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• watch one's mouth/tongue
  не быть грубым, следить за своим языком

  "Look here, Adam! Why don't you ever watch your tongue? Why are you always rude to me?"
• stick to one's ribs
  хорошо наесться, плотно покушать

  My mother is a wonderful cook; everything she cooks sticks to our ribs.
• go for the jugular
  напасть на кого-либо с целью причинить наибольший вред (нанести удар в шею, где проходит ярёмная вена)

  Aram had been waiting for so long to attack his enemy; now it was time he went for the jugular.
• sit on its/their hands
  скупо аплодировать, встречать жидкими аплодисментами

  The performance of the clown was very poor, and the audience in the circus sat on their hands.
• toe the line/mark
  подчиняться правилам, слушаться

  The new teacher is strict and she will make the students toe the line.
• touch/hit/strike a raw nerve
  задеть за живое

  My friend didn't understand that she had touched a raw nerve when she had asked me about my relationship with Mark.
• look (someone) (right/straight) in the eye
  смотреть кому-либо прямо в лицо, находиться лицом к кому-либо

  Pam looked me in the eye when she told me a lie about her absence from work.
• no skin off (someone's) nose/teeth
  нет дела до чего-либо

  It is no skin off my nose whether or not Leila will get this job.
• crick in one's back/neck
  болезненный спазм шеи или спины

  Evidently I caught a cold for I woke up this morning with a terrible crick in my back.
• everything one can lay/get his or her hands on
  всё, что можно найти; всё, что попало под руку

  They used everything they could lay their hands on to build a small shed in the back yard.
• not breathe a word (about someone or something)
  не выдавать секрет (о ком-либо \ чём-либо)

  "Can you promise not to breathe a word about my engagement?"
• heartbeat away from (something)
  лицо, к которому перейдёт титул, наследство или власть в случае смерти родственника

  Sofia, the young princess was a heartbeat away from becoming the next queen of her country.
• lift/raise a finger/hand
  (не) пошевелить пальцем, чтобы помочь (кому-либо)

  Sue will never lift a finger to help her parents.
• nose about/around (something)
  вынюхивать, любопытствовать

  Miss Millie's companion was nosing around trying to find out where the jewelry was kept.
• out of one's mind/head/senses
  быть сумасшедшим, глупым, неразумным

  Silvia's friends thought she was out of her mind to have married Sullivan.
• up to one's chin in (something)
  быть занятым (под завязку) или быть вовлечённым во что-либо

  My cousin Marcia is always in debt up to her chin.
• sweat it out
  терпеливо пережидать что-либо (неприятное)

  There were no vacant rooms in the hotel, and we had to sweat it out until someone signed out.
• wet one's whistle
  выпить (что-либо спиртное), "промочить горло"

  Uncle Sam told Steve to wait outside for a minute while he went in to the bar to wet his whistle.
• way to (someone's) heart
  путь к чьему-либо сердцу

  They say the way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
• gut feeling/reaction/response
  интуитивное чувство, предчувствие, реакция

  When Swan entered the room, he had a gut feeling that he was being watched.
• rap (someone's) knuckles
  высказать порицание кому-либо

  My boss rapped my knuckles for taking long coffee breaks.
• put (someone or something) out of one's head/mind
  выбросить кого-либо \ что-либо из головы, перестать думать

  "I want you to put this silly idea out of your head; you have no notion what can happen."
• within a whisker of (doing something)
  почти что сделать что-либо

  Sam came within a whisker of selling his car, but he decided not to do it after all.
• put/lay the finger on (someone)
  обвинить кого-либо, опознавать виновного

  Norman put the finger on the drug dealer who had sold him heroin outside the disco club.
• stick in (someone's) throat/craw
  неприятная, раздражающая ситуация; "застрять, как кость в горле"

  I failed my English exam last semester, and the failure sticks in my throat.
• lower one's voice
  понизить голос

  My mother asked me to lower my voice because my little sister was asleep.
• have a clean/clear conscience (about someone or something)
  иметь чистую совесть

  Rick was accused of using cheat sheets at the exams, but he protested saying he had a clear conscience.
• on bended knee
  с большим смирением

  Elena went to me on bended knee to ask me to help her with her English homework.
• nobody in his/her right mind would do (something)
  никто в здравом уме не сделал бы это

  Nobody in his right mind would have refused to go to Spain for free.
• go into (something) with one's eyes closed/shut
  пойти на что-либо бессознательно, не учитывая трудности и не имея достоверной информации

  Charles must have gone into the business affairs with his eyes shut otherwise he wouldn't have got involved.
• thumb/hitch a ride
  путешествовать (бесплатно) на попутных машинах

  Martin and Jimmy, who were hitch-hiking, thumbed a lift to the nearest town.
• throw up one's hands (in despair/frustration)
  возвести руки вверх в порыве отчаяния или разочарования

  I threw my hands up in despair; I didn't know whom to turn for help.
• shut one's face/trap
  замолчать, заткнуться

  Silvia's bragging got on my nerves, so I asked her to shut her trap.
• on/upon (someone's) head
  навлечь на свою голову

  Paul brought his parents' anger down on his head by pushing his little sister into a mud puddle.
• thumb/leaf through (something)
  листать что-либо (книгу, журнал)

  Steve absent-mindedly thumbed through a News Week magazine while he was waiting for me.