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[six of one and half-a-dozen of the other]  {n. phr.}

Две одинаковые вещи; отсутствие реального выбора; отсутствие разницы.

* /Which coat do you like better, the brown or the blue? It's six of  […]

[skin alive]  {v. phr.}

1.  {informal} Гневно ругать.

Mother will skin you alive when she sees your torn pants.

2.  {informal} Шлепать или колотить, задавать трепку.

* /Dad was ready to skin us alive when  […]

[skin and bones]  {n.}

~кожа да кости — очень худой человек или животное; кто-л. худющий.

The puppy is healthy now, but when we found him he was just skin and bones.

* /Have you been dieting? You're  […]

[slap in the face] (1)  {n.}

Оскорбление; разочарование.

We felt that it was a slap in the face when our gift was returned unopened.

* /Doris thought it was a slap in the face when her boyfriend invited another girl to the  […]

[sling hash]  {v.},  {slang}

Сервировать еду, особенно в дешёвом ресторане, напр., быстрого питания или приготовления, "drive-in" (с обслуживанием прямо в  […]

[slinging match]  {n. phr.}

Громкая и сердитая перебранка.

[slip a cog] или [slip a gear]  {v. phr.},  {slang}

Допускать ошибку.

I must have been slipping a cog when I said that I would run for mayor.

* /Jim hates to sleep outdoors. He's slipping his gears if he's promised to take the boys  […]

[slip one's mind]  {v. phr.}

Забывать (что-л. или о чем-л.)

[small talk]  {n. phr.}

Болтовня/разговор на общепринятые темы; Светская беседа.

* /At the party there was the usual kind of small talk about the cost of living increase and the war in Africa. — На  […]

[smile]

См.: [CRACK A SMILE].