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Идиомы на букву T

• tear down (someone)
  говорить плохо о ком-либо, критиковать

  The speaker tore down one of the city authorities for his poor job performance.
• take a chance/risk
  рискнуть

  If I were you I would take a chance and find a better job.
• throw one's hands up in despair
  возвести руки вверх в порыве отчаяния

  I threw my hands up in despair; I didn't know whom to turn for help.
• to strike out
  нанести сильные удары

  Mark lost his temper and struck out wildly.
• to skip bail
  не появиться в суде, несмотря на внесённый ранее залог

  "I cannot guarantee that the man won't run away; he may easily skip bail."
• tourist trap
  слишком дорогое удовольствие (для туристов)

  I don't want to go to Jamaica for my holiday; I think it to be a tourist trap.
• top (something) off with (something)
  закончить чем-либо

  Richard batted three runs and topped off the game with a home run.
• tell it like it is
  говорить как есть, говорить правду

  I decided to be honest with my friend concerning our relationship and tell it like it is.
• thick
  тупой, неразумный

  Blondes are considered to be pretty thick.
• turn thumbs down on (someone or something)
  быть против, запрещать

  Everyone turned thumbs down on his suggestion.
• turn over (an engine)
  завести мотор

  I think the battery is dead that's why the engine won't turn over.
• throw (someone) off (someone's) trail
  сбить кого-либо со следа

  Even if he managed to throw the police off his trail, his landlady, Miss Bunting, would give him away.
• tied up
  быть занятым

  He can't see you now. He's tied up on the telephone.
• to be hot and bothered
  быть обеспокоенным и недовольным

  Liza was hot and bothered about something, but we didn't know what the matter was.
• to be rolling in (something)
  иметь большое количество чего-либо (обычно денег)

  Mr. Hobson was rolling in money and didn't have to work.
• take (someone) for an idiot/fool
  принимать кого-либо за идиота, за дурака

  "Am I supposed to believe all that crap? Do you take me for a fool?"
• turn over (something) to (someone)
  отдать, передать что-либо кому-либо

  Hillary turned her library books over to the librarian, Mrs. Gorring.
• to turn out (something)
  производить, выпускать что-либо

  Huge power driven presses are capable of turning out 120,000 copies of a big newspaper in an hour.
• tell (someone) where to get off
  ругать кого-либо, пробирать

  Rick was playing loud music late at night and I told him where to get off.
• tough break
  неудачное событие, злоключение

  "It was a tough break; my date didn't show up."
• trouble (someone) for (something)
  просить кого-либо о чём-либо

  "May I trouble you for a match?"
• to stretch the truth
  представлять в ложном свете, давать неправильные сведения

  I think the witness was stretching the truth a little when she characterized the accused as a pessimist.
• tempest in a teapot
  волнение из-за пустяков, "буря в стакане воды"

  "Your difficulty is just a tempest in a teapot, and I am sure it will dissolve in a few days."
• throw (someone's) name around
  произвести впечатление, упомянув имя знаменитости

  Jennet likes to throw the names of influential persons around.
• TGIF
  Thank Goodness (God) It's Friday - Слава богу! Сегодня пятница

  In the window the cafe had a large TGIF sign which said that all drinks were half price.
• trip the light fantastic
  идти на танцы

  It was Saturday night, so my friends and I went downtown to trip the light fantastic.
• TA
  Teaching Assistant - помощник учителя

  Wanda didn't have much experience in teaching and was able to get only the job as a TA at the community college.
• two-faced
  неискренний, двуликий

  Don't confide too much in Dana as she has the reputation of being two-faced.
• talk (someone) down in price
  уговорить кого-либо снизить цену

  I tried to talk the man down in price for the car, but he didn't comply.
• tan (someone's) hide
  наказать, нашлёпать кого-либо

  I told my brother that I would tan his hide if he used my computer again.
• throw in (something)
  добавлять, давать в придачу

  The shop advertised that with every suit of clothes they would throw in a pair of leather gloves.
• through hell and high water
  (пройти) через всевозможные трудности, (пройти) огонь и воду

  Mark is a very reliable man; I could go through hell and high water with him.
• tuck into (something)
  есть что-либо с удовольствием

  There were a lot of tasty things on the table and the children tucked into their dinner as soon as they sat down.
• time of one's life
  замечательное, удивительное время

  Nancy had the time of her life at the party.
• tilt at windmills
  сражаться с ветряными мельницами, донкихотствовать

  Leo is a bore; when it comes to departmental meetings, he wastes everybody's time by constantly tilting at windmills.