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101 like a house on fire
(пoзднee afire)быcтpo и лeгкo; энepгичнo, c энтузиaзмoм [пepвoнaч. aмep.]And I'll bet you'll learn Italian like a house on fire (S. Lewis). 'There is a lesson here somewhere,' said Lincoln, putting down the folder. 'Where I pick the generals and have them here in my own front yard, nothing goes right. But out west, where I don't do much of anything, things go like a house on fire. I shall ponder the moral of this' (G. Vidal). Weeds grow like a house afire. Can't keep even with 'em (A. Christie) -
102 like a giant refreshed
книжн.с новыми силами, полный сил [этим. библ. Prayer Book, Psalms LXXVIII, 66]I was going to tell him about Claude, when the blighter came in in person, looking like a giant refreshed. There's no doubt that Jeeves's pick-me-ups will produce immediate results in anything short of an Egyptian mummy. (P. G. Wodehouse, ‘The Inimitable Jeeves’, ch. XVI) — я только что собрался рассказать Юстасу о Клоде, как этот тип появился собственной персоной, свежий как огурчик. Как видно, перед коктейлями Дживса могла устоять разве что египетская мумия.
After his physical exertions he slept round the clock and woke up feeling like giant refreshed. — После такого физического напряжения он проспал целые сутки и проснулся снова полный сил.
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103 like a clock
пунктуaльнo, тoчнo, кaк чacы, c тoчнocтью чacoвoгo мexaнизмaHe... manages my whole farm like a clock (H. Beecher Stowe). Well, there wasn't anything in the motor which needed fixing. It was running like a clock (E. S. Gardner) -
104 anything
['enɪθɪŋ]1) Общая лексика: в какой-либо мере, в утвердительных предложениях все, всё, никто, ничто (is he anything like his father? - есть у него что-нибудь общее с отцом?), сколько-нибудь, что угодно (в утверд. предл.), что-нибудь (в вопросительных и условных предложениях), мало ли что, что-то, что попало, что придётся, ничего (в отрицательных предложениях) -
105 anything doing
expr interrog infmlI'd like someone to help me. Anything doing? — Я хотел, чтобы кто-нибудь помог мне. Ну что, есть желающие?
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106 anything doing?
разг.как насчёт..?I'd like a lift home in someone's car tonight. Anything doing? (ECI) — Хорошо бы кто-нибудь подвез меня домой в машине. Это возможно?
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107 anything like the like
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109 Anything else you'd like?
На-кась [на-ка, на-кася, накось, накося, на], выкуси!Difficulties of the English language (lexical reference) English-Russian dictionary > Anything else you'd like?
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110 feel like something
expr infml1)You can go if you feel like it — Ты можешь пойти, если тебе так хочется
2) AmEI believe I'm getting well. I feel like getting out of bed — Я думаю, что мне уже лучше, и я смогу встать с постели
I don't feel like going to the party. I have a headache — Я не смогу пойти на вечер. У меня болит голова
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111 I never saw anything like it
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112 she wasn't anything like as pretty as Jill
English-Dutch dictionary > she wasn't anything like as pretty as Jill
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113 go out like a candle in a snuff
(go out like a candle in a snuff (like a snuffed candle или like the snuff of a candle))She was too exhausted to say anything, and the hope that had flickered when he first spoke went out like a snuffed candle. (D. Cusack, ‘Southern Steel’, ch. XVIII) — Она была очень измучена и не могла произнести ни слова. Надежда, которая еще теплилась, когда Артур заговорил с ней, совсем угасла.
They were so dead tired that... they went out like snuffed candles. (J. Wain, ‘Strike the Father Dead’, part V, ‘Jeremy’) — Дети смертельно устали... и сон сморил их мгновенно.
2) умереть; ≈ сгореть как свечаBess dropped off sudden... went out, as they say, like the snuff of the candle. (S. Warren, ‘Ten Thousand a Year’, ch. IX) — Бесс умерла в одночасье... сгорела как свеча.
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114 say what you like
говори, что хочешь!The phrase “say what you like” literally means “feel free to say anything you want”, but in reality it is used, evidence shows, by someone to prevent the other person voicing disagreement.
Англо-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > say what you like
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115 look like thunder
мрачнее тучиShe didn't say anything but she looked like thunder.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > look like thunder
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116 come off like someone
expr AmE infmlIf you can't say anything without coming off like a bubblehead, keep your mouth shut — Ты бы уж лучше молчал, а то как что ни скажешь, так производишь впечатление какого-то придурка
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117 bounce like a ball
If you want anything done, go and ask Jones to do it, he bounces all over the town like a ball. (DEI) — Если хотите добиться чего-либо, обратитесь к Джоунзу. Он ведь день-деньской носится по всему городу как угорелый и всех здесь знает.
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118 lie like a gas-meter
редк.завираться; ≈ врать как сивый меринDon't pay attention to anything he says; he lies like a gas-meter. (DEI) — Не верьте ни одному его слову. Все, что он говорит, вранье.
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119 have you ever seen anything like this?
Общая лексика: где это видано?Универсальный англо-русский словарь > have you ever seen anything like this?
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120 he isn't anything like he used to be
Дипломатический термин: он уже не тотУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > he isn't anything like he used to be
См. также в других словарях:
like anything — 1. Very much 2. With great vigour • • • Main Entry: ↑any * * * like anything spoken phrase very much When she stuck the needle in, it hurt like anything. Thesaurus: v … Useful english dictionary
like anything — {adv. phr.} To an extreme degree. * /He swore like anything when he found out that he hadn t been promoted./ … Dictionary of American idioms
like anything — {adv. phr.} To an extreme degree. * /He swore like anything when he found out that he hadn t been promoted./ … Dictionary of American idioms
like\ anything — adv. phr. To an extreme degree. He swore like anything when he found out that he hadn t been promoted … Словарь американских идиом
like anything — spoken very much When she stuck the needle in, it hurt like anything … English dictionary
like anything — Vigorously. Very much. Expression adding emph. ♣ I laughed like anything … A concise dictionary of English slang
like anything informal, — like anything informal, chiefly Brit. to a great degree. → like … English new terms dictionary
like anything — (Roget s IV) , , modif. Syn. very much, exceedingly, greatly; see much 1 , very … English dictionary for students
like — verb. I should like is normal in BrE and I would like in other varieties, although in practice the contracted form I d like is common, especially in speech. These forms are followed either by a to infinitive (I should like to come too) or by an… … Modern English usage
anything like with negative — at all like. → anything … English new terms dictionary
like — like1 [līk] adj. [ME lik, aphetic for ilik < OE gelic, similar, equal, lit., of the same form or shape, akin to Ger gleich < PGmc * galīka < * ga , prefix of uncert. meaning + * līka, body, (ON līk, Goth leik, OE lic): for IE base see… … English World dictionary