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Значение, употребление, происхождение и синонимы идиом
- A mile a minute
- A torrid time
- All hands on deck
- All hell broke loose
- All walks of life
- Any port in a storm
- Article of faith
- As broad as it’s long
- As good a place as any
- As keen as mustard
- As long as one’s arm
- At a low ebb
- At long last
- At your earliest convenience
- Avoid something like the plague
- Back the wrong horse
- Barking up the wrong tree
- Batten down the hatches
- Be a barrel of fun
- Be at a loose end
- Be beside oneself
- Be for the high jump
- Be in a tight corner
- Be in deep water
- Be in over your head
- Be on good terms
- Be on tenterhooks
- Be on the cusp of
- Be on the skids
- Beat someone hollow
- Bee’s knees
- Beggar belief
- Belt and braces
- Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
- Blot on something
- Blow something or someone out of the water
- Bone of contention
- Bring something to the table
- Burn the midnight oil
- Burst someone’s bubble
- Bursting at the seams
- By jove
- By leaps and bounds
- Call a spade a spade
- Cannot do something for toffee
- Carved in stone
- Cast a shadow over
- Cat got your tongue?
- Catch someone red-handed
- Champagne taste on a beer budget
- Chase your own tail
- Clip someone’s wings
- Close the door after the horse has bolted
- Come a cropper
- Cook someone’s goose
- Cook the books
- Couldn’t fight their way out of a paper bag
- Crawl out of the woodwork
- Cry for the moon
- Cut short
- Cut to the bone
- Cute as a button
- Dig one’s heels in
- Discretion is the better part of valour
- Do someone a world of good
- Dock someone’s pay
- Don’t give up the day job
- Down in the dumps
- Drop a clanger
- Easy on the eye/ear
- Eat someone out of house and home
- Educated guess
- Every dog has its day
- Fall by the wayside
- Fat chance
- Flatter to deceive
- Flog a dead horse
- Fly off the handle
- For donkey’s years
- Friends in high places
- Get a grip on yourself
- Give someone the runaround
- Go at it hammer and tongs
- Go down like a lead balloon
- Go down like ninepins
- Go easy on someone
- Go off the rails
- Go the extra mile
- Go through the floor
- Guard your tongue
- Hang in the balance
- Have a bee in your bonnet
- Have a bone to pick with someone
- Have a short fuse
- Have another string to one’s bow
- Have bigger fish to fry
- Have feet of clay
- Have the stomach for something
- Have your back to the wall
- Have your fair share of something
- Hear it through the grapevine
- Hold sway
- Hot on the trail
- Hot under the collar
- In a bind
- In a stew
- In cold blood
- In fits and starts
- In full swing
- In one piece
- In someone’s bad books
- In store for someone
- In the fullness of time
- In words of one syllable
- It’s high time
- Itching to do something
- It’s no skin off my nose
- Jog someone’s memory
- Jumping at shadows
- Jumping-off point
- Keep a low profile
- Keep one’s eyes peeled
- Keep one’s hair on
- Keep one’s powder dry
- Keep one’s chin up
- Keep one’s nose to the grindstone
- Keep tabs on
- Kill or cure
- Know something by heart
- Labour the point
- Lead someone a merry dance
- Lead someone down the garden path
- Leap in the dark
- Leave in the lurch
- Leave no stone unturned
- Lend an ear
- Lie low
- Load the dice against someone
- Long shot
- Loosen someone’s tongue
- Lose one’s bottle
- Magic touch
- Make a meal of something
- Make a rod for your own back
- Move heaven and earth
- Nip something in the bud
- No holds barred
- No picnic
- No prizes for guessing
- No two ways about it
- Nod is as good as a wink
- Not a bed of roses
- Not a hair out of place
- Not best pleased
- Not budge an inch
- Not have a care in the world
- Not have a leg to stand on
- Not in one’s right mind
- Of the essence
- Off one’s hands
- Off the mark
- On a hiding to nothing
- On speaking terms
- On the loose
- On the verge of something
- On your own head be it
- One for the books
- Out of sorts
- Out of the corner of one’s eye
- Over the hill
- Pale into insignificance
- Paragon of virtue
- Pass the buck
- Perish the thought
- Pipe dream
- Plain sailing
- Play into someone’s hands
- Play your cards right
- Pull out all the stops
- Pull someone’s leg
- Pull the plug
- Put it down to experience
- Put someone wise to something
- Put something to bed
- Put the cart before the horse
- Rain on someone’s parade
- Raining cats and dogs
- Ride for a fall
- Rob someone blind
- Rocky road
- Rub shoulders/elbows with
- Rue the day
- Said the pot to the kettle
- Sail close to the wind
- Salt something away
- Say your piece
- See fit
- See the light of day
- Serve someone right
- Set someone’s mind at ease
- Set something in motion
- Settle a score
- Shadow of one’s former self
- Shed some light
- Sitting duck
- Sitting pretty
- Slip of the tongue
- Small wonder
- Smarten up your act
- Someone’s lot in life
- Splinter off from something
- Squeeze something out of someone
- Stand your ground
- Stem the tide
- Straight from the horse’s mouth
- Strain every nerve
- Sure as eggs is eggs
- Sweep something under the carpet
- Sweep the board
- Take a hint
- Take it from me
- Take matters into your own hands
- Take something as read
- Take the bull by the horns
- Tall order
- Thank your lucky stars
- That’s one way of putting it
- The jury is still out
- The lion’s share
- The mists of time
- The more the merrier
- The worse for wear
- There’s no time like the present
- There’s safety in numbers
- There’s no telling
- Throw a spanner in the works
- Throw cold water on something
- Tie up loose ends
- Till the cows come home
- To someone’s liking
- To the untrained eye/ear
- To your heart’s content
- Tough act to follow
- Treat with kid gloves
- Trouble is brewing
- True to form
- Try your hand at something
- Until all hours
- Until the dust settles
- Walk with a spring in your step
- Water under the bridge
- When push comes to shove
- With flying colours
- With one accord
- Without a hitch
- Worth your while
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