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• put one's foot down (about something)
  запретить, положить конец, занять твёрдую позицию

  This has gone far enough; he is going to put his foot down about his son's gambling.
• pull (someone's) leg
  подшучивать над кем-либо, дурачить кого-либо

  Nathan is fond of playing tricks on people and he is always pulling my leg when he sees me.
• find one's feet
  привыкнуть к новой ситуации или опыту

  Tim Brown has finally found his feet in his new position.
• wait on (someone) hand and foot
  делать всё возможное для кого-либо, служить верой и правдой

  Moira is a spoiled child because her parents wait on her hand and foot.
• get cold feet
  струсить в последнюю минуту, спасовать

  "Did Collin help you to escape? - No, he got cold feet."
• have two left feet
  быть плохим танцором (обе ноги левые)

  My friend has two left feet, and I don't like waltzing with him.
• back on one's feet
  снова встать на ноги (вернуть себе прежнее положение)

  Ms. Drurry has undergone a serious operation and now she is back on her feet.
• keep on one's toes
  быть бдительным, внимательным

  Mark tried to keep on his toes during a grammar test.
• Break a leg!
  Желаю удачи! (используется перед выходом на сцену)

  "Break a leg!" one of the actors called to the lead actor.
• get one's feet wet
  начать делать что-либо впервые

  Mark got his feet wet in the furniture business; he had never done it before.
• kick up one's heels
  веселиться, резвиться

  They kicked up their heels at Bob's birthday party last week.
• put one's toe in the water
  начать что-либо делать и посмотреть, что из этого получиться

  Ron decided to put his toe in the water to see if the new job is good for him.
• get one's foot in the door
  проникнуть, устроиться

  Olaf got his foot in the door of the pharmaceutical industry and he hopes to be successful.
• have cold feet
  стесняться или бояться делать что-либо

  Sam must have cold feet because he reluctantly meets new people.
• My foot!
  Какая чепуха!

  "My foot!" I exclaimed when I learned what my boyfriend had said about me.
• let the grass grow under one's feet
  бездельничать, лентяйничать

  Grandpa spends so much time idling that Grandma accuses him of letting the grass grow under his feet.
• Achilles' heel (of someone or something)
  слабое место кого-либо \ чего-либо

  Jack is not able to insist on his arguments and that's his Achilles' heel.
• have legs
  иметь продолжение

  Gossip usually has legs. People will be talking about my failure for a long time.
• put one's best foot forward
  делать всё возможное, стараться быть на высоте

  It was the necessity to put her best foot forward that was really troubling her.
• put one's foot in one's mouth
  попасть впросак, "сесть в лужу"

  He was afraid lest he should put his foot in his mouth, so he decided to keep silent.
• land on one's feet/both feet
  с честью выйти из неблагоприятной ситуации

  My friend is capable of landing on both feet no matter how difficult the situation is.
• have a leg to stand on
  иметь поддержку, оправдание, свидетельство чего-либо

  Robert did not have a leg to stand on in the explanation of his behavior.
• have a foot in both camps
  поддерживать каждую из оппозиционных групп, "и нашим, и вашим"

  I suspect that the governor had a foot in both camps of opposing parties.
• have a lead foot
  слишком быстро водить машину

  I am afraid to go in Adam's car because he has a lead foot.
• have one foot in the grave
  быть при смерти, "быть одной ногой в могиле"

  The woman was very sick and had one foot in the grave.
• get off on the wrong foot
  плохо начать (в отношении с кем-либо, относительно чего-либо)

  Peggy got off on the wrong foot with her boss since her first day of work.
• dead on one's feet
  быть очень усталым (целый день на ногах)

  Nora was dead on her feet after cleaning the house all day.
• six feet under
  быть мёртвым

  "Mandy couldn't have called you, silly; she is six feet under."
• get to one's feet
  встать

  The students got to their feet at the end of the lecture.
• have a leg up on (someone)
  иметь преимущество перед кем-либо

  Rita knows two foreign languages and she has a leg up on the other applicants for the job.
• vote with one's feet
  уйти, таким образом показать свою антипатию; "проголосовать ногами"

  The lecture was boring and some of the students voted with their feet.
• follow in (someone's) footsteps
  следовать чьему-либо примеру, идти по чьим-либо стопам

  "I thought you had followed in your father's footsteps. He was an architect, wasn't he?"
• have foot-in-mouth disease
  смущаться

  Sally is very shy; she blushes easily. I think that she has foot-in-mouth disease.
• have a hollow leg
  быть в состоянии много есть и пить

  Tim is very fat; he definitely has a hollow leg.
• shake a leg
  идти быстро, "шевелить ногами"

  "Please shake a leg if you want to be in time for the lecture."