catch some Z's

[catch-as-catch-can] {adj. phr.} Using any means or method; unplanned; free. * /Rip van Winkle seems to have led a catch-as-catch-can life./ * /Politics is rather a catch-as-catch-can business./ Compare: [HIT-OR-MISS]. […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

catch-as-catch-can

[catch-as-catch-can] (1) {adv. phr.} In a free manner; in any way possible; in the best way you can. * /On moving day everything is packed and we eat meals catch-as-catch-can./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

catch

[catch] See: [EARLY BIRD CATCHES THE WORM], [FAIR CATCH], [SHOESTRING CATCH]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

catch some rays

[catch some rays] {v. phr.}, {slang}, {informal} To get tanned while sunbathing. * /Tomorrow I'll go to the beach and try to catch some rays./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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проще пареной репы

[проще пареной репы] {adj. phr.} [`prosh'e `parinoj `repyi] it is as easy as (a) pie - easy, very simple […]

Mary Pettibone Poole

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catch-22

[catch-22] {n.}, {informal} From Joseph Heller's novel "Catch-22", set in World War II. 1. A regulation or situation that is […]

lay low

[lay low] {v.} 1. To knock down; to force into a lying position; to put out of action. * /Many trees were laid low by the […]