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101 like the cat that got the canary
идиом. амер.довольный (собой) как кот, съевший канарейку|| She looked like a cat that got the canary. She was almost purring with pleasure.
Англо-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > like the cat that got the canary
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102 like the cat that swallowed the canary
идиом. амер.довольный (собой) как кот, съевший канарейку|| She looked like a cat that got the canary. She was almost purring with pleasure.
Англо-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > like the cat that swallowed the canary
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103 to have the (good) grace to do smth.
проявить готовность сделать что-либо (из вежливости, справедливости)He didn't even have the grace to apologize. — Он, наглец, даже не извинился.
I looked at Cordie, still with that woman's brassiere around his neck. He had the good grace to blush. — Я смотрела на Корди. У него на шее всё ещё висел лифчик этой женщины. Надо отдать ему должное, он покраснел.
Англо-русский современный словарь > to have the (good) grace to do smth.
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104 to have the (good) grace to do smth.
проявить готовность сделать что-либо (из вежливости, справедливости)He didn't even have the grace to apologize. — Он, наглец, даже не извинился.
I looked at Cordie, still with that woman's brassiere around his neck. He had the good grace to blush. — Я смотрела на Корди. У него на шее всё ещё висел лифчик этой женщины. Надо отдать ему должное, он покраснел.
Англо-русский современный словарь > to have the (good) grace to do smth.
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105 if the shoe fits, wear it
If the shoe fits, wear itесли вы принимаете замечание на свой счёт, пусть будет так; "на воре шапка горит"Ann was mortally offended by my harmless remark. I looked at her and said that if the shoe fits, wear it.English-Russian small dictionary of idioms > if the shoe fits, wear it
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106 old as the hills
очень старыйI decided not to buy that house because it looked as old as the hills.English-Russian small dictionary of idioms > old as the hills
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107 all over the show
adv infmlThe new dictionary of modern spoken language > all over the show
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108 a blot on the landscape
"клякса на ландшафте", то, что портит картину, мешает наслаждаться красотой природы; ≈ ложка дёгтя в бочке мёда‘Indeed!’ said Alice, a little maliciously. ‘I thought that all artistic people looked on junctions and railway lines as blots on the landscape.’ (B. Shaw, ‘Cashel Byron's Profession’, ch. V) — - Неужели! - сказала Алиса не без ехидства. - А я-то думала, что художественные натуры считают все эти железнодорожные узлы и пути "кляксой на ландшафте"
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109 cost the earth
‘Big grey limousine.’ ‘Expensive?’ ‘Looked as if it had cost the earth.’ (P. G. Wodehouse, ‘Bill the Conqueror’, ch. VII) — - Это был большой серый лимузин. - Дорогой? - Судя по виду, очень.
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110 look on the wine when it is red
подвыпить, хватить лишнего [этим. библ. Proverbs XXIII, 31-32]Charles came home from the birthday party so very merry that we knew he had looked on the wine when it was red. (DEI) — Чарлз вернулся с дня рождения в самом веселом расположении духа. Как видно, принес жертву Бахусу - и немалую.
Large English-Russian phrasebook > look on the wine when it is red
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111 none the less
тeм нe мeнee, вcё жe, вcё-тaки, oднaкoHe looked at her in sullen amazement, but refused, none the less, to be diverted from the issue (A. J. Cronin) -
112 like a cat that's got the cream
идиом. брит.довольный (собой) как кот, съевший сметану|| She looked like a cat that's got the cream. She was almost purring with pleasure.
Англо-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > like a cat that's got the cream
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113 on the skids
Am inf обреченный на провал/гибельTheir business had been on the skids for months; their latest report of big profits looked suspicious.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > on the skids
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114 look the part
expr infmlIf he wasn't actually a thief he certainly looked the part — Даже если бы он и не был вором, то явно на него смахивал
The new dictionary of modern spoken language > look the part
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115 white in the gills
adj infmlHe said he had just seen a ghost and he looked so white in the gills that I almost believed him — Он сказал, что только что видел привидение, и был так бледен, что я был готов поверить ему
The new dictionary of modern spoken language > white in the gills
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116 off the peg
готовый, не сшитый на заказ ( об одежде)He looked at Nigel's suit admiringly, ‘I bet that never come off the peg.’ (D. Cusack and F. James, ‘Come in Spinner’, ‘Wednesday V’) — Спорт с восхищением посмотрел на костюм Найджела: "Даю голову на отсечение, что этот костюм не куплен в магазине готового платья".
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117 crawl under the rock
1) Общая лексика: быть отвратительным (you can go back to whatever rock you crawled from - можешь пойти и дальше сидеть в своей норе, he looked at me like I just crawled out from under a rock - он посмотрел на меня как на жирное омерзительное насе)2) Идиоматическое выражение: прятаться, как мерзкое насекомое -
118 look out the window
Общая лексика: выглянуть в окно (She looked out a living room window a saw a horrific scene.), смотреть в окно -
119 big-eyed, the children looked at the elephant
Макаров: дети во все глаза смотрели на слонаУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > big-eyed, the children looked at the elephant
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120 he has looked for it all over the shop my books are all over the shop -
Общая лексика: мои книги разбросаны в беспорядкеУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > he has looked for it all over the shop my books are all over the shop -
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