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Идиомы на тему Insects and Fish

• shark
  жестокий и нечестный человек (как акула)

  Ronald turned out to be a shark. I made up my mind not to do any business with him.
• clam up
  замолчать

  Evidently they were talking about me as they clammed up when I appeared.
• fish for a compliment
  напрашиваться на комплимент

  Alice, my classmate, is always fishing for compliments.
• turn turtle
  перевернуться вверх дном

  My tires began to slip; the car turned turtle and stopped.
• 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.
• pale/blue/green around the gills
  выглядеть больным

  "You are looking a little pale around the gills, so you'd better go home right now."
• as gaudy as a butterfly
  слишком яркий (как бабочка)

  I don't quite like this dress; it's as gaudy as a butterfly.
• snake oil salesman
  продавец, пытающийся продать некачественный товар

  The car dealer is like a snake oil salesman. His second-hand cars are no good at all.
• 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.
• worm one's way out of (something)
  (с трудом) находить выход из затруднительного положения

  I hate to wash up, so I decided to worm my way out of this responsibility.
• put (something) in mothballs
  положить что-либо на хранение, ставить на консервацию

  My father put our old car in mothballs and decided to buy a new one.
• 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.
• 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.
• flea market
  барахолка, блошиный рынок

  I bought a very beautiful old vase at a flea market yesterday.
• swallow (something) hook, line and sinker
  безоговорочно поверить, "заглотить наживку"

  Rick told me about his disastrous situation, and I, being a gullible person, swallowed it hook, line, and sinker.
• whale of (something)
  исключительно хороший

  We had a whale of a time at the barbecue party.
• not hurt a flea
  безобидный (человек), "муху не обидит"

  Bill was accused of murder, but I knew he would not hurt a flea.
• no flies on (someone)
  быть очень быстрым или очень занятым (весь в движении)

  There are no flies on Theodor. He is always on the move.
• louse up
  испортить, изгадить

  "Don't you think that you've loused up your job interview? Now there is no chance for you of getting a good job."