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• A for effort
  оценка за старание

  The children in the nursery school received an A for effort for their drawings of animals.
• alley cat
  бродячая, бездомная кошка

  There is an alley cat which I see near my house very often.
• as sick as a dog
  очень больной

  Yates was shivering with cold and looked as sick as a dog.
• apple of (one's) eye
  очень дорогой, любимый (свет очей, зеница ока)

  Her little son is the apple of her eye.
• as hard as nails
  физически сильный и здоровый (человек); грубый, жёсткий

  He is as hard as nails, and it is difficult to deal with him.
• ahead of the pack
  (быть) впереди всех

  I studied hard so that I could be ahead of the pack in my class.
• as clean as a hound's tooth
  очень чистый

  When I finished cleaning the kitchen, it looked as clean as a hound's tooth.
• as cool as a cucumber
  хладнокровный

  My friend Eric is as cool as a cucumber; he never gets upset.
• as busy as a bee
  трудолюбивый как пчёлка, очень занятый

  Cora has been as busy as a bee since she moved into her new house.
• as flat as a pancake
  очень плоский (как блин)

  The early people believed that the Earth was as flat as a pancake.
• as easy as apple pie
  очень легко \ лёгкий

  My History exam was as easy as apple pie.
• as warm as toast
  очень тёплый и уютный

  I have a very cozy bed; it is as warm as toast.
• as blind as a bat
  слепой, "слепой как крот"

  I have lost my glasses, and without them I am as blind as a bat.
• at one's wit's end
  быть в растерянности; не знать, что делать

  Jack was at his wit's end about what to do with the puppy.
• as happy as a lark
  очень счастливый, весёлый

  Maria looked as happy as a lark when she got engaged to Mark.
• above average
  выше среднего

  Tim's grades were always above average in all subjects.
• AA
  Alcoholic's Anonymous - анонимные алкоголики (группа помощи людям, страдающим от алкогольной зависимости)

  Felix Young attended AA meetings last year.
• aching heart
  чувство печали (по поводу утраченной любви)

  Ann's love has faded and now she is left with an aching heart.
• as dry as a bone
  очень сухой, высохший; (сухой как кость)

  During the drought the land became as dry as a bone.
• as busy as a beaver
  быть очень занятым

  Paul seems to be as busy as a beaver all the time.
• across the board
  включая всех и вся

  The company has decided to give the employees an across-the-board increase in their salary.
• as nervous as a cat
  очень нервный

  The woman was as nervous as a cat when she talked to the bank manager.
• as dead as a dodo
  мёртвый (как вымершая птица дронт)

  A car hit a cat, and it was as dead as a dodo after the accident.
• as weak as a kitten
  очень слабый, тщедушный

  Anne recovered from her illness but was as weak as a kitten.
• as easy as ABC
  очень легко

  It is not difficult for most children to learn how to use a cell phone; actually it is as easy as ABC.
• as crooked as a dog's hind leg
  нечестный, бессовестный

  I dislike Jeremy Stuart; he turned out to be as crooked as a dog's hind leg.
• as nutty as a fruitcake
  сумасшедший, выживший из ума

  Dora is nutty as a fruitcake; she is irrational and crazy.
• above par
  выше номинала

  The stocks were selling above par at the stock exchange that day.
• as gentle as a lamb
  нежный, ласковый

  Marion is as gentle as a lamb when she is with her baby daughter.
• above board
  честный (игроки показывали свою честность, держа руки поверх крышки стола)

  It is necessary to be above board when dealing with people otherwise they won't trust you.
• as poor as a church mouse
  бедный как церковная мышь

  Cathy can't afford a new car; she is as poor as a church mouse.
• all in all
  суммарно, в целом

  There were twelve people all in all at the parents' meeting that day.
• as proud as a peacock
  очень гордый

  Ms. Bobtail's son was a good musician, and she was as proud as a peacock of him.
• as black as coal
  чёрный как смоль

  The man had a dark complexion, and his hair was as black as coal.
• as white as a sheet
  бледный как полотно

  When they told Pauline about the accident, she became as white as a sheet.