Значение идиомы nail down

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1. Перевод сленгового выражения nail, значение и пример использования Сленговое выражение: nail Сленговое выражение: nail груб. Перевод: обнаружить или поймать кого-нибудь за выполнением чего-нибудь нехорошего Пример: Jimmy’s father nailed him smoking cigarettes. Отец Джимми поймал его во время курения. After three years of counterfeiting treasury bonds, the FBI nailed the crime ring. ФБР поймали преступную группировку после того, как те три года подделывали государственные […]...
2. Значение идиомы nail one’s colors to the mast [nail one’s colors to the mast] {literary} To let everyone knowwhat you think is right and refuse to change. During the electioncampaign the candidate nailed his colors to the mast on the questionof civil rights....
3. Перевод слова nail Nail – ноготь; гвоздь, забивать гвозди Перевод слова To drive a nail into the wall – вбивать гвоздь в стену to remove a nail – выдернуть гвоздь nail file – пилка для ногтей to break a nail – сломать ноготь I’ve broken my Nail. Я сломала ноготь. Strike the Nail home. Забей гвоздь до конца. […]...
4. Значение идиомы tooth and nail [tooth and nail] {adv. phr.} With all weapons or ways of fightingas hard as possible; fiercely. – Used after “fight” or a similar word. When the Indian girl was captured, she fought tooth and nail to getaway. The farmers fought tooth and nail to save their crops fromthe grasshoppers. His friends fought tooth and nail […]...
5. Перевод идиомы a nail in someone’s coffin, значение выражения и пример использования Идиома: a nail in someone’s coffin Перевод: что-либо, ускоряющее чью-либо смерть, гибель; что-либо, что сильно вредит кому-либо Пример: Fighting with his boss was a nail in my friend’s coffin. He will not get a promotion now. Спор со своим начальником сильно повредил моему другу. Теперь он не получит повышения....
6. Значение идиомы hit the nail on the head [hit the nail on the head] {v. phr.} To get something exactlyright; speak or act in the most fitting or effective way. Themayor’s talk on race relations hit the nail on the head....
7. Значение идиомы coffin nail [coffin nail] {n.}, {slang} A cigarette. “I stopped smoking,” Algernon said. “In fact, I haven’t had a coffin nail in well over a year.”...
8. Перевод идиомы hit the nail on the head, значение выражения и пример использования Идиома: hit the nail on the head Перевод: попасть прямо в точку, угадать Пример: The accountant hit the nail on the head when he wrote the report about the bank’s problems. Бухгалтер попал прямо в точку, когда написал доклад о проблемах банка....
9. Перевод идиомы fight tooth and nail, значение выражения и пример использования Идиома: fight tooth and nail Перевод: бороться всеми средствами; сражаться не на жизнь, а на смерть; сражаться до последнего Пример: Canadian women fought tooth and nail for the right to vote. Канадские женщины сражались до последнего за право голосовать....
10. So there were two guys on a roof, pounding nails So there were two guys on a roof, pounding nails. One guy pounded a nail in, then picked up another. He was holding the nail upside down. He unexpectedly threw the nail away. He picked up another nail, right side up this time, and pounded this in. He eventually threw so many upside down nails […]...
11. Значение идиомы Ivy League [Ivy League] {n.} A small group of the older and more famouseastern U. S. colleges and universities. Several Ivy League teamsplay each other regularly each year. Harvard, Yale, and Princetonwere the original Ivy League....
12. Перевод слова league League – лига, союз, группа Перевод слова To be not in the same league – не идти ни в какое сравнение top of the league – самый лучший в своем классе (в своей профессии, деятельности и т. п.) the League of Nations – Лига Наций He leads the League in rebounds. Он лидер лиги по […]...
13. Using nails on a house These two newfies are building a house. One of them is putting on the siding. He picks up a nail, hammers it in. Picks up another nail, throws it away. Picks up a nail, hammers it in. Picks up another, throws it away. This goes on for a while, and finally his friend comes over […]...
