Идиомы с трактовкой и синонимами - Перевод - Пример
quite a bit of - much, a lot of - много - I had quite a bit of trouble with that car.
quite a few - many, a lot of - много - He wrote quite a few good stories.
rack one's brain - try hard to think - напрячь мозги - He racked his brain to solve the puzzle.
read between the lines - find or understand the implied meaning - читать между строк - His books are not easy to understand; you have to read between the lines.
remember me to - say hello to - передать привет от - Please remember me to your family.
right away - immediately - сразу же, немедленно - It' very important to do it right away.
ring a bell - remind someone of something familiar /half-forgotten - напоминает что-то знакомое - Annabel Lee?
Yeah, it rings a bell, but I can't place it right now.
rock the boat - make the situation unstable - раскачивать лодку, вести к нестабильности - Peter always rocks
the boat when we discuss company's spending policy.
rub shoulders with - meet with - близко общаться с - He doesn't rub shoulders with the rich.
rub someone the wrong way - irritate, annoy, make angry - раздражать, злить кого-то - His remarks rub many
coworkers the wrong way.
run into - meet by chance - случайно встретить - I ran into an old friend yesterday.
save face - try to change the negative impression produced - спасать репутацию - He said a stupid thing and
tried to save face by saying he misunderstood me.
save one's breath - stop useless talk - не трать слова попусту - There's no use talking to him about his
spending habits, so save your breath.
scratch the surface - study something superficially - изучать поверхностно - He examines all the facts closely,
he doesn't just scratch the surface.
see about - make arrangements for - позаботиться о чем-то - I have to see about our plane tickets.
see eye to eye - agree - сходиться в мнении - We don't see eye to eye any longer.
serve someone right - get what someone deserves - поделом - It serves him right that he didn't get this job, he
despised all other candidates.
serve one's purpose - be useful to someone for his purpose - отвечать цели - I doubt that hiring this man will
serve your purpose.
show promise - be promising - подавать надежды - This young actor shows promise.
show up - appear - появиться - I waited for hours but he didn't show up.
size up - evaluate someone - оценить, составить мнение - It took me 5 minutes to size up that man.
sleep on it - postpone a decision till next morning - отложить решение до следующего утра - Don't decide now,
sleep on it.
a slip of the tongue - a mistake - обмолвка (ошибка) - It was just a slip of the tongue!
slip (from) one's mind - forget - забыть - It slipped my mind what she asked me.
smell a rat - suspect something - подозревать недоброе - I'm not sure what it is, but I smell a rat.
so far - up to now - до сих пор, пока - So far, I have read 3 books by King.
so much the better - it's even better - еще лучше - If he can pay cash, so much the better.
spill the beans - tell a secret - проболтаться - Who spilled the beans about our plan?
stand a chance - have a chance - нет шансов - He doesn't stand a chance of getting it.
stand out - be noticeable - выделяться - He stands out in any group of people.
stand to reason - be logical - логично, что - It stands to reason that he apologized.
straight from the shoulder - speak frankly - честно, откровенно - Don't try to spare my feelings, give it to me
straight from the shoulder.
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