Идиомы на букву D

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  • draw to a close
    заканчиваться, подходить к концу
    The wedding reception was drawing to a close and the guests were filing out of the restaurant.
  • draw up (something)
    записать, составить что-либо (в письменном виде)
    He drew up the deeds and agreements for the real estate company.
  • draw up a contract
    составить контракт
    It is necessary to draw up a contract before hiring new employees.
  • draw up an agreement/contract
    составлять (в письменном виде) договор \ контракт
    Harry Summerfield drew up the deeds and agreements for the real estate company.
  • dredge (something) up
    обнажать, раскапывать что-либо неприятное
    Nancy is always trying to dredge up unpleasant things about people.
  • dress (someone) down
    ругать кого-либо, "распекать"
    The principal invited lazy students into his office to dress them down.
  • dress up
    вырядится, надеть свою лучшую одежду
    Jenny dressed up before she went to a festive dinner at her friends'.
  • dressed to kill
    быть разодетым в пух и прах
    Margaret was sure she was dressed to kill when I saw her at the restaurant.
  • dressed to the nines
    элегантно одетый
    Vivian is always dressed to the nines.
  • dressed to the nines/teeth
    быть элегантно, очень хорошо одетым
    The young woman was dressed to the teeth when she went to the theater performance.
  • drink like a fish
    пить как сапожник
    Mark is never sober; he drinks like a fish.
  • drive (someone) up a wall
    сильно раздражать кого-либо
    My son's constant misbehavior is driving me up a wall.
  • drive (something) home
    убеждать, внедрять в сознание
    "I want to drive home to you the necessity of careful driving."
  • drive a hard bargain
    заключить сделку без уступок
    Although we drove a hard bargain, our partners were quite content.
  • drive at (something)
    намекать на что-либо
    "I do not know what you are driving at."
  • drive somebody nuts
    выводить из себя
    He drives me nuts.
    Он меня бесит.
  • driving force behind (someone or something)
    движущая сила за кем-либо/ чем-либо
    Olaf Simson turned out to be the driving force behind this criminal affair.
  • drop (someone) a line
    черкнуть строчку
    "Will you drop me a line when you get to London? Do you promise?"
  • drop (someone/something) like a hot potato
    прекратить общаться с кем-либо, бросить кого-либо \ что-либо
    I was very upset because Mary and Jane dropped me like a hot potato.
  • drop a bombshell
    сообщить неожиданную новость
    "Will I drop a bombshell if I tell you that I am going to get married?"
  • drop a hint
    намекнуть
    I dropped a hint to my friends about the present I'd like to get for my birthday.
  • drop around
    прийти навестить
    I invited my friends to drop around to see my new computer.
  • drop back
    отступать, отходить
    During the football match one of the players hurt his knee, and the coach told him to drop back and rest for a while.
  • drop by
    зайти, заскочить
    "Would you like to drop by for a cup of tea?"
  • drop by the wayside
    не закончить что-либо до конца, потерпеть неудачу
    Some of the skiers dropped by the wayside during the biathlon race.
  • drop dead
    внезапно скончаться
    One of the sportsmen dropped dead during the marathon.
  • drop everything
    бросить всё, что делали
    "Drop everything, come over and listen to what the ancoreman is saying."
  • drop in (on someone)
    забежать на минутку, заскочить к кому-либо
    I was going to drop in on my Granny when I saw her approaching our house.
  • drop in one's tracks
    упасть в изнеможении
    I dropped in my tracks because I had been walking ten miles that day.
  • drop in the bucket
    очень малое количество, "капля в море"
    I need ten thousand dollars to purchase a car, but what I've got is a drop in the bucket.
  • drop names
    вести себя раскованно, фамильярно
    "This is an informal gathering so let's drop names."
  • drop out of school
    выбыть из школы, бросить учёбу
    Melanie dropped out of college at the end of the first year.
  • drop the ball
    сделать ошибку
    Ron had dropped the ball on his decision to leave the company; he was sorry afterwards.
  • drop the subject
    прекратить разговор на какую-либо тему
    I saw Steve didn't like my questions about his new job, so I dropped the subject.
  • 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.