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Идиомы на букву C

• cold hard cash
  наличные (монеты, банкноты)

  Mr. Ackroyd bought a new car and paid cold hard cash for it.
• cold snap/spell
  внезапное похолодание

  Nasty weather suddenly set in and the cold spell lasted for a week.
• cold turkey
  резкое прекращение употребления наркотиков

  Collin must have stopped using drugs cold turkey because he looks very sick.
• collect one's wits
  собраться с мыслями

  I had to collect my wits after the strange story Jami told me.
• come (someone's) way
  подойти/ подъехать к кому-либо

  An elderly gentleman came my way and asked me to direct him to the shopping center.
• come a cropper
  потерпеть неудачу

  Sam didn't study hard during the semester, and he came a cropper at the exams.
• come a long way
  многого добиться, сделать большие успехи

  The young man has come a long way and has learned many things about his new job.
• come about
  произойти, случиться

  I have no idea how the thing came about: it just happened that way.
• come across (someone or something)
  (случайно) встретить кого-либо, случайно найти, обнаружить что-либо

  She came across this story in an old book.
• Come again.
  Скажите снова. Пожалуйста, повторите.

  "Come again. I did not hear what you had said."
• come alive
  оживиться, проявить активность

  "What's the matter with you? Come alive and start enjoying the game."
• come along
  делать успехи, преуспевать

  "How are the students in your class coming along?"
• Come and get it!
  Обед готов. Садитесь есть.

  I quickly laid the table for dinner. "Come and get it," my mother called out from the dining-room.
• come around
  (наконец) согласиться на что-либо; прийти в сознание, проснуться

  Lionel tried to persuade Minnie to marry him and finally she came around.
• come as no surprise
  не быть сюрпризом

  It came as no surprise when the prices began to go up.
• come away empty-handed
  уйти не с чем (ничего не добиться)

  I went shopping for clothes, but came away empty-handed.
• come back
  вернуться

  I told my boyfriend to leave me alone and never come back.
• come back (into fashion)
  снова войти в моду

  Old dresses, as if from my Granny's trunk, have recently come back into fashion.
• come back to (someone)
  вспомниться (восстановить в памяти)

  The old saying came back to him: "Easy come, easy go."
• come back with an offer
  вернуться к переговорам с новым предложением

  They were able to come back with a new offer and close the deal.
• come between (two people)
  встрять между (двумя людьми), разрушить отношения

  Now she doesn't remember who came between her fiancee and her; but their engagement was broken.
• come by (something)
  получать что-либо, наживать, добывать

  The best things are hard to come by.
• come by (something) honestly
  честно получить что-либо

  Gordon Brown came by a large inheritance honestly, but some of his friends didn't believe him.
• come clean
  признаваться, сказать правду

  "I want you to come clean and tell me what really happened."
• come clean (with someone/about something)
  признаться в чём-либо, быть честным с кем-либо относительно чего-либо

  I decided to come clean with my friend about using his computer without his permission.
• come down hard on (someone)
  жестоко наказывать кого-либо, бранить

  He couldn't believe that they would come down hard on him. He hadn't committed the crime they accused him of.
• come down in price
  снизить цену

  They should come down in price if they want to sell out all the summer clothes they have in their shop.
• come down in the world
  опуститься, потерять прежнее положение

  Lindson used to be a great artist, but unfortunately he came down in the world.
• come down to (something)
  касаться чего-либо, (речь идёт о … )

  Adam is a skilled architect, has always been, when it comes down to work.
• come down to earth
  перестать мечтать, "спуститься на землю"

  "Stop dreaming. Come down to earth. Get down to business."
• come down with (something)
  заболеть чем-либо

  Kelly must be coming down with the flu; she is constantly sneezing and coughing.
• come face to face with (someone or something)
  столкнуться лицом к лицу с кем-либо \ чем-либо

  At the airport I suddenly came face to face with a famous pop singer.
• come from (somewhere)
  быть родом от куда-либо

  "I come from Russia and where do you come from?"
• come from far and wide
  прибыть из разных мест, отовсюду

  The scientists came from far and wide to take part in the conference.
• come from nowhere
  появиться ниоткуда, внезапно (без предупреждения)

  The lorry came from nowhere and splashed mud all over me.