[watch it] {v. phr.}, {informal} To be careful. – Usually used as acommand. You’d better watch it. If you get into trouble again, you’ll be expelled. Watch it – the bottom stair is loose!
[open question] {n. phr.} A debatable issue. Whether assistedsuicide is legal and moral or not is still an open question, recentpublicity on the matter notwithstanding.
[nothing succeeds like success] Success in one thing makes successin other things easier; people like a successful person. – A proverb. The girls all like Bob because he is football captain. Nothingsucceeds like success.
Идиома: at heart Перевод: в глубине души Пример: The woman is a nice person at heart although many people dislike her. В глубине души эта женщина – хороший человек, хотя многие ее не любят.
[keep one’s distance] {v. phr.} To be cool toward someone; avoidbeing friendly. Mary did not like her co-worker, Betty, and kepther distance from her. Compare: KEEP ONE AT A DISTANCE.
[slow down] {v. phr.} To go more slowly than usual. The road wasslippery, so Mr. Jones slowed down the car. Pat once could run amile in five minutes, but now that he’s older he’s
[open secret] {n.} Something that is supposed to be a secret butthat everyone knows. It is an open secret that Mary and John areengaged. Who will be appointed as the next president of thecollege
Идиома: off the wagon Перевод: начать снова пить, удариться в запой (обычно употребляется с глаголами Be и Fall) Пример: The man is off the wagon again. I saw him yesterday and I am sure
[in a lather] {adj.}, {slang} In great excitement; all worked up;extremely agitated. I couldn’t get across to Joe, he was all in alather.
[first things first] Other things must wait until the mostimportant and necessary things are done. Study your lessons beforeyou go out to play. First things first.