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• eat out
  поесть в ресторане

  My boy friend invited me to eat out tonight.
• clear the table
  убирать (посуду) со стола

  After dinner Mother cleared the table and I washed up.
• Come and get it!
  Обед готов. Садитесь есть.

  I quickly laid the table for dinner. "Come and get it," my mother called out from the dining-room.
• have a pick-me-up
  иметь при себе тонизирующее средство

  I usually have apple juice as a pick-me-up in the middle of the afternoon.
• drop (someone/something) like a hot potato
  прекратить общаться с кем-либо, бросить кого-либо \ что-либо

  I was very upset because Mary and Jane dropped me like a hot potato.
• put weight on
  прибавлять в весе, поправляться

  Rita kept to a diet of vegetables and fruit so that she may not put on weight.
• whet (someone's) appetite
  возбудить чей-либо интерес, заинтересовать

  I read an article about healthy foods, and it whetted my appetite for more information about the issue.
• upset the applecart
  нарушить планы, спутать все карты

  They were enjoying themselves at the party until Kelly came and upset the applecart.
• hit the sauce
  пьянствовать

  Jim hits the sauce regularly that's why he has lost his job.
• chips and dip
  чипсы с соусом

  I asked my Mom to buy some chips and dip for me.
• go/turn beet-red
  покраснеть из-за смущения

  Pam was sitting at my desk and looking through my papers. When she saw me, she turned beet-red.
• rub salt in (someone's) wound
  растравлять чью-либо рану, сыпать соль на рану

  Hugo's wife rubbed salt in his wound for having broken their car.
• meal ticket
  кто-либо \ что-либо, что обеспечивает безбедную жизнь

  I believe my degree in accounting to be my meal ticket to a good salary.
• small potatoes
  что-либо небольшое или незначительное

  The amount of money for the road is small potatoes compared to the cost of the bridge.
• burn (something) to a crisp
  сжечь что-либо до черноты

  I burned the toasts to a crisp and had to throw them into the garbage.
• slow as molasses in January
  быть очень медлительным

  My granddaughter is as slow as molasses in January when she walks to school in the morning.
• feed one's face
  есть, обедать

  They decided to stop at a small cafe to feed their faces.
• cheese (someone) off
  раздражать кого-либо, сердить

  My brother cheesed me off when he had taken my car without my permission.
• everything from soup to nuts
  почти всё, что нужно

  We took everything from soup to nuts before we went on a picnic.
• milk (someone) for (something)
  давить на кого-либо с целью получения чего-либо

  Mike is a regular Gigolo and he is milking women for as much money as he can.
• salt (something) away
  припрятывать, "складывать в кубышку"

  I have been salting away some money, so that I can go on a holiday to Spain.
• put on the feed bag
  поесть что-либо

  They immediately put on the feed bag when they came home.
• toss a salad
  заправить салат

  I tossed the salad and we sat down to dinner.
• either feast or famine
  то пиршество, то голод; "разом густо, разом пусто"

  Tamara got used to 'either feast or famine' style of life; for her it is feast today and fast tomorrow.
• eat out of (someone's) hands
  безоговорочно подчиняться кому-либо, "плясать под чью-либо дудку"

  Jack is a very proud man. I don't think he is capable of eating out of anybody's hand.
• so clean you can eat off the floor
  очень чисто

  I did up my bedroom and it became so clean you could eat off the floor.
• gravy train
  выгодная работа

  The cleaning job seems to be a gravy train. We are offered 7 dollars an hour.
• soup up (something)
  придавать силу, увеличивать мощность чего-либо

  I decided to soup my motorcycle up, making it more powerful.
• cook (something) up
  замышлять что-либо, придумать, планировать

  Marion was sure her brother was cooking something up concerning her future.
• meat and potatoes
  безыскусный, простой

  To my mind the best approach to life is meat-and-potatoes one.
• get oneself into a stew over (someone or something)
  беспокоиться или быть расстроенным из-за кого-либо \ чего-либо

  Mary easily gets herself into a stew over little things that are of no importance.
• half a loaf is better than none
  лучше, чем ничего

  Half a loaf is better than none and I would rather earn a little money than none at all.
• spoon-feed (someone)
  чрезмерно опекать кого-либо, "кормить с ложки"

  The young mother is too considerate and literally spoon-feeds her ten-year-old daughter.
• chew the fat with (someone)
  болтать, чесать языком

  The women sitting on a bench in the park were chewing the fat.
• coffee break
  небольшой перерыв на чашку кофе

  There is a coffee break every morning at 11 o'clock in our office.