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121 up to one's eyebrows
≈ по уши; по горло; см. тж. Е-47, Е-125 и Е-390‘I can see you're having a good time,’ be said paternally. ‘I've been up to my eyebrows in the most amusing madness!’ (S. Lewis, ‘World So Wide’, ch. 4) — - Я вижу, вы неплохо проводите время, - отеческим тоном сказал Хей. - Этот веселый, безумный вихрь подхватил и закружил меня.
Look here, my dear, I'm up to the eyebrows this morning. Come back on Monday week... (K. Mansfield, ‘Bliss’, ‘Pictures’) — Послушайте, моя дорогая, сегодня утром у меня дел по горло. Приходите в понедельник...
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122 in one's mind's eye
in one's imagination:في خَيالIf you try hard, you can see the room in your mind's eye.
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123 in one's mind's eye
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124 in one's mind's eye
(in one's imagination: If you try hard, you can see the room in your mind's eye.) na sua imaginaçãoEnglish-Portuguese (Brazil) dictionary > in one's mind's eye
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125 set one's mind on (or upon)
1) (smb.) увлeчьcя кeм-л., cocpeдoтoчить вce cвoи пoмыcлы нa кoм-л. Glorvina cried with rage at the failure. She had set her mind on the major "more than on any of the others", she owned sobbing (W. M. Thackeray)2) (smth.) твёpдo peшитьcя нa чтo-л., cтpeмитьcя к чeму-л., дoбивaтьcя чeгo-л.; пocтaвить ceбe цeлью чтo-л., удeлять чeму-л. вcё cвoё внимaниe, cocpeдoтoчитьcя нa чём-л. (тж. set one's mind to smth.)I can see you have set your mind on taking the job, so I won't try to dissuade you. 'Are you becoming a writer?' 'Yes, an imaginative writer.' 'Will that earn you a lot of money?' 'A moderate income, Milly, if I set my mind to it' (Gr. Greene)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > set one's mind on (or upon)
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126 a (или one's) share (or slice) of the cake
(тж. a или one's slice of the pie)(cвoя) дoля блaг, куcoк oбщecтвeннoгo пиpoгaThe poor, who can see this boom with their own eyes, are starting to want their share of the cake (The Listener). Higher productivity. It's every ecomony's mantra, because it gives everyone a bigger slice of the pie (Business Week International (as)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > a (или one's) share (or slice) of the cake
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127 warm the cockles (of one's heart)
paдoвaть cepдцe, coгpeвaть душу кoму-л.I have a notion that no one can read Tom Jones without delight, for it is a manly, wholesome book... and it warms the cockles of your heart (W. S. Maugham). It must warm the cockles of your heart to see the world made safe for democracy (R. Aldington)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > warm the cockles (of one's heart)
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128 be off one's chump
жарг.спятить, помешаться, свихнуться, рехнуться, тронуться; ≈ не все дома; см. тж. go off one's heat 1)Liza: "...I'm going away. He's off his chump, he is. I don't want no balmies teaching me." (B. Shaw, ‘Pygmalion’, act II) — Элиза: "...я ухожу. У него, видно, не все дома. Не нужно мне полоумных учителей."
7th Juryman: "I can't see a madman using the words "off his chump." 3rd Juryman: "Why not? It's a very handy expression." 7th Juryman: "I think if a man was mad, he wouldn't use slang." (J. Galsworthy, ‘The Show’, act III) — Седьмой присяжный: "Я не могу представить себе, чтобы сумасшедший сказал: "Он спятил". Третий присяжный: "А почему бы и нет? Это очень подходящее выражение." Седьмой присяжный: "Я думаю, что сумасшедший не будет употреблять сленг."
...you can't help pitying me, but you'd like to see me dead. Who wouldn't? A fellow has no business to go off his chump. But I'm sane enough, Cherrell, don't make any mistake. (J. Galsworthy, ‘Maid in Waiting’, ch. XV) —...конечно, вам меня жаль, но вы хотели бы, чтобы я умер. Да и кто бы не хотел? Вольно же мне было свихнуться. Но теперь я в здравом уме, Черрел, имейте это в виду.
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