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• put one's foot down (about something)
  запретить, положить конец, занять твёрдую позицию

  This has gone far enough; he is going to put his foot down about his son's gambling.
• put one's foot in one's mouth
  попасть впросак, "сесть в лужу"

  He was afraid lest he should put his foot in his mouth, so he decided to keep silent.
• put one's hand to the plow
  взяться за трудное дело

  Stella put her hand to the plow in order to clean the whole house.
• put one's hands on (something)
  завладеть чем-либо

  I would like to put my hands on a good computer.
• put one's head in a noose
  вредить самому себе действием или словом, лезть в петлю

  Alice put her head in a noose when she borrowed a lot of money from Fanny.
• put one's head in the lion's mouth
  оказаться в опасности из-за собственной неосмотрительности

  David put his head in the lion's mouth when he got involved in the car fraud.
• put one's head on the block for (someone or something)
  рисковать (головой) ради кого-либо \ чего-либо

  "Mind you, I am not going to put my head on the block for you."
• put one's heads together
  обговорить, обсудить что-либо вместе

  "Let's put our heads together and discuss our problems."
• put one's mind to (something)
  уделить много внимания чему-либо

  "I am sure you can do nearly anything if you put your mind to it."
• put one's shoulder to the wheel
  энергично взяться за работу, приналечь

  "If you want to prosper in the future, you must put your shoulder to the wheel."
• put one's toe in the water
  начать что-либо делать и посмотреть, что из этого получиться

  Ron decided to put his toe in the water to see if the new job is good for him.
• put some teeth into (something)
  увеличивать, наращивать (мощь, силу, значимость)

  The local government plans to put some teeth into the new parking rules.
• put words into (someone's) mouth
  подсказать кому-либо, что надо говорить; "вложить слова в чьи-либо уста"

  "Frank never said that. You are trying to put words in his mouth."
• put/lay the finger on (someone)
  обвинить кого-либо, опознавать виновного

  Norman put the finger on the drug dealer who had sold him heroin outside the disco club.
• putty in (someone's) hands
  легко поддаваться чьему-либо влиянию, быть как воск в чьих-либо руках

  Kelly is very naLve and trustful; she is like putty in people's hands.
• rack one's brain
  ломать себе голову над чем-либо

  Peter was racking his brains, trying to remember where he had put his car keys.
• raise a hand
  пошевелить рукой (чтобы помочь), делать часть работы

  Jordan didn't raise a hand to do his share of the work, so I had to do everything all by myself.
• raise a hand against (someone or something)
  поднять руку на кого-либо \ что-либо

  Jordan raised a hand against his wife's precious possessions, and she decided to punish him.
• raise eyebrows
  вызвать чьё-либо неодобрение

  Ron raised eyebrows when Steve failed to complete his job in time.
• raise its (ugly) head
  снова возникнуть, поднять голову (о какой-либо проблеме)

  The problem of cockroaches in our apartment raised its ugly head again.
• raise one's voice to (someone)
  накричать на кого-либо

  My mother always raises her voice to anyone when she is angry.
• ram (something) down (someone's) throat
  навязывать кому-либо что-либо (своё мнение, взгляды)

  "I don't want you to ram your notions down my throat."
• rap (someone's) knuckles
  высказать порицание кому-либо

  My boss rapped my knuckles for taking long coffee breaks.
• read (someone's) lips
  внимательно слушать кого-либо и верить тому, что говориться

  The teacher told the students to read her lips and listen carefully to what she was saying.
• read (someone's) mind
  читать чьи-либо мысли

  I tried to read my father's mind, but I couldn't make out what he was thinking about my new job.
• read the handwriting on the wall
  предвидеть что-либо (подмечая детали и намёки)

  I could easily read the handwriting on the wall, and I knew beforehand what was going to happen to our firm.
• rear its ugly head
  (что-либо неприятное) вновь становиться очевидным

  The problem of cockroaches has reared its ugly head in my apartment again.
• receive (someone) with open arms
  встретить кого-либо с распростертыми объятиями

  When my friends came to visit us, we welcomed them with open arms.
• regain one's feet
  встать на ноги (после падения)

  The man stumbled over a stone and fell on the sidewalk but quickly regained his feet.
• right hand does not know what the left hand is doing
  правая рука не знает, что делает левая, отсутствие согласованности

  I am sorry to say but there isn't any appropriate communication in the company that's why the right hand does not know what the left hand is doing.
• risk one's neck (to do something)
  рисковать сломать шею, делая что-либо

  I risked my neck in order to rescue the cat that had climbed out onto the balcony.
• rub (someone's) nose in (something)
  постоянно напоминать кому-либо об ошибках, промашках

  To err is human, and I don't understand why my boss rubs my nose in it if I make a mistake.
• rub elbows (with someone)
  тесно общаться с кем-либо, работать вместе

  I am a manager, and at work I rub elbows with a lot of people.
• rub shoulders (with someone)
  общаться, знаться с кем-либо

  Amelia rubbed shoulders only with the famous and the rich.
• rule (someone) with an iron fist
  управлять кем-либо железной рукой

  Mr. Domby ruled his household with an iron fist.