тест, лапша, выражения 2 Flashcards by Rin Hoshino

to be up to ears in smth

быть по уши в

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to be up to ears in smth

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to take/follow the line of least resistance

идти по пути наименьшего сопротивления

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to take/follow the line of least resistance

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to bury one’s head in the sand

прятать голову в песок

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to bury one’s head in the sand

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to fight with the windmills

бороться с ветряными мельницами

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бороться с ветряными мельницами

to fight with the windmills

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to be at crossroads

быть на перепутье

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to be at crossroads

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to rest on one’s laurels

почивать на лаврах

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почивать на лаврах

to rest on one’s laurels

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to cut the Gordian knot

разрубить Гордеев узел

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to cut the Gordian knot

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to take smb under one’s wing

взять под крыло

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взять под крыло

to take smb under one’s wing

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Draconian laws

драконовские законы

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драконовские законы

Draconian laws

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to throw sand in the wheels

вставлять палки в колеса

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вставлять палки в колеса

to throw sand in the wheels

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to set the Thames on fire

достать звезду с неба

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to set the Thames on fire

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to be hand in glove with smb

рука об руку

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рука об руку

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to escape by a hair's breadth

быть на волоске

to escape by a hair's breadth

to pull the wool over one's eyes

пускать пыль в глаза

to pull the wool over one's eyes

to be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth

родиться с серебряной ложкой во рту

to be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth

to go through thick and thin

пройти через огонь, воду и медные трубы

to go through thick and thin

to buy a pig in a poke

кот в мешке

to buy a pig in a poke

to wear one's heart on one's sleeve

душа на распашку

to wear one's heart on one's sleeve

to cry over a spilt milk

слезами горю не поможешь

to cry over a spilt milk

to make a killing on smth

нажиться на чести

to make a killing on smth

to call a spade a spade

называть вещи своими именами

to call a spade a spade

to have a finger in every pie

в каждой бочке затычка

to have a finger in every pie

to draw the line at smth

устанавливать границу дозволенного

to draw the line at smth

to be on the ball

быть экспертом

to be on the ball

to mind one's p's and q's

следить за языком

to mind one's p's and q's

to throw in the towel

сдаться

to throw in the towel

to have other fish to fry

иметь другие варианты

to have other fish to fry

to pay through the nose

платить втридорога

to pay through the nose

to keep up with the Joneses

быть не хуже других

to keep up with the Joneses

to cut smb off with shilling

не оставить ни гроша

to cut smb off with shilling

to talk shop

говорить по делу

to talk shop

to smell rat

чуять беду

to smell rat

a prodigal son

блудный сын

a prodigal son

a doubting Thomas

фома неверующий

a doubting Thomas

the slaughter/massacre of the innocent

избиение младенцев

the slaughter/massacre of the innocent

the horn of plenty

рог изобилия

the horn of plenty

the Holy of Holies

святая святых

the Holy of Holies

Solomon's judgement

соломоново решение (=мудрое)

соломоново решение

Solomon's judgement

a dog in the manger

собака на сене

a dog in the manger

Buridan's ass

буриданов осел

Buridan's ass

Noah's ark

ноев ковчег

Noah's ark

salt of the Earth

соль земли (=образец для подражания)

соль земли

salt of the Earth

ten commandments

десять заповедей

ten commandments

the stumbling stone

камень преткновения

the stumbling stone

writing on the wall

письмена на стене (=неизбежные события)

письмена на стене

writing on the wall

man shall not live by bread alone

не хлебом единым жив человек

man shall not live by bread alone

nothing is secret that shall not be made manifest

все тайное становится явным

nothing is secret that shall not be made manifest

he who sows the wind shall reap the whirlwind

кто сеет ветер, пожнет бурю

he who sows the wind shall reap the whirlwind

by the sweat of one's brow

в поте лица

by the sweat of one's brow

to separate the wheat from the chaff

отделить зерна от плевел

to separate the wheat from the chaff