14. Перевод слова September September – сентябрь Перевод слова In September – в сентябре by September – к сентябрю September days – сентябрьские дни It’s rare to see snow in September. Снег в сентябре – большая редкость. There’s no shooting till September. Охота запрещена до сентября. It’s coming in very cold for September. Для начала сентября уж очень холодно....
15. Значение идиомы in league with [in league with] or {informal} [in cahoots with] {prep.} In secretagreement or partnership with ; working together secretlywith, especially for harm. People once believed that some womenwere witches in league with the devil. The mayor’s enemies spreada rumor that he was in cahoots with gangsters....
16. Значение идиомы on sale [on sale] {adj. phr.} Selling for a special low price. Tomatosoup that is usually sold for sixty cents a can is now on sale forfifty cents. John and Mary couldn’t sell all of the lemonade attwenty cents a cup so they have it on sale for ten cents a cup....
17. Значение идиомы on occasion [on occasion] {adv. phr.} Sometimes; occasionally. We go to NewYork on occasion. On occasion we feel like celebrating and have aparty. Compare: ONCE IN A WHILE, FROM TIME TO TIME....
18. Перевод слова sale Sale – продажа, сбыт, торговля, сделка Перевод слова Cash sale – продажа за наличный расчет sale on credit – продажа в кредит to put up for sale – продавать с молотка to advertise for sale – помещать объявление о продаже The books offered for Sale are unpriced. На книгах, выставленных на продажу, не указана цена. […]...
19. Sport in the USA – Спорт в США (3) Americans are very fond of sport. The most popular sports in the USA are football, which is played from April to October, baseball, played from September to December, basketball, played from October to April and ice hockey, played in most northern cities from October to March. American football derives from the English game of rugby. […]...
20. Перевод идиомы for sale, значение выражения и пример использования Идиома: for sale Перевод: на продажу, быть выставленным на продажу Пример: There was a sign in front of the house that said it was for sale. Перед домом стояла табличка, в которой говорилось, что он продается....
21. Question answer 03 What’s the chilliest ground in the premiership? Cold Trafford! How did the footbal pitch end up as triangle? Somebody took a corner! Why didn’t the dog want to play football? It was a boxer! What did they call Dracula when he won the league? The champire! Which England player keeps up the fuel supply? Paul […]...
22. Значение идиомы give one a ring [give one a ring] also {informal} [give a buzz] To call on thetelephone. Mrs. Jacobs promised to give her husband a ring in theafternoon. Alice will give her friend a buzz tonight....
23. Значение идиомы white sale [white sale] {n.} The selling, especially at lower prices, of goodsor clothing usually made of white cloth. Mother always buys manythings at the January white sale to save money....
24. Значение идиомы zero in on [zero in on] {v.} 1. To adjust a gun so that it will exactly hit ; aim at. Big guns were zeroed in on the enemy fort. American missiles have been zeroed in on certain targets, to be firedif necessary. 2. {slang} To give your full attention to. TheSenate zeroed in on the Latin-American problems. […]...
25. Значение идиомы farm out [farm out] {v.} 1. To have another person do for you;send away to be done. Our teacher had too many test papers to read, so she farmed out half of them to a friend. 2. To send away to betaken care of. While Mother was sick, the children were farmed outto relatives. 3. To send […]...
26. Значение идиомы a friend in need is a friend indeed [a friend in need is a friend indeed] A genuine friend on whom one can always depend. – A proverb; often shortened to “a friend in need…” When John’s house burned down, his neighbor Jim helped him and his family with shelter, food and clothing. John said, “Jim, a friend in need is a friend […]...
27. Значение идиомы polish off [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. The boys were hungry and polished off a bigsteak. Mary polished off her homework early so that she couldwatch TV....
