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• call the dogs off
  прекратить преследование или угрозы

  I told Jack to call the dogs off and stop waylaying me otherwise I would go to the police.
• cash cow
  что-либо приносящее хороший доход, "дойная корова"

  The cafe my mother opened not long ago turned out to be a cash cow; it is very profitable.
• cast pearls before swine
  попусту тратить усилия на кого-либо, "метать бисер перед свиньями"

  I am not going to waste good advice on Leda any more because she never listens to it. I won't cast pearls before swine.
• cat gets one's tongue
  быть не в состоянии что-либо сказать "язык проглотил"

  The cat got the boy's tongue when the teacher asked him about his homework.
• cat nap
  короткий сон днём

  "I am going to take a cat nap in the afternoon, so don't disturb me."
• cat on a hot tin roof
  (быть) полным кипучей деятельности, (скакать, как кот на горячей крыше)

  Little Kate was jumping around like a cat on a hot tin roof and her mother could not make her behave.
• champ/chomp at the bit
  быть в нетерпении (что-либо делать)

  The children were chomping at the bit to go to the Field Museum.
• change horses in midstream
  производить крупные перемены в неподходящий момент, "коней на переправе не меняют"

  Jim has decided to change his coach before the match, but I told him he'd better not change horses in midstream.
• cock-and-bull story
  неправдоподобная история, небылица

  The man gave the police a cock-and-bull story about how his car had been stolen.
• copycat
  ученик, списывающий работу у другого; подражатель

  Alfred is only a copycat; he hasn't created anything of real value.
• cry wolf
  поднять ложную тревогу

  David needn't have cried wolf; there was no real danger of fire in the house.
• curiosity killed the cat
  любопытство убило кошку (говорят о любопытном человеке)

  "Curiosity killed the cat," Leila's mother said, when she saw Leila hunting around in closets just before Christmas.
• dark horse
  малоизвестный кандидат

  It happens so that a dark horse candidate may get elected senator.
• dog and pony show
  представление лишь для того, чтобы произвести впечатление (как в цирке)

  I asked a few questions about the project, but all I got was a dog and pony show.
• dog in the manger
  собака на сене (о человеке, не желающим делать что-либо и мешающим другим)

  Agatha lived alone in that big house, but she didn't let her relatives share it with her; she was like a dog in the manger.
• dog-eat-dog
  человек человеку – волк, волчьи законы

  In Alaska during the gold rush gold-miners had a dog-eat-dog life.
• donkey's years
  очень долгое время

  Fanny had been working at a shoe factory for donkey's years before she retired.
• dumb bunny
  глупый или доверчивый человек

  Jack is stupid and gullible; he is a dumb bunny because he believes everything people tell him.
• eager beaver
  трудолюбивый человек, энтузиаст

  Sally is a very industrious and enthusiastic person; she is a regular eager beaver.
• eat high on/off the hog
  есть хорошую, дорогую пищу

  For the first few days after the check from his father arrived, Jeremy ate high on the hog.
• eat like a horse
  много есть, есть как лошадь

  The children spent most of their time outdoors, and when they came home in the evening they ate like horses.
• every dog has his day
  всему своё время

  Celia will be able to travel alone when she grows up. Every dog has his day.
• ferret (information or something) out of (someone)
  выведать что-либо у кого-либо

  Tina used Willy to ferret the boys' secret hiding place in the woods out of him.
• fight like cats and dogs
  жить (драться) как кошка с собакой

  The Johnsons have been married for years, and all this time they have been fighting like cats and dogs.
• flog/beat a dead horse
  зря тратить силы, попусту стараться

  I felt I was flogging a dead horse when I was trying to talk my friend out of the risky business.
• fraidy-cat
  трусишка

  My little son is a fraidy-cat; he is so easily frightened.
• get (someone's) goat
  раздражать кого-либо

  My husband is very unpunctual, and it gets my goat.
• get off one's high horse
  перестать важничать

  I wish George would get off his high horse as it is very annoying.
• get on one's high horse
  вести себя высокомерно, важничать

  Alice is very bossy; when she gets on her high horse, there is no stopping her.
• go ape (over someone or something)
  разволноваться из-за кого-либо \ чего-либо, рассердиться

  Amy went ape over the house with its beautiful garden full of flowers.
• go hog-wild
  вести себя бесконтрольно, безудержно

  The football fans went hog-wild when their favorite team won the game.
• go to the dogs
  ухудшаться, разрушаться, "пойти прахом"

  "If you don't do something about your business, it will go to the dogs."
• go whole hog
  делать всё возможное

  They went whole hog in their effort to make sure that the contest would be a success.
• hair of the dog that bit one
  напиток, принимаемый с похмелья

  Jeff woke up and had the hair of the dog that bit him first thing in the morning.
• have a cow
  очень рассердиться или расстроиться

  Mrs. Rivet had a cow when she discovered that her son was doing badly at school.