sailor collar

[hot under the collar] {adj. phr.}, {informal} Angry. * /Mary gets hot under the collar if you joke about women drivers./ * /Tom got hot under the collar when his […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Roman collar

[Roman collar] {n.} The high, plain, white collar worn by priests and clergymen. * /The man with the Roman collar is the new Episcopalian preacher./ * /Many Protestant churches do […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

blue collar worker

[blue collar worker] {n. phr.} A manual laborer who is probably a labor union member. * /Because Jack's father is a blue collar worker, Jack was so anxious to become […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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Ray Cvikota, Chicago Tribune

(1977) The rat race isn't so bad if you're a big cheese.

высасывать из пальца

[высасывать из пальца] {v. phr.} {literally} To suck something out of one's finger. ~ to make (d) up out of […]

pass for

[pass for] {v. phr.} To be taken for; be considered as. * /Charles speaks Arabic so fluently that he could easily pass for […]

put on paper

[put on paper] See: [BLACK AND WHITE].