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Идиомы на букву M

• mix and match
  компоновать и сочетать ограниченное количество чего-либо (предметов, одежды)

  I have a great variety of clothes which gives me an opportunity to mix and match various outfits.
• mix-up
  ошибка, неразбериха

  There was a mix-up at the box office, and I was given a ticket for the wrong performance.
• mixed bag
  разнородный набор предметов или разнообразное скопление людей

  In textbooks a mixed bag is a varied collection of grammar exercises.
• moment of truth
  момент истины

  When you face the reality of some situation, there comes the moment of truth.
• money burns a hole in (someone's) pocket
  быстро и неразумно тратить деньги; деньги долго не держатся

  Money usually burns a hole in the girl's pocket; she spends it very quickly.
• money doesn't grow on trees
  не стоит сорить деньгами, деньги на деревьях не растут

  "Money is valuable; you shouldn't waste it. Remember money doesn't grow on trees."
• money is no object
  цена не столь важна

  Money is no object if you have decided to go on a luxury voyage in the middle of summer.
• money is the root of all evil
  деньги – причина всех бед

  Many people believe that money is the root of all evil, but I am of another opinion.
• money talks
  с деньгами всего можно добиться

  Money talks; it gives you power and influence over other people.
• money to burn
  много денег, "деньги куры не клюют"

  Adam seems to have money to burn and never has anything to worry about.
• monkey around with (someone or something)
  попусту тратить время на кого-либо \ что-либо

  "Why are you monkeying around with your camera? You have a lot of homework to do."
• monkey business
  обман, неэтичное поведение, противозаконная деятельность

  Jack is involved in some monkey business; he'd better get rid of it otherwise he may go to prison.
• monkey on one's back
  серьёзная, не решённая проблема

  I am not very good at math, and my math course is a real monkey on my back.
• monkey see, monkey do
  копировать, "обезьянничать"

  It was monkey see, monkey do for Derek. He copied everything that his friend did.
• mop the floor up with (someone)
  избить кого-либо

  A group of youngsters mopped the floor up with an elderly man.
• mope around
  хандрить, быть в подавленном состоянии

  The day was dull; Linda was forced to stay home and she spent the day moping around the house.
• moral turpitude
  позорное поведение

  The lawyer was accused of moral turpitude because he had distorted the facts.
• more (something) than one can shake a stick at
  огромное количество чего-либо

  The room was verminous; there were more cockroaches than you could shake a stick at.
• more and more
  всё больше и больше

  More and more people are interested in learning English.
• more dead than alive
  быть смертельно усталым

  I had been working in the garden all day and felt more dead than alive.
• more fun than a barrel of monkeys
  очень смешной, забавный

  Jonny was more fun than a barrel of monkeys, and everybody loved to hear his jokes.
• more often than not
  почти всегда, очень часто

  I am not much of a cook, so more often than not my husband and me eat out.
• more or less
  более или менее

  I more or less have decided to move out of this apartment because I don't like it.
• more than (someone) bargained for
  больше того, на что кто-либо рассчитывал

  I got a lot of information for my research; in fact more than I bargained for.
• more than one can bear/stand/take
  больше того, что можно вынести (о неприятностях, несчастьях)

  Sally had a lot of misfortune in her life; in fact more than she could bear.
• more the merrier
  чем больше (народу), тем веселее

  More people than I had expected came to the party; well, the more the merrier I thought.
• more to (someone or something) than meets the eye
  больше, чем кажется на первый взгляд; не всё так просто

  The criminal case seamed to be quite simple, but it turned out there was more to it than meets the eye.
• more to (something) than meets the eye
  больше, чем кажется на первый взгляд, не так просто

  There is more to the job than meets the eye, and I am not really pleased with it.
• morning after (the night before)
  похмелье

  It was the morning after the night before and Jimmy felt awful; he shouldn't have drunk so much.
• move heaven and earth (to do something)
  сделать всё возможное, пустить всё вход

  Mark was ready to move heaven and earth to get Steve out of the way.
• move in on (someone or something)
  пытаться завладеть чем-либо, что принадлежит кому-либо

  Alan was moving in on Lana's sales territory which made her lose her temper.
• move into (something)
  начать новое дело

  James has decided to move into a printing business.
• move the goalposts
  несправедливо изменить правила или условия (досл. передвинуть планку ворот)

  Sometimes the government officials move the goalposts without any warning, and people's applications are rejected.
• move to (do something)
  предлагать что-либо сделать (обычно на собрании)

  The chairman moved to have another board meeting next week.
• move up (in the world)
  продвинуться, преуспеть

  The young actress is working very hard and she hopes to move up in the world.