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• 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."
• ears become red
  покраснеть от смущения

  When I asked Paul about his grades at school, he got embarrassed and his ears became red.
• have one's nose in (something)
  совать нос во что-либо

  "Look here, Ann! I hate to have your nose in my business. Please, abate your curiosity."
• spit in (someone's) eye
  оскорблять или раздражать кого-либо

  His remarks insulted me as if someone had spit in my eye.
• with a jaundiced eye
  (видеть что-либо) в искажённом виде

  Mr. Smith is clever, but unfortunately he sees everything with a jaundiced eye.
• hard-nosed
  упрямый, непримиримый

  I told my husband to take a hard-nosed position while selling our house.
• 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.
• go into (something) with one's eyes (wide) open
  пойти на что-либо сознательно (с открытыми глазами)

  I can't possibly go into the project with my eyes wide open until I receive all the necessary information.
• not bat an eye/eyelid
  никак не реагировать, и глазом не моргнуть

  Len was downright rude to his older brother, but the latter did not bat an eye.
• 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.
• 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.
• have an ear out for (something)
  уметь слушать что-либо, прислушиваться к чему-либо

  Della had an ear out for any business opportunities that might come along.
• get one's nose out of (something)
  не ввязываться во что-либо

  Celia wished her cousin would get her nose out of her private affairs.
• get an eyeful (of someone or something)
  увидеть шокирующее или удивительное зрелище

  When I visited my friends in Florida, I got an eyeful of a crocodile lying in the center of their yard.
• lay one's eyes on (someone or something)
  увидеть кого-либо \ что-либо

  "I have lost my glasses. Will you, lease, tell me if you lay your eyes on them?"
• deaf and dumb
  глухо-немой

  The little girl was born deaf and dumb.
• open (someone's) eyes to (something)
  открыть кому-либо глаза на что-либо

  Dan took pity on Kelly and wanted to open her eyes to what was going on in her family.
• 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.
• set (something) on its ear
  заинтересовать кого-либо чем-либо

  The new project set the company on its ear. Everyone got very excited.
• lead (someone) around by the nose
  заставлять кого-либо делать то, что хочешь

  "Don't lead me around by the nose. I am not going to do what you want."
• 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.
• more to (someone or something) than meets the eye
  больше, чем кажется на первый взгляд; не всё так просто

  The criminal case seamed to be quite simple, but it turned out there was more to it than meets the eye.
• not see farther than or past the end of one's nose
  не видеть дальше своего носа

  Lorna can't see past the end of her nose; she doesn't care what is happening to other people.
• 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.
• nose (someone) out
  выталкивать кого-либо

  The older boys nosed the younger ones out of the bus.
• cast a (critical/professional) eye over (someone or something)
  бросить критический взгляд на кого-либо \ что-либо

  The art critic cast a critical eye over the pictures of a young gifted artist.
• 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.
• look (someone) (right/straight) in the eye
  смотреть кому-либо прямо в лицо, находиться лицом к кому-либо

  Pam looked me in the eye when she told me a lie about her absence from work.
• no skin off (someone's) nose/teeth
  нет дела до чего-либо

  It is no skin off my nose whether or not Leila will get this job.
• nose about/around (something)
  вынюхивать, любопытствовать

  Miss Millie's companion was nosing around trying to find out where the jewelry was kept.
• go into (something) with one's eyes closed/shut
  пойти на что-либо бессознательно, не учитывая трудности и не имея достоверной информации

  Charles must have gone into the business affairs with his eyes shut otherwise he wouldn't have got involved.