[second sight] {n. phr.} Intuition; prescience; clairvoyance. Some police departments employ psychics to find missing persons orobjects as they are said to have second sight.
[move heaven and earth] {v. phr.} To try every way; do everythingyou can. Joe moved heaven and earth to be sent to Washington. Compare: LEAVE NO STONE UNTURNED.
[drive one round the bend] {v. phr.}, {informal} To upset someone so much that they think they are going crazy. “Slow down, please,” Miss Jones cried. “You are driving me around the bend!” Contrast:
[in addition] {adv. phr.} As something extra; besides. We saw aMickey Mouse cartoon in addition to the cowboy movie. Aunt Marygave us sandwiches for our picnic and a bag of cookies in addition. He
[at all hazards] {adv. phr.} With no regard for danger; at any risk; regardless of the chances you must take. The racer meant to win the 500-mile race at all hazards.
[on the whole] {adv. phr.} 1. In the most important things; in mostways. On the whole, Billy did very well in school this year. Everybody agreed that on the whole it was a good
[build castles in the air] or [build castles in Spain] {v. phr.} To make impossible or imaginary plans, dream about future successes that are unlikely. He liked to build castles in the air, but
[lone wolf] {n.} A man who likes to work or live alone. The manwho paints a picture or establishes a business is often a lone wolf;so is the criminal outlaw. Jones is a good
[hands up] {informal} Hold up your hands! Put your hands up highand keep them there! – Used as a command. The sheriff pointed hisgun at the outlaws and called out, “Hands up!” Syn.: REACH
Идиома: a case in point Перевод: пример, который доказывает что-либо в текущей ситуации, или который помогает прояснить что-либо Пример: What the man said is a case in point about what I have been saying