• Главная
• Идиомы

Идиомы на тему Animals

• 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 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 sick as a dog
  очень больной

  Yates was shivering with cold and looked as sick as a dog.
• 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.
• 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.
• every dog has his day
  всему своё время

  Celia will be able to travel alone when she grows up. Every dog has his day.
• 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.
• go to the dogs
  ухудшаться, разрушаться, "пойти прахом"

  "If you don't do something about your business, it will go to the dogs."
• 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.
• in the doghouse
  (быть) в немилости, иметь неприятности

  Alice was in the doghouse with her boy friend because she had let him down.
• lead a dog's life
  вести несчастную (собачью) жизнь

  Ron has been leading a dog's life since he retired.
• let sleeping dogs lie
  не нарывайся на неприятности, "не буди лиха пока лихо тихо"

  "Don't ask him about his problems; he might get angry. Better let sleeping dogs lie."
• put on the dog
  экстравагантно одеваться, свободно вести себя или хорошо развлекаться

  Let's go to a luxurious restaurant and put on the dog.
• rain cats and dogs
  льёт как из ведра

  The sky is overcast, and I bet it's raining cats and dogs in the mountains.
• see a man about a dog
  пойти в туалет (эвфемизм)

  Jeremy drank too much beer, so he had to stop his car several times to see a man about a dog.
• shaggy dog story
  длинный бессмысленный рассказ

  My cousin told me a shaggy dog story about how she had lost her purse.
• tail wagging the dog
  ситуация, когда кто-либо незначительный держит всё под контролем

  Jim is just a minor employee in the firm, yet he tries to give everyone orders; I think it's a case of the tail wagging the dog.
• to hound (someone)
  подвергать гонениям, изводить кого-либо

  It seemed to Edna that the boss was hounding her, and she decided to quit her job.
• top dog
  самая важная персона в организации

  Mr. Abrahams is the top dog in his company.
• you can't teach an old dog new tricks
  в старости поздно учиться или переучиваться

  "You'll never teach your grandfather how to do his income tax on a personal computer. You can't teach an old dog new tricks."