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Идиомы на букву S

• so still you can hear a pin drop
  очень тихо; слышно, как муха пролетит

  The students were writing a test, and it was so still in the classroom you could hear a pin drop.
• so to speak
  так сказать

  Greg was not a bad guy, so to speak, although few people liked him.
• so-and-so
  такой-то, такой сякой (о человеке, который вам не нравиться)

  Nobody likes that so-and-so. He has a really unpleasant personality.
• so-so
  так себе, "серединка на половинку"

  "How is the patient today, doctor?" - "So-so," the latter responded.
• soak (something) up
  впитывать, всасывать что-либо

  "Get some blotting-paper to soak up the ink."
• soaked to the skin
  промокнуть до нитки

  The children had been walking in the rain for two hours and were soaked to the skin.
• SOB
  Son Of a Bitch - сукин сын

  The man got angry called Sam a SOB when Sam tried to jump the queue at the filling station.
• sob story
  печальная история

  Pauline told me a sob story about her family problems.
• sock (something) away
  убирать, прятать что-либо в укромное место

  I have decided to sock my clothes away for the time when my daughter's kids can wear them.
• sock away (some money)
  убирать, прятать деньги в укромное место

  I have decided to sock away some money to pay for my college education.
• sock it to (someone)
  дать тумака, побить кого-либо

  Brown socked it to his neighbor for having damaged part of his property.
• soft spot for (someone or something)
  чувство привязанности, симпатии к кому-либо \ чему-либо

  I have a soft spot for my elderly neighbor.
• soil one's diapers
  пачкать пелёнки

  Marion's baby soils its diapers almost every hour.
• sold out
  быть распроданным

  We came to the cinema a bit late; all the tickets were sold out.
• solid as a rock
  стабильный, заслуживающий доверия, "твёрдый как скала"

  The City bank is said to be as solid as a rock.
• somebody up there loves/hates me
  кто-то на небе благоволит ко мне или ненавидит меня

  "Somebody up there hates me," he said, "I have been out of luck lately."
• someone's fingerprints are on (something)
  оставить следы (отпечатки пальцев) на чём-либо

  The criminal's fingerprints were on everything in the room; he had not been very careful.
• something about (someone or something)
  что-то (странное, особенное, любопытное) о ком-либо \ чём-либо

  There is something about the man's offer; it sounds very bizarre.
• something else
  что-то невероятное

  The circus performance was something else. It was the best show that I have ever seen.
• something else again
  что-то совсем другое

  Staying at home all day is OK, but staying at home when my siblings go to a movie is something else again.
• something of the sort
  что-то в этом роде

  I know that Bob is keen on car races or something of the sort.
• something or other
  что-то, что-то такое

  My father said something or other about his new job but I didn't quite get it.
• something's up
  что-то происходит

  I do not know what is going on in the neighbor's apartment, but I am sure that something's up.
• something-minded
  сосредоточиваться на чём-либо, думать только об одном

  Jeremy Smith is money-minded; all he thinks about is money.
• something/words to that effect
  что-то в этом роде

  The shopkeeper said that dogs were not allowed into the shop or something to that effect.
• somewhere in the neighborhood of (an amount of money or something)
  где-то в районе (количество денег или чего-либо ещё)

  There were somewhere in the neighborhood of two thousand people at the demonstration.
• son of a gun/bitch)
  сукин сын (ужасный)

  "Son of a bitch," Jeremy swore under his breath.
• son of a sea biscuit
  сукин сын (более мягкое выражение)

  "Son of a sea biscuit," Sam exclaimed when he saw his younger son chasing hens in the yard.
• song and dance
  оправдание, отговорка

  The student gave the teacher a song and dance about being late for classes.
• sooner or later
  рано или поздно

  "Sooner or later you will want to get rid of the old furniture."
• sore loser
  (человек) не умеющий достойно проигрывать

  Eva is not a sore loser, and she is never upset when she does not win a game of cricket.
• sort (something) out
  прояснять, приводить в порядок

  I will have to sort out all my things before moving to a new apartment.
• sort of (something)
  вроде того

  "Have you finished papering the walls in the bedroom?" "Sort of, but some work is still left to be done."
• SOS
  сигнал бедствия, СОС (спасите наши души)

  The Titanic was sending out SOS signals, but the Carpathia was too far away from the ship and couldn't come to its rescue.
• sound (someone) out
  стараться выяснить чьё-либо мнение, "зондировать почву"

  Simon made it his duty to sound out the members of the staff.