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• touch/hit/strike a raw nerve
  задеть за живое

  My friend didn't understand that she had touched a raw nerve when she had asked me about my relationship with Mark.
• touched (in the head)
  спятил, свихнулся

  "What's the matter with you? You are acting as if you were touched in the head tonight."
• trouble one's head about (someone or something)
  волноваться из-за кого-либо \ чего-либо, беспокоиться

  Lionel never troubles his head about such matters.
• try one's hand (at something)
  попробовать свои силы в чём-либо

  I am going to try my hand at poker tonight.
• tug at (someone's) heartstrings
  заставить кого-либо испытывать жалость, сочувствие

  Seeing two helpless little kittens in a cardboard box outside, tugged at my heartstrings.
• turn (someone's) head
  вскружить кому-либо голову, приводить в смятение

  When David saw Tina for the first time, her beauty turned his head. He fell in love at first sight.
• turn (someone's) stomach
  вызывать тошноту

  The rolling of the boat turned his stomach.
• turn (something) on its head
  поставить с ног на голову, придать чему-либо противоположное значение

  The judge accused the lawyer of turning the statement on its head.
• turn (something) over in one's mind
  постоянно думать о чём-либо, держать в уме

  I slept badly that night because I was turning the conversation with my father over in my mind.
• turn a blind eye to (someone or something)
  не замечать кого-либо \ что-либо

  Adam preferred to turn a blind eye to the "No Fishing" sign.
• turn a deaf ear to (someone)
  игнорировать, не слушать кого-либо \ что-либо

  I asked Alfred to help me, but he turned a deaf ear to my request.
• turn on one's heel
  круто повернуться

  Jonathan turned on his heel and dashed out of the room.
• turn one's back on (someone or something)
  отказать в помощи кому-либо, отвернуться, покинуть кого-либо в беде

  Peter turned his back on his own family when they needed help.
• turn one's hand to (something)
  взяться за что-либо (отличное оттого, что делали ранее)

  After Mark finished writing a thriller, he turned his hand to screen plays.
• turn one's nose up at (someone or something)
  отвергать кого-либо \ что-либо

  The young man turned his nose up at the chance to go to an agricultural college.
• turn the other cheek
  подставить другую щёку, быть безответным, не мстительным

  I know it was an excellent opportunity for turning the other cheek, but I didn't think of it in time.
• turn thumbs down (on something)
  не одобрить или отклонить что-либо

  Everyone turned thumbs down on his suggestion to sell the company.
• twiddle one's thumbs
  бездельничать; сидеть, сложа руки

  I've got to be busy. I can't sit down and twiddle my thumbs.
• twist (someone's) arm
  силой заставлять кого-либо (делать что-либо)

  I often have to twist my son's arm to make him eat properly.
• under (someone's) feet
  (путаться) у кого-либо под ногами

  "Get lost! I don't want you to be under my feet while I am working."
• under (someone's) nose
  (находиться) у кого-либо под носом

  I looked high and low for my car keys, but they were right under my nose all the time.
• under one's thumb
  всецело во власти кого-либо, под каблуком у кого-либо

  Mr. Richardson is a bully. He keeps all the family under his thumb.
• up in arms
  быть готовым к борьбе, сопротивлению

  The students are up in arms over the new rule against parties in the dorm.
• up to one's chin in (something)
  быть занятым (под завязку) или быть вовлечённым во что-либо

  My cousin Marcia is always in debt up to her chin.
• up to one's ears/eyeballs/neck in (something)
  быть по уши в чём-либо

  Around final examination time most of the university teachers are up to their ears in work.
• use one's head/noggin/noodle
  подумать, пошевелить мозгами

  "If you don't remember who has told you about it, then use your head and try to call it to mind."
• use some elbow grease
  делать какое-либо усилие

  The car was awfully dirty, and I used some elbow grease to clean it.
• vent one's spleen
  избавиться от раздражения или злобы

  I am very angry at the manager's suggestion to transfer me to another department and I haven't been able to vent my spleen so far.
• vote with one's feet
  уйти, таким образом показать свою антипатию; "проголосовать ногами"

  The lecture was boring and some of the students voted with their feet.
• wag one's chin
  болтать, молоть языком

  Liza met Wanda in the tea room, and she wagged her chin with an old friend for a long time.
• wait on (someone) hand and foot
  делать всё возможное для кого-либо, служить верой и правдой

  Moira is a spoiled child because her parents wait on her hand and foot.
• wait with bated breath
  ждать с нетерпением; ждать, затаив дыхание

  Jack waited with bated breath for the results of his medical tests.
• Walls have ears
  нас могут услышать (и у стен есть уши)

  "It's a secret. Speak in a low voice. Walls have ears, you know."
• warm the cockles of (someone's) heart
  радовать кого-либо, согревать душу

  They treated him as if he had just come back from the North Pole, and it warmed the cockles of his heart.
• warts and all
  всецело, включая что-либо плохое

  Jordan seems to like Leila warts and all.