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Идиомы на тему Mouth and Teeth

• keep a stiff upper lip
  не терять мужества, не падать духом, не вешать носа, держаться молодцом

  "I want you to keep a stiff upper lip whatever happens."
• down in the mouth
  (быть) подавленным, несчастным

  I felt sorry for Felicity; she looked so down in the mouth.
• button one's lip
  замолчать, прикусить язык

  "I'd rather you buttoned up your lip; I don't want other people to know about our problems."
• on the tip of one's tongue
  вертится на языке (не припомню)

  I know his name; it's on the tip of my tongue, but I can't quite remember it at the moment.
• long in the tooth
  (быть) старым, песок сыплется (длинные зубы у лошади – признак старости)

  My Uncle Ben was very long in the tooth but very spry.
• hold one's tongue
  промолчать, "придержать язык"

  "If my father asks you about me, please hold your tongue."
• have a big mouth
  болтун, сплетник

  "Don't trust Lily and never tell her any secrets; she has a big mouth."
• by the skin of one's teeth
  чудом, едва-едва, еле-еле

  The team won the game by the skin of their teeth.
• pay lip service to (someone or something)
  поддерживать кого-либо на словах, а не на деле

  "If you can support the project, do it. Don't pay lip service to me."
• as scarce as hen's teeth
  редко встречающийся или не существующий

  In summer cheap hotels everywhere are as scarce as hen's teeth.
• like pulling teeth
  очень трудно (делать)

  It was like pulling teeth to clean the mess in my brother's bedroom.
• bite one's tongue
  прикусить (себе) язык, не проговориться

  I'd rather bite my tongue than tell my parents about my problem.
• set one's teeth on edge
  действовать кому-либо на нервы, раздражать, выводить из себя

  "Please, stop that noise! It sets my teeth on edge."
• speak with a forked tongue
  лгать

  I suspect that Mark speaks with a forked tongue that's why everyone distrusts him.
• put words into (someone's) mouth
  подсказать кому-либо, что надо говорить; "вложить слова в чьи-либо уста"

  "Frank never said that. You are trying to put words in his mouth."
• lips are sealed
  не разглашать секрета, "закрыть рот на замок"

  "Don't worry, my lips are sealed and I won't tell anybody about your problem."
• leave a bad taste in one's mouth
  оставить плохое впечатление, внушать отвращение

  The way he spoke at the meeting left a bad taste in my mouth.
• slip of the tongue
  оговорка

  "I didn't mean to say that; it was a slip of the tongue."
• zip one's lip
  не выдавать секрет, не болтать

  "Please, zip your lip and stop talking about the things you do not understand."
• show one's teeth
  показать свой гнев или силу, "оскалить зубы"

  I got upset because my boss showed his teeth when I began to argue with him about my job.
• cause tongues to wag
  дать пищу для сплетен

  Kelly likes to shock people and it gives her pleasure to cause tongues to wag.
• lie through one's teeth
  врать напропалую

  It is customary for Lorna to lie through her teeth in order to get what she wants.
• keep a civil tongue
  вежливо, учтиво говорить; избегать грубостей

  The patient was warned to keep a civil tongue when talking to the doctor.
• bad-mouth (someone or something)
  оговаривать кого-то, отзываться плохо о ком-либо \ чём-либо

  Their neighbor Mr. Cannon is a mean person; he has the habit of bad-mouthing everybody.
• by word of mouth
  устно, на словах

  I don't want to write to them; I'd rather you did it by word of mouth.
• grit one's teeth
  сжать зубы

  My father didn't give me the money I asked for, so I grit my teeth and left the house.
• sharp tongue
  (иметь) острый язык, (быть) критичным, не добрым

  Nobody likes Cora; she has a sharp tongue and she very often says very unkind things to others.
• armed to the teeth
  вооружен до зубов

  The police stopped a car. The man in the car was armed to the teeth.
• have a say/voice (in something)
  принимать участие в принятии решения, "иметь голос" в чём-либо

  The Teachers' Union wanted to have a say in discussing teachers' employment.
• fight tooth and nail
  драться, бороться изо всех сил

  The boy was fighting tooth and nail to get his toys back from another boy.
• laugh out of the other side of one's mouth
  приуныть после веселья, от смеха перейти к слезам

  Sloan got a ticket for parking his car in the wrong place and was laughing out of the other side of his mouth.
• put some teeth into (something)
  увеличивать, наращивать (мощь, силу, значимость)

  The local government plans to put some teeth into the new parking rules.
• shoot one's mouth off
  хвастливо болтать или говорить о том, чего хорошо не знаешь

  Sandra always shoots her mouth off about something she doesn't know very well.
• cut one's (own) throat
  сделать что-либо во вред себе, перерезать себе горло

  "If you quit your job, you'll cut your own throat."
• foam at the mouth
  быть в бешенстве, "метать громы и молнии"

  Old Simpson foamed at the mouth when he understood that we had lied to him.