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• able to (do something) standing on one's head
  уметь делать что-либо легко и быстро

  Jim has always been a skilled worker; he is able to do his job standing on his head.
• absent-minded
  рассеянный

  I don't think much of Jack; he is so absent-minded.
• all in (someone's) mind
  воображать несуществующую проблему

  "Please, don't bother me with your problem. It is all in your mind. It does not exist."
• as bald as a baby's backside
  совершенно лысый

  The postman, who delivers mail, is as bald as a baby's backside.
• at one's wit's end
  быть в растерянности; не знать, что делать

  Jack was at his wit's end about what to do with the puppy.
• bad hair day
  неудачный день, когда всё идёт не так как надо

  Sunday was a bad hair day and everything went wrong since early morning.
• bear (someone or something) in mind
  иметь кого-либо или что-либо в виду

  Wanda ought to bear this risky affair in mind; it might be a fraud, for all I know.
• beat (something) into (someone's) head
  вбить что-либо в голову кого-либо

  "Whether you want it or not, I'll try to beat the rule into your head."
• beat one's brains out
  шевелить мозгами (много умственно трудиться)

  The author beat his brains out in order to think up the proper title for his book.
• beat one's head against the wall
  биться головой об стену (зря тратить время, делая бесполезное дело)

  While speaking to my son, I felt as if I were beating my head against the wall.
• bite (someone's) head off
  говорить сердито с кем-либо

  I would have confessed my fault to my mother if I were not afraid that she might bite my head off.
• blow (someone's) mind
  взволновать, полностью захватить (о чувствах)

  "The book is so thrilling that I hope it will blow your mind."
• blow one's stack/top
  сильно разозлиться, "крышу снесло"

  My neighbor blew his top when I asked him not to play loud music.
• blow up in (someone's) face
  мгновенно взорваться, потерять значимость

  The information, which was supposed to be secret, suddenly blew up in his face.
• boggle one's mind
  пугать, смущать, тревожить

  "I don't want to boggle your mind, but the absence of proper safety is dangerous."
• bonehead
  исключительно глупый, тупой

  "You are a bonehead. Why don't you understand what I am trying to tell you?"
• bored out of one's mind/skull
  надоесть, наскучить

  The lecture turned out to be extremely dull, and I was bored out of my mind.
• brain (someone)
  ударить кого-либо по голове, размозжить голову

  Suddenly the little boy took his spade and brained his playmate.
• brain drain
  иммиграция талантливых учёных, утечка "мозгов"

  There was a brain drain from Russia to America during the stagnation period.
• brain teaser
  головоломка

  A brain teaser is a problem for which it is hard to find the answer.
• brainchild
  оригинальная мысль, порождение ума

  The idea for building a playground for children is the brainchild of Miss Rotenberg.
• brainless
  глупый, безмозглый

  I think Martha is quite brainless; she has left the door unlocked again!
• brains behind (something)
  человек, разработавший удачный план, проект и т.д.

  I know for sure that Mr. Smith is the brains behind the new project.
• brainwash (someone)
  подвергнуть идеологической обработке

  Politicians always try to brainwash common people into thinking what they want them to think.
• bring (something) to a head
  обострять что-либо, завершать

  This incident brought the question of relationships among the workers to a head.
• bury/hide one's head in the sand
  прятать голову в песок, отказываться видеть/ признавать что-либо неприятное

  When the situation got tough, Phil buried his head in the sand; he was unable to take the responsibility.
• butt heads with (someone)
  спорить с кем-либо, "сталкиваться лбами"

  "I do not intend to butt heads with you about this problem because I know I am right."
• by a hair's breadth
  только-только, еле-еле, с трудом

  Jim got to the station by a hair's breadth to see the train ready to depart.
• by a whisker
  на волосок, чуть-чуть

  He shot at me and just missed hitting me by a hair.
• change (someone's) mind
  передумать

  At first Lola agreed to join us but then changed her mind.
• cheek by jowl
  вместе, бок о бок

  The friends entered the auditorium cheek by jowl.
• collect one's wits
  собраться с мыслями

  I had to collect my wits after the strange story Jami told me.
• 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 to mind
  прийти в голову, припомнить

  I was trying to recollect the title of the book, but nothing came to mind.
• come to one's senses
  образумиться, взяться за ум, прийти в себя

  "I want you to stop fooling around and come to your senses."