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Идиомы на букву C

• cry over spilt milk
  жаловаться на то, что уже произошло "плакать над пролитым молоком"

  What's done cannot be undone, so it's no use crying over spilt milk.
• cold fish
  бесчувственный человек "холодный как рыба"

  Jack Brown turned out to be a cold fish; he didn't care much about his parents.
• cat nap
  короткий сон днём

  "I am going to take a cat nap in the afternoon, so don't disturb me."
• Come again.
  Скажите снова. Пожалуйста, повторите.

  "Come again. I did not hear what you had said."
• chase rainbows
  пытаться достичь недостижимого

  "If you don't stop chasing rainbows, you won't achieve anything."
• cost an arm and a leg
  стоить много денег

  Though our new house cost an arm and a leg it is worth every cent; it is big and comfortable.
• come into (some money)
  получить наследство, вступать во владение

  When her aunt died, Zena came into some money and was able to buy a small house.
• change of pace
  добавить разнообразия в жизни

  There is no variety in my life; I'd like a change of pace.
• come on strong
  подавлять кого-либо; наседать на кого-либо

  The boss came on strong at me to finish the job on time.
• call the dogs off
  прекратить преследование или угрозы

  I told Jack to call the dogs off and stop waylaying me otherwise I would go to the police.
• come out of the blue
  появиться неожиданно, "как гром среди ясного неба"

  The news of Mrs. Peterson's death came out of the blue.
• change horses in midstream
  производить крупные перемены в неподходящий момент, "коней на переправе не меняют"

  Jim has decided to change his coach before the match, but I told him he'd better not change horses in midstream.
• cat gets one's tongue
  быть не в состоянии что-либо сказать "язык проглотил"

  The cat got the boy's tongue when the teacher asked him about his homework.
• cast pearls before swine
  попусту тратить усилия на кого-либо, "метать бисер перед свиньями"

  I am not going to waste good advice on Leda any more because she never listens to it. I won't cast pearls before swine.
• cash cow
  что-либо приносящее хороший доход, "дойная корова"

  The cafe my mother opened not long ago turned out to be a cash cow; it is very profitable.
• cat on a hot tin roof
  (быть) полным кипучей деятельности, (скакать, как кот на горячей крыше)

  Little Kate was jumping around like a cat on a hot tin roof and her mother could not make her behave.
• couch potato
  кто-либо проводящий всё время на диване и смотрящий телевизор

  Judging from statistics, we might conclude that many people seem to enjoy being couch potatoes.
• call the roll
  проверка присутствующих, перекличка

  The teacher called the roll and found out that four students were absent from class.
• cook the books
  составлять поддельный счёт, жульничать в расчётах

  They fired the accountant because he was cooking the books.
• cock-and-bull story
  неправдоподобная история, небылица

  The man gave the police a cock-and-bull story about how his car had been stolen.
• cut class
  пропускать занятия

  There is no excuse for the students' cutting class.
• call someone's bluff
  разоблачить обман, вывести кого-либо на чистую воду

  I could call the man's bluff if I were sure I would be able to prove that he is a swindler.
• cover a lot of ground
  охватить много учебного материала

  The students covered a lot of ground in their Geography class at college.
• can't see the forest for the trees
  не в состоянии понять всё в целом "из-за деревьев не видеть леса"

  Susan doesn't understand the problems she is facing because she can't see the forest for the trees.
• call (someone) on the carpet
  вызвать кого-либо на ковёр (устраивать нагоняй)

  Jim must have failed to do the job well because he was called on the carpet by his boss.
• catch up with (someone or something)
  догнать кого-либо в том числе в учёбе, в состязаниях

  Diane was ill for a month and missed a lot of classes; now she is trying to catch up with the group.
• chicken and egg situation
  ситуация, при которой не ясно, где причина, а где следствие

  It was a chicken and egg situation; I didn't quite understand what caused problems with the computer.
• call (someone) names
  обзывать кого-либо, называть неприятными именами

  "Stop calling each other names! It's not fair."
• catch (someone) red-handed
  быть захваченным с поличным

  The shop assistant caught a customer red-handed when she was stealing some clothes.
• come up smelling like roses
  оправиться (после неудач, трудных времён)

  Linda had a lot of problems, but when I met her yesterday, she came up smelling like roses.
• call the shots
  командовать, распоряжаться

  Mr. Gougle is calling the shots; he is in control of the company at present.
• chickens come home to roost
  беда бедою отзовётся (то плохое, что желаете другому, вернётся к вам)

  Margaret's chickens have come home to roost, and she has to take responsibility for what she has done.
• crack a book
  открывать книгу (для занятий, уроков)

  Jim should have cracked a book long before the end of term.
• catch (someone's) eye
  привлечь чьё-либо внимание

  A bright butterfly on the window-sill caught my eye.
• compare apples and oranges
  сравнивать несравнимое

  "Don't compare our old house to the new one; it's like comparing apples and oranges."