Словарь американских идиом (8000 единиц)
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[rough diamond] See: DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH.
[roughhouse] <n.> Riotous play or commotion. * /? told the boys they can play in the attic if there is no roughhouse./
[roughhouse] <v.> To play very wildly; be running around as young boys usually do. * /"Stop roughhousing this minute," Grandma cried. "Your father will be home soon."/
[rough it] <v. phr.> To live like primitive people; live with little of the comfort and equipment of civilization. * /Scouts like to rough it in the woods on weekend hikes./
[roughneck] <n.> A low, coarse fellow. * /The only boys in the neighborhood are a bunch of roughnecks, and Mrs. Smith is unhappy about the fact that her son is rapidly becoming one of them./
[rough-shod] See: RIDE ROUGH-SHOD OVER.
[rough sledding] See: HARD SLEDDING.
[rough up] <v.> To attack or hurt physically; treat roughly; beat. * /Three boys were sent home for a week because they roughed up a player on the visiting team./ * /While Pete was walking in a strange part of town some boys roughed him up and told him to stay out of their territory./
[roughly speaking] <adv. phr.> Approximately; in general terms. * /Roughly speaking, about 250 people attended the annual convention of the Dictionary Society of America./
[roulette] See: RUSSIAN ROULETTE.
[round] See: BRING AROUND or BRING ROUND, COME ROUND, GO THE ROUNDS, MAKE ROUNDS, SQUARE PEG IN A ROUND HOLE, YEAR-ROUND.
[round-eyed] or [wide-eyed] also [large-eyed] <adj.> Very much surprised; astonished; awed. * /The people were round-eyed when they learned what the computer could do./ * /The children were wide-eyed at the sight of the Christmas tree and didn't make a sound./
[round off] <v.> 1. To make round or curved. * /John decided to round off the corners of the table he was making so that no one would be hurt by bumping them./ 2. To change to the nearest whole number. * /The teacher said to round off the averages./ 3. To end in a satisfactory way; put a finishing touch on; finish nicely. * /We rounded off the dinner with mixed nuts./ * /A boat ride in the moonlight rounded off the day at the lake./ Compare: TOP OFF.
[round out] <v. phr.> To complete; make whole. * /He needs only one or two more rare compact discs to round out his collection of Vivaldi./
[round robin] <n. phr.> 1. Something written, especially a request or protest that is signed by a group of people.
– Often used like an adjective. * /The people in our neighborhood are sending a round robin to the Air Force to protest the noise the jet planes make flying over our houses./ 2. A letter written by a group of people each writing one or two paragraphs and then sending the letter to another person, who adds a paragraph, and so on. * /The class sent a round-robin letter to Bill in the hospital./ 3. A meeting in which each one in a group of people takes part; a talk between various members of a group.
– Often used like an adjective. * /There is a round-robin meeting of expert fishermen on the radio, giving advice on how to catch fish./ 4. A contest or games in which each player or team plays every other player or team in turn.
– Often used like an adjective. * /The tournament will be a round robin for all the high school teams in the city./
[rounds] See: GO THE ROUNDS.
[round the clock] See: AROUND THE CLOCK.
[round trip] <n.> A return trip; passage to a place and back. * /The ticket agent explained that a ticket for a round trip to Hawaii at certain times of the year may cost less than a one-way ticket during the high season./
[roundup] <n.> A muster; an inspection; a gathering together. * /The farmer and his son decided to hold a major roundup of all their cattle to see that none had been stolen by the bandits./ * /The police roundup of all suspected drug dealers took place early in the morning./
[round up] <v.> 1. To bring together (cattle or horses). * /Cowboys round up their cattle in the springtime to brand the new calves./ 2. <informal> To collect; gather. * /Dave rounded up many names for his petition./
[row] See: HARD ROW TO HOE or TOUGH ROW TO HOE, HOE ONE'S OWN ROW, SKID ROW.
[royal road] <n. phr.> A quick means of accomplishment; an easy path. * /There is no royal road to learning in order to obtain a university degree./
[rubdown] <n.> A massage. * /The chiropractor gave his patient a powerful rubdown./
[rub-a-dub] <n.> The sound made by beating a drum. * /We heard a great rub-a-dub as the parade marched into view./
[rubber check] <n.>, <informal> A check written without enough money in the bank to make it good. * /Bill got into trouble when he paid his bills with rubber checks./ * /By the time we knew he had paid us with a rubber check, the man had left the state./ * /The rubber check bounced./
[rub down] <v. phr.> 1. To dry the body of (an animal or person) by rubbing. * /Stablemen rub down a horse after a race./ 2. To rub and press with the fingers on the body of (a person) to loosen muscles or prevent stiffness; massage. * /Trainers rub down an athlete after hard exercise./
[rub elbows] also [rub shoulders] <v. phr.> To be in the same place (with others); meet and mix. * /City people and country people, old and young, rub elbows at the horse show./ * /On a visit to the United Nations Building in New York, you may rub elbows with people from faraway lands./
[rub it in] <v. phr.>, <slang> To remind a person again and again of an error or short-coming; tease; nag. * /Jerry was already unhappy because he fumbled the ball, but his teammates kept rubbing it in./ * /I know my black eye looks funny. You don't need to rub it in./
[rub off] <v.> 1. To remove or be removed by rubbing; erase. * /The teacher rubs the problem off the chalkboard./ * /After Ann shook hands with the president, she would not shake hands with anyone else because she thought that the good luck would rub off./ 2. To stick to something touched; come off. * /Don't touch that charcoal, it will rub off./ * /Mary's dress touched the door that Father was painting, and some paint rubbed off on her dress./ 3. To pass to someone near as if by touching. * /Jimmy is very lucky; I wish some of his luck would rub off on me./