Значение идиомы mess up

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1. Перевод слова mess Mess – беспорядок, грязь; пачкать, портить Перевод слова In a mess – в беспорядке; вверх дном to make a mess of the tablecloth – запачкать скатерть to mess up a car – испортить машину My life’s such a Mess. Моя жизнь такой бардак. She hates Mess. Она ненавидит беспорядок. My hair is a Mess. У […]...
2. Значение идиомы mess around [mess around] {v. phr.} 1. To engage in idle or purposelessactivity. Come on, you guys, – start doing some work, don’t justmess around all day! 2. {vulgar} To be promiscuous; to indulge in sexwith little discrimination as to who the partner is. Allen needsstraightening out; he’s been messing around with the whole femalepopulation of his […]...
3. Значение идиомы boys will be boys [boys will be boys] Boys are only children and must sometimes get into mischief or trouble or behave too roughly. Boys will be boys and make a lot of noise, so John’s mother told him and his friends to play in the park instead of the back yard....
4. Значение идиомы start something [start something] {v. phr.}, {informal} To make trouble; cause aquarrel or fight. John is always starting something. Jack likesto play tricks on the other boys to start something. Compare: MAKESOMETHING OF....
5. Перевод слова teenager Teenager – подросток Перевод слова Delinquent teenager – подросток-правонарушитель pimply teenager – прыщавый подросток teenager cosmetics – косметические изделия для подростков As a Teenager I was painfully shy. Подростком я был болезненно застенчив. The Teenager wolfed down the pizza. Подросток с жадностью уплетал пиццу. Consider the problems of the Teenager contra those of the adult. […]...
6. Перевод слова emotional Emotional – эмоциональный, возбужденный Перевод слова Emotional speech – темпераментная речь emotional need – эмоциональная, психологическая потребность emotional disturbance – нервное расстройство He’s a very Emotional person. Он очень эмоциональный человек. Abortion is a very Emotional issue. Аборт – это очень болезненный вопрос. Their relationship was an Emotional seesaw. Их взаимоотношения были эмоциональными качелями. Происхождение […]...
7. Значение идиомы stand by [stand by] {v.} 1. To be close beside or near. Mary could nottell Jane the secret with her little brother standing by. Wouldyou just stand by and watch the big boys beat your little brother? 2.To be near, waiting to do something when needed. The policeman inthe patrol car radioed the station about the robbery, […]...
8. Значение идиомы egg on [egg on] {v.} To urge on; excite; lead to action. Joe’s wifeegged him on to spend money to show off. The big boys egged on thetwo little boys to fight. Compare: PUT UP....
9. Значение идиомы hear the beat [hear the beat] or [see the beat] {v. phr.}, {dialect} To hear ofor to see someone or something better or surpassing. – Usually used innegative or interrogative sentences and often followed by “of”. Inever heard the beat! John swam all the way across the river. Did youever hear the beat of it? The juggler spun […]...
10. Значение идиомы raise the devil [raise the devil] or [raise heck] or [raise hob] or [raise ned] {v. phr.}, {informal} To make trouble; start a fight or an argument. Mr. Black raised heck when he saw the dented fender. He blamed theother driver. Some teenage boys raised the devil in town onHalloween night and damaged a lot of property. Compare: […]...
11. Значение идиомы rough up [rough up] {v.} To attack or hurt physically; treat roughly; beat. Three boys were sent home for a week because they roughed up aplayer on the visiting team. While Pete was walking in a strangepart of town some boys roughed him up and told him to stay out oftheir territory....
12. Перевод идиомы get into trouble, значение выражения и пример использования Идиома: get into trouble Перевод: попасть в беду, иметь неприятности Пример: The young boys try not to get into trouble when they are left at home alone. Маленькие мальчики стараются не попадать ни в какие неприятности, когда их оставляют дома одних....
13. Значение идиомы heart skip a beat [heart skip a beat] or [heart miss a beat] 1. The heart leaves outor seems to leave out a beat; the heart beats hard or leaps fromexcitement or strong feeling. – Often considered trite. When Paulsaw the bear standing in front of him, his heart skipped a beat. 2.To be startled or excited from surprise, […]...
14. Значение идиомы carry one’s cross [carry one’s cross] or {literary} [bear one’s cross] {v. phr.} To live with pain or trouble; keep on even though you suffer or have trouble. Weak ankles are a cross Joe carries while the other boys play basketball. We didn’t know the cheerful woman was bearing her cross, a son in prison....
15. Значение идиомы beat the bushes [beat the bushes] also [beat the brush] {v. phr.}, {informal} To try very hard to find or get something. The mayor was beating the bushes for funds to build the playground. Contrast: BEAT ABOUT THE BUSH or BEAT AROUND THE BUSH....
16. Перевод идиомы look for trouble, значение выражения и пример использования Идиома: look for trouble Перевод: напрашиваться на неприятности; сделать что-либо, что может повлечь неприятности Пример: The young boys spend every Saturday evening walking around and looking for trouble. Маленькие мальчики проводили каждое воскресенье, разгуливая по округе и напрашиваясь на неприятности....
17. Значение идиомы borrow trouble [borrow trouble] {v. phr.} To worry for nothing about trouble that may not come; make trouble for yourself needlessly. Don’t borrow trouble by worrying about next year. It’s too far away. You are borrowing trouble if you try to tell John what to do. Compare: ASK FOR, CROSS ONE’S BRIDGES BEFORE ONE COMES TO THEM, […]...
18. Значение идиомы beat to the punch [beat to the punch] or [beat to the draw] {v. phr.}, {slang} To do something before another person has a chance to do it. John was going to apply for the job, but Ted beat him to the draw. Lois bought the dress before Mary could beat her to the punch....
