Идиома: all important Перевод: самое важное, срочное или необходимое Пример: The meeting is all important and I plan to attend it. Собрание очень важное, и я собираюсь посетить его.
[thank one’s lucky stars] {v. phr.}, {informal} To be thankful forgood luck; think oneself lucky. You can thank your lucky stars youdidn’t fall in the hole.
[make a dent in] {v. phr.}, {informal} To make less by a very smallamount; reduce slightly. – Usually used in the negative or with suchqualifying words as “hardly” or “barely”. John shoveled andshoveled, but
[misfire] {v.} To fail to appeal; fall flat. The standup comic’sjokes misfired with the audience. Compare: GO OVER LIKE A LEADBALLOON.
Идиома: quiet as a mouse Перевод: быть очень тихим, молчаливым, робким Пример: The little boy was quiet as a mouse as he moved around the kitchen. Маленький мальчик был очень тих, когда передвигался по
[all walks of life] {n. phr.} All socioeconomic groups; all professions and lines of work. A good teacher has to be able to communicate with students from all walks of life. A clever politician
[give an ear to] or [lend an ear to] {v. phr.}, {literary} Tolisten to. Children should give an ear to their parents’ advice. The king lent an ear to the complaints of his people.
[call one’s bluff] {v. phr.}, {informal} To ask someone to prove what he says he can or will do. . Tom said he could jump twenty feet and so Dick called his bluff and
[horse of a different color] or [horse of another color] {n. phr.},{informal} Something altogether separate and different. Anyone canbe broke, but to steal is a horse of a different color. Do youmean that the
Идиома: prone to something Перевод: склонный к чему-либо Пример: Our manager is prone to saying some very strange things. Наш менеджер постоянно говорит какие-то очень странные вещи.