[fit out] or [fit up] {v.} To give things needed; furnish. Thesoldiers were fitted out with guns and clothing. The governmentfitted out warships and got sailors for them. The house was fittedout very nicely.
[make bricks without straw] {v. phr.} To make something without thewherewithal; do something the hard way; do a job under hardconditions. John could not go to a library, and writing the reportwas a job
[wringing wet] adj. Wet through and through; soaked; dripping. He was wringing wet because he was caught in the rain without anumbrella. He was wringing wet after working in the fields in thehot sun.
[dog in the manger] {n. phr.} A person who is unwilling to let another use what he himself has no use for. Although Valerie lives alone in that big house, she is like a
[fall flat] {v.}, {informal} To be a failure; fail. The partyfell flat because of the rain. His joke fell flat because no oneunderstood it.
[clay pigeon] {n.}, {slang}, {informal} 1. A popular target at practice shooting made of clay and roughly resembling a pigeon; an easy target that doesn’t move. All he can shoot is a clay pigeon.
Идиома: to someone’s liking Перевод: быть кому-либо по вкусу, по нраву Пример: The cook in my favorite restaurant always cooks the food exactly to my liking. Повар в моем любимом ресторане всегда готовит еду
[clam up] {v.}, {slang} To refuse to say anything more; stop talking. The suspect clammed up, and the police could get no more information out of him.
[have to] or [have got to] {v.}, {informal} To be obliged or forcedto; need to; must. Do you have to go now? He had to come. Hisparents made him. I have got to go
[two strikes against one] {n. phr.}-From baseball. Twoopportunities wasted in some undertaking, so that only one chance isleft. Poor John has two strikes against him when it comes to hislove for Frances: first, he