Словарь американских идиом: 8000 единиц

Makkai Adam

[get in touch with] See: IN TOUCH.

[get involved with] See: BE INVOLVED WITH.

[get in with]{v. phr.} To join up with; begin to associate with; be accepted by. •/He got in with the wrong gang of boys and wound up in jail./ •/She got in with her father’s firm and made a successful career of it./

[get in wrong]{v. phr.} To incur the anger or dislike of someone; come into disfavor. •/Although he means well, Fred is always getting in wrong with someone at the office./

[get it]{v.} 1. See: CATCH IT. 2. To understand; comprehend; grasp. •/"I can’t get it," John said. "Why do you spend so much on clothes."/

[get it all together]{v. phr.} 1. To be in full possession and control of one’s mental faculties; have a clear purpose well pursued. •/You’ve sure got it all together, haven’t you?/ 2. Retaining one’s self-composure under pressure. •/A few minutes after the burglars left he got it all together and called the police./ 3. To be well built, stacked (said of girls and women.) •/Sue’s sure got it all together, hasn’t she?/

[get it in the neck] See: CATCH IT IN THE NECK.

[get it] or [something in] or [into one’s head]{v. phr.} To become possessed of an idea; develop a fixed idea. •/Jack got it into his head to become a marine and nothing we could say would make him change his mind./

[get lost]{v. phr.}, {slang} Go away! — Used as a command. •/Get lost! I want to study./ •/John told Bert to get lost./ Compare: DROP DEAD.

[get mixed up] See: MIXED UP.

[get next to] See: BE CLOSE TO.

[get off]{v.} 1. To come down from or out of. •/The ladder fell, and Tom couldn’t get off the roof./ •/The bus stopped, the door opened, and Father got off./ 2. To take off. •/Joe’s mother told him to get his wet clothes off./ 3. To get away; leave. •/Mr. Johnson goes fishing whenever he can get off from work./ •/William got off early in the morning./ 4. To go free. •/Mr. Andrews got off with a $5 fine when he was caught passing a stop sign./ 5. To make (something) go. •/The halfback got off a lung pass./ •/John got a letter off to his grandmother./ 6. To tell. •/The governor got off several jokes at the beginning of his speech./

[get off cheap]{v. phr.} 1. To receive a lesser punishment than one deserves. •/Ted could have been sentenced to fifteen years in prison; he got off cheap by receiving a reduced sentence of five years./ 2. To pay less than the normal price. •/If you had your car repaired for only $75, you got off cheap./ Contrast: GET AWAY WITH.

[get off easy]{v. phr.}, {informal} To have only a little trouble; escape something worse. •/The children who missed school to go to the fair got off easy./ •/John got off easy because it was the first time he had taken his father’s car without permission./

[get off it] See: COME OFF IT.

[get off one’s back]{v. phr.}, {slang}, {colloquial} To stop criticizing or nagging someone. •/"Get off my back! Can’t you see how busy I am?"/

[get off one’s case] or [back] or [tail]{v. phr.} To stop bothering and constantly checking up on someone; quit hounding one. •/"Get off my case!" he cried angrily. "You’re worse than the cops."/ Contrast: ON ONE’S CASE.

[get off one’s chest] See: OFF ONE’S CHEST.

[get off one’s tail]{v. phr.}, {slang} To get busy, to start working. •/OK you guys! Get off your tails and get cracking!/

[get off on the wrong foot]{v. phr.} To make a bad start; begin with a mistake. •/Peggy got off on the wrong foot with her new teacher; she chewed gum in class and the teacher didn’t like it./

[get off the ground]{v. phr.}, {informal} To make a successful beginning; get a good start; go ahead; make progress. •/Our plans for a party didn’t get off the ground because no one could come./

[get off the hook] See: OFF THE HOOK.

[get off to a flying] or [running start]{v. phr.} To have a promising or successful beginning. •/Ron got off to a flying start in business school when he got nothing but A’s./

[get on] or [get onto]{v.}, {informal} 1. To speak to (someone) roughly about something he did wrong; blame; scold. •/Mrs. Thompson got on the girls for not keeping their rooms clean./ •/The fans got on the new shortstop after he made several errors./ Syn.: JUMP ON. 2. See: GET ALONG. 3. To grow older. •/Work seems harder these days; I’m getting on, you know./

[get one’s] See: GET WHAT’S COMING TO ONE.

[get one’s back up]{v. phr.}, {informal} To become or make angry or stubborn. •/Fred got his back up when I said he was wrong./ •/Our criticisms of his actions just got his hack up./

[get one’s brains fried]{v. phr.}, {slang}, {also used colloquially} 1. To sit in the sun and sunbathe for an excessive length of time. •/Newcomers to Hawaii should be warned not to sit in the sun too long — they’ll get their brains fried./ 2. To get high on drugs. •/He can’t make a coherent sentence anymore — he’s got his brains fried./