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• play it by ear
  принять решение в зависимости от ситуации

  Mark didn't have a definite plan of action; he decided to play it by ear.
• poke one's nose into (something)
  вмешиваться во что-либо, "совать нос"

  I'd rather you didn't poke your nose into my private affairs.
• powder one's nose
  попудрить носик

  Rita told her boyfriend that she would like to go to the dressing room to powder her nose.
• prick up one's ears
  прислушиваться, "навострить уши"

  My parents seemed to be talking about me, so I pricked up my ears.
• pull the wool over (someone's) eyes
  вводить кого-либо в заблуждение, "втирать очки"

  "You are telling me a pack of lies. Don't think you can pull the wool over my eyes like that."
• put (someone's) eye out
  выколоть кому-либо глаз

  Jeremy became blind as he accidentally put his eye out.
• put (someone's) nose out of joint
  обидеть кого-либо

  I didn't mean to put my friend's nose out of joint when I criticized his work.
• put a bug in (someone's) ear
  нашёптывать кому-либо, вдолбить в голову

  I wanted to buy a new car so I put a bug in my father's ear.
• raise eyebrows
  вызвать чьё-либо неодобрение

  Ron raised eyebrows when Steve failed to complete his job in time.
• rub (someone's) nose in (something)
  постоянно напоминать кому-либо об ошибках, промашках

  To err is human, and I don't understand why my boss rubs my nose in it if I make a mistake.
• see eye to eye (with someone)
  сходиться во взглядах с кем-либо

  William doesn't see eye to eye with me in this question.
• set (something) on its ear
  заинтересовать кого-либо чем-либо

  The new project set the company on its ear. Everyone got very excited.
• set one's eyes on (someone or something)
  видеть кого-либо \ что-либо впервые

  My sister bought a new house, but I have not set my eyes on it yet.
• sight for sore eyes
  приятное зрелище, желанный гость

  "You look gorgeous! You are a sight for sore eyes."
• smile from ear to ear
  широко улыбаться (улыбка от уха до уха)

  Collin was smiling from ear to ear when he saw his friends approaching him.
• spit in (someone's) eye
  оскорблять или раздражать кого-либо

  His remarks insulted me as if someone had spit in my eye.
• stick one's nose into (something)
  совать свой нос куда-либо, вмешиваться в чужие дела

  I wish that my roommate would stop sticking her nose into my private affairs.
• talk (someone's) ear off
  замучить кого-либо разговорами

  The woman sitting beside me in the compartment talked my ear off.
• thumb one's nose at (someone or something)
  смотреть с неодобрением на кого-либо \ что-либо, воротить нос

  Sofia thumbed her nose at her mother's request to stay home on Saturday.
• tin ear for (something)
  не иметь слуха, неспособность судить о чём-либо

  I think Cora has a tin ear for music and she is not able to judge the value of it.
• to the naked eye
  на (первый) взгляд, (видеть) невооружённым глазом

  To the naked eye it looked like there was little damage to the house after the explosion.
• turn a blind eye to (someone or something)
  не замечать кого-либо \ что-либо

  Adam preferred to turn a blind eye to the "No Fishing" sign.
• turn a deaf ear to (someone)
  игнорировать, не слушать кого-либо \ что-либо

  I asked Alfred to help me, but he turned a deaf ear to my request.
• turn one's nose up at (someone or something)
  отвергать кого-либо \ что-либо

  The young man turned his nose up at the chance to go to an agricultural college.
• under (someone's) nose
  (находиться) у кого-либо под носом

  I looked high and low for my car keys, but they were right under my nose all the time.
• up to one's ears/eyeballs/neck in (something)
  быть по уши в чём-либо

  Around final examination time most of the university teachers are up to their ears in work.
• Walls have ears
  нас могут услышать (и у стен есть уши)

  "It's a secret. Speak in a low voice. Walls have ears, you know."
• wet behind the ears
  новичок, молокосос

  Cathy is still wet behind the ears; she has not yet learned the tricks that the students play on each other.
• win by a nose
  незначительно опередить

  Jeremy was about to get the job, but Lionel won him by a nose.
• with a jaundiced eye
  (видеть что-либо) в искажённом виде

  Mr. Smith is clever, but unfortunately he sees everything with a jaundiced eye.
• with an eye to (doing something)
  с намерением делать что-либо

  Sam Willows bought a big apartment house with an eye to renting it tenants.
• without batting an eye
  без малейшего смущения, "и глазом не моргнул"

  Jimmy told his story without batting an eye, although not a word of it was true.