House of Cards

House of Cards S01xE04
Let me throw a cherry on top of it = make it more attractive
Keep your cards close = be secretive
You think? You want? = do you think/want so?
I swerved to the right. But that smoker is fishtailing. = I zigzagged to the right
but the back of the car is sliding
God gave us reflexes = he gave us response, reaction
You have been gunning for my job = trying to steal my job
Are you trying to rub it in or sth? Rub sb's nose in it= به روی کسی آوردن
Will you make us Pop‐Tarts? بيسکویيت خامه دار
I will take a refill of this Chardonnay.= a kind of wine
This bottle is almost out. I will grab another= over, finished
Just say when= هر وقت بسه بگو
Then the DCCC will pour everything it's got into your primary opponent's
campaign next cycle.= کميته کارزار انتخاباتی دمکرات ها
We'll cleave you from the herd and watch you die in the wilderness.=separate
And just think, he could have been a wolf. =
You made yourself available.= finally I was able to reach you
You sound tipsy. Been drinking Long Island Iced Teas. = slightly drunk
Are you cared for? How do you mean? Do you have someone who cares for
you?= is any one supporting you?
House of Cards S01xE09
I was shotgun = sitting on the side of the driver
Has come down to the wire = the final stages
He does you a favor, he hangs it over me = به روی من می آورد
Go to s.o. Hat in hand to sb who used to work for you= beg for help
He is poaching too many of my people= trying to reach them and make them
his ally
Get them on the yes column = make them agree
I'll deliver the bruises = I will be aggressive
All by your lonesome = alone
They start beating to the right drum = comply, agree, conform
Provost = important person in a colledge/university
Test test test = used when testing a microphone
Called E.O. to cobble together a number = produce sth quickly
There's a lot in flux = changing
I'm trotted around like a mascot = they don't take me seriously
Windbag = talkative
He's won me over = persuaded me
Pass that along to your friend = give it, communicate it to him
Morning sickness = pregnant women vomitting
I'm over the hump = it's getting easier
House of Cards S01xE10
Any pushback, any fallout from the education battle? = resistance
We came up short = we could not provide more
He will indelibly learn that …. = unforgettably, definitely
Follow through with sobriety = continue to avoid alcohol
If you hadn't dropped your pants = if you had been careful
Is it the hot flashes? = گر گرفتگی –احساس گرمای شديد
He's just blowing off steam = trying to relax
Rebellion on all fronts = nobody is helping or cooperating
I'll march forward = continue regardless
He got in on merit alone = he deserved the job
Half a rack for me, collard greens for him = دنده کباب واسه من - واسه اون سبزيجات
Cozy up to sb = be too nice to sb
They're having a big gala tonight = celebration, festival
clink glasses with me= drink together
You are slurring your words = speaking with delay esp when drunk
Just give me the talking points = the main issues
Come/step to the fore = emerge, appear, take action
He'll find solace nowhere = he will never be happy
House of Cards S01xE11
R u gonna hole urself up in here? = hide
He'll take it as an affront = an insult
I'm getting this second hand from Peter = he told me
He fell off the wagon a few times = went back to drinking
Tying up loose ends?= complete an unfinished job
Is he leaning one way or another? He is torn = who is he supporting?
That trajectory has never entered your mind? That path
He tapped me to replace her = designated me
I can't be a pit stop or a top‐up on what he can't provide =
Don't bogart that bottle of whisky = don't drink it all alone
I wasn't off my rocker = I was not crazy
House of Cards S01xE12
Strong‐arm sb = persuade sb with unnecessary force
People up the food chain pressured him = most powerful people
This doesn't bode well = it's a bad sign
Tap sb for VP = designate sb for vice president
She can be abrasive at times = bothersome, annoying
Sb with gravitas = seriousness
I can use a light touch = soft sell = برخورد نرم
Don't wanna screw you over = put you in trouble
DOD budget is a free‐for‐all = department of defense , noisy fight
Financial disclosure requirements of the blind trust = شفافيت مالی صندوق
She is in way too deep= seriously involved = پاش بد گيره
She blindsided me = shocked me
Want the Gaffney bag or regular business ? نوعی کيف
Cash in a favor that he had earned = use the favor to his advantage
Sleep tight = sleep relaxed
Run a tight ship = run an organization in a disciplined manner
Hermit thrush = kind of bird
U r stretching here = exaggerating
I have a distaste for hypotheticals = don't like speculations
This is not your vassal = you can't boss us around
House of Cards S01xE13
Send a few token salvos = threaten lightly
Intimate there is more to come = indirectly tell them they should expect worse
An incestuous town = every one acting like a gang
Wine and dine him = entertain, give food and drink
Keep your sob story to yourself = don't upset me with your sad story
Give him your two cents/two cents' worth=opinion
I can squeeze it in (meeting)=add another meeting despite the too busy a
schedule
President's OTR schedule between now and Friday =off the record, secret