19. Значение идиомы fall to [fall to] {v.} 1. To begin to work. The boys fell to and quicklycut the grass. Syn.: TURN TO. 2. To begin to fight. They took outtheir swords and fell to. 3. To begin to eat. The hungry boys fellto before everyone sat down. 4. Begin; start. The old friends metand fell to talking about […]...
20. Значение идиомы beat it [beat it] {v.}, {slang} To go away in a hurry; get out quickly. When he heard the crash he beat it as fast as he could. – Often used as a command. The big boy said, “Beat it, kid. We don’t want you with us.” Compare: CLEAR OUT, LIGHT OUT, HEAD FOR THE HILLS....
21. Значение идиомы beat down [beat down] {v.} 1. To crush or break the spirit of; win over; conquer. All their defenses were beaten down by the tanks. 2. {informal} a. To try to get reduced; force down by discussing. Can we beat down the price? B. To persuade or force to accept alower price or easier payments. He tried […]...
22. Значение идиомы beat one’s brains out [beat one’s brains out] or [beat one’s brains] {v. phr.}, {slang} To try very hard to understand or think out something difficult; tire yourself out by thinking. It was too hard for him and he beat his brains out trying to get the answer. Some students are lazy, but others beat their brains and succeed....
23. Значение идиомы set right [set right] {v. phr.} To discipline; correct; indicate the correctprocedure. “Your bookkeeping is all messed up,” the accountantsaid. “Let me set it right for you, once and for all.”...
24. Значение идиомы beat up [beat up] {v.}, {informal} To give a hard beating to; hit hard and much; thrash; whip. When the new boy first came, he had to beat up several neighborhood bullies before they would leave him alone. – Used with “on” in substandard speech. The tough boy said to Bill, “If you come around here again, […]...
25. Значение идиомы beat to [beat to] {v.}, {informal} To do something before someone else does it. I was waiting to buy a ticket but only one ticket was left, and another man beat me to it. We were planning to send a rocket into space but the Russians beat us to it. Compare: GET THE JUMP ON....
26. Значение идиомы have it in for [have it in for] {v. phr.}, {informal} To wish or mean to harm;have a bitter feeling against. George has it in for Bob because Bobtold the teacher that George cheated in the examination. AfterJohn beat Ted in a fight, Ted always had it in for John....
27. Значение идиомы beat all [beat all] or [beat the Dutch] {v. phr.}, {informal} To be strange or surprising. John found a box full of money buried in his garage. Doesn’t that beat all! It beats the Dutch how Tom always makes a basket....
28. Значение идиомы beat all hollow [beat all hollow] also [beat hollow] {v. phr.}, {slang} To do much better than; to beat very badly. We beat their team all hollow. As a speaker, he beats us all hollow....
29. Значение идиомы beat the band [beat the band] {adv. phr.}, {informal} At great speed; with much noise or commotion. – Used after “to”. The fire engines were going down the road to beat the band. The audience cheered and stamped and clapped to beat the band....
30. Значение идиомы beat about the bush [beat about the bush] or [beat around the bush] {v. phr.}, {slang} To talk about things without giving a clear answer; avoid the question or the point. He would not answer yes or no, but beat about the bush. He beat about the bush for a half hour without coming to the point. Compare: BESIDE […]...
31. Значение идиомы skip it [skip it] {v. phr.}, {informal} To forget all about it. WhenJack tried to reward him for returning his lost dog, the man said toskip it. I asked what the fight was about, but the boys said toskip it....
32. Значение идиомы hem in [hem in] or [hem around] or [hem about] {v.} 1. To put somethingaround, or to be placed around; surround. Mountains hemmed the townin on all sides. As soon as Tom and Bob started to fight, theywere hemmed around by other boys. 2. See: FENCE IN....
33. Значение идиомы beat the pants off [beat the pants off] {v. phr.} 1. To prevail over someone in a race or competition. Jim beat the pants off George in the swimming race. 2. To give someone a severe physical beating. Jack beat the pants off the two young men who were trying to hold him up in Central Park....
34. Значение идиомы beat the — out of [beat the — out of] or [lick the — out of] or [whale the –out of] {v. phr.}, {informal} To beat hard; give a bad beating to. – Used with several words after “the”, as “daylights”, “living daylights”, “tar”. The big kid told Charlie that he would beat the daylights out of him if Charlie […]...
35. Значение идиомы no-show [no-show] {n.}, {informal} A person who makes a reservation, e. g.,at a hotel or at an airline, and then neither claims nor cancels it. The airlines were messed up because of a great number of no-showpassengers....
36. Значение идиомы give the slip [give the slip] {v.} To escape from ; run away fromunexpectedly; sneak away from. An Indian was following, but Boonegave him the slip by running down a hill. Some boys were waitingoutside the school to beat up Jack, but he gave them the slip....
37. Значение идиомы come to blows [come to blows] {v. phr.} To begin to fight. The two quarreling boys came to blows after school. The two countries came to blows because one wanted to be independent from the other....
38. Значение идиомы fight fire with fire [fight fire with fire] {v. phr.}, {slightly formal}, {of Biblicalorigin} To fight back in the same way one was attacked; make a defensesimilar to the attack. The candidate was determined to fight firewith fire in the debate....
39. Значение идиомы go to the trouble [go to the trouble] or [take the trouble] {v. phr.} To make troubleor extra work for yourself; bother. John told Mr. Brown not to goto the trouble of driving him home. Since your aunt took thetrouble to get you a nice birthday present, the least you can do is tothank her. Compare: PUT OUT....
40. A mother-daughter conversation A mother and daughter are sitting down over afternoon tea. The mother wants to show her daughter that she’s a hip parent and tries to get her daughter to open up and talk about dating boys and what it’s like for her. Mom: So….now that you have started dating, what’s it like getting intimate with […]...