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• keep one's mouth shut
  помалкивать, "держать язык за зубами",

  "If you have nothing to say, then keep your mouth shut and don't interrupt."
• from hand to hand
  из рук в руки

  They passed the leaflets from hand to hand, so that everybody could read them.
• light on one's feet
  быть лёгким на ногу

  My Aunt Polly is almost seventy, but she is still light on her feet.
• bite the hand that feeds (someone)
  платить чёрной неблагодарностью; кусать руку, которая тебя кормит

  Henry is rude to his parents who pay for his education. I think he bites the hand that feeds him.
• step/tread on (someone's) toes
  задеть чьи-либо чувства, "наступить на чью-либо любимую мозоль"

  Stephan managed to step on his friends' toes and that turned his friends into his enemies.
• find one's tongue
  найтись, что сказать

  I was so mad at Tina that I couldn't find my tongue.
• scream one's head off
  пронзительно кричать

  When Mary saw a mouse, she screamed her head off.
• 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.
• turn on one's heel
  круто повернуться

  Jonathan turned on his heel and dashed out of the room.
• can't stomach (someone or something)
  не переносить, не переваривать (кого-либо \ что-либо)

  I can't stand the way Jill behaves in public places.
• shot in the arm
  прилив энергии

  I did a lot of work yesterday probably because of a shot in the arm.
• to one's heart's content
  сколько душе угодно

  I borrowed a few books from the library so that I could read them to my heart's content.
• in the same breath
  почти одновременно, не переводя дыхания

  Ronald said he was busy, but in the same breath he offered to drive us to the country.
• 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.
• 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."
• with an eye to (doing something)
  с намерением делать что-либо

  Sam Willows bought a big apartment house with an eye to renting it tenants.
• fall/drop into one's lap
  нежданная удача

  The chance to go on a trip to Baltimore dropped into my lap quite suddenly.
• 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."
• wring one's hands
  беспокоиться, расстраиваться

  Linda didn't go to bed that night; she was wringing her hands, waiting for her husband's return from a yacht trip.
• take (someone's) pulse
  щупать, измерять пульс

  When the doctor came, she listened to my heart and lungs and took my pulse.
• beat one's head against the wall
  биться головой об стену (зря тратить время, делая бесполезное дело)

  While speaking to my son, I felt as if I were beating my head against the wall.
• stick one's nose into (something)
  совать свой нос куда-либо, вмешиваться в чужие дела

  I wish that my roommate would stop sticking her nose into my private affairs.
• on (something's) last legs
  изношенный, "на ладан дышит"

  Our TV set is on its last legs, so we are going to buy a new one soon.
• get out of (someone's) face
  оставить кого-либо в покое, уйти с глаз долой

  Eva irritates me no end; I wish she would get out of my face.
• sticky fingers
  склонность к воровству

  Little Bobby has sticky fingers, and his mother watches him all the time.
• by the handful
  горстями

  There were a lot of wild berries in the forest and we picked them by the handful.
• have one's nose to the grindstone
  усердно работать, быть занятым чем-либо

  Jack has his nose to the grindstone; he is working hard at his thesis.
• ears are ringing
  звон в ушах

  The jazz music at the concert was very loud, and my ears were ringing.
• by the sweat of one's brow
  работать в поте лица

  Heinz succeeded in making enough money to buy a new house by the sweat of his brow.
• cannot see one's hand in front of one's face
  не видеть ни зги, ничего не видеть на расстоянии вытянутой руки

  The fog was so thick that I could not see my hands in front of my face.
• throw oneself at (someone's) feet
  унижаться перед кем-либо, каяться

  I knew I was guilty, but I was not going to throw myself at my friend's feet.
• 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.
• 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.
• head
  на одну персону, на одного

  The bus fare was two dollars a head.
• rub shoulders (with someone)
  общаться, знаться с кем-либо

  Amelia rubbed shoulders only with the famous and the rich.