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• by a whisker
  на волосок, чуть-чуть

  He shot at me and just missed hitting me by a hair.
• take the words out of (someone's) mouth
  предвосхитить то, что хотел сказать другой

  I wanted to add a few more items to the agenda, but the chairman took the words out of my mouth.
• have (someone's) hide
  ругать или наказывать кого-либо

  My Granny promised to have my hide if I don't behave.
• hold one's head up
  иметь чувство собственного достоинства, "высоко держать голову"

  Though John lost his case in court, he didn't lose his dignity and held his head up.
• young at heart
  (быть) молодым душой

  My Uncle Tom is about eighty but he is still young at heart.
• neither hide nor hair (of someone or something)
  ни слуху, ни духу (о ком-либо \чём-либо)

  Jill borrowed some money from me, and I have seen neither hide nor hair of her lately.
• with all one's heart (and soul)
  всей душой, охотно, искренне

  Lucy is a wonderful woman; I admire her with all my heart and soul.
• heart bleeds for (someone)
  сочувствовать кому-либо, сердце кровью обливается за кого-либо

  My heart bleeds for the victims of the war in Ossetia.
• at one's heels
  прямо позади, по пятам

  I turned round and saw a man who was close behind me, right at my heels.
• to be in hand
  под контролем

  During the demonstration the police had the situation with the crowd in hand.
• last thing on (someone's) mind
  последние, что у кого-либо на уме

  Visiting a museum was the last thing on my mind on Sunday afternoon.
• give one's right arm (for someone or something)
  отдать что-либо ценное за кого-либо \ что-либо

  Sam would give his right arm for the opportunity to see Fanny again.
• throw (something) back in (someone's) face
  ответить, отплатить кому-либо тем же

  Ivory insulted me and I immediately threw the insult back in his face.
• 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.
• shake hands with (someone)
  пожать руки в знак приветствия

  Chan shook hands with his friend when he met him outside the office.
• mind-boggling
  ошеломляющий, поразительный

  The amount of books in that book store is mind-boggling.
• mind is buzzing
  думать о многих вещах сразу

  Ann's mind was buzzing after she left the conference room.
• spit in (someone's) eye
  оскорблять или раздражать кого-либо

  His remarks insulted me as if someone had spit in my eye.
• pull one's (own) weight
  принимать участие в чём-либо, свой вклад в общее дело

  My mother wanted me to pull my weight in cleaning the house.
• trouble one's head about (someone or something)
  волноваться из-за кого-либо \ чего-либо, беспокоиться

  Lionel never troubles his head about such matters.
• charley horse
  спазм, судорога

  Collin often gets a charley horse after running too much.
• dirty one's hands
  замарать своё имя постыдным поступком

  Mr. Copperfield dirtied his hands when he became involved in a car fraud.
• head shrinker
  психиатр

  Wanda is being very strange lately, and I advised her to go and see a head shrinker.
• in the flesh
  во плоти, живьём, собственной персоной

  Irene never had the chance of meeting somebody important in the flesh.
• sick at heart
  быть очень расстроенным

  When I learnt about my cousin's troubles with the law, I became sick at heart.
• kink in one's neck
  судорога, болезненный спазм в шее

  I didn't sleep well that night and woke up in the morning with a kink in my neck.
• one's hands are tied
  (чьи-либо) руки связаны

  Larry's hands were tied at that time, and he could do nothing to help me.
• get the cold shoulder (from someone)
  быть холодно принятым или отвергнутым кем-либо

  William got the cold shoulder when he visited his relatives in California.
• pass through (someone's) mind
  промелькнуть в уме

  It passed through his mind that he had met that woman before, but he didn't remember her name.
• with a jaundiced eye
  (видеть что-либо) в искажённом виде

  Mr. Smith is clever, but unfortunately he sees everything with a jaundiced eye.
• ears become red
  покраснеть от смущения

  When I asked Paul about his grades at school, he got embarrassed and his ears became red.
• of the same mind
  быть таково же мнения, соглашаться с кем-либо

  It is a good thing when husband and wife are of the same mind about the upbringing of their children.
• at the hands of (someone or something)
  со стороны кого-либо \ чего-либо, от руки кого-либо

  I am sure the woman deserves better life at the hands of Fate.
• hard-nosed
  упрямый, непримиримый

  I told my husband to take a hard-nosed position while selling our house.
• knock (someone) off their feet
  сильно удивить кого-либо, "свалить с ног"

  When my best friend announced that she was going to marry my ex-boyfriend, the news knocked me off my feet.