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Icebreaker

colored_way wrote in en_ru_idioma Oct 15, 2021 21:36

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A cock-and-bull story

colored_way wrote in en_ru_idioma Nov 04, 2015 13:52

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Dog Eat Dog World

colored_way wrote in en_ru_idioma Apr 21, 2012 13:09

Dog eat dog world
- Этот жестокий, беспощадный мир.

Это очень распространенное выражение.
Мэрилин Мэнсон исполнил песню "God Eat God".

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Out of thin air

colored_way wrote in en_ru_idioma Oct 25, 2011 19:41

Оut of thin air, from thin air - из ничего, из ниоткуда, на пустом месте, высосать из пальца, взять с потолка.
- Conrad Murray defense: Drug expert’s theory ‘out of thin air’. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/10/conrad-murray-defense-da-drug-experts-theory-out-of-thin-air.html

Vanish into thin air - испариться, как ветром сдуло, и след ( Read more... )

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Spit it out!

colored_way wrote in en_ru_idioma Oct 02, 2011 22:20

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get/sink your teeth into something

alessa0_0 wrote in en_ru_idioma Sep 15, 2011 17:49

Sink (get) your teeth into something.

Значение: to start/ to do something with a lot of energy and enthusiasm. Взяться с энтузиазмом/интересом за что-то новое.

Примеры: His new role as a villain gave him something that he could sink his teeth into.

The new project is really interesting. Can't wait to sink my teeth into it.

My wife has been telling ( Read more... )

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a tin ear

colored_way wrote in en_ru_idioma Aug 07, 2011 15:50

Have a tin ear:
1. не иметь музыкального слуха; "медведь на ухо наступил"
2. глуховатый, туговат на ухо
Также, разг. - слуховой аппарат, наушники.

Синонимы: bad ear, no ear, poor ear
Происхождение: описательное выражение для металлической слуховой трубки для слабослышащих.

Examples: 1. Еven to someone with a tin ear like mine, their singing sounded ( Read more... )

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Jaw at someone

colored_way wrote in en_ru_idioma Jun 04, 2011 16:05

Jaw at someone / Flap one's jaw - talk aimlessly (болтать, трепаться, спорить, чесать языки).
- The drivers jawed at each other in the rush-hour traffic.
- Well, I can't sit here flapping my jaws all day. Gotta get back to work.

In Chicago there is the Flapjaws Cafe

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Get your ducks in a row

fundook wrote in en_ru_idioma Apr 25, 2011 18:39

"get your ducks in a row" - to organize things well, привести все в порядок.

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Sit on the fence

colored_way wrote in en_ru_idioma Mar 28, 2011 14:29

Sit on the fence - "ни туда, ни сюда", сохранять нейтралитет, занимать выжидательную позицию: "Ride the wild wind / Don't sit on the fence" (The Queen, Ride The Wild Wind)
On the fence (about something) - не решаться на что-то: "On the fence about purchasing an iPad or iPad 2, have some questions?"
Fence sitting - нерешительная позиция, «ни вашим, ( Read more... )

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