Idioms starting with T

Each card gives the idiom's meaning and one example of it in use. Open one for the Vietnamese expression that comes closest.

51 idioms

Tighten your belt
Money and Wealth
To spend less because money is short.
Example: After the pay cut you have to tighten your belt.
Time and tide wait for no man
Time and Life
Nobody can hold time back, so act while you can.
Example: He kept putting off the application — time and tide wait for no man.
Time cures all pains
Time and Life
Grief and hurt become easier to bear as time passes.
Example: The first month was the worst; time cures all pains.
Time flies
Time and Life
Time passes very quickly.
Example: Your daughter is at university already? Time flies.
Time is money
Money and Wealth
Time is a resource worth as much as money, so wasting it is a real loss.
Example: He charges by the hour because time is money.
Time will tell
Time and Life
The truth will become clear eventually.
Example: Whether the change helps, time will tell.
Tit for tat
People and Relationships
An equal repayment of an injury or insult.
Example: She ignored his call because he had ignored hers — tit for tat.
To each their own
People and Relationships
People are entitled to different tastes.
Example: He puts sugar on rice — to each their own.
Too many cooks spoil the broth
Work and Business
When too many people work on the same thing, the result is worse.
Example: Six people editing one paragraph — too many cooks spoil the broth.
Touch base
Work and Business
To make brief contact to exchange news.
Example: Let us touch base on Friday.
Travel broadens the mind
Travel and Movement
Seeing other places changes how you think.
Example: A year abroad changed how he argued about everything — travel broadens the mind.
Turn a blind eye
People and Relationships
To deliberately ignore something you know is wrong.
Example: Management turned a blind eye to the overtime for years.