I don't want to feed the frenzy=I don't want to give them the reason to attack
us more
I don't wana cozy up to corporate sponsors = ingratiate yourself to them
Glenlivet neat = a type of alcoholic drink without anything else
U don't kiss and tell in that business= you must keep secrets
Play dumb = pretend you don't know
Go to town = هر غلطی خواستی انجام بده
I had to trade up.= exchange it for sth better
I also have avoided a reputation for indentured servitude.=absolute obedience
You're not offering cooperation, you're demanding tutelage.=authority
He tanked. = he chickened
House of Cards Season 2 episode 1
Idioms, slangs and expressions used in the movie
Home stretch with Jim. =the final stages
A whistle stop tour=stopping every minute or so
He is a hothead=reacting too quickly without thinking
Too abrasive, no charm= not kind or gentle
That's a kneejerk reaction=reaction without thinking
Please inventory the presents ASAP = make a list of the presents
I can stake it out = watch it, keep under surveillance
You keep selling me that swampland . I'm done buying.=you try to fool me
Arrests don't disappear without a big‐ass wand =someone with much power is behind it
Be careful of the Internet= the internet can trick you, don't trust it
Post‐40 pregnancies = pregnancy after age of 40 which is dangerous
The new drug is still in the beta stage=sold to a few people
Turn off the overhead ?=turn off the light over your head
We don't have any other options. We are up against a brick = no choice
He slow‐bleeds his hogs, but …..= he pierces a pipe into the neck of the pig and slowly kills it
The hog's shriek busts your eardrums = pig is too loud
Bucket of slop=waste
That sounds like a cagey bullshit non‐answer to me= you are dodging the answer از پاسخ
طفره ميروی =
Perhaps you are throwing a wrench into someone else's bid=sabotage
I will stay out of the fray, I give you my word.=I won't engage in the fight
Cats lapping up their saucer of milk=drink with your tongue
House of Cards Season 2 episode 2
Idioms, slangs and expressions used in the movie
She's getting her sea legs. = it takes her a while to get used to something new
tone down the rhetoric. = speak to her less violently or aggressively
He's been slinging lies = he has been lying
Those junkets happened. I'm not making it up = parties, festivities
You will hit the ground limping = you will suffer
Bring civility back to the house = politeness, kindness
We 86ed it = cancelled it
Macular degeneration =
That's a rabbit hole = a big trouble, predicament
Allow me to do this with a very soft touch = use less aggressive methods, نرم با مسيله ای برخورد کردن
Welcome to the west wing =
You have listened, but you haven't heard me = you didn't pay attention with focus
Circumstantial but plausible =
I lean more toward his thinking = I am interested more
Rock the boat = create problems for a stable situation
I'll keep it mid‐level = not too much
I mentioned it off hand = without preparation
If I funnel my PAK money to people who are on the fence = undecided, not taking any side
Whatever bug you put in his ear burrowed deep = you succeeded in persuading him
She knows her arithmetic = she can put two and two together, she know what's best for her
Push‐polling = type of polling where you direct people towards a certain opinion, نظرسازی نه نظر سنجی
Ethics committee =a committee responsible for MPs' behaviour
He'll be pinning stars on two newly commissioned marine generals = awarding them with a medals
Walk me through it = explain it
He's had his ear for years = he had access to and influence with him
If you don't like how the table is set, turn over the table = change the situation
The joint commission is a snoozefest = boring
An editor looking more disheveled than his reporters = untidy
He's bankrolling her = he is paying for her expenses
Can't do that on principle = for ethical reasons, because of one's adherence to a particular belief
He's been shoving me down the totem pole for years = didn't let me get promoted
She is a distant third = she is number three in the race but far away
Left and right = everywhere, on all sides
Come out for me = support
Delegation overstepped its bounds = out of line, they exceeded their limits, went beyond the limits
Throw your own people under the bus = sacrifice them
Cheers. Here is how = let me explain
Making speculative leaps = take risks without much thinking or calculation
Why didn't u recant = take it back, deny
He is in a tizzy = upset, confused, excited
Go from ruffling feathers to plucking them = gradually take more and more drastic actions
Worry about appearances later = it is not the priority
Backpedalling is weakness = renege, backtrack, go into reverse
It's always a coin‐toss with the Chinese = 50/50, you never know = پنجاه پنجاه
He deflected = he turned in a different direction
I can't top Appropriations = I can't offer anything better than this the appropriations committee (The
United States House Committee on Appropriations is responsible for passingappropriation bills along with its Senate
counterpart. The bills passed by theAppropriations Committee regulate expenditures of money by the government of
the United States.) کميسيون بودجه کنگره آمريکا
I want more than Ways and Means = the chief tax-writing committee of the United States
House of Representatives