Основы английской фразеологии

Амосова Наталья Николаевна

call (smb) names, to 61, 165

Canterbury story (tale) 71

cap and bells 124

cape-and-sword comedy 149

capful of wind 60

cap in hand(s) 156, 179

carry coals to Newcastle, to 101

carrying capacity 105

cast (scatter) bread upon the waters,

to 99

cast (throw, fling) (smth) in (smb's)

face, to 1 CI

catch (clutch) at a straw, to 100

cat o'nine tails 107 '/

caught in a net 151

centrifugal force 105

centripetal force 105

Cesarian operation (section) 71

change of heart 61

chest of .drawers 104

chop and change, to 88, 122

Christian name 68

city Arab 71

clean broke 68

cocked hat 94

cock of the walk 172

cogwheel breathing 106

cold as a key, as 146

cold weapon 60

come back, to 131

come in, to 131

come off, to 134

come to an end, to 103

common sense 60, 64, 190

consuetudinary law 108

cool cucumber, a 171

cool as a cucumber, as 171, 172

court-martial 177

crack a joke, to 60

cream of tartar 105

Crescent City, the 84

crossed questions and crooked

answers 127

cross (smb's) path, to 165

cross the Rubicon, to 90, 164

cry out, to 132

cry stinking fish, to 135

cudgel (one's) brains, to 73

cupboard love 61

current coin 154, 171

curse of Cain, the 154

Danaids* work 66

dance attendance, to 155

dark horse 73

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daughter-in-law 169

day after the fair, the 73

dead as a door-nail, as 146

dead as Queen Ann, as 146

deaf as an ass, as 146

deaf nut 65, 94, 172, 173

dear sir 107

death bed repentance 149

death's head 153, 154, 155

devil's own luck, the 149

devil's paternoster 78

dog-and-chain 105

dog days 177

dog in the manger 187

dog's life 60, 66

don't mention it 107

dormant partner 67

down in the mouth 172

drat it (you) 142

draw it mild 141

draw water with (in) a sieve, to 101

dree (one's) weird, to 87, 183

dressed up to the nines 151

drop down upon, to 135

drop in, to 135

drown the miller, to 126

dry as a bone, as 147

Dutch auction 62

Dutch bargain 63

Dutch comfort 71

Dutch consolation 71

Dutch courage 63

Dutch defence 63

Dutch feast 63

Dutch treat 63

eat humble pie, to 91, 126

eat up, to 131, 132

end of (smb's) tether, the 154

end up, to 132

Endymion's sleep 66

English elm 64

enough and to spare 124

every cloud has its silver lining 145

everyday life 104

eVil genius 171

external maxillary artery 105

fair and square 124

fall flat, to 187, 188

fall out, to 131, 135, 187

false acacia 62

far cry 60, 65

father-in-law 169

feast today and fast tomorrow 123, 124

feather (one's) nest, to 79

feed the fishes, to 93

feel like (+Gerund), to 120

fiddler's news 66

fiddle while Rome is burning, to 136

fight like Kilkenny cats, to 86, 148

fine (gay) as the king's candle, as 99

first catch your hare 141

first name 68

first night 60

fish with a silver hook, to 187

fix up, to 132

flesh and blood 94

floating capital 68, 187

fool's (granny's) knot 68

for all (one) knows 139

for a song 127

for certain 129

for ever 128

for fun 127

forget-me-not 168

for good 172, 178

for keeps 127

for once 128

for show 127

for sure 128, 129

for the present 128

frame of mind 60

freezing (congealing) point 105

French chop 63

French desease 63

French horn 63

French leave 63

French pancake 63

French telephone 63

French toast 63

French window' 63

from the cradle 127

full and by 124

funny bone 106

fur and feather 124

gentleman in black, the 154

German silver 62

get the better (of smb, smth), to 154

get the hang (of smth), to 165

get the order of the boot, to 101—102

get the right sow by the ear, to 101

get the sack, to 101

get (one's) walking orders, to 102

gild the pill, to 78

gilded youth 60

give a laugh, to 113, 117, 119

give a lift, to 119

give a loaf and beg a shive, to 76, 87

give a smile 114

give in, to 134

give (smb) quite a turn, to 119

give (show) the cold shoulder (to

smb), to 99

give up, to 151, 155

give up the ghost, to 109

Gladstone bag 64

glance up, to 131

go away, to 131

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