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• on the tip of one's tongue
  вертится на языке (не припомню)

  I know his name; it's on the tip of my tongue, but I can't quite remember it at the moment.
• have (something) on the brain
  быть одержимым чем-либо

  Mike has only football on the brain.
• all ears
  внимательно слушать

  The lecture was very interesting, and the students were all ears.
• keep one's head
  сохранять спокойствие, присутствие духа, владеть собой, "не терять головы"

  Jordan is as cool as a cucumber; he always keeps his head in emergences.
• pay an arm and a leg (for something)
  заплатить кучу денег за что-либо

  They paid an arm and a leg for their new house.
• turn (someone's) head
  вскружить кому-либо голову, приводить в смятение

  When David saw Tina for the first time, her beauty turned his head. He fell in love at first sight.
• long in the tooth
  (быть) старым, песок сыплется (длинные зубы у лошади – признак старости)

  My Uncle Ben was very long in the tooth but very spry.
• get (someone's) back up
  рассердить кого-либо

  I did not intend to get my friend's back up when I asked her if I could borrow her laptop.
• have one's back to the wall
  попасть в трудную ситуацию, занять оборонительную позицию; "быть припёртым к стене"

  He had his back to the wall because he was being blackmailed.
• all thumbs
  неуклюжий, неловкий (человек); "руки-крюки"

  Jenny is all thumbs; she often breaks dishes while washing up.
• all in one breath
  на одном дыхании

  Pat was in a hurry and she told me all in one breath what had happened to their family.
• give (someone) a big hand
  аплодировать кому-либо

  The audience gave the actors a big hand when they finished their performance.
• know one's own mind
  быть уверенным в себе; знать, что делать

  "Don't tell me what to do; I know my own mind."
• off the top of one's head
  (знать) на память, (быть) спонтанным, не подготовленным заранее

  George knew all the facts and figures in the report off the top of his head.
• have a brainwave
  блестящая идея (пришла в голову)

  I didn't know what to do about my research and then all of a sudden I had a brainwave and now I know what to do.
• get one's foot in the door
  проникнуть, устроиться

  Olaf got his foot in the door of the pharmaceutical industry and he hopes to be successful.
• Break a leg!
  Желаю удачи! (используется перед выходом на сцену)

  "Break a leg!" one of the actors called to the lead actor.
• lend (someone) a hand
  помочь кому-либо, протянуть руку помощи

  I was going to move to a new apartment and asked my friend to lend me a hand with the packing.
• slip one's mind
  забыть, выпасть из памяти

  It completely slipped my mind that I had promised to call my friend the previous day.
• get off (someone's) back
  оставить в покое, не беспокоить кого-либо

  "Do me a favor and get off my back!"
• wash one's hands of (someone or something)
  отказаться от ответственности за кого-либо \ что-либо, "умыть руки"

  Sam Davidson washed his hands of politics long ago.
• keep one's finger's crossed
  желать удачи, скрестить пальцы на удачу

  I wanted my friend to keep his fingers crossed while I was at a job interview.
• 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.
• absent-minded
  рассеянный

  I don't think much of Jack; he is so absent-minded.
• apple of (someone's) eye
  чей-либо объект любви, привязанности (свет очей, зеница ока)

  Kelly's little son is the apple of her eye.
• get one's feet wet
  начать делать что-либо впервые

  Mark got his feet wet in the furniture business; he had never done it before.
• take it on the chin
  потерпеть поражение, быть побеждённым

  Paul took it on the chin in the chess tournament.
• hold one's tongue
  промолчать, "придержать язык"

  "If my father asks you about me, please hold your tongue."
• kick up one's heels
  веселиться, резвиться

  They kicked up their heels at Bob's birthday party last week.
• have half a mind to do (something)
  склоняться, быть расположенным сделать что-либо

  "I have half a mind to shut you up in jail for the rest of your life," Detective Fisher said.
• have a big mouth
  болтун, сплетник

  "Don't trust Lily and never tell her any secrets; she has a big mouth."
• in the public eye
  в центре внимания, на виду

  The politician has been in the public eye since he was involved in a fraud.
• long face
  унылый вид, кислая физиономия

  He pulled a long face when he heard the news of his former girlfriend's engagement.
• by the skin of one's teeth
  чудом, едва-едва, еле-еле

  The team won the game by the skin of their teeth.
• great minds think alike
  великие умы думают одинаково (шутливо)

  Great minds think alike; I suggested that we go on a picnic and George suggested the same thing.