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1 one's head off
adv infmlI was yawning my head off the whole evening — Я весь вечер так зевал, что чуть пасть не порвал
As I picked up myself from the floor I saw a couple of boys laughing their heads off — Когда я поднялся с пола, то увидел двух ребят, хохотавших во все горло
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2 one's head off
разг.без конца, сколько влезет, сколько душе угодно; вовсю, напропалую; как безумный; ужасно, отчаянноYou can talk your heads off about Edward Driffield, but I shall be able to get away when I'm fed up with you. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Cakes and Ale’, ch. XI) — Вы можете до одурения говорить об Эдуарде Дриффилде, но я лично уйду, когда разговор этот мне надоест.
He tells me - say, you'd laugh your head off. (S. Lewis, ‘Ann Vickers’, ch. XXVI) — Он мне отвечает. Ну, знаете, со смеху лопнуть можно.
Anyway, when he was finished, and everybody was clapping their heads off, old Ernie turned around on his stool and gave this very phony, humble bow. (J. Salinger, ‘The Catcher in the Rye’, ch. XII) — А когда Эрни кончил и все стали хлопать как одержимые, он повернулся на табурете и поклонился этаким деланным, смиренным поклоном.
She made me so nervous, I just kept on lying my head off. ‘I'm still recuperating,’ I told her. (J. Salinger, ‘The Catcher in the Rye’, ch. XIII) — я ужасно нервничал из-за нее. Врал вовсю. Говорил, что еще не совсем поправился.
The phone's been ringing its head off. (D. Cusack and F. James, ‘Come in Spinner’, ‘Wednesday I’) — Телефон звонил беспрерывно.
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