Put your foot down ni kuwa thabiti: kukataza kwa uamuzi au kusisitiza unachotaka. Kwa kawaida humhusu mzazi, bosi au jirani aliyevumilia jambo kwa muda kisha akasema imetosha. Katika Kiingereza cha Uingereza, pia ni kukanyaga kiongeza kasi na kuendesha haraka zaidi. Nahau si rasmi kwa insha; take a firm stand hufaa zaidi.
Ungesema put your foot down katika hali gani?
Tunga sentensi; tutakagua kama msemo unafaa katika hali hiyo na kupendekeza marekebisho.
Ukaguzi unachukua muda mrefu kuliko kawaida. Maoni yataonekana hapa yenyewe.
put + my/your/his/her + foot down (about + noun); put your foot down and + verb; UK: put your foot down = drive faster
- My sister kept borrowing my car without asking, so I finally put my foot down.
- When the kids started staying up past midnight, their dad put his foot down.
- We were late for the ferry, so Tom put his foot down on the motorway.
Kilichobadilika
Toleo la kwanzaWhen my flatmate started inviting friends over every night, I put my leg down.
Baada ya marekebishoWhen my flatmate started inviting friends over every night, I put my foot down.
Katika lugha nyingine, neno moja hujumuisha leg na foot, hivyo put my leg down ni kosa rahisi. Lakini nahau hutumia foot, sehemu unayokanyaga nayo ardhini kwa uthabiti. Leg huondoa maana ya picha na kuifanya kauli ieleze mwendo tu. Leg imebadilishwa kuwa foot.
Ukiendesha, put your foot down ni kuongeza kasi: We're late, put your foot down! Muktadha huonyesha maana: gari na kasi huelekeza kwenye kanyagio, ilhali sheria na marufuku huelekeza kwenye uthabiti.
Zamu yako
My son wanted to skip school for a concert, but I ___ and said no.
Onyesha jibu
put my foot down — Mzazi amesisitiza kwa uthabiti kwamba mtoto aende shule, kwa hiyo put my foot down. Put my foot in it ni kusema jambo la aibu kimakosa, na hapa hakuna aliyesema jambo la namna hiyo.
Fikiria ulipomwambia mtoto, mfanyakazi mwenzako au jirani kwa uthabiti kwamba imetosha. Sema kilichokukera na ulidai nini.
My neighbour kept parking in front of my garage, so I put my foot down and told him to park on the street.
Jifunze kutumia maneno mapya kwa usahihi
Tunga sentensi kwa maneno unayojifunza. LetsWords inaonyesha makosa ya matumizi na sarufi, inapendekeza marekebisho na kuyaeleza kwa lugha yako ya mama; kurudia kunasaidia kukumbuka maneno.