work out exercise Bersenam
EXAMPLES
PHRASAL FIGURATIVE
VERB MEANING EXPRESSION MEANING
Back out withdraw time and again many times
Drop by visit the in thing in fashion
Go for attack newly picked Fresh
Hold on wait make sense have a meaning
Move up promote take French leave absent without permission
bring up raise steal the show attract all attention
given in surrender a wet blanket discouraging person
let down disappoint a close shave a narrow escape
pick out choose completely at sea puzzled / tertanya-tanya
speak for represent with a high hand arrogance / sombong
take after resemble / look alike keep a ball rolling keep things going
comes
along is available a bird's eye view a very good view
take a long time to
sleep on it think bosom friend good friend
shut down close to turn tail run away
back away move backwards apple pie order perfect order
freak out panic blow own trumpet boast / cakap besar
turn to ask for help put an end Stop
broke out started keep an eye look after
brush out discuss in a daze confuse state / celaru
pass on die once in a blue moon rarely / jarang-jarang
check in register rain cats and dogs very heavy rain
take away remove the blink of an eye Quickly
go ahead go first an old hand expert/have done it many times
chew on forget it given the sack dismiss from job / dipecat
put away keep caught red handed caught in the act of
talk back scold hold your horses be patient / bersabar
step up improve forth night 2 weeks / 2 fortnight
never judge a book by its
cough up give cover don't judge by the way it looks.
call off cancel give you a yell shout at you
work out exercise forty winks a nap / tidur sekejap
let down disappointed had my hands full Busy
cough up block sick to death fed up
put on showed round the corner nearby / sangat dekat
put off postpone burn a hole in the pocket cost a lot / habis duit
tied up busy two cents worth opinion/ pendapat
