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• take (someone's) pulse
  щупать, измерять пульс

  When the doctor came, she listened to my heart and lungs and took my pulse.
• 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.
• fall/drop into one's lap
  нежданная удача

  The chance to go on a trip to Baltimore dropped into my lap quite suddenly.
• know (something) in one's bones
  интуитивно чувствовать что-либо

  I know it in my bones that Joe is going to deceive me again.
• in the same breath
  почти одновременно, не переводя дыхания

  Ronald said he was busy, but in the same breath he offered to drive us to the country.
• by the sweat of one's brow
  работать в поте лица

  Heinz succeeded in making enough money to buy a new house by the sweat of his brow.
• in the flesh
  во плоти, живьём, собственной персоной

  Irene never had the chance of meeting somebody important in the flesh.
• know where all the bodies are buried
  знать все важные детали или секреты

  I knew where all the bodies were buried in the company, but I never told anyone.
• have (someone's) hide
  ругать или наказывать кого-либо

  My Granny promised to have my hide if I don't behave.
• rub shoulders (with someone)
  общаться, знаться с кем-либо

  Amelia rubbed shoulders only with the famous and the rich.
• get the cold shoulder (from someone)
  быть холодно принятым или отвергнутым кем-либо

  William got the cold shoulder when he visited his relatives in California.
• kink in one's neck
  судорога, болезненный спазм в шее

  I didn't sleep well that night and woke up in the morning with a kink in my neck.
• 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.
• 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.
• curdle (someone's) blood
  испугать кого-либо, заставить оцепенеть от страха

  The sight of the dead body curdled my blood.
• not have the stomach for (something)
  не иметь желания делать что-либо (если считаете это неприятным)

  I do not have the stomach for doing this silly job.
• tear/rip (someone) limb from limb
  разорвать кого-либо на части

  Two large dogs attacked a small kitten and tore it limb from limb.
• warts and all
  всецело, включая что-либо плохое

  Jordan seems to like Leila warts and all.
• difficult to stomach (someone or something)
  трудно согласиться с кем-либо \ чем-либо, принять, переварить

  It is difficult to stomach complaints some people make about their work conditions.
• skin-deep
  поверхностный, не глубокий

  Eric seems to be knowledgeable, but I am sure his knowledge is skin-deep.
• flex one's muscles
  пытаться показать свою власть

  The apartment manager was flexing his muscles when he threatened to raise the rent.
• 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.
• on (someone's) shoulders
  (ответственность) на чьих-либо плечах

  The responsibility for organizing the homecoming ball was on Miss Cobbler's shoulders.
• save (someone's) neck/skin
  спасать свою шкуру

  Jeremy had to sell his investments in order to save his neck.
• 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.
• thin-skinned
  тонкокожий, чувствительный

  Alan is so thin-skinned that even an innocent remark might hurt him.
• carry one's (own) weight
  делать свою долю работы

  Everyone in the family had to carry his own weight during the spring cleaning in the house.
• shoulder to shoulder
  плечом к плечу

  The soldiers fought shoulder to shoulder.
• 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.
• gird up one's loins
  собраться с силами (для выполнения трудной работы)

  Sara got ready to gird up her loins and begin to read for her Math exam.
• cut a fine figure
  нарядиться и хорошо выглядеть

  Alec cut a fine figure when he went to the job interview last week.
• 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.
• 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.
• contemplate one's navel
  думать о своих проблемах

  "If I were you, I would stop contemplating my navel and do something to improve the situation.
• 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.