Значение идиомы love-in
[love-in] {n.}, {slang}, {informal} A festival or occasion tocelebrate life, human sensuality, the beauty of nature, humansexuality, and universal love; affairs so conceived by some frequentlydeteriorate into obscenity and drug using sessions in parody
Значение идиомы bank on
[bank on] {v.}, {informal} To depend on; put one’s trust in; rely on. He knew he could bank on public indignation to change things, if he could once prove the dirty work. The students
Перевод идиомы poke / stick one’s nose into something, значение выражения и пример использования
Идиома: poke / stick one’s nose into something Идиома: poke / stick one’s nose into something разг. Перевод: совать свой нос в чужие дела; соваться, куда не следует Пример: I wish that my neighbor
Значение идиомы fourth class
[fourth class] {n.} A class of mail that is not sealed and weighs apound or more, that includes things that are bought and sold and sentin the mail, and printed things that are not
Значение идиомы spit up
[spit up] {v.} To vomit a little. The baby always spits up whenhe is burped. Put a bib on the baby. I don’t want him to spit upon his clean clothes.
Значение идиомы rock-bottom
[rock-bottom] {n.} The lowest possible point. The nation’smorale hit rock bottom in the hours following the president’sassassination. – Often used like an adjective, with a hyphen. Therock-bottom price of this radio is $25.
Значение идиомы on the warpath
[on the warpath] {adj. phr.}, {informal} 1. Very angry. WhenMother saw the mess in the kitchen she went on the warpath. Bettyhas been on the warpath ever since she found out she was not
Перевод идиомы set foot (somewhere), значение выражения и пример использования
Идиома: set foot (somewhere) Перевод: ступать куда-либо, заходить куда-либо Пример: I have never set foot in that restaurant and I never will in the future. Я никогда не был в том ресторане и никогда
Значение идиомы cast pearls before swine
[cast pearls before swine] or [cast one’s pearls before swine] {n. phr.}, {literary} To waste good acts or valuable things on someone who won’t understand or be thankful for them, just as pigs won’t
Значение идиомы sprout wings
[sprout wings] {v. phr.} 1. To enter the stage after a period ofdevelopment when wings appear. The dragonflies suddenly sprouted wings and areflying all about in the park. 2. To become good and virtuous.