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Идиомы на букву S

• small/fine print
  мелкий шрифт

  It's necessary to pay attention to the fine print before you sign a document or a contract.
• small/wee hours (of the night/morning)
  первые часы после полуночи, предрассветные часы

  My Uncle Ben died in the small hours of the night.
• smart money is on (something)
  хорошая идея (относительно чего-либо)

  The smart money is on the government officials who decided to introduce a new tax law next year.
• smash hit
  пользующиеся большим кассовым успехом (фильм, песня и т.д.)

  "Do you know which films are considered to be smash hits of the year?"
• smear campaign (against someone)
  клеветническая кампания (против кого-либо)

  I am sure someone is running a smear campaign against the president of our company.
• smell a rat
  заподозрить, почуять неладное

  When Clara didn't come back with my money, I began to smell a rat.
• smell blood
  желать узнать причину, взять след

  McAllister could smell blood when he began to investigate the poisoning of the elderly couple by their own granddaughter.
• smile from ear to ear
  широко улыбаться (улыбка от уха до уха)

  Collin was smiling from ear to ear when he saw his friends approaching him.
• smile on (someone or something)
  быть благосклонным, расположенным к кому-либо \ чему-либо

  I couldn't understand if my instructor was smiling on me or not.
• smoke (someone or something) out
  выкурить кого-либо \ что-либо, избавиться

  They tried everything in order to smoke out hornets, but nothing helped.
• smoke (something) out
  обнаружить, найти что-либо, выведать

  Steve decided to smoke out the reason why Richard had concealed important evidence from the police.
• smoke and mirrors
  обман и неразбериха (попытка скрыть что-либо)

  The drug dealers used a scheme of smoke and mirrors to hide their illegal business.
• smooth (something) over
  представить что-либо в лучшем свете, уладить

  Hardly had I smoothed one problem over when another one appeared.
• smooth sailing
  лёгкое продвижение вперёд, "всё идёт как по маслу"

  To fix up a party is smooth sailing; we don't expect any obstacles or problems.
• snail's pace
  очень медленно, черепашьим шагом

  During rush hours the cars downtown usually move at a snail's pace.
• snake in the grass
  враг, претворяющийся другом

  Pat has turned out to be a snake in the grass. I trusted her, but she had betrayed me.
• 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.
• snap
  лёгкое дело, лёгкая задача

  The job interview was a snap, and I am sure I will get the job of a computer programmer.
• snap (something) up
  расхватать что-либо

  The bargains were quickly snapped up by women shoppers.
• snap at (someone)
  огрызаться на кого-либо, говорить резко или сердито

  I asked my sister to make some coffee. "I am not your slave," she snapped at me.
• snap out of (something)
  возвратиться в нормальное состояние, выйти из чего-либо (депрессии)

  He had been in a black mood all morning, and I waited for him to snap out of it.
• sniff out (someone or something)
  почуять, обнаружить кого-либо \ что-либо

  The cat sniffed out a mouse in the barn.
• snow (someone) under
  быть заваленным, загруженным, обременённым

  Jeff has been snowed under with correspondence since his secretary was taken ill.
• snow job
  неискреннее отношение, преднамеренная лесть

  Martha's speech before the shareholders was a snow job.
• 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.
• so far
  пока что

  Jill has been traveling around Europe; she has visited four countries so far.
• so far, so good
  пока все хорошо

  "How is your married life?" I asked Hilda. "So far, so good," she replied.
• so help me
  я клянусь, я обещаю

  "So help me, if you do not return my textbook, I'll never let you borrow anything from me."
• so long
  пока (прощание)

  "So long, I hope to see you again soon."
• so mad that one could scream
  безумно злой

  Linda got so mad that she could scream when the secretary had made a lot of mistakes in the document.
• so much
  столько-то, (так) много

  Jordan had so much to think about.
• so much for (someone or something)
  довольно (говорить) о ком-либо \чём-либо

  "So much for that; you are not going to come here again!"
• so much the better
  тем лучше

  "So much the better. If extra money is given, we will be able to complete the construction of the bridge sooner."
• so quiet you can hear a pin drop
  очень тихо; слышно, как муха пролетит

  I think I dropped a brick for it suddenly became so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
• so soon
  так скоро, так быстро

  I did not expect my parents to return so soon from their visit to our relatives.