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• albatross (around someone's neck)
  помеха на пути к успеху

  Jack's lack of a proper education is an albatross around his neck, and it prevents him from getting a good job.
• as a duck takes to water
  естественно, как рыба в воде

  Sofia plunged into the water and started to swim easily and naturally, just as a duck takes to water.
• as bald as a coot
  совершенно лысый (похожий на птицу лысуху)

  My Uncle Robert is as bald as a coot.
• as crazy as a loon
  псих

  My next door neighbor, Miss Darling, is as crazy as a loon.
• as dead as a dodo
  мёртвый (как вымершая птица дронт)

  A car hit a cat, and it was as dead as a dodo after the accident.
• as easy as duck soup
  очень легко, без усилий

  Persuading my father to buy a new computer was as easy as duck soup.
• as free as a bird
  свободный как птица

  I am through with my exams, and now I am as free as a bird.
• as graceful as a swan
  грациозный как лебедь

  The ballet dancer was as graceful as a swan.
• as happy as a lark
  очень счастливый, весёлый

  Maria looked as happy as a lark when she got engaged to Mark.
• as hoarse as a crow
  охрипший

  I had to talk very much that day and was as hoarse as a crow by the evening.
• as mad as a wet hen
  взбешённый

  Peter suspected that Joanna had deceived him and was as mad as a wet hen.
• as naked as a jaybird
  голый, "в чём мать родила"

  Jeremy had a swim in the lake, and when he got out of the water he was as naked as a jaybird.
• as proud as a peacock
  очень гордый

  Ms. Bobtail's son was a good musician, and she was as proud as a peacock of him.
• as scarce as hen's teeth/scarcer than hen's teeth
  скудный или несуществующий

  Good hotels in this small town were as scarce as hen's teeth.
• as silly as a goose
  очень глупый

  No wonder nobody takes Julia seriously; she is as silly as a goose.
• as soft as down
  мягкий как пух

  The little girl's fair hair was as soft as down.
• as the crow flies
  напрямик, кратчайшим путём (так же прямо, как летит птица)

  As the crow flies, it is not more than three miles between his house and the station.
• as wise as an owl
  очень мудрый (как сова)

  I often ask my Granny's advise because she is as wise as an owl.
• bat out of hell
  очень быстро, мгновенно

  "What happened? Why did the man left the room like a bat out of hell?"
• bats in the belfry
  сумасшедший, эксцентричный

  I guess my friend has bats in the belfry; his plans are absolutely crazy.
• bird brain
  очень глупый, "куриные мозги"

  Miss Davidson, the secretary, is a bird brain, and she is always making mistakes at work.
• bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
  Одна птица в руках стоит двух в кустах. (пословица)

  "I think you shouldn't spend your money so recklessly until you are able to earn more. Remember that a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."
• birds and bees
  птички и пчёлки, дети в капусте (объяснение ребёнку, откуда берутся дети)

  The time comes when it is necessary to tell the children about birds and bees.
• birds of a feather flock together
  Рыбак рыбака видит издалека. (Пословица)

  "Do not complain about your relatives. Remember that birds of a feather flock together. You are very similar to them."
• birds-eye view
  взгляд с высоты птичьего полёта

  They had a birds-eye view of the stage from their seats high up in the gallery.
• chicken and egg situation
  ситуация, при которой не ясно, где причина, а где следствие

  It was a chicken and egg situation; I didn't quite understand what caused problems with the computer.
• chicken feed
  небольшая сумма денег

  "What you are giving me is chicken feed. I need a lot more money."
• chicken out of (doing something)
  струсить, не сделать что-либо из-за страха

  Sarah chickened out of skiing in the mountains.
• chicken-livered
  трусливый, малодушный

  Mark is chicken-livered; he is easily scared.
• chickens come home to roost
  беда бедою отзовётся (то плохое, что желаете другому, вернётся к вам)

  Margaret's chickens have come home to roost, and she has to take responsibility for what she has done.
• clip (someone's) wings
  ограничивать или сдерживать кого-либо, "подрезать крылья"

  The company decided to clip the manager's wings and took away his expense account.
• cock of the walk
  важная персона, хозяин положения (употребляется иронично)

  John thinks that he is cock of the walk and that everyone must do what he wants.
• cold turkey
  резкое прекращение употребления наркотиков

  Collin must have stopped using drugs cold turkey because he looks very sick.
• cook (someone's) goose
  подпортить, погубить свою репутацию

  Pat cooked her goose, and now she has no opportunity of getting good education.
• count one's chickens before they're hatched
  делать преждевременные выводы, "цыплят по осени считают"

  "You'd better not count your chickens before they're hatched. After all you haven't got that job yet."