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• speak one's mind
  откровенно высказать кому-либо что-либо

  I am going to speak my mind and tell my boss about the shortcomings in our work.
• split hairs
  вдаваться в чрезмерные тонкости, спорить о мелочах

  "Pray don't let us be splitting hairs or there will never be the end of our dispute."
• stand (something) on its head
  придать чему-либо противоположное значение, исказить, поставить с ног на голову

  We didn't agree with them because they stood this important matter on its head.
• stand head and shoulders above (the rest/someone/something)
  быть гораздо лучше кого-либо \ чего-либо, быть на голову выше остальных

  My new car stands head and shoulders above the one I had before.
• stand on one's head (to do something)
  делать большие усилия

  Jordan did everything but stand on his head to help his friend quit smoking.
• stare (someone) in the face
  быть очевидным

  "Are you looking for your pen? It's on your desk, staring you in the face."
• stick in (someone's) mind
  не забывать, застрять в чьей-либо голове

  The face of the dying woman stuck in my mind for many days.
• 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.
• stuff one's face
  набить себе желудок, много съесть

  I was not hungry because I stuffed my face in the restaurant.
• swelled head
  самомнение

  Marcia has a swelled head; she thinks that she is the most gifted person in her class.
• take (something) on the chin
  испытать, терпеливо вынести что-либо

  Jeremy took his failure on the chin.
• take it into one's head to do (something)
  взбрести кому-либо в голову

  Why did you take it into your head to invite Elvis to the party? He is such a wet blanket.
• take it on the chin
  потерпеть поражение, быть побеждённым

  Paul took it on the chin in the chess tournament.
• take leave of one's senses
  сойти с ума, потерять рассудок, обезуметь

  My brother had taken my car without my permission; I got angry and told him he had taken leave of his senses.
• take one's mind off (something)
  отвлечься от чего-либо, перестать беспокоиться

  Susan went shopping to take her mind off her family problems.
• talk (someone's) head off
  много говорить, болтать без умолку

  "Look here Emma! You are talking my head off! Will you stop for a while?"
• tear one's hair out
  быть очень обеспокоенным, расстроенным или злым

  The brother was tearing his hair out because he had lost an important document.
• tell (someone) to his or her face
  сказать кому-либо прямо в лицо

  We are going to tell Willy to his face that he had let us down.
• thin on top
  лысеть

  Franklin had a massive chin, puffy cheeks, small beady eyes, and he was a bit thin on top.
• 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.
• to (someone's) mind
  по чьему-либо мнению

  "To my mind you are paying too much attention to Steve."
• tongue in cheek
  насмешливо, иронично, в шутку

  The remark was made tongue in cheek, but Bill got offended.
• touched (in the head)
  спятил, свихнулся

  "What's the matter with you? You are acting as if you were touched in the head tonight."
• trouble one's head about (someone or something)
  волноваться из-за кого-либо \ чего-либо, беспокоиться

  Lionel never troubles his head about such matters.
• turn (someone's) head
  вскружить кому-либо голову, приводить в смятение

  When David saw Tina for the first time, her beauty turned his head. He fell in love at first sight.
• turn (something) on its head
  поставить с ног на голову, придать чему-либо противоположное значение

  The judge accused the lawyer of turning the statement on its head.
• turn (something) over in one's mind
  постоянно думать о чём-либо, держать в уме

  I slept badly that night because I was turning the conversation with my father over in my mind.
• turn the other cheek
  подставить другую щёку, быть безответным, не мстительным

  I know it was an excellent opportunity for turning the other cheek, but I didn't think of it in time.
• 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.
• use one's head/noggin/noodle
  подумать, пошевелить мозгами

  "If you don't remember who has told you about it, then use your head and try to call it to mind."
• 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.
• weigh on (someone's) mind
  угнетать кого-либо, беспокоить, тяготить

  I was to take entrance exams in summer and this fact was weighing on my mind.
• 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.
• written all over (someone's) face
  на лице написано, на лице ясно отражено (какое-либо чувство, состояние)

  The fact that my younger sister had eaten all the sweets was written all over her face.