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• as happy as a lark
  очень счастливый, весёлый

  Maria looked as happy as a lark when she got engaged to Mark.
• 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 proud as a peacock
  очень гордый

  Ms. Bobtail's son was a good musician, and she was as proud as a peacock of him.
• lovely weather for ducks
  дождливая погода

  "Lovely weather for ducks," I thought, walking to my car in the rain.
• little bird told me
  мне стало известно по секрету, "сорока на хвосте принесла"

  A little bird told me that my Mom would give me a nice present for my birthday.
• get one's ducks in a row
  привести свои дела в порядок

  I got my ducks in a row before I quit my job.
• kill two birds with one stone
  убить двух зайцев", выполнить два действия сразу

  He decided to kill two birds with one stone by purchasing a computer and having it serviced.
• as wise as an owl
  очень мудрый (как сова)

  I often ask my Granny's advise because she is as wise as an owl.
• 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.
• 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.
• eat crow
  проглотить обиду, смириться

  "I guess I'll have to eat crow if I am defeated."
• as crazy as a loon
  псих

  My next door neighbor, Miss Darling, is as crazy as a loon.
• 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.
• as free as a bird
  свободный как птица

  I am through with my exams, and now I am as free as a bird.
• 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 silly as a goose
  очень глупый

  No wonder nobody takes Julia seriously; she is as silly as a goose.
• play chicken
  играть в опасные игры (посмотреть, кто первым испугается)

  A few boys were playing chicken on the playground.
• as bald as a coot
  совершенно лысый (похожий на птицу лысуху)

  My Uncle Robert is as bald as a coot.
• eat like a bird
  очень мало есть, "есть как птичка"

  The child probably eats like a bird; she is so thin.
• 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.
• no spring chicken
  (человек) не первой молодости

  "If I were you, I wouldn't work so much. Don't forget you are no spring chicken."
• dead duck
  конченный (человек ) или вышедшая из употребления вещь

  My television set is very old; it is in a hopeless situation, in fact it's a dead duck.
• 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.
• feather one's nest
  разбогатеть, поживиться за чей-либо счёт, "нагреть руки"

  Paul, her only brother, was eager to feather his own nest at the expense of his sister and her family.
• chicken feed
  небольшая сумма денег

  "What you are giving me is chicken feed. I need a lot more money."
• eagle eye
  пристально следящий взгляд, зоркий глаз (как у орла)

  Alan kept an eagle eye upon all Carry's activities.
• bird brain
  очень глупый, "куриные мозги"

  Miss Davidson, the secretary, is a bird brain, and she is always making mistakes at work.
• wild goose chase
  бессмысленная погоня или сумасбродная затея

  Jealousy sent Rena on a wild goose chase of a mysterious woman who had been seen entering her husband's office.
• like water off a duck's back
  всё ни почём, "как с гуся вода"

  It is absolutely useless criticizing Jenny; the criticism falls away like water off a duck's back.
• early bird
  ранняя пташка (о человеке, привыкшем рано вставать или рано начинать что-либо)

  "I hate getting up early; I am not an early bird, I must confess."
• 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.
• one's goose is cooked
  погубить себя, пострадать от собственных козней, вырыть себе яму

  My brother's goose is cooked. Soon my father will discover that Paul has damaged his car.
• for the birds
  это не серьёзно, это не для меня

  Doing a lot of work in the office is for the birds.
• as mad as a wet hen
  взбешённый

  Peter suspected that Joanna had deceived him and was as mad as a wet hen.
• neither fish nor fowl
  ни то, ни сё; "ни рыба, ни мясо" (о нерешительном человеке)

  Mike is neither fish nor fowl, and he doesn't really fit into any of the student group.