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• find it in one's heart to (do something)
  найти в себе мужество сделать что-либо, быть отзывчивым

  "Can you find it in your heart to forgive me?"
• not have the stomach for (something)
  не иметь желания делать что-либо (если считаете это неприятным)

  I do not have the stomach for doing this silly job.
• open (someone's) eyes to (something)
  открыть кому-либо глаза на что-либо

  Dan took pity on Kelly and wanted to open her eyes to what was going on in her family.
• poke one's nose into (something)
  вмешиваться во что-либо, "совать нос"

  I'd rather you didn't poke your nose into my private affairs.
• risk one's neck (to do something)
  рисковать сломать шею, делая что-либо

  I risked my neck in order to rescue the cat that had climbed out onto the balcony.
• put flesh on (something)
  добавить детали к чему-либо

  I decided to put flesh on my new project so that it becomes clearer and more detailed.
• have an ear out for (something)
  уметь слушать что-либо, прислушиваться к чему-либо

  Della had an ear out for any business opportunities that might come along.
• in good hands
  (быть) в надёжном месте или в хороших руках

  All of the office computers were in good hands of computer programmers.
• get one's nose out of (something)
  не ввязываться во что-либо

  Celia wished her cousin would get her nose out of her private affairs.
• tear/rip (someone) limb from limb
  разорвать кого-либо на части

  Two large dogs attacked a small kitten and tore it limb from limb.
• raise its (ugly) head
  снова возникнуть, поднять голову (о какой-либо проблеме)

  The problem of cockroaches in our apartment raised its ugly head again.
• in the face of (something)
  вопреки, несмотря на что-либо, под угрозой

  Jim is a cool cucumber; he never loses his head in the face of danger.
• from the heart
  искренне, честно

  Sarah thanked me and her gratitude came from the heart.
• in a positive frame of mind
  в хорошем расположении духа

  David has been in a positive frame of mind all day.
• open one's heart to (someone)
  довериться, рассказать о своих чувствах

  There were just the two of us in the compartment and my fellow traveler started to open her heart to me.
• difficult to stomach (someone or something)
  трудно согласиться с кем-либо \ чем-либо, принять, переварить

  It is difficult to stomach complaints some people make about their work conditions.
• stare (someone) in the face
  быть очевидным

  "Are you looking for your pen? It's on your desk, staring you in the face."
• run off at the mouth
  болтать без умолку

  Linda is the most talkative girl I have ever met; she can run off at the mouth for hours.
• powder one's nose
  попудрить носик

  Rita told her boyfriend that she would like to go to the dressing room to powder her nose.
• cheek by jowl
  вместе, бок о бок

  The friends entered the auditorium cheek by jowl.
• flex one's muscles
  пытаться показать свою власть

  The apartment manager was flexing his muscles when he threatened to raise the rent.
• head-on
  лобовой, фронтальный

  Sam Beevers had a head-on crash on the highway yesterday.
• get an eyeful (of someone or something)
  увидеть шокирующее или удивительное зрелище

  When I visited my friends in Florida, I got an eyeful of a crocodile lying in the center of their yard.
• knock some heads together
  ругать, распекать

  The manager decided that he would have to knock some heads together if he wanted to get the work done properly.
• go away empty-handed
  уйти ни с чем, с пустыми руками

  I wasn't able to get an English-English dictionary in the book store, so I went away empty-handed.
• make (someone's) head spin/swim
  сбивать с толку, приводить в смятение

  I had to absorb a lot of information in my Chemistry class and it made my head spin.
• in safe hands
  в безопасности, под надёжным присмотром

  The students' documents were in the Dean's office in safe hands of the secretary.
• stick one's head in a noose
  навредить себе, сунуть голову в петлю

  Bob borrowed a large sum of money thus sticking my head in a noose.
• thin-skinned
  тонкокожий, чувствительный

  Alan is so thin-skinned that even an innocent remark might hurt him.
• read (someone's) mind
  читать чьи-либо мысли

  I tried to read my father's mind, but I couldn't make out what he was thinking about my new job.
• shoulder to shoulder
  плечом к плечу

  The soldiers fought shoulder to shoulder.
• know (something) by heart
  знать что-либо наизусть

  Jane has a very good memory and she knows many poems by heart.
• Shut your mouth!
  замолчать, заткнуться

  Silvia's bragging got on my nerves, so I asked her to shut up.
• carry one's (own) weight
  делать свою долю работы

  Everyone in the family had to carry his own weight during the spring cleaning in the house.
• rub (someone's) nose in (something)
  постоянно напоминать кому-либо об ошибках, промашках

  To err is human, and I don't understand why my boss rubs my nose in it if I make a mistake.