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• straight from the shoulder
  (говорить) прямо, без обиняков

  I appreciate my friend's open and honest ways; he always speaks straight from the shoulder.
• sweat blood
  быть озабоченным и напряжённым

  During the interrogation the man was sweating blood.
• sweat it out
  терпеливо пережидать что-либо (неприятное)

  There were no vacant rooms in the hotel, and we had to sweat it out until someone signed out.
• take (someone's) breath away
  поразить, ошеломить кого-либо

  The unexpected news of my uncle's generosity has taken my breath away.
• take (someone's) pulse
  щупать, измерять пульс

  When the doctor came, she listened to my heart and lungs and took my pulse.
• tan (someone's) hide
  наказать, нашлёпать кого-либо

  I told my brother that I would tan his hide if he used my computer again.
• taste blood
  быть в состоянии причинить вред (своему врагу)

  Jimmy could taste blood when he discovered the weak points of the man whom he detested.
• tear/rip (someone) limb from limb
  разорвать кого-либо на части

  Two large dogs attacked a small kitten and tore it limb from limb.
• thick-skinned
  толстокожий, не чувствительный

  It's good to be thick-skinned; then you are not easily hurt or upset.
• thin-skinned
  тонкокожий, чувствительный

  Alan is so thin-skinned that even an innocent remark might hurt him.
• thorn in (someone's) side
  источник постоянного раздражения или неприятностей; "бельмо на глазу'

  Julia was his brother's wife and a thorn in his side.
• throw one's weight around
  осуществлять нажим, настойчиво использовать своё влияние

  Charley likes to throw his weight around to get what he wants.
• time to catch one's breath
  достаточно времени, чтобы передохнуть

  Mrs. Normandy had no time to catch her breath because her grandchildren were staying with her.
• to the bone
  до основания, насквозь, до костей

  I am afraid I have worked my fingers to the bone.
• too rich for (someone's) blood
  (быть) слишком дорогостоящим для кого-либо

  A holiday in Spain is too rich for my blood so I decided not to go there.
• touch/hit/strike a raw nerve
  задеть за живое

  My friend didn't understand that she had touched a raw nerve when she had asked me about my relationship with Mark.
• turn (someone's) stomach
  вызывать тошноту

  The rolling of the boat turned his stomach.
• turn one's back on (someone or something)
  отказать в помощи кому-либо, отвернуться, покинуть кого-либо в беде

  Peter turned his back on his own family when they needed help.
• vent one's spleen
  избавиться от раздражения или злобы

  I am very angry at the manager's suggestion to transfer me to another department and I haven't been able to vent my spleen so far.
• wait with bated breath
  ждать с нетерпением; ждать, затаив дыхание

  Jack waited with bated breath for the results of his medical tests.
• warts and all
  всецело, включая что-либо плохое

  Jordan seems to like Leila warts and all.
• waste one's breath
  напрасно тратить слова, говорить попусту

  I felt I was wasting my breath, trying to convince Wanda not to quit her job.
• wet one's whistle
  выпить (что-либо спиртное), "промочить горло"

  Uncle Sam told Steve to wait outside for a minute while he went in to the bar to wet his whistle.
• with every (other) breath
  (постоянно) говорить, повторять что-либо

  My mother always tells me with every other breath not to come home late.
• words stick in one's throat
  с трудом говорить из-за волнения, "слова застряли в горле"

  I wanted to console Myra because of her loss, but the words stuck in my throat and I couldn't say a thing.
• wring (someone's) neck
  быть очень сердитым на кого-либо (желать свернуть шею)

  I was ready to wring Samantha's neck for having spoilt my holiday.
• yellow-bellied
  чрезвычайно робкий или трусливый

  Derek Prichard is a yellow-bellied guy; it's no use giving him tough assignments.
• yoke around (someone's) neck
  ярмо на чьей-либо шее, обуза

  I don't want to live on my parents and be a yoke around their necks.
• You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.
  обоюдные услуги, "рука руку моет"

  This politician is known for his attitude of 'you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours'.