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• champ/chomp at the bit
  быть в нетерпении (что-либо делать)

  The children were chomping at the bit to go to the Field Museum.
• as wild as a tiger
  очень дикий

  The dog was as wild as a tiger and he didn't allow anybody to touch him.
• lock the barn door after the horse is gone
  пытаться исправить положение

  Tina failed the examination and said she would study hard after that. She wanted to lock the barn door after the horse was gone.
• one's bark is worse than one's bite
  чьи-либо слова страшнее, чем его дела

  Ma Brooks is always scolding her children, but they know her bark is worse than her bite, and they are not afraid of her.
• lion's share of (something)
  львиная доля чего-либо

  Sam gave the lion's share of his stamp collection to his son.
• weasel out of (something)
  устраниться, уклоняться от чего-либо

  I have no wish to stay at work after office hours; I'd rather weasel out of the job they want me to do.
• hoof it
  идти пешком, прогуляться

  My car got broken, so I had to hoof it.
• one's tail between one's legs
  быть пристыженным или побеждённым

  Steve had boasted he would win the tournament, but he went home with his tail between his legs.
• 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.
• loaded for bear
  (быть) очень рассерженным

  Mr. Ferrar came home drunk and loaded for bear.
• dumb bunny
  глупый или доверчивый человек

  Jack is stupid and gullible; he is a dumb bunny because he believes everything people tell him.
• put (someone or something) out to pasture
  удалить кого-либо на покой, перестать использовать что-либо

  They finally decided to put Old Kenworth out to pasture and asked him to give up his responsibilities.
• 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.
• ride herd on (someone)
  строго следить за кем-либо (как пастух следит за стадом)

  The head nurse was riding herd on the other nurses in the hospital.
• 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.
• live high on/off the hog
  иметь всё самое лучшее, жить в роскоши и комфорте

  Gina has been living high on the hog since she married a millionaire.
• wildcat strike
  стихийная забастовка

  The factory workers have gone on a wildcat strike, but the union is going to stop it.
• lock horns with (someone)
  сцепиться с кем-либо (в споре, в словесной перепалке)

  Samuel Clemens locked horns with his boss and was immediately fired.
• look like the cat that swallowed/ate the canary
  выглядеть очень довольным собой

  When Linda got the job she wanted, she looked like the cat that swallowed the canary.