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• show one's teeth
  показать свой гнев или силу, "оскалить зубы"

  I got upset because my boss showed his teeth when I began to argue with him about my job.
• shut one's face/trap
  замолчать, заткнуться

  Silvia's bragging got on my nerves, so I asked her to shut her trap.
• Shut your mouth!
  замолчать, заткнуться

  Silvia's bragging got on my nerves, so I asked her to shut up.
• sick at heart
  быть очень расстроенным

  When I learnt about my cousin's troubles with the law, I became sick at heart.
• sight for sore eyes
  приятное зрелище, желанный гость

  "You look gorgeous! You are a sight for sore eyes."
• sit at (someone's) feet
  восхищаться кем-либо

  Elvis Regan is a great singer, and I am ready to sit at his feet for ever.
• sit on its/their hands
  скупо аплодировать, встречать жидкими аплодисментами

  The performance of the clown was very poor, and the audience in the circus sat on their hands.
• sit on one's hands
  сидеть сложа руки, бездействовать

  I sat on my hands and watched the other members of the family clean the living-room.
• six feet under
  быть мёртвым

  "Mandy couldn't have called you, silly; she is six feet under."
• sixth sense
  шестое чувство, интуиция

  My sixth sense prevented me from trusting the man.
• skin and bones
  кожа да кости, очень худой

  Cecily has been keeping to a slimming diet for a long time, and now she is all skin and bones.
• skin-deep
  поверхностный, не глубокий

  Eric seems to be knowledgeable, but I am sure his knowledge is skin-deep.
• slap in the face
  оскорбление, пощёчина, оплеуха

  Brett hadn't expected that Dina would refuse to go out with him; it was a slap in the face for him.
• slap on the wrist
  легкое наказание, шлепок по руке

  Bobby received a slap on the wrist for having told his mother a lie.
• slip of the tongue
  оговорка

  "I didn't mean to say that; it was a slip of the tongue."
• slip one's mind
  забыть, выпасть из памяти

  It completely slipped my mind that I had promised to call my friend the previous day.
• slip through (someone's) fingers
  упустить возможность, просочиться у кого-либо между пальцев

  Sally had a very good opportunity of getting a good job, but she let it slip through her fingers.
• slow-witted
  медленно соображающий, тупой

  "I don't think Kelly is slow-witted; she is just lazy."
• smell blood
  желать узнать причину, взять след

  McAllister could smell blood when he began to investigate the poisoning of the elderly couple by their own granddaughter.
• smile from ear to ear
  широко улыбаться (улыбка от уха до уха)

  Collin was smiling from ear to ear when he saw his friends approaching him.
• soaked to the skin
  промокнуть до нитки

  The children had been walking in the rain for two hours and were soaked to the skin.
• someone's fingerprints are on (something)
  оставить следы (отпечатки пальцев) на чём-либо

  The criminal's fingerprints were on everything in the room; he had not been very careful.
• something-minded
  сосредоточиваться на чём-либо, думать только об одном

  Jeremy Smith is money-minded; all he thinks about is money.
• speak one's mind
  откровенно высказать кому-либо что-либо

  I am going to speak my mind and tell my boss about the shortcomings in our work.
• speak with a forked tongue
  лгать

  I suspect that Mark speaks with a forked tongue that's why everyone distrusts him.
• spit in (someone's) eye
  оскорблять или раздражать кого-либо

  His remarks insulted me as if someone had spit in my eye.
• split hairs
  вдаваться в чрезмерные тонкости, спорить о мелочах

  "Pray don't let us be splitting hairs or there will never be the end of our dispute."
• split one's sides (with laughter)
  надрываться от смеха, "лопнуть со смеху"

  "I'll tell you a good story which will split your sides with laughter."
• stab (someone) in the back
  предавать, клеветать за спиной, "всадить нож в спину"

  I can never again trust Kelly because she tried to stab me in the back.
• stand (something) on its head
  придать чему-либо противоположное значение, исказить, поставить с ног на голову

  We didn't agree with them because they stood this important matter on its head.
• stand head and shoulders above (the rest/someone/something)
  быть гораздо лучше кого-либо \ чего-либо, быть на голову выше остальных

  My new car stands head and shoulders above the one I had before.
• stand on one's head (to do something)
  делать большие усилия

  Jordan did everything but stand on his head to help his friend quit smoking.
• stand on one's own two feet
  быть независимым, прочно стоять на ногах

  Joe has a useful job and earns his own money, so he stands on his own two feet.
• stare (someone) in the face
  быть очевидным

  "Are you looking for your pen? It's on your desk, staring you in the face."
• start off on the wrong foot
  плохо начать (какую-либо деятельность или отношения с кем-либо)

  I can admit that I started off on the wrong foot with my in-laws.