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• off one's back
  перестать докучать кому-либо, беспокоить кого-либо

  "I wish you would get off my back and stop asking me silly questions."
• off one's chest
  снять груз с души

  My problems have been gnawing me, and at last I decided to talk to my friend to get them off my chest.
• on (someone's) back
  предъявлять претензии, надоедать кому-либо

  Mark is constantly criticizing me; he has been on my back ever since I started working in this department.
• on (someone's) shoulders
  (ответственность) на чьих-либо плечах

  The responsibility for organizing the homecoming ball was on Miss Cobbler's shoulders.
• one's flesh and blood
  близкий, кровный родственник

  Susan is my flesh and blood so I was shocked when I learnt that she had got involved in a fraud.
• out for blood
  желать наказать кого-либо, жаждать крови

  The boy's mother was out for blood when she discovered that he was doing badly at school.
• out of breath
  прерывисто дышать, запыхаться

  Jim stopped near the entrance; he was out of breath because he had been running.
• over one's dead body
  не позволить, "только через мой труп"

  Over my dead body will I let my daughter go out with Tim.
• pain in the neck
  надоедливый, раздражающий, возмущающий (человек)

  Peter is very annoying; he is a regular pain in the neck.
• pat on the back
  похвалить

  The teacher gave Mark a pat on the back because he had passed a very difficult test.
• play one's cards close to one's chest
  вести переговоры в осторожной и конфиденциальной манере

  Sue played her cards close to her chest when she went to the bank to settle her problem.
• press the flesh
  пожимать всем руки (чтобы приобрести популярность)

  If a politician wants to be more popular, he should press the flesh of the public at large.
• pull one's (own) weight
  принимать участие в чём-либо, свой вклад в общее дело

  My mother wanted me to pull my weight in cleaning the house.
• put flesh on (something)
  добавить детали к чему-либо

  I decided to put flesh on my new project so that it becomes clearer and more detailed.
• put one's back into (something)
  вложить силу или энергию во что-либо

  I had to move the piano out of the family room, so I asked my friend to put his back into it.
• put one's shoulder to the wheel
  энергично взяться за работу, приналечь

  "If you want to prosper in the future, you must put your shoulder to the wheel."
• risk one's neck (to do something)
  рисковать сломать шею, делая что-либо

  I risked my neck in order to rescue the cat that had climbed out onto the balcony.
• rub shoulders (with someone)
  общаться, знаться с кем-либо

  Amelia rubbed shoulders only with the famous and the rich.
• save (someone's) neck/skin
  спасать свою шкуру

  Jeremy had to sell his investments in order to save his neck.
• save one's breath
  помалкивать; не соваться со своим мнением, советами

  I had a lot of questions to ask her, but looking how upset she was, I thought I'd better save my breath.
• say (something) under one's breath
  сказать что-либо шёпотом

  I don't know why Jenny always says unpleasant things under her breath.
• scratch (someone's) back
  делать взаимные услуги, "рука руку моет"

  "You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours," were the relations between the employees in the company.
• shoot from the hip
  говорить прямо и откровенно, "рубить с плеча"

  Ben always shoots from the hip and as a result gets into trouble now and then.
• shoulder to cry on
  сострадательный человек; (жилетка, в которую можно поплакать)

  At that time I had no shoulder to cry on and felt very miserable.
• shoulder to shoulder
  плечом к плечу

  The soldiers fought shoulder to shoulder.
• shove/force/ram (something) down (someone's) throat
  силой получить чьё-либо согласие относительно чем-либо, навязывать что-либо кому-либо

  I was forced to agree to his conditions because he literally shoved them down my throat.
• skin and bones
  кожа да кости, очень худой

  Cecily has been keeping to a slimming diet for a long time, and now she is all skin and bones.
• skin-deep
  поверхностный, не глубокий

  Eric seems to be knowledgeable, but I am sure his knowledge is skin-deep.
• smell blood
  желать узнать причину, взять след

  McAllister could smell blood when he began to investigate the poisoning of the elderly couple by their own granddaughter.
• soaked to the skin
  промокнуть до нитки

  The children had been walking in the rain for two hours and were soaked to the skin.
• split one's sides (with laughter)
  надрываться от смеха, "лопнуть со смеху"

  "I'll tell you a good story which will split your sides with laughter."
• stab (someone) in the back
  предавать, клеветать за спиной, "всадить нож в спину"

  I can never again trust Kelly because she tried to stab me in the back.
• stick in (someone's) throat/craw
  неприятная, раздражающая ситуация; "застрять, как кость в горле"

  I failed my English exam last semester, and the failure sticks in my throat.
• stick one's neck out (for someone or something)
  рисковать ради кого-либо \ чего-либо

  "I am not going to stick my neck out for you."
• stick to one's ribs
  хорошо наесться, плотно покушать

  My mother is a wonderful cook; everything she cooks sticks to our ribs.