Question

دندان تیز کردن = طمع به چیزی بستن

مثال: خودم می‌دونم. اونا برای مال و اموالم دندون تیز کردن.

Answer 1

hi,

I know they have their eyes on my assets.

Comments

Very good answer, +1

However, the Persian idiom carries some sort of negative connotations which the English idiom does not. Thank you.

Answer 2

How about this verb?:

To covet:

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/covet

 

Like in:

Coveting, the Tenth Commandment

 

You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s”

فرمان دهم: به مال و ناموس ديگران چشم طمع نداشته باش

Comments

Very good answer, +1

Not an idiom.

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Thanks. :)

Yes, unfortunately I coudn't find any idioms which can convey this meaning. 

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Hi dear سودابه

Perfect as always, just a tiny mistake

the word idiom lacks something! Doesn't it?

Regards +1

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سلام Bies جان!

ممنون از تعریف و تذکرتون. درستش کردم. :)

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No problem at all! Be good

Regards

Answer 3

به نظر من هر کدوم از سه اصلاح زیر می تونه به کار برده بشه

You just have an eye on the main chance—you don't care if I succeed or fail.

My assistant is waiting in the wings to take my job once I retire.

He’s just biding his time until a permanent job opens up.

Comments

ممنون. هیچ کدام مفهوم منفی طمع را نمی‌رسانند.

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عبارت من بیشتر ناظر به دندان تیز کردن بودن نه طمع کردن. هر چند دندان تیز کردن در مواقعی می تونه هم معنی طمع کردن باشه و بار منفی طمع کردن رو بده. باوجود این، میشه همین اصطلاحات رو به کار برد و یک قید مثل greedily به جمله اضافه کرد و جنبه ی منفی رو نیز به مخاطب انتقال داد.

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درسته. ممنون +

Answer 4

I bet if he goes,Dungy would be licking his chops for his job.

https://forums.denverbroncos.com/forum/broncos-football/broncos-football-aa/206893-word-on-mccoy-and-jdr/page5#post6452997

 

Cathie has been lusting for my job for a long time.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/lust