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• weigh on (someone's) mind
  угнетать кого-либо, беспокоить, тяготить

  I was to take entrance exams in summer and this fact was weighing on my mind.
• beat (something) into (someone's) head
  вбить что-либо в голову кого-либо

  "Whether you want it or not, I'll try to beat the rule into your head."
• on foot
  пешком

  Silvia always goes to work on foot because she lives within a walking distance from her office.
• hang on by one's fingernails
  находиться в трудной ситуации, "держаться на волоске"

  The company was going on with the work, but it was obvious they were hanging on by their fingernails.
• flea in (someone's) ear
  резкое замечание, раздражающий ответ, отпор

  Our boss sent the manager away with a flea in his ear about changing the schedule.
• 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.
• twiddle one's thumbs
  бездельничать; сидеть, сложа руки

  I've got to be busy. I can't sit down and twiddle my thumbs.
• cross one's fingers
  скрещивать пальцы в надежде на везение

  Jenny crossed her fingers that she would get a promotion.
• blind leading the blind
  слепой слепого водит (о человеке, который сам ничего не знает, но пытается объяснить что-либо другому)

  "Your attempts to explain to me how to use this camera are like the blind leading the blind."
• get one's hands on (someone or something)
  найти кого-либо \ что-либо (с трудом)

  Jimmy was trying hard to get his hands on the documents.
• as soft as a baby's bottom
  очень мягкий и гладкий (как кожа младенца)

  My fleece jacket is as soft as a baby's bottom.
• hold (someone's) hand
  держать кого-либо за руку (чтобы не было страшно)

  My daughter is afraid of injections and I have to hold her hand in the doctor's surgery.
• land in one's lap
  добавить кому-либо работы

  Some additional work landed in my lap quite unexpectedly and now I'll have to deal with it.
• cut one's (own) throat
  сделать что-либо во вред себе, перерезать себе горло

  "If you quit your job, you'll cut your own throat."
• have (something) hanging over one's head
  беспокоиться \ тревожиться из-за чего-либо, "висеть над душой"

  I want to do my homework now, so I don't have it hanging over my head.
• head case
  быть не в своём уме, быть сумасшедшим

  My neighbor is definitely a head case. She is absolutely crazy.
• follow one's heart
  следовать велению сердца

  "You'd better follow your heart and take the career which you are cut out for."
• bigmouth
  шумный, хвастливый и глупый собеседник, говорун

  Nora Dales is a bigmouth and I hate talking with her.
• written all over (someone's) face
  на лице написано, на лице ясно отражено (какое-либо чувство, состояние)

  The fact that my younger sister had eaten all the sweets was written all over her face.
• welcome (someone) with open arms
  радушно приветствовать, встречать с распростертыми объятиями

  They welcomed the delegation with open arms.
• 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.
• set one's eyes on (someone or something)
  видеть кого-либо \ что-либо впервые

  My sister bought a new house, but I have not set my eyes on it yet.
• have an open mind about (something)
  быть гибким, уметь прислушиваться к мнению других

  Evelyn has always had an open mind about adopting children.
• put some teeth into (something)
  увеличивать, наращивать (мощь, силу, значимость)

  The local government plans to put some teeth into the new parking rules.
• go head to head with (someone)
  соревноваться с кем-либо на равных

  Jack went head to head with his opponent in the tennis competition.
• have a say/voice (in something)
  принимать участие в принятии решения, "иметь голос" в чём-либо

  The Teachers' Union wanted to have a say in discussing teachers' employment.
• have one's eyes glued to (something)
  пристально следить за чем-либо, смотреть на что-либо

  The football fans had their eyes glued to the television screen as a football match was being broadcast.
• wait with bated breath
  ждать с нетерпением; ждать, затаив дыхание

  Jack waited with bated breath for the results of his medical tests.
• have a closed mind (about something)
  быть упрямым, не желать изменить свои убеждения или мнение

  My uncle has a closed mind almost about everything in contemporary life.
• foam at the mouth
  быть в бешенстве, "метать громы и молнии"

  Old Simpson foamed at the mouth when he understood that we had lied to him.
• give (someone) a tongue-lashing
  ругать кого-либо, распекать

  Ms. Rotenberg gave her son a tongue-lashing when she learnt about his bad behavior at school.
• 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.
• drag one's feet/heels
  медлить, мешкать

  "I don't think you should be dragging your feet about whether to take part in the conference or not."
• go hand in hand (with something)
  идти рука об руку, быть тесно связанным с чем-либо

  Martha was a woman in whom utter devotion could still go hand in hand with a doubting soul.
• brainless
  глупый, безмозглый

  I think Martha is quite brainless; she has left the door unlocked again!