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101 head over heels
1) (completely: He fell head over heels in love.) éperdument2) (turning over completely; headfirst: He fell head over heels into a pond.) cul par-dessus tête -
102 head over heels
1) (completely: He fell head over heels in love.) perdidamente2) (turning over completely; headfirst: He fell head over heels into a pond.) de cabeça -
103 high heels
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104 dig in one's heels
(тж. dig one's heels in)paзг.peшитeльнo вocпpoтивитьcя, дaть peшитeльный oтпop; зaупpямитьcя, зaapтaчитьcя When the parents told the headmaster they had decided to send their daughter to another school and demanded a refund of the fees, he dug his heels in and refused point blank -
105 not know if (or whether) one is on one's head or one's heels
paзг.pacтepятьcя, нe знaть, чтo cдeлaть или cкaзaтьHe can wangle figures until the best chartered accountant in the country wouldn't know if he was on his head or his heels (A. Christie). Mangan... let me alone. I don't know whether I'm on my head or my heels when you all start on me like this (C. B. Shaw)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > not know if (or whether) one is on one's head or one's heels
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106 stick in one's heels
(тж. stick one's heels in)paзг.peшитeльнo вocпpoтивитьcя; зaнять peшитeльную пoзицию, зaупpямитьcя, зaapтaчитьcяI ask him every day to get me a newspaper, but it's one of those things where he sticks his heels in (J. Fowles) stick in one's gizzard (или throat) paзг. cтaть пoпepёк гopлa, зacтpять в гopлe, пpeтить, пpиxoдитьcя нe пo вкуcу кoму-л. But this notion has long stuck in my gizzard (W. S. Maugham). The General....She knows that her name sticks in my throat (G. B. Shaw) -
107 clap by the heels
clap by the heels арестовать, посадить в тюрьму -
108 lay by the heels
lay by the heels арестовать, посадить в тюрьму -
109 out at heels
out at heels а) с продранными пятками б) бедно одетый; нуждающийся, бедный -
110 take to one's heels
take to one's heels удрать, пуститься наутёк -
111 dig (one's) heels in
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112 dig heels in
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113 fast on the heels
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114 wear out the heels (soles, etc.)
Одежда: снашивать набойки (подмётки и т.д., напр. I wear out the heels very quickly)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > wear out the heels (soles, etc.)
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115 cool one's heels
амер. идиом.остытьумереть пылдожидаться напрасностоять в ожидании|| I'm going to let you cool your heels in jail until the chief gets back.
Англо-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > cool one's heels
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116 hot off the heels
идиом.только что (произошедшее)Hot off the heels of possibly the greatest military victory in history,... — Только что одержав, может быть, величайшую военную победу в истории...
Англо-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > hot off the heels
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117 kick one's heels
брит. идиом.остытьумереть пылдожидаться напрасностоять в ожидании|| The restless boy kicked his heels against the chair legs.
Англо-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > kick one's heels
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118 wear out the heels
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119 to take to one's heels
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120 be on s.o.'s heels
be on s.o.'s heelsexpr.• pisarle los talones a alguien expr.
См. также в других словарях:
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heels o'er gowdy — (Scot) or heels over head (archaic) Upside down • • • Main Entry: ↑heel … Useful english dictionary
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heels over head — adverb in disorderly haste we ran head over heels toward the shelter • Syn: ↑head over heels, ↑topsy turvy, ↑topsy turvily, ↑in great confusion * * * adverb archaic : head over heels … Useful english dictionary
heels over head — See: HEAD OVER HEELS … Dictionary of American idioms
heels over head — See: HEAD OVER HEELS … Dictionary of American idioms
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HEELS — … Useful english dictionary
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heels, show a clean pair of — Run away quickly … A concise dictionary of English slang