"Александ Македонский, конечно ​герой, но зачем же стулья ломать?" (с)

Решила попробовать начать здесь выкладывать весь материал по английским идиомам и сленгу, т.к. устала сражаться с кучей словарей.читать дальше

A-1. высшая оценка успеваемости, успеха, способностей
A-2. амфитамин
A-3. наркотик ЛСД
a (real) bargain-1. дешевка; даром; дешево и сердито (удачная покупка) - What did you pay for this picture? - It was a real bargain! с He couldn't resist a bargain.
a back-handed compliment-1. сомнительный комплимент | He said he liked me a lot better than he last time he met me, which I thought was rather a back-handed compliment.
a backwater-1. «болото» | Our town is a cultural backwater.
a bad patch-1. полоса невезения | He went through a very bad patch last year: he lost his job and his wife left him for another man.
a bag of bones (inf)-1. кожа да кости Alt the plumpness she'd acquired In middle age had gone. She was a bag of bones.
a bag/bundle of nerves-1. комок нервов Monica cannot work under pressure - she's just a bag/bundle of nerves.
a baker's dozen-1. чертова дюжина "How many of the jelly doughnuts, Sir?" the salesclerk asked. "Oh, make it a baker's dozen."
a ball and chain-1. путы, оковы | Our national debt is an economic bad and chain dragging us down, keeping longer-term interest rates high.
a ball of fire (inf)-1. сгусток энергии | Sally is a real ball of fire - she works late every night/
a baptism of/by fire-1. боевое крещение | I was given a million-dollar project to manage in my first month. It was a real baptism of fire. Can you remember your first day in the classroom, Pat? - Yes, / had to teach maths to a class of 30 very difficult sixteen-year-olds. It was a baptism of fire, I can tell.
a bash-1. тусовка They would like to attend the NewYear's Eve bash in Times Square | We were invited to the big bash for Marjory Strider's opening.
a bear garden-1. базар (шумное сборище) This office is a bear garden when the boss is away.
a bed of roses-1. райская жизнь; не жизнь, а малина: не жизнь, а масленица | Being the mayor of a small town is a bed of roses compared with being mayor of Now York.
a bee in one's bonnet-1. пунктик; причуда; идея фикс She has a bee in her bonnet about going to America. Bill's got a bee in his bonnet about burglars; he's always imagining strange noises.
a big cheese/shot (Am inf)-1. важная птица; большая шишка Today we're being visited by some big shots from the head office. She loved being the big cheese of her company.
a big fish-1. большая шишка; важная птица Не works in the Ministry of Defence and I think he's quite a big fish.
a bird of passage (fig)-1. перелетная птица | Most of these emigrants were birds of passage who returned to Spain after a relatively short stay.
a bird/pea-brain-1. куриные мозги She is a bird-brain.
a bird's eye view-1. вид с высоты птичьего полета We had a bird's eye view of the old town from the top of the city walls.
a bit-1. немного
a blabbermouth-1. трепло; болгун Tom's a blabbermouth, so don't tell him anything about your love life!
a black Maria-1. черный ворон; воронок; «Маруся» The bank robber was collared by the police and taken away in a black Maria.
a blind alley-1. тупиковый вариант Тот thinks the job of motor mechanic is a blind alley, as in ten years' time all cars may be electronic and computer driven!
a blind date-1. свидание вслепую (встреча, организованная друзьями для незнакомых людей) | A blind date can be a huge success, or a big disappointment.
a block (inf)-1. башка | I bumped my block against the beam.
a blow-out (inf)-1. пирушка, кутеж Have a blow-out on your birthday!
a blue movie-1. порнуха (порнофильм) Blue movies should be shown late at night
a blue-eyed boy/girl (derog)-1. любимчик (начальства) | Paula thinks she can do what she likes, just because bile's the blue-eyed girl of the boss.
a bolt from the blue-1. гром среди ясною неба His resignation was a bolt from the blue.
a bone of contention-1. камень преткновения (спорный/трудный вопрос); яблоко раздора We've fought for so long that we've forgotten what the bone of contention is.
a boozer (inf)-1. алкаш / used to be a boozer for years during the war.
a bottleneck-1. узкое место (проблема)' The strike has created a bottleneck in the assembly department.
a brain like a sieve-1. память как решето | He lost the key to his Ferrari but admitted that his brain was like a sieve.
a brainwave-1. блестящая идея | While in the bath, Archimedes had a brainwave for calculating the volume of irregular-shaped solids.
a brat (derog)-1. щенок; сопляк; выродок | Mrs Estrupp's children are all brats.
a bread heel-1. горбушка хлеба | She saves bread heels for the birds.
a breath of fresh air-1. глоток свежего воздуха After all the criticism, his positive comments came as a breath of fresh air.
a bright spark {esp about children, pupils)-1. светлая голова; умница At school I wasn't one of the bright sparks that went on to higher education.
a bug-1. жучок (подслушивающее устройство) Specialists were called in to clean the Embassy of bugs.
a buildup-1. раскрутка (реклама) * The new television series was given a terrific buildup by the popular press.
a built-1. встроенный
a burning issue-1. злоба дня Entry or non-entry into the European Common Market was one of the burning issues in British politics in the early 1970s.
a busybody-1. кумушка, сплетница; совать нос; лезть в чужие дела I Don't be a busybody! It's none of your business. | Mr Heath said that Britain should not be an interfering busybody.
a can of worms (inf)-1. ящик Пандоры (источник бед/несчастий) ~ Once you start making concessions to individual members of staff, you really open up a can of worms.
a carbon copy-1. точная копия He's a carbon copy of his father.
a cash cow-1. дойная корова I guess we need a cash cow to start the business. Milking the cash cow is much easier than selling up a new business.




@темы: идиомы, А