Основы английской фразеологии
Шрифт:
make/ieither heads nor tails, to 166
make ropes of sand, to 101
make up, to 135
male (female) rime 106
man and a brother, a 123
man in the moon, the 178
man in the street, the 125
Mansion House 85
mare's nest, a 72, 74, 78, 86
mean business, to 103
medullary sheath 105
mend or end, to 123
metes and bounds 108
miles and miles 123
mince matters, to 187 f ,
monkey chatter 105 /
monthof Sundays, a 189
Mother Carey is plucking her geese 144
Mother Hubbard 107
move heaven and earth, to 125
National Palaver, the 85
neck and neck 123, 124
nice as ninepence 87
nice distinction 153
not to be able to hold the candle (to
smb) 154
not to turn a hair, 8$, 125
occipital convolution 105
cf course 172, 173
off and on 86
old as the hills, as 146
old bov (girl) 107
old salt 60
on all fours 154
on a par 128
one and all 124
on foot 127, 130
on second thoughts 154
on tenterhooks 130, 150
on (certain) terms 165
on the alert 127
out of hand 179
owing to 130 ,
pale (white) as ashes, a 99
pale as marble, as 146, 147
pancake coil 105
part and parcel 109, 123, 156, 172
Parthian shot (shaft, arrow) 99
pass the Rubicon, to 90, 187, 188
pay (one's) addresses, to 69
pay attention (heed), to 69, 191
pay a call (visit), to 69
pay compliments, to 69
pay court, to 69
pay deference, to 69
pay (one's) devoirs, to 69
pay homage, to 69
pay respects, to 69
nay scot and lot, to 108
pay the piper while others call the
tune, to 136
pay through the nose, to 86, 149, 188
peanut valve 105
penny-a-Hne 172
peter out, to 189
pick a hole (on), to 97
pick and choose, to 122, 121
p;o in the sky 92
pipe dream 60, 65
piper's tale 68
205
play ducks and drakes, to 125, 187
play second fiddle, to 167
Poet Laureate 169
policy of force 104
pot calling the kettle black, the 100
pour oil on the (troubled) waters, to 98
prick of conscience 60, 168
prim and proper 124
Procrustean (Procruste's) bed 97
public opinion 104
pull devil, pull baker 142, 143
pull (smb's) leg, to 102, 155, 164, 183
put a hat on a hen, to 101
put (one's) cards on the table, to 73
put (one's) head into the lion's mouth,
to 101
put (one's) neck in a noose, to 101
put on, to 135
put on a consulting (thinking) cap, to
99
put (one's) pride into (one's) pocket,
to 165
put that in your pipe and smoke it 141
put up at, to 135
put up with, to 135
Pyrrhic victory 68
quick as lightning, as 147
quick (Roman) balance 68
rack and ruin 124
radio pocket 105
rain cats and dogs, to 89, 148, 149, 150
lain or shine 122
raise (lift up) (one's) horn, to 99
rank and file 172
rat tail 105
red tape 73
light side of cloth, the 79
roll up horse, foot and guns, to 125
rough and ready 188
rough sketch 153
round peg in a square hole, a 97
round robin 78
rub shoulders (with smb), to 154
rule the roast, to 87
Russian leather 62
sacrifice to the graces, to 89
Satan rebuking sin 100—101
save (one's) skin, to 80
save the mark, to 142
save your breath, to 141
say good-bye, to 104
say (one's) prayers, to 104
Scarlet Whore, the 85
Scotch broth 62
scotch the snake, to 108, 183
sealed book, a 93
see how the land lies, to 136
send owls to Athens, to 101
sentry box 105
set the axe to the tree, to 188
set by the ears, to 165
set foot on 183
set (smb's) teeth on edge, to 164
set to motion, to 104
ships that pass in the night 136, 141
shooting star 177
shut up, to 135
Siberian acacia 62
silent as a mouse, as 146
since then 128
sing away, to 131
Sisyphean labour 7, 97
Sisyphean task 71
sit down, to 131
sit in judgement (on smb), to 154
six of one and half a dozen of another
123, 124
skeleton in the cupboard 90, 168
sleeping partner 60, 67, 107, 163, 177,
187
slippery as an eel, as 147
small beer 61, 177
small hours 61
small talk 61
smell a rat, to 80
smell powder, to 126, 135
snake's pace 177
social ladder 60
soft flame 106
so long 107
son-in-law 168, 1б9
sour grapes 79