in the doghouse

[snow under] {v.} 1. To cover over with snow. * /The doghouse was snowed under during the blizzard./ 2. {informal} To give so much of something that it cannot be […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

on the ball

[on the ball] {adj. phr.}, {informal} 1. Paying attention and doing things well. - Used after "is" or "get". * /Ben is really on the ball in school./ * /The […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

ball up

[ball up] {v.}, {slang} To make a mess of; confuse. * /Don't ball me up./ * /Hal balled up the business with his errors./ - Often used in the passive. […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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в самый раз

[в самый раз] {adv. phr.} [v `samyij `raz] 1. Suitably, properly. * / The jacket suites me properly. - Эта […]

pass

[pass] See: [BRING TO PASS], [COME TO PASS], [FORWARD PASS], [JUMP PASS], [SCREEN PASS].

Spanish proverb

How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then to rest afterward.

beat one's brains out

[beat one's brains out] or [beat one's brains] {v. phr.}, {slang} To try very hard to understand or think out something […]