Outer Cir Flashcards

1
Q

To make a right pig’s ear of sth

A

Взяться за что-то и все испортить

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2
Q

I’m going to get a tiddley wink of pig’s ear

A

Собираюсь пропустить по пинте (Cockney)

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3
Q

To have kittens

A

Быть очень расстроенным и напряжённым, почти в панике

На душе кошки скребут

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4
Q

Dog’s breakfast

A

Беспорядок

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5
Q

To dress up like a dog’s dinner

A

To dress up overly formal and pompous / superfluously supercilious

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6
Q

Stag night/party (m)

Hen night/party (f)

A

Bachelor party

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7
Q

To do sth like a rat up a drainpipe

A

Делать в спешке (обычно о движении)

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8
Q

To throw a cat among the pigeons

A

Внести хаос в толпу

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9
Q

He is seeing a man about a dog

A

Он ушёл и не хотел говорить куда

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10
Q

To be as mad as a March hare

A

Бесшумный как мартовский заяц

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