[read one like a book] {v. phr.}, {informal} To understand someonecompletely; know what he will think or do at any time. John’sgirlfriend could read him like a book. Compare: READ ONE’S MIND.
[polish off] {v.}, {informal} 1. To defeat easily. The Dodgerspolished off the Yankees in four straight games in the 1963 WorldSeries. 2. To finish completely; finish doing quickly, often in orderto do something else.
[slip off] {v. phr.} 1. To slide off something. The childrenclimbed up the hill but when it was time to come down, they didn’twalk, but slipped off the smooth, old ledges. 2. See: SLIP
[money is no object] {informal sentence} The price of something isirrelevant. Please show me your most beautiful mink coat; money isno object.
[thumb a ride] {v. phr.}, {informal} To get a ride by hitchhiking;hitchhike. Not having much money, Carl decided to thumb a ride toNew York.
[count heads] or [count noses] {v. phr.}, {informal} To count the number of people in a group. On the class picnic, we counted heads before we left and when we arrived to be sure
[go to the dogs] {v. phr.}, {informal} To go to ruin; to be ruinedor destroyed. The man went to the dogs after he started drinking. After the death of the owner, the business went
Идиома: the like Перевод: подобное, аналогичное, похожее Пример: There are many different animals there: deer, foxes, and the like. Там много разных животных: олени, лисицы, и тому подобные.
[paddy wagon] {n.}, {informal} A police van used for transportingprisoners to jail or the police station. The police threw thedemonstrators into the paddy wagon.
[far gone] {adj. phr.} In a critical or extreme state. He was sofar gone by the time the doctor arrived, that nothing could be done tosave his life.