Live on borrowed time (fig) sanoqli kunlari qolmoq, umrining so'nggi kunlarini kechirmoq, o‘t kazmoq.
John has a terminal disease, and he is living on horrowed time.
The doctor did not tell him that he was living on borrowed time.
Live out of a suitcase (fig) jomadon bilan u yerdan bu yerga yurmoq, kochib yurmoq, bir yerdan boshqa yerga ko'chib yurmoq, bir yerda muqim yashamaslik, biror yerda vaqtinchalik yashamoq.
I hate living out of a suitcase. For my next vacation, I want to go tojust one place and stay there the whole time.
Wewere living out of suitcases in a motel while they were repairing the damage the fire caused to our house.
Lock, stock, and barrel (fig) hammasini, borini.
1. We had to move everythingout of the house lock, stock, and barrel.
2. IVe lost everything lock, stock, and barrelin the ftre.
Long and (the) short of it (fig) gapning qisqasi, gapning po'st kallasi, eng muhimi.
John: Is there any reason that you have spent the last half hour complaining about Sue? John: The long and the short of it is, I hate working with her so much that I am going to resign.
Please, do not go into all the details of the story. I do not have time. What is the longand short of it?
Long shot (fig) foyda chiqish ehtimoli kam bo'lgan harakat, urinish, ish berish darajasi past bo'lgan.
Your solution is a long shot, but we will try it and hope it works.
They had found a house that they really wanted to buy but they did not know ifl was for sale. They called the owners but found out that they were not interested in selling. It had been a long shot so they were not too disappointed.
Look a gift horse in the mouth (not) (fig) berganning betiga qaramaslik, sovg` adan, yaxshilikdan ayb, kamchilik topmaslik.
I advise you not to look a gift horse in the mouth
You are too suspicious of John' motives. Perhaps he just likes to give presents. Ifl wereyou, I would accept his gift graciously. Do not lookagift horse in the mouth.
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