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• lose one's grip
  потерять опору, сорваться

  Miranda must have lost her grip and fell down from the cliff.
• lose one's head over (someone or something)
  потерять голову из-за кого-либо \ чего-либо, разволноваться

  Mr. Winter has lost his head over horse races; he makes bets and loses a lot of money.
• lose one's marbles/mind
  сойти с ума, "слететь с катушек"

  Georgina seems to have lost her marbles because she doesn't behave reasonably.
• lose one's train of thought
  потерять ход мыслей

  I was thinking about my project, but I lost my train of thought when my friend called.
• loudmouth
  болтун, трепло

  Ron is a loudmouth; he is also noisy and boastful.
• lower one's voice
  понизить голос

  My mother asked me to lower my voice because my little sister was asleep.
• make (someone's) blood boil
  приводить кого-либо в бешенство, "кровь вскипела"

  I can't stand Ken. His misbehavior makes my blood boil.
• make (someone's) blood run cold
  приводить кого-либо в содрогание, (кровь застыла в жилах)

  The sight of the dead body of Desmond Finch made Mandy's blood run cold.
• make (someone's) flesh crawl
  приводить кого-либо в ужас (мороз по коже)

  Sandra heard a terrible scream outside and it made her flesh crawl.
• make (someone's) hair curl
  сильно испугать или шокировать кого-либо

  The sight of the bleeding man with a knife in his side made my hair curl.
• make (someone's) hair stand on end
  заставить кого-либо сильно испугаться, "волосы встали дыбом"

  The sight of the dead body made my hair stand on end.
• make (someone's) head spin/swim
  сбивать с толку, приводить в смятение

  I had to absorb a lot of information in my Chemistry class and it made my head spin.
• make a clean breast of (something)
  чистосердечно признаться в чём-либо, облегчить душу

  I decided to make a clean breast of everything, and I think I will feel better.
• make a face (at someone)
  корчить гримасы

  "Stop making a face at the monkey," said the mother. - "He began it first," answered the son.
• make chin music
  болтать, разговаривать

  When the two old friends met, they spent the whole day making chin music.
• make eyes at (someone)
  строить глазки, флиртовать с кем-либо

  Marion tried to make eyes at Jimmy, but he paid no attention to her.
• make heads or tails (out) of (something)
  находить значение в чём-либо, понимать

  Sam could not make heads or tails of the lines and dots on the map.
• make no bones about (something)
  не колебаться или не церемониться

  Mike made no bones about the matter; he despised Captain Blood.
• make one's toes curl
  чувствовать себя неловко

  Rick said something unpleasant and it made my toes curl.
• make oneself heard
  говорить громко, чтобы быть услышанным

  There was such a pandemonium in the classroom that the monitor could hardly make herself heard.
• make up one's mind
  решать, принять решение

  I haven't made up my mind where to go for my holiday, which is supposed to be in March.
• Many hands make light work
  Когда рук много, работа спорится.

  Many hands make light work and lots of people helped clean the town after the hurricane.
• meeting of minds
  полное согласие

  "Were you able to achieve a meeting of minds at last?"
• millstone around (someone's) neck
  обуза, ярмо на чьей-либо шее

  Jeffrey Jones has a handicap, but it is not a millstone around his family's neck; he is able to earn his own money.
• mind goes blank
  провал в памяти

  I tried to remember the girl's name, but alas my mind went blank.
• mind is buzzing
  думать о многих вещах сразу

  Ann's mind was buzzing after she left the conference room.
• mind is in the gutter
  разговор на шокирующую тему

  Sam enjoys shocking people; his mind is often in the gutter and nobody likes to talk to him.
• mind is on (something)
  постоянно думать о чём-либо

  My mind has been on my final exams all month.
• mind over matter
  нет ничего невозможного

  It is mind over matter. If Helen really wants to succeed as an actress, she will be able to do it.
• mind-boggling
  ошеломляющий, поразительный

  The amount of books in that book store is mind-boggling.
• mind-numbing
  ужасно скучный

  The lecture was not interesting at all; it was mind-numbing.
• more to (someone or something) than meets the eye
  больше, чем кажется на первый взгляд; не всё так просто

  The criminal case seamed to be quite simple, but it turned out there was more to it than meets the eye.
• My foot!
  Какая чепуха!

  "My foot!" I exclaimed when I learned what my boyfriend had said about me.
• naked eye
  невооружённый глаз

  This is the truth; and even a very short-sighted person can see it with a naked eye.
• narrow-minded
  ограниченный, недалёкий

  George is generally very open about a lot of things, but when it comes to politics, he is terribly narrow-minded.