Bog'liq Азизова ф.с. Англо - узбекско - русский фразеологический словарь
have seen the lions
have smth in common (with smb)
he begins to die that quits his desires he is as limp as a rag
he will never set the Thames on fire
hit the big spot hold your horse
home counties
hot dog how come? hunt the wrong hare
if/when in doubt in (less than) no time in advance
in Black and white, put down in black and white
in detail
in Dutch (with smb)
in general in grain
in less than a pigs whisper in Queer Street in the course of time
in the dark (about smth)
in the flower of life in the green tree
in the pink in the same street with smb
in/within the space of time
indian summer
irish mantle iron horse
is not all roses
it is a gone goose with somebody it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than
Jerusalem artichoke
John Bull
just the same
keep (redeem) one’s promise
keep a dog and bark oneself keep an eye on smb/smth keep body and soul together
keep one’s temper keep one’s word keep quiet about smth or keep smth quiet keep smb company keep the wolf from the door keep your eyes open (for smth) keep/stay in touch (with smb)
Kilkenny cats
knee-high to a duck know black from white lame duck land shark lay up in lavender lazy dog
let fly at
let loose the dogs of war
let me see
let smth. drop/rest
let smth/smb go or let go smth/smb let that flea stick in the wall let the cat out of the bag life is not a bed of roses
like a bat out of hell
like a bee in a bottle like a bull at a gate
like a drowned mouse
like a dying duck in a thunderstorm like a hen on a hot girdle like a rat in a hole
like geese on a common lion in the path
little by little live in the street loan shark lombard Street
lombard Street to a China orange
London particular look a gift horse in the mouth look like a million dollars/bucks lose face lose one’s goat lose one’s temper (with smb) lose one’s way lost sheep lounge lizard lucky dog make a date (with smb)
make a lion of somebody
make a mess of smth
make a monkey of oneself make a move make a note of smth make a pig of oneself
make advance (to smb)
make an appearance
make an ass of oneself
make believe make conversation
make ducks and drakes
make fun of smb/smth
make progress/headway
make sure make the /all effort (to do smth)
make time
make two bites of a cherry make up one’s mind mandarin sleeve
mean business milk cow
milk the street mind your own business or none of your business
mistress of the Adriatic mother Carrey’s chicken
name the day neptune’s sheep never mind New York finest night owl nightingales will not sing in a cage
no doubt
no room to swing a cat
not for anything in the world or not for the world not so black as he is painted not the clean potato
of no account
of small/little account off duty off one’s own bat old cat old dragon
old fox old Merry England old whale old wives’ tale on behalf (of smb) on duty on easy street on foots horse
on no account on shankes mare (pony)
on the fly on the streets
on time
once in a blue moon
one wouldn’t hurt a fly
one’s ewe lamb
one’s monkey is up out of the blues out of work
outside of a horse owl car pay attention (to smb/smth) peacock in his pride
peanut politician
pigeon’s milk
pipe dream play a joke on smb
play for a dead horse play horse
play into smb’s hands
play the bear play the bear with play the fox play the monkey play the peacock play with fire
pluck a pigeon
poor snake printer’s flower prove that black is white and white is black publicity hound pull a good oar; pull one’s weight
pull dog, pull cat
put a bug in somebody’s ear put on a white sheet; white sheet put on dog
put on/gain weight put smb in the picture put smb/smth to the test put smth in a nutshell
put the bee on smb put up one’s horse together
quake like an aspen leaf
quite the potato
raise snake rats desert a sinking ship
reach smb’s ears read smth from cover to cover
red blood red cent red coat
red cock will crow in his house red hat
red ink red lane
red liquor red meat
red rag to a bull
red ribbon
red sea (of blood, of wine)
red shanks red tab red–letter day
redound to ones credit
ride a cockhorse
ride a horse that was foaled of an acorn
ride before the hound ride shankes’s mare ride the black donkey
ring the bell rise to the fly rock the boat
Roman peace
sacred cow
sad dog safety Island save face say a few words
scotch the snake, not kill it
sea dog sell you ass
send smb. away with a flea in his ear
separate the sheep from the goat set cock on hoop shake the pagoda tree
shake the plum tree
sheep that haven’t shepherd
shoe a goose
shoot at a pigeon and kill a crow shoot the Bull
show (sea) the lions show the elephant singed cat sleep a dog-sleep sling the bat slush (yellow-dog) fund sly dog
small deer
small potato smell a rat
smithfield bargain snake in the grass
so far speak badly/ill of smb
speak of the devil
speak well/highly of smb
spoil the Egyptians
spotted dog spring up like a mushroom; grow up like mushroom
sprinkle the flowers
squeezed (sucked) orange start a hare start another hare
stay put
stay until the last dog is hung
step by step stick pigs
stool pigeon stormy petrel
strawberry leaves suck the monkey
sunday best sure enough sure thing surly-dog swear black is white take a fancy to smb take a picture take it in turns or take turns
take note of smth
take one’s mind off smth
take place
take smth into account
take the bear by the tooth take the chance
take the weight off one’s mind talk (say) turkey
talk a dog’s (donkey’s, horse’s) hind leg off talk horse
talk the bark off a tree talk to smb like a Dutch Uncle teach a pig to play on a flute
tell the world
that does it
that’s my pigeon the answers lemon
the apple of disorder
the apple of one’s eye the apple of Sodom
the Red Book
the biggest frog in the pond
the Black book
the Black Book of the Admiralty the Black Book of the Exchequer the Black Code the black Country the Black Death the black dog is on his back
the black man the Black Maria the black ox has trod on smb’s foot the Black Prince
the Blue and Gray
the blue blanket
the blue devil the Blue Grass State the Blue Law State the blue of the plum the Blue Peter the blue sky law
the boys (men) in blue the cat did it
the cat’s pajams (whiskers) the curse of Scotland the dаck blues the flower of the flock
the flowers of speech the garden of England
the garden of the west
the grain of mustard seed
the grapes are sour the gray mare is the better horse