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Идиомы на букву M

• make a clean breast of (something)
  чистосердечно признаться в чём-либо, облегчить душу

  I decided to make a clean breast of everything, and I think I will feel better.
• make good money
  зарабатывать хорошие деньги

  Pam was able to make good money doing a full-time job at a souvenir factory.
• make money hand over fist
  зарабатывать много денег быстро и легко

  During the World War the company was making money hand over fist.
• mind-numbing
  ужасно скучный

  The lecture was not interesting at all; it was mind-numbing.
• make a cold call
  проводить опрос потенциальных клиентов по телефону

  My boss asked me to make cold calls from the telephone book.
• make a long story short
  короче говоря

  To make a long story short, I have never thought much of Jimmy; he is ill-mannered and boastful.
• make as if (to do something)
  действовать так, как будто собираешься делать что-либо

  Marion made as if to say something, but then she thought better of it.
• make (someone's) blood boil
  приводить кого-либо в бешенство, "кровь вскипела"

  I can't stand Ken. His misbehavior makes my blood boil.
• make a point
  сообщать, указать на, доказать важность

  Betty made a point on the necessity of installing a fire alarm in the house.
• make a bed
  заправлять постель

  My brother is very lazy; he never takes pains to make his bed.
• Many hands make light work
  Когда рук много, работа спорится.

  Many hands make light work and lots of people helped clean the town after the hurricane.
• make arrangements for (someone or something)
  делать приготовления для кого-либо \ чего-либо, организовать

  I made arrangements for my son and his friends to go on an excursion.
• move up (in the world)
  продвинуться, преуспеть

  The young actress is working very hard and she hopes to move up in the world.
• mum's the word
  не выдавать секрет, помалкивать, "об этом ни гу-гу"

  "Mum's the word on the scandal. You should keep quiet about it and not tell anyone. Do you promise?"
• make amends for (something)
  заглаживать вину, возмещать

  Carry's little bravado made her feel as if she ought to make amends.
• make up one's face
  накладывать косметику, краситься

  That girl makes up her face badly; she looks an awful sight.
• make a day of it
  провести целый день, посвятить целый день чему-либо

  Ms. Brown made up her mind to make a day of it and clean the whole house.
• make (someone) eat crow
  заставить кого-либо признать ошибку или взять назад свои слова

  I knew Bob had made a mistake and I wanted to make him eat crow, but he didn't yield.
• make oneself at home
  чувствовать себя как дома

  "Come on in and make yourself at home. I'll be with you in a minute."
• make (someone's) hair curl
  сильно испугать или шокировать кого-либо

  The sight of the bleeding man with a knife in his side made my hair curl.
• make a big deal about (something)
  преувеличивать важность чего-либо

  My mother exaggerates even small problems; I wish she would not make a big deal about everything.
• make (someone's) flesh crawl
  приводить кого-либо в ужас (мороз по коже)

  Sandra heard a terrible scream outside and it made her flesh crawl.
• make cracks (about someone or something)
  шутить, отпускать шутки на счёт кого-либо \ чего-либо

  The reporter made cracks about the famous actor during the interview.
• more fun than a barrel of monkeys
  очень смешной, забавный

  Jonny was more fun than a barrel of monkeys, and everybody loved to hear his jokes.
• make a comeback
  возвратиться (к прежней успешной карьере, власти, популярности)

  After the injury the figure skater has been training very hard in order to make a comeback.
• make off with (someone or something)
  удрать, убежать с кем-либо \ чем-либо

  Bobby took away a toy from a little boy and made off with it.
• movers and shakers
  влиятельные люди

  The movers and shakers of the city attended the opening of the new stadium.
• make headway
  делать успехи, продвигаться вперёд

  Though they had been bargaining for nearly three days, they didn't make headway with the agreement.
• make a hit
  иметь успех

  The first night performance of Hamlet made a great hit.
• millstone around (someone's) neck
  обуза, ярмо на чьей-либо шее

  Jeffrey Jones has a handicap, but it is not a millstone around his family's neck; he is able to earn his own money.
• make (someone or something) available to (someone)
  сделать кого-либо \ что-либо доступным, досягаемым

  They made a car available to the handicapped person.
• might as well
  с таким же успехом

  John was not listening to me; I might as well be talking to a wall.
• money is no object
  цена не столь важна

  Money is no object if you have decided to go on a luxury voyage in the middle of summer.
• miss the boat
  потерять возможность

  "Tell Joanna that she'd better get ready quickly or else she will miss the boat and not see this wonderful drama at the theatre."
• make one's hair stand on end
  сильно напугать кого-либо, "волосы встали дыбом"

  She heard horrible screams of the tortured people and it made her hair stand on end.