S
Американские идиомы на букву "S"
Русский перевод (значение), часть речи, примеры использования, видео-уроки, произношение
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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.
The debate deteriorated into a most unseemly slinging match.
[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.)
I meant to mail those letters but it entirely slipped my mind.
[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 […]