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• pay (someone) a back-handed/left-handed compliment
  отвесить сомнительный комплимент кому-либо

  I didn't mean to pay Sara a back-handed compliment when I told her how well she looked.
• pay an arm and a leg (for something)
  заплатить кучу денег за что-либо

  They paid an arm and a leg for their new house.
• pay lip service to (someone or something)
  поддерживать кого-либо на словах, а не на деле

  "If you can support the project, do it. Don't pay lip service to me."
• pay through the nose for (something)
  платить бешеные деньги за что-либо

  Ken made his family pay through the nose for keeping him out of bankruptcy.
• per head
  на одного человека, на одну персону

  The bus fare cost only a small amount of money per head.
• pick the brains of (someone)
  использовать, присваивать чужие мысли

  John West had the ability of picking the brains of other people.
• pit one's wits against (someone)
  бросать вызов кому-либо

  Collin decided to pit his wits against the best scholars of the university.
• play by ear
  играть на слух (по слуху)

  The young woman is blind, and plays the harp by ear.
• play footsie (with someone)
  флиртовать с кем-либо (прикасаться к ногам под столом)

  Nick was trying to play footsie with me during our dinner in the restaurant.
• play into (someone's) hands
  играть на руку кому-либо

  Fate played into Tim's hands and he got what he was craving for.
• play it by ear
  принять решение в зависимости от ситуации

  Mark didn't have a definite plan of action; he decided to play it by ear.
• play one's cards close to one's chest
  вести переговоры в осторожной и конфиденциальной манере

  Sue played her cards close to her chest when she went to the bank to settle her problem.
• point the finger (of blame) at (someone)
  винить кого-либо в чём-либо, "указать пальцем на кого-либо"

  "I don't wish to point the finger of blame at Mark, but I am sure that he is the guilty person."
• poke one's nose into (something)
  вмешиваться во что-либо, "совать нос"

  I'd rather you didn't poke your nose into my private affairs.
• pour one's heart out (to someone)
  излить душу кому-либо, высказать самое заветное

  I saw that something was worrying Fanny and I said she would feel better if she poured her heart out to me.
• powder one's nose
  попудрить носик

  Rita told her boyfriend that she would like to go to the dressing room to powder her nose.
• press the flesh
  пожимать всем руки (чтобы приобрести популярность)

  If a politician wants to be more popular, he should press the flesh of the public at large.
• prick up one's ears
  прислушиваться, "навострить уши"

  My parents seemed to be talking about me, so I pricked up my ears.
• pull (someone's) leg
  подшучивать над кем-либо, дурачить кого-либо

  Nathan is fond of playing tricks on people and he is always pulling my leg when he sees me.
• pull (someone's) tooth out
  выдернуть \ удалить кому-либо зуб

  I had a terrible toothache the other day, and was relieved when the dentist pulled my tooth out.
• pull one's (own) weight
  принимать участие в чём-либо, свой вклад в общее дело

  My mother wanted me to pull my weight in cleaning the house.
• pull one's hair out
  быть расстроенным, обеспокоенным

  Don't pull your hair out even if you discover that you are not a genius.
• pull the wool over (someone's) eyes
  вводить кого-либо в заблуждение, "втирать очки"

  "You are telling me a pack of lies. Don't think you can pull the wool over my eyes like that."
• put (someone or something) out of one's head/mind
  выбросить кого-либо \ что-либо из головы, перестать думать

  "I want you to put this silly idea out of your head; you have no notion what can happen."
• put (someone's) eye out
  выколоть кому-либо глаз

  Jeremy became blind as he accidentally put his eye out.
• put (someone's) nose out of joint
  обидеть кого-либо

  I didn't mean to put my friend's nose out of joint when I criticized his work.
• put a bug in (someone's) ear
  нашёптывать кому-либо, вдолбить в голову

  I wanted to buy a new car so I put a bug in my father's ear.
• put flesh on (something)
  добавить детали к чему-либо

  I decided to put flesh on my new project so that it becomes clearer and more detailed.
• put hair on one's chest
  быть полезным для кого-либо (о пище или напитках)

  I had a sore throat and Mother said that hot milk with honey would put hair on my chest.
• put ideas into (someone's) head
  наводить кого-либо на мысль (о чем-либо плохом), подсказывать

  "You are being most irrational. Who is putting silly ideas into your head?"
• put on a brave face
  казаться счастливым (хотя ситуация неблагоприятная), не выдавать своих чувств

  Susan was awfully afraid of the operation, but she tried to put on a brave face.
• put one's back into (something)
  вложить силу или энергию во что-либо

  I had to move the piano out of the family room, so I asked my friend to put his back into it.
• put one's best foot forward
  делать всё возможное, стараться быть на высоте

  It was the necessity to put her best foot forward that was really troubling her.
• put one's face on
  краситься, накладывать макияж

  I was waiting for Nora while she was putting her face on.
• put one's finger on (something)
  обнаруживать точное местонахождение чего-либо

  Sandra was not able to put her finger on the exact place where she had lost her purse.