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101 avoid someone or something like the plague
избегать как чумыI don’t like opera. I avoid it like the plague.English-Russian small dictionary of idioms > avoid someone or something like the plague
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102 back someone or something up
English-Russian small dictionary of idioms > back someone or something up
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103 bad-mouth someone or something
ругать, проклинатьMr. Smith was always badmouthing Mrs. Smith. They didn’t get along.English-Russian small dictionary of idioms > bad-mouth someone or something
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104 bail someone or something out
поручиться, выкупить кого-либоJohn was in jail. I had to go down to the police station to bail him out.English-Russian small dictionary of idioms > bail someone or something out
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105 be curtains for someone or something
конец, смерть, банкротствоIf the car hadn’t swerved, it would have been curtains for the pedestriansEnglish-Russian small dictionary of idioms > be curtains for someone or something
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106 bear with someone or something
быть терпеливымPlease bear with my old car. It’ll get us there sooner or later.English-Russian small dictionary of idioms > bear with someone or something
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107 blow someone or something to smithereens
разнести в клочьяThe bomb blew the ancient church to smithereens.English-Russian small dictionary of idioms > blow someone or something to smithereens
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108 break someone or something up
разсмешить; завершить; разбитьJohn told a joke that really broke Mary up.English-Russian small dictionary of idioms > break someone or something up
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109 bring something home to someone
осознатьSeeing the starving refugees on television really brings home the tragedy of their situation.English-Russian small dictionary of idioms > bring something home to someone
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110 burn someone or something to a crisp
English-Russian small dictionary of idioms > burn someone or something to a crisp
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111 butt in (on someone or something)
перебивать кого-то, прерывать что-тоPardon me for butting in on your conversation, but this is important.English-Russian small dictionary of idioms > butt in (on someone or something)
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112 butt in (on someone or something)
перебивать кого-то, прерывать что-тоPardon me for butting in on your conversation, but this is important.English-Russian small dictionary of idioms > butt in (on someone or something)
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113 can’t make heads or tails (out) of someone or something
Can’t make heads or tails (out) of someone or somethingне понимать что-либо, не разобратьDo this report again. I can’t make heads or tails out of it.English-Russian small dictionary of idioms > can’t make heads or tails (out) of someone or something
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114 can’t make heads or tails (out) of someone or something
Can’t make heads or tails (out) of someone or somethingне понимать что-либо, не разобратьDo this report again. I can’t make heads or tails out of it.English-Russian small dictionary of idioms > can’t make heads or tails (out) of someone or something
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115 chisel someone out of something
обманывать кого-то, чтобы завладеть деньгами или имуществомThe company tried to chisel the government out of taxes it owed.English-Russian small dictionary of idioms > chisel someone out of something
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116 clue someone in (on something)
English-Russian small dictionary of idioms > clue someone in (on something)
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117 clue someone in (on something)
English-Russian small dictionary of idioms > clue someone in (on something)
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118 come to terms with someone or something
договоритьсяI finally came to terms with my lawyer about his fee.English-Russian small dictionary of idioms > come to terms with someone or something
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119 con someone out of something
выманить что-либо ценноеDave conned me out of my autographed baseball.English-Russian small dictionary of idioms > con someone out of something
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120 could do with someone or something
хотеть, нуждаться в чем-либоThis house could do with some cleaning up.English-Russian small dictionary of idioms > could do with someone or something
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