28. Значение идиомы giveaway [giveaway] or [dead giveaway] {n.} 1. An opensecret. By mid-afternoon, it was a dead giveaway who the new bosswould be. 2. A forced or sacrifice sale at which items are sold formuch less than their market value. The Simpson’s garage sale wasactually a big giveaway. 3. A gift; something one doesn’t have to payfor. The […]...
29. Значение идиомы no deal [no deal] or [no dice] or [no go] or [no sale] or [no soap] {slang}Not agreed to; refused or useless; without success or result; no;certainly not. – Used in the predicate or to refuse something. Billy wanted to let Bob join the team, but I said that it was no dealbecause Bob was too young. […]...
30. Значение идиомы color [color] See: CHANGE COLOR, GIVE COLOR TO or LEND COLOR TO, HAUL DOWN ONE’S COLORS, HORSE OF A DIFFERENT COLOR, NAIL ONE’S COLORS TO THE MAST, OFF-COLOR or OFF-COLORED, SAIL UNDER FALSE COLORS, SEE THE COLOR OF ONE’S MONEY, SHOW ONE’S COLORS, WITH FLYING COLORS....
31. Значение идиомы give the bounce [give the bounce] or [give the gate] {v. phr.}, {slang} 1. or [givethe air] To stop being a friend or lover to ; separate from. Mary gave John the bounce after she saw him dating another girl. Bill and Jane had an argument and Bill is giving her the gate. 2. or[give the sack] also […]...
32. Значение идиомы prey on [prey on] or [prey upon] {v.} 1. To habitually kill and eat; catchfor food. Cats prey on mice. 2. To capture or take in spoils ofwar or robbery. Pirates preyed on American ships in the years justafter the Revolutionary War. 3. To cheat; rob. Gangsters preyed onbusinesses of many kinds while the sale of liquor […]...
33. Значение идиомы call on [call on] or [call upon] {v.} 1. To make a call upon; visit. Mr. Brown called on an old friend while he was in the city. 2. To ask for help. He called on a friend to give him money for the bus fare to his home....
34. I didn’t get any money this time A man in a bar sees a friend at a table, drinking by himself. Approaching the friend he comments, “You look terrible. What’s the problem?” “My mother died in August,” he said, “and left me $25,000.” “Gee, that’s tough,” he replied. “Then in September,” the friend continued, “My father died, leaving me $90,000.” “Wow. Two […]...
35. Перевод идиомы not give it another thought, значение выражения и пример использования Идиома: not give it another thought Перевод: не волноваться, не думать о чем-либо Пример: I did not give it another thought when I agreed to help my friend move from his apartment. Я недолго раздумывал, когда согласился помочь своему другу с переездом....
36. Значение идиомы double-header [double-header] {n.} Two games or contests played one right after the other, between the same two teams or two different pairs of teams. The Yankees and the Dodgers played a double-header Sunday afternoon. We went to a basketball double-header at Madison Square Garden and saw Seton Hall play St. John’s and N. Y. U. play […]...
37. Значение идиомы turn one’s nose up at [turn one’s nose up at] {v. phr.} To scorn; snub; look down atsomebody or something. I don’t understand why Sue has to turn hernose up at everyone who didn’t go to an Ivy League college....
38. Значение идиомы in the public eye [in the public eye] {adj. phr.} Widely known; often seen in publicactivity; much in the news. The senator’s activity kept him in thepublic eye. A big league ballplayer is naturally much in thepublic eye....
39. Значение идиомы American plan [American plan] {n.} A system of hotel management in which meals are included with the room, as opposed to the European plan that does not include meals. American tourists in Europe sometimes expect that their meals will be included, because they are used to the American plan....
40. Totally messed up The following is an ad from a real-life newspaper which appeared four days in a row – the last three hopelessly trying to correct the first day’s mistake. MONDAY: For sale: R. D. Jones has one sewing machine for sale. Phone 948-0707 after 7 P. M. and ask for Mrs. Kelly who lives with him […]...