Словарь американских идиом (8000 единиц)
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[ride the brake] or [ride the clutch] <v. phr.>, <informal> To keep your foot on the pedal. * /Riding the brake is a bad habit for a driver to form./
[ride the gravy train] <v. phr.> To live a life of plenty and luxury. * /Those who have a wealthy executive or heir to a fortune for a spouse can ride the gravy train without doing any work./
[ride up] or [crawl up] <v.> To slip gradually upward on the body. * /Shorts that ride up can be very uncomfortable./
[riding for a fall] <adj. phr.> Behaving in an overconfident way that is likely to lead to trouble; being too sure of yourself; doing something dangerous. * /The student who does not study for exams is riding for a fall./ * /Mr. Smith has borrowed too much money on his home. He is riding for a fall./ Compare: COME A CROPPER(2).
[riding high] <adj.> Attracting attention; enjoying great popularity. * /After scoring the winning touchdown, John is riding high with his classmates./
[rid of] Free of; away from; without the care or trouble. * /The puppy is finally rid of worms./ * /If I could be rid of the children for the day, I would go./ * /I wish you'd get rid of that cat!/ Compare: DO AWAY WITH, THROW AWAY(1), THROW OFF(1).
[right] See: ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT FOR YOU, DEAD TO RIGHTS, GIVE ONE'S RIGHT ARM, HEART IN THE RIGHT PLACE, IN THE RIGHT, PLAY ONE'S CARDS RIGHT, PUT TO RIGHTS or SET TO RIGHTS, SERVE RIGHT, TO RIGHTS.
[right along] <adv. phr.>, <informal> 1a. On your way satisfactorily or without trouble. * /They fixed the engine and the train ran right along./ 1b. On your way without delay. * /Don't wait for me. Go right along./ 2. See: ALL ALONG.
[right and left] <adv. phr.> In or from every direction; all around; on all sides. * /The knight rode into battle striking at the enemy right and left with his broadsword./ * /When the talk ended, questions were thrown at the speaker right and left./
[right away] or <informal> [right off] also <informal> [right off the bat] <adv. phr.> Immediately; as the next thing in order; without delay. * /Phil's mother told him to do his homework right away so that he could enjoy the weekend./ * /The Red Cross aids disaster victims right away./ * /Jill knew the answer right off./ * /The teacher said he could not think of the title of the book right off the bat./ Syn.: AT ONCE(2). Compare: HERE AND NOW, ON THE SPOT. Contrast: AFTER A WHILE.
[right down] or [up one's alley] <adv. phr.> In accordance with one's specialty or predilection. * /This kind of preclassical music is right up Bill's alley; after all, he wrote his Ph.D. on Bach./
[right field] <n.> The part of a baseball outfield to the batter's right. * /Left-handed batters usually hit to right field./ Compare: CENTER FIELD, LEFT FIELD.
– [right fielder] <n.> The outfielder in baseball who plays in right field. * /The batter hit a high fly ball and the right fielder caught it easily./
[right-hand man] <v. phr.> A valued and indispensable assistant. * /The chancellor of the university never goes anywhere without the vice chancellor, his right-hand man, whose judgment he greatly trusts./
[right on] <adj.>, <interj.>, <slang>, <informal> 1. Exclamation of animated approval "Yes," "That's correct," "You're telling the truth," "we believe you," etc. * /Orator: And we shall see the promised land! Crowd: Right on!/ 2. Correct; to the point; accurate. * /The reverend's remark was right on!/
[right out] or [straight out] <adv.> Plainly; in a way that hides nothing; without waiting or keeping back anything. * /When Mother asked who broke the window, Jimmie told her right out that he did it./ * /When Ann entered the beauty contest her little brother told her straight out that she was crazy./
[right side of the tracks] See: THE TRACKS.
[right-wing] <adj.> Being or belonging to a political group which opposes any important change in the way the country is run. * /Some countries with right-wing governments have dictators./ Contrast: LEFT-WING.
[rig out] <v. phr.> To overdecorate; doll up; dress up. * /Ann arrived all rigged out in her newest Parisian summer outfit./
[Riley] See: LIFE OF RILEY.
[ring] See: GIVE A RING, RUN CIRCLES AROUND or RUN RINGS AROUND, THREE-RING CIRCUS, THROW ONE'S HAT IN THE RING.
[ring a bell] <v. phr.> To make you remember something; sound familiar. * /Not even the cat's meowing seemed to ring a bell with Judy. She still forgot to feed him./ * /When Ann told Jim the name of the new teacher it rang a bell, and Jim said, "I went to school with a James Carson."/
[ring in] <v. phr.>, <informal> 1. To bring in (someone or something) from the outside dishonestly or without telling; often: hire and introduce under a false name. * /Bob offered to ring him in on the party by pretending he was a cousin from out of town./ * /No wonder their team beat us; they rang in a professional to pitch for them under the name of Dan Smith./ 2. To ring a special clock that records the time you work. * /We have to ring in at the shop before eight o'clock in the morning./
[ringleader] <n. phr.> The chief of an unsavory group; a higher-up. * /The FBI finally caught up with the ringleader of the dope smugglers from South America./
[ring out] <v.> To ring a special clock that records the time you leave work. * /Charles can't leave early in his new job; he has to ring out./
[ring the changes] <v. phr.> To say or do the same thing in different ways; repeat the same idea in many ways. * /David wanted a new bicycle and he kept ringing the changes on it all day until his parents got angry at him./ * /A smart girl saves money on clothes by learning to ring the changes on a few dresses and clothes./