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Идиомы на букву S

• see to (someone or something)
  присмотреть за кем-либо \ чем-либо

  "Porter, will you see to my baggage, please?"
• stand by (someone)
  помогать, поддерживать, быть верным другом

  Marion is a very devoted wife; she always stands by her husband when he is in the lurch.
• set the pace
  задавать темп

  The leading skier set the pace for the other skiers to follow.
• step/tread on (someone's) toes
  задеть чьи-либо чувства, "наступить на чью-либо любимую мозоль"

  Stephan managed to step on his friends' toes and that turned his friends into his enemies.
• salt (something) away
  припрятывать, "складывать в кубышку"

  I have been salting away some money, so that I can go on a holiday to Spain.
• set (someone) free
  выпустить из тюрьмы или освободить из плена

  Samuel hoped that they would set him free because he hadn't committed any crime.
• safe bet
  уверенность, несомненный факт (досл. ставка на лошадь, которая непременно выиграет)

  Thompson's project change proposal is a safe bet and I am sure we should accept it.
• stick to one's guns
  не сдавать позиций, держаться стойко

  Gregory was man enough to stick to his guns.
• skin-deep
  поверхностный, не глубокий

  Eric seems to be knowledgeable, but I am sure his knowledge is skin-deep.
• say (something) in a roundabout way
  высказаться иносказательно

  I used a fable to say in a roundabout way in order to make myself understood.
• see (someone) out
  проводить кого-либо из комнаты, из дома

  I was afraid to get lost in the building, so I asked my friend to see me out.
• stick in (someone's) mind
  не забывать, застрять в чьей-либо голове

  The face of the dying woman stuck in my mind for many days.
• sock away (some money)
  убирать, прятать деньги в укромное место

  I have decided to sock away some money to pay for my college education.
• stack the deck
  поставить в невыгодное положение, "подтасовать карты"

  Marion felt that they had stacked the deck against her, that she had never had a fair choice.
• see things
  бредить, галлюцинировать

  Allan had been drinking too much that day and by the evening started to see things.
• smart money is on (something)
  хорошая идея (относительно чего-либо)

  The smart money is on the government officials who decided to introduce a new tax law next year.
• swim against the tide/current
  действовать, преодолевая сопротивление; "плыть против течения"

  I had to swim against the tide as there was a lot of opposition to my project.
• sit at (someone's) feet
  восхищаться кем-либо

  Elvis Regan is a great singer, and I am ready to sit at his feet for ever.
• so clean you can eat off the floor
  очень чисто

  I did up my bedroom and it became so clean you could eat off the floor.
• step-by-step
  постепенно, шаг за шагом

  I learnt how to drive a car step-by-step.
• stuck in a rut
  рутина, привычный уклад жизни

  After my father retired he was stuck in a rut.
• stand up (someone)
  не прийти (на встречу, свидание)

  First Jane agreed to go out with Tim, but then she stood him up.
• stick one's nose into (something)
  совать свой нос куда-либо, вмешиваться в чужие дела

  I wish that my roommate would stop sticking her nose into my private affairs.
• sweep (something) under the rug/carpet
  игнорировать неприятные вещи, стараться забыть о них

  "We'd better not sweep our differences under the rug; let's discuss them."
• slow on the uptake
  тупой, несообразительный

  My new student is slow on the uptake, and I have to explain everything to him several times.
• snap at (someone)
  огрызаться на кого-либо, говорить резко или сердито

  I asked my sister to make some coffee. "I am not your slave," she snapped at me.
• straw in the wind
  намёк, предупреждение

  When Nick messed up with his account, it was a straw in the wind that he might be given a sack soon.
• save (someone's) neck/skin
  спасать свою шкуру

  Jeremy had to sell his investments in order to save his neck.
• set fire to (something)
  поджигать что-либо

  I put a few more logs and set fire to them.
• see fit to (do something)
  считать нужным, целесообразным делать что-либо

  Valery saw fit to devote more time to her term paper.
• set a precedent
  устанавливать прецедент или политику, которой надо следовать в будущем

  A legal case may set a precedent that will be the policy to be followed in future cases.
• 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.
• stick out like a sore thumb
  выделяться, быть хорошо видным

  "Don't you think you will stick out like a sore thumb if you put on this absurd attire?"
• see the light at the end of the tunnel
  предвидеть конец чего-либо (задания, проблемы)

  The task is challenging, but I hope that finally I will see the light at the end of the tunnel.
• search me
  откуда я знаю

  I asked my cousin what had happened to their front door; it wouldn't close and she said, "Search me".