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Идиомы на тему Insects and Fish

• knee-high to a grasshopper
  малюсенький, крошечный (как ребёнок)

  Joe learned to play chess when he was knee-high to a grasshopper.
• like shooting fish in a barrel
  лёгкая победа (из-за слабости противника)

  The chess competition was like shooting fish in a barrel. It was very easy to win.
• live in a fish bowl
  жить в тесноте, бок о бок с другими людьми

  Everybody knew about his life and personal affairs in that small place; it was like living in a fish bowl.
• louse up
  испортить, изгадить

  "Don't you think that you've loused up your job interview? Now there is no chance for you of getting a good job."
• make a beeline for (someone or something)
  поспешить, пойти прямо к кому-либо \ чему-либо

  Felix entered the cafe and made a beeline for the table at which his friend was sitting.
• no flies on (someone)
  быть очень быстрым или очень занятым (весь в движении)

  There are no flies on Theodor. He is always on the move.
• not hurt a flea
  безобидный (человек), "муху не обидит"

  Bill was accused of murder, but I knew he would not hurt a flea.
• open up a can of worms
  создать ненужные осложнения или проблемы

  Wanda didn't want to create unnecessary complications; she decided not to open up a can of worms.
• pale/blue/green around the gills
  выглядеть больным

  "You are looking a little pale around the gills, so you'd better go home right now."
• put (something) in mothballs
  положить что-либо на хранение, ставить на консервацию

  My father put our old car in mothballs and decided to buy a new one.
• shark
  жестокий и нечестный человек (как акула)

  Ronald turned out to be a shark. I made up my mind not to do any business with him.
• small fry
  мелкие людишки, мелкая сошка, малыши

  The older children went to the party, but the small fry was left at home.
• snake oil salesman
  продавец, пытающийся продать некачественный товар

  The car dealer is like a snake oil salesman. His second-hand cars are no good at all.
• stir up a hornet's nest
  нажить много врагов, вызвать нарекания, "потревожить осиное гнездо"

  Mr. Galvani's speech at the shareholders' meeting stirred up a hornet's nest.
• swallow (something) hook, line and sinker
  безоговорочно поверить, "заглотить наживку"

  Rick told me about his disastrous situation, and I, being a gullible person, swallowed it hook, line, and sinker.
• there are plenty of other fish in the sea
  есть и другой выбор, другие люди

  My friend refused to go to the movies with me; I was not upset because I know there are plenty of other fish in the sea.
• turn turtle
  перевернуться вверх дном

  My tires began to slip; the car turned turtle and stopped.
• whale of (something)
  исключительно хороший

  We had a whale of a time at the barbecue party.
• world is one's oyster
  всё возможно для кого-либо, всё достижимо

  When Mark won the scholarship, he felt as though the world was his oyster.
• worm one's way out of (something)
  (с трудом) находить выход из затруднительного положения

  I hate to wash up, so I decided to worm my way out of this responsibility.