Kanchana Nayomi

01.

You are not my cup of tea.

 If sth or sb is not your cup of tea; they

aren’t the type of thing or person that you
like.

 Chess is not really my cup of tea.

fpia uu leu;s úêfha fohla fkdfõ'

 He is not my cup of tea.

Tyq uu leu;s úêfha flfkla fkdfõ'

 Banana is not my cup of tea.

flfi,a uu leu;s úêfha fohla fkdfõ'

 Learning languages is not my cup of

tea.
NdIdjka bf.kSu uu leu;s úêfha fohla
fkdfõ
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She was red in the face

 If sb is red in the face, he/she is really
angry.

 My sister was red in the face after She

found her car was stolen.
uf.a ifydaorshg ;ry .shd wehf.a ld¾ tl
fidrlï lr,d lsh,d oek.;a;du

 She has been red in the face.

weh f.dvla ;ry .syska bkafka

 He is red in the face all the time.

Tyq ks;ru ;ry .syska bkafka

 They were red in the face.

Tjqka ;ry .syska ysgsfha
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She is as blind as a bat

 Completely blind.

 She is as blind as a bat.

weh wkaOhs

 His fiancée is as blind as a bat.

Tyqf.a fmïj;sh wkaOhs

 Kevin is as blind as a bat.

flúka wkaOhs

 Without glasses,she is as blind as a

bat.
lKaKdä ke;=j weh wkaOhs

 Their father is as blind as a bat.

Tjqkaf.a mshd wkaOhs
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It is (as) easy as pie

 Extremely easy

 The exam is as easy as pie.

úNd.h f.dvla f,ais

 Maths will be as easy as pie on the

exam, if you study hard.
úNdf.os .Ks;h f.dvla f,ais fõú" Tn uykais
fj,d mdvñ lf,d;a'

 These English words are as easy as

pie to remember.
fñ bx.%Sis jpk u;l ;shd.kak f.dvla
myiqhs

 Japanese language is as easy as pie.

cmdka NdIdj f.dvla f,ais
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 They are like chalk and cheese

 If two people are like chalk and cheese, they

are completely different from each other.

 My brother and I are like chalk and

cheese.
මගේ සග ෝදරයයි මමයි ග ොඩක්
ගෙනස්.

 John and Emma are like chalk and

cheese.
ග ෝනුයි එමොයි එකිගනකොග න් ගෙනස්.

 Kevin and Sam are like chalk and cheese.

ගකවින් ස සෑම් එකිගනකොට ග ොඩක්
ගෙනස්.
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As clean as a new pin

 Extremely clean

 This room is as clean as a new pin

ගම් කොමරය ග ොඩක් පිරිසිදුයි

 Their house is as clean as a new pin.

ඔවුන්ගේ නිෙස ග ොඩක් පිරිසිදුයි

 Their classroom is as clean as a new pin.

ඔවුන්ගේ පන්ි කොමරය ග ොඩක් පිරිසිදුයි

 Their area is as clean as a new pin.

ඔවුන්ගේ ප්‍රගේශය ග ොඩක් පිරිසිදුයි

 This sea shore is as clean as a new pin.

ගම් මුහුදු ගෙරල ග ොඩක් පිරිසිදුයි
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Green with envy

 jealous
 ඉරිසියයි.

 She was green with envy when she saw
my new car.
ඇයට ඉරිසියා හිතුනා ඇය මගේ
අලුත් කාර් එක දැක්කම.

 My friend has been selected for tour

to Australia and I am green with
envy.
මගේ යාලුවව ග ෝරගෙන තිගයනවා
ඔස්ට්‍ගෙලියා ෙමනට ඉතින් මට
ඉරිසියයි.

 When I found that he got married

last week, I was green with envy.
ඔහු ගිය සතිගේ බැන්දා ගියලා මට
දැනෙන්න ලැබුනම , මට ගොඩක්
ඉරිසියා හිතුනා.
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Walk in the park
 Something very easy to do.

 Our exam was a walk in the park.

අගේ විභාගේ හරිම ගේසි.

 English language is a walk in the park.

ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂාව හරිම ගේසි.

 Making a cake is a walk in the park.

ගක්ක් එකක් හදන එක ගේසි වැඩක්.

 If you know English, finding a better job is a

walk in the park.
ඔයා ඉංග්‍රිසි දන්නවානම් ගහාද
රැකියාවක් ගහායාෙන්න එක ගේසි
වැඩක්.
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Happy as a clam
 very happy
 ගොඩක් සතුටුයි

 Bob was happy as a clam when he won a

lottery.
ගබාබ් ගොඩක් සතුටු වුණා , එයා
ගලා රැයියක් දිනාෙත් ම.

 He is happy as a clam when she calls him.

ඔහුට ගොඩක් සතුටුයි ඇය ඔහුට
ගකාේ කරද්දදි.

 John was happy as a clam when he got a smart

phone.
ග ෝන්ට ගොඩක් සතුටුයි, ඔහුට
ස්ට්‍මාර්් ග ෝන් එකක් ලැබුනම.
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Bad egg
 Someone who behaves in a bad or
dishonest way.
 නරක පුේ ලයො

 He is a bad egg – don’t believe anything he

says.
ඔහු නරක පුද්දෙලගයක් - ඔහු කියන
ගද්දවේ විශ්වාස කරන්ගනපා.

 His brother is a bad egg.

ඔහුගේ සගහෝදරයා නරක
ගකගනක්.

 Neesha is a bad egg.

නීෂා නරක ගකගනක්.

 Sam is a bad egg.

සෑම් නරක ගකගනක්.
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Ball-breaker

 A woman who doesn’t like men.

 She is a ball-breaker.
ඇය පිරිමින්ට අකමැති ෙැහැණියක්.

 His sister is a ball-breaker.

ඔහුගේ සගහෝදරිය පිරිමින්ට අකමැති
ෙැහැණියක්.

 Ramya is a ball-breaker.
රමයා පිරිමින්ට අකමැති ෙැහැණියක්.

 After he split up with her, she became a ball breaker.

ඔහු ඇයව අත්හැරියාට පස්ට්‍ගස්ට්‍ , ඇය
පිරිමින්ට අකමැති ෙැහැණියක් උනා.
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Spick and span

 Very clean and tidy.(especially of a place)

 Their house is always spick and span.

ඔවුන්ගේ නිවස නි රම පිලිගවලයි
පිරිසිදුයි.

 The council spends a lot of money keeping the

town spick and span.
කවුන්සිලය නෙරය පිරිසිදුව බාෙන්න
ගොඩක් සේලි වියදම් කරනවා.

 Their classroom is always spick and span.

ඔවුන්ගේ පන්තිකාමරය නි රම
පිලිගවලයි පිරිසිදුයි.

 His room is always spick and span.

එයාගේ කාමගර් නි රම පිලිගවලයි
පිරිසිදුයි.
 She always keeps her room spick and span.
ඇය නි රම එයාගේ කාමගර් පිලිගවලට
පිරිසිදුවට තිගයනවා.
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Burned up

 Angry with sb.

 I have never been so burned up in my life.

මම මගේ ජීවිගත්ට කවදාවත් ඔච්චර
රහ අරගෙන නෑ.

 I’m really burned up at john.

මම ග ෝන් එක්ක ගොඩක් රගහන්.

 She is really burned up at Emma.

ඇය එමා එක්ක ගොඩක් රගහන්.

 They are really burned up at me.

ඔවුන් මා එක්ක ගොඩක් රගහන්.
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Eager beaver
 Someone who is very enthusiastic
 someone who works very hard

 The new assistant gets to work very early. She is

a real eager beaver.