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• go/be belly up
  разориться, обанкротиться

  William was afraid lest his small book store should go belly-up.
• 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.
• 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.
• throw one's weight around
  осуществлять нажим, настойчиво использовать своё влияние

  Charley likes to throw his weight around to get what he wants.
• over one's dead body
  не позволить, "только через мой труп"

  Over my dead body will I let my daughter go out with Tim.
• broad in the beam
  иметь широкие бёдра

  Sara was thin in the waist but a bit broad in the beam.
• get/have a frog in one's throat
  болезненное ощущение в горле (из-за простуды) поэтому трудно говорить

  Jane has got such a terrible frog in her throat that she cannot say a word.
• with every (other) breath
  (постоянно) говорить, повторять что-либо

  My mother always tells me with every other breath not to come home late.
• 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.
• breathe easy/easier
  расслабиться, вздохнуть свободно (после стрессовой ситуации)

  Lola is able to breathe easy now; she has just found her lost passport.
• 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.
• grab (someone) by the throat
  что-либо, что возбуждает чувства (интерес, волнение, страх)

  The performance grabbed me by the throat; the acting was so exciting.
• 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.
• 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."
• drop/dump (something) in (someone's) lap
  навязать что-либо кому-либо

  I didn't expect my boss to dump so much work in my lap that day.
• have/get butterflies in one's stomach
  чувствовать страх или беспокойство

  I got butterflies in my stomach when I went to a job interview.
• tan (someone's) hide
  наказать, нашлёпать кого-либо

  I told my brother that I would tan his hide if he used my computer again.
• cut/pare (something) to the bone
  урезать что-либо до минимума

  The president said it was necessary to cut all the expenses to the bone if they wanted to save the company.
• cut/slit one's (own) throat
  самому себе доставить неприятности, перерезать себе горло

  "If you don't pay mortgage on the house in time, you'll cut your own throat."
• stick to one's ribs
  хорошо наесться, плотно покушать

  My mother is a wonderful cook; everything she cooks sticks to our ribs.
• go for the jugular
  напасть на кого-либо с целью причинить наибольший вред (нанести удар в шею, где проходит ярёмная вена)

  Aram had been waiting for so long to attack his enemy; now it was time he went for the jugular.
• grate on (someone's) nerves
  действовать кому-либо на нервы

  My neighbor is constantly having wild parties, and it is beginning to grate on my nerves.
• not breathe a word (about someone or something)
  не выдавать секрет (о ком-либо \ чём-либо)

  "Can you promise not to breathe a word about my engagement?"
• 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.
• 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.
• crick in one's back/neck
  болезненный спазм шеи или спины

  Evidently I caught a cold for I woke up this morning with a terrible crick in my back.
• 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.
• gut feeling/reaction/response
  интуитивное чувство, предчувствие, реакция

  When Swan entered the room, he had a gut feeling that he was being watched.
• 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.