Idioms Flashcards

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1
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Когда рак на горе свистнет

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When pigs fly

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2
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Спокойный как огурчик

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As cool as a cucumber

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3
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Свет горит,а дома никого нет не особо умный человек

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The lights are on but nobody’s home

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4
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Твой язык что кошка украла

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Has cat got your tongue

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5
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Диванный картофель

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Couch potato

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6
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Витать в облаках

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Have head in the clouds

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7
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Душа в пятки ушла

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Have heart in one’s mouth

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8
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Шевели мозгами

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Use your loaf

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9
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Чувствую запах крысы

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Smell a rat

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10
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Яблоку негде упасть

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No room to swing a cat

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11
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Как зеницу ока

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The apple of one’s eye

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12
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To earn a salary

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Bring home the bacon

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13
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Подлизываться

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Butter someone up

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14
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To be embarrassed

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Have egg on one’s face

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15
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Go crazy,go insane

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Go bananas

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16
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To tell a secret/the truth

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Spill the beans

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17
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Joyful,all fun,easy and pleasant

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All beer and skittles

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18
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Крепкий орешек

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A hard nut to crack

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19
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Крепкий орешек

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Tough cookie

Our teacher was a little woman,but she was one tough cookie

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20
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Больная тема

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Hot potato

21
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Something more important

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Have bigger fish to fry

I can’t help you right now-I have a bigger fish to fry

22
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To be in a difficult situation

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Be in a pretty/right pickle

23
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Pay attention to what’s going on around you

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Smell the coffee

24
Q

Вот и дело с концом/на сегодня достаточно

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Let’s call it a day

25
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Большая шишка

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A fat cat
Big cheese

26
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Что-то дорогое,но бесполезное

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White elephant

27
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Льет как из ведра

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Raining cats and dogs

28
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Выглядеть очень превосходно

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to look like a million dollars

29
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Оказать особый прием важному гостю

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Roll out the red carpet

30
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Иметь глаза на затылке

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To have eyes in the back of the head

31
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Очень тихий
Незаметный

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To be as quiet as a mouse

32
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Кто рано встает тому бог подает

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The early bird catches the worm

33
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Есть очень мало
Есть очень много

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To eat like a bird
To eat like a a horse

34
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Убить двух зайцев одним выстрелом

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To kill two birds with one stone

35
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Без труда не выловишь и рыбку из пруда

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A cat in gloves catches no mice

36
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Проболтаться

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To let the cat out of the bag

37
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To live an extravagant life

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To live like fighting cocks

38
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Don’t depend on something because it main not(2

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Never count your chicken before they are hatched

Don’t cross the bridges before you come to them

39
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Don’t invest all your efforts or attention in just one thing

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Don’t pull all your eggs in one basket

40
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Никогда не суди книгу по обложке

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Never judge the book by its cover

41
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Даренному коню в рот не смотри
От добра добра не ищут

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Never look a gift horse in the mouth

42
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People who take advantage of someone else’s absence to behave more freely

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Cannot away,the mice will pay

43
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Насильно мил не будешь

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You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink

44
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One positive sign does not mean that all will be well
Too many problems

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One swallow doesn’t make a summer

45
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Дыма без огня не бывает

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Where there’s,there’s fire

46
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Don’t criticise others’ faults if you suffer from them yourself

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People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones

47
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Too many people interfering is a bad way of doing things

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Too many cooks spoil the broth

48
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A lot of people helping makes job easier

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Many hands make light work

49
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You are first to do or say/do something

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Break the ice