Словарь американских идиом (8000 единиц)
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[stash bag] or [stuff bag] <n.>, <slang>, <informal> 1. A small bag containing marijuana cigarettes or the ingredients for making them. * /The police are holding John because they found a stash bag full of the stuff on him./ 2. Any small bag resembling a stash bag used for small personal items such as lipstick, driver's license, etc. * /Do you have any room for my keys in your stash bag?/
[state] See: LIE IN STATE.
[state-of-the-art] <adj. phr.> The best and - the latest any field of research can offer; modem; the latest; the most advanced. * /State-of-the-art personal computers may cost a little more than older models, but may be worth the cost for those who need them./ Compare: UP TO DATE.
[status symbol] <v. phr.> Signs of wealth and prestige. * /A new yacht or airplane might be a status symbol to a bank manager./
[stead] See: STAND IN GOOD STEAD.
[stave off] <v.>, <literary> To keep from touching or hurting you. Syn.: WARD OFF. * /The white knight struck with his sword. The black knight staved it off with his own sword./ * /Bill's warm new coal staved off the cold./ * /They staved off starvation by eating two of the sled dogs./
[stay in] <v. phr.> To remain at home. * /The weather was so bad that we decided to stay in all day./
[stay out] <v. phr.> To stay away from home. * /Her father was very upset because Mary stayed out until 3 A.M. last night./
[stay put] <v. phr.> To stay in place; not leave. * /Harry's father told him to stay put until he came back./ * /The rocks can be glued to the bulletin board to make them stay put./ * /After Grandmother came home from her trip to visit Aunt May, she said she wanted to stay put for a while./
[stay up late] <v. phr.> To not go to bed until very late. * /Peter has to stay up late these days as he is preparing for his comprehensive exams./ See: BURN THE MIDNIGHT OIL.
[stay with] See: STICK WITH.
[steady] See: GO STEADY.
[steak] See: SALISBURY STEAK, T-BONE STEAK.
[steal] See: LOCK THE BARN DOOR AFTER THE HORSE IS STOLEN.
[steal a march on] <v. phr.> To get ahead of someone by doing a thing unnoticed; get an advantage over. * /The army stole a march on the enemy by marching at night and attacking them in the morning./ * /Jack got the job by getting up earlier than Bill. He stole a march on him./ Compare: GET THE JUMP ON, GET THE BETTER OF, TAKE BY SURPRISE.
[steal away] See: SLIP AWAY.
[steal one's thunder] <v. phr.> To do or say something, intentionally or not, that another person has planned to say or do. * /Fred intended to nominate Bill for president, but John got up first and stole Fred's thunder./ * /Mary was going to sing "Oh! Susanna," but Ellen did it first and Mary said Ellen had stolen her thunder./ * /Smith heard that Jones was going to offer a new law which people wanted, so he himself proposed the law first, stealing Jones' thunder./
[steal the show] <v. phr.> To act or do so well in a performance that you get most of the attention and the other performers are unnoticed. * /Mary was in only one scene of the play, but she stole the show from the stars./
[steal the spotlight] <v. phr.> To attract attention away from a person or thing that people should be watching. * /When the maid walked on the stage and tripped over a rug, she stole the spotlight from the leading players./ * /Just as the speaker began, a little dog ran up the aisle, and stole the spotlight from him./
[steal up on] <v. phr.> To stealthily approach one; sneak up on someone. * /The thief stole up on his victim, snatched her purse, and ran away./
[steam] See: LET OFF STEAM or BLOW OFF STEAM, UNDER ONE'S OWN STEAM.
[steamed up] <adj.>, <informal> Excited or angry about or eager to do something. * /The coach gave the team a pep talk before the game, and he got them all steamed up to win the game./ * /When Mary found out that Jane had not kept their secret, she became all steamed up./ * /Bill was all steamed up about the movie he had just seen./
[steel] See: MIND LIKE A STEEL TRAP.
[steer clear of] <v.> 1. To steer a safe distance from; go around without touching. * /A ship steers clear of a rocky shore in stormy weather./ 2. <informal> To stay away from; keep from going near. * /Fred was angry at Bill, and Bill was steering clear of him./ * /Some words Martha always spells wrong. She tries to steer clear of them./
[stem the tide] <v. phr.> To resist; hold back something of great pressure or strength. * /The way to stem the tide of juvenile delinquency is to strengthen education and to pass a stiff gun control law./
[step] See: IN STEP, OUT OF STEP, TAKE STEPS.
[step all over] See: WALK OVER.
[step down] <v.> 1. To come down in one move from a higher position to a lower. * /As soon as the train stopped, the conductor stepped down to help the passengers off./ 2. To make go slower little by little. * /The train was approaching the station, so the engineer stepped it down./ Compare: SLOW DOWN, STEP UP. 3. To leave a job as an official or some other important position. * /When the judge became ill, he had to step down./
[step in] <v.> 1. To go inside for a quick visit. * /It was a cold night, and when the policeman passed, we invited him to step in for a cup of coffee./ 2. To begin to take part in a continuing action or discussion, especially without being asked. * /When the dogs began to fight, John stepped in to stop it before they were hurt./ * /When Bill had done as much as he was able to on his model plane, his father stepped in to help him./
[step inside] <v.> To come or go inside. * /Mother invited the callers to step inside./