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• as busy as a bee
  трудолюбивый как пчёлка, очень занятый

  Cora has been as busy as a bee since she moved into her new house.
• as calm as a toad in the sun
  очень спокойный и довольный (как жаба на солнце)

  Jeremy looked as calm as a toad in the sun during the baseball game.
• as crazy as a bedbug
  сумасшедший

  My old aunt Polly is as crazy as a bedbug.
• as full/tight as a tick
  переполненный едой или питьём

  The man was as full as a tick after a large meal at supper.
• as gaudy as a butterfly
  слишком яркий (как бабочка)

  I don't quite like this dress; it's as gaudy as a butterfly.
• as happy as a clam
  счастливый и довольный (как двустворчатый моллюск)

  The little boy was as happy as a clam when he was given a new bicycle.
• as mad as a hornet
  очень злой (как оса)

  My brother got as mad as a hornet when he learnt that I had lost his disks.
• as merry as a cricket
  весёлый (как сверчок)

  Laura is a sunny person; she is always as merry as a cricket.
• as red as a lobster
  красный (как рак)

  When Sandra came home from the beach, she was as red as a lobster after sitting in the sun too much.
• as slippery as an eel
  скользкий как угорь, увёртливый, изворотливый

  Paul is as slippery as an eel, and I am sure he cannot be trusted.
• as snug as a bug in a rug
  очень уютный

  I wrapped myself into a big warm comforter and felt as snug as a bug in a rug.
• as ugly as a toad
  некрасивый, страшный как жаба

  Pam had a flat nose with wide nostrils, small beady eyes and a double chin and looked as ugly as a toad.
• big fish in a small pond
  великан среди пигмеев, "шишка на ровном месте"

  "I don't think much of Jeremy Brown; he seems to be a big fish in a small pond."
• bitten by (some kind of) bug
  заинтересоваться какой-либо деятельностью

  My sister got interested in collecting butterflies as if she had been bitten by some kind of bug.
• bug (someone)
  донимать кого-либо, раздражать

  That man really bugs me with his silly jokes.
• bug-eyed
  широко открыть глаза (от удивления)

  I was bug-eyed when I saw Sara whom I didn't expect to see in my house.
• clam up
  замолчать

  Evidently they were talking about me as they clammed up when I appeared.
• cold fish
  бесчувственный человек "холодный как рыба"

  Jack Brown turned out to be a cold fish; he didn't care much about his parents.
• cry/shed crocodile tears
  лить крокодиловы слёзы

  When William complained about his problems, he shed crocodile tears, but nobody believed him.
• drink like a fish
  пить как сапожник

  Mark is never sober; he drinks like a fish.
• fine kettle of fish
  неудобная, неудовлетворительная ситуация

  It was a fine kettle of fish when my boss called and told me to stay after office hours.
• fish for (something)
  пытаться найти информацию о чём-либо, выуживать информацию

  Rick can sit for hours fishing for information from the Internet.
• fish for a compliment
  напрашиваться на комплимент

  Alice, my classmate, is always fishing for compliments.
• fish in troubled waters
  стараться получить что-либо (выгоду, информацию) нечестным путём; "ловить рыбку в мутной воде"

  I hate people fishing in troubled waters in order to gather information.
• fish or cut bait
  принять то или иное решение, одно из двух

  "I see that you are not actually eager to buy the house, so you either fish or cut bait."
• fish out of water
  человек не в своей стихии, "рыба без воды"

  The woman was like a fish out of water at the fashion show.
• fishy
  странный и подозрительный

  The old man with a long beard looked quite fishy.
• flea market
  барахолка, блошиный рынок

  I bought a very beautiful old vase at a flea market yesterday.
• fly in the ointment
  помеха, "ложка дёгтя в бочке мёда"

  The problem with the weather was a fly in the ointment during their enjoyable holiday.
• go on a fishing expedition
  пытаться обнаружить информацию

  While investigating the murder case the detective had to go on a fishing expedition to try and find as much information as possible.
• have a frog in one's throat
  охрипнуть, говорить с трудом

  I am a very shy person and I always have a frog in my throat when I have to make a speech.
• have butterflies in one's stomach
  чувствовать страх или внутреннее беспокойство

  I had butterflies in my stomach while waiting for the results of the test.
• have other/bigger fish to fry
  иметь другие дела, иметь более важные дела

  He probably has other fish to fry that's why he rejected our invitation.
• hive of activity
  людской муравейник; место, где очень много народу

  The stadium was a hive of activity during the football match.
• Holy mackerel!
  Боже мой! Не может быть! Ну и ну! (выражение удивления, удовольствия или гнева)

  "Holy mackerel!" cried the woman when she saw a kitten sitting under the table. "How did it get here?"