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• over one's dead body
  не позволить, "только через мой труп"

  Over my dead body will I let my daughter go out with Tim.
• press the flesh
  пожимать всем руки (чтобы приобрести популярность)

  If a politician wants to be more popular, he should press the flesh of the public at large.
• turn thumbs down (on something)
  не одобрить или отклонить что-либо

  Everyone turned thumbs down on his suggestion to sell the company.
• loudmouth
  болтун, трепло

  Ron is a loudmouth; he is also noisy and boastful.
• tin ear for (something)
  не иметь слуха, неспособность судить о чём-либо

  I think Cora has a tin ear for music and she is not able to judge the value of it.
• use some elbow grease
  делать какое-либо усилие

  The car was awfully dirty, and I used some elbow grease to clean it.
• gnash one's teeth
  скрежетать зубами

  The wound was very painful, and the man gnashed his teeth.
• bring (someone or something) to its/their knees
  нанести поражение, поставить кого-либо на колени

  The strike of the taxi drivers brought New York to its knees.
• hard on (someone's) heels
  идти вплотную за кем-либо, идти по пятам

  My dog is a bit of a coward, and he is always hard on my heels.
• heart is dead set against (something)
  быть решительно настроенным против чего-либо

  My heart was dead set against buying a secondhand car.
• get/have a frog in one's throat
  болезненное ощущение в горле (из-за простуды) поэтому трудно говорить

  Jane has got such a terrible frog in her throat that she cannot say a word.
• heart is set against (something)
  быть настроенным против чего-либо

  Sandra's heart was set against her daughter's marriage.
• win (someone's) heart
  добиться чьей-либо любви, расположения

  "If you want to win Leona's heart, you should be kind and caring to her."
• to (someone's) mind
  по чьему-либо мнению

  "To my mind you are paying too much attention to Steve."
• read (someone's) lips
  внимательно слушать кого-либо и верить тому, что говориться

  The teacher told the students to read her lips and listen carefully to what she was saying.
• shoot from the hip
  говорить прямо и откровенно, "рубить с плеча"

  Ben always shoots from the hip and as a result gets into trouble now and then.
• broad in the beam
  иметь широкие бёдра

  Sara was thin in the waist but a bit broad in the beam.
• wring (someone's) hand
  долго не выпускать чью-либо руку

  I hadn't seen Tim for ages, and when we met he stood wringing my hand for a long time.
• grab (someone) by the throat
  что-либо, что возбуждает чувства (интерес, волнение, страх)

  The performance grabbed me by the throat; the acting was so exciting.
• commit (something) to memory
  запомнить что-либо

  The names were difficult and I tried hard to commit them to memory.
• with every (other) breath
  (постоянно) говорить, повторять что-либо

  My mother always tells me with every other breath not to come home late.
• 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.
• control (someone) with an iron fist
  строго контролировать кого-либо

  The teacher controlled the students with an iron fist.
• in one's heart of hearts
  в глубине души

  Ron swore he would stake me, but in my heart of hearts I knew I couldn't trust him.
• pull (someone's) tooth out
  выдернуть \ удалить кому-либо зуб

  I had a terrible toothache the other day, and was relieved when the dentist pulled my tooth out.
• loosen (someone's) tongue
  развязать кому-либо язык; заставить кого-либо выболтать что-либо

  I wanted to get some information about the deal, but I didn't know how to loosen Mike's tongue.
• closefisted (with money)
  скупой, жадный

  My aunt Aurora is very closefisted with money.
• nose (someone) out
  выталкивать кого-либо

  The older boys nosed the younger ones out of the bus.
• in the hands of (someone)
  в руках кого-либо, под контролем

  The court decision of the murder case was in the hands of the jury.
• fall/get into the wrong hands
  попасть в плохие руки

  I want you to be very careful lest these important documents should fall into the wrong hands.
• should have one's head examined
  вести себя неразумно, как сумасшедший

  "You must be crazy to buy that outdated computer. You definitely should have your head examined."
• go (somewhere) in a heartbeat
  идти куда-либо немедленно, сразу же

  My friend asked me to come and I went to her place in a heartbeat.
• knock (someone's) block off
  дать кому-либо по башке

  Gordon became furious and threatened to knock my block off.
• get (something) into/through (someone's) head
  заставить кого-либо понять что-либо

  The mother couldn't get it through her son's head the necessity of studying hard.
• go down on one's knees/on bended knee
  умолять, встать на колени

  Alice had to go down on her knees to ask her Mom's permission to go to her friend's party.