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Идиомы на букву S

• shoot up (drugs)
  вкалывать наркотики

  I suspected that Ursula was shooting up drugs.
• sweetheart deal
  благоприятная, взаимовыгодная сделка

  They made a sweetheart deal with a traveling agency to have the price of the tickets reduced.
• straw that breaks the camel's back
  потерять терпение, переполнить чашу терпения

  When the secretary lost an important document for the third time it was the straw that broke the camel's back, and the boss decided to fire her.
• sort (something) out
  прояснять, приводить в порядок

  I will have to sort out all my things before moving to a new apartment.
• slowly but surely
  медленно, но верно

  If you do something slowly but surely, it will be done properly.
• shoot straight
  действовать, поступать честно

  Alan always shoots straight when he is dealing with his friends.
• since time immemorial
  с незапамятных времён

  Since time immemorial women have been using make up and dying their hair.
• stop off (somewhere)
  сделать остановку где-либо (на непродолжительное время)

  I had run out of sugar and milk, so I decided to stop off at the supermarket and do the shopping.
• shake up (something)
  перестроить что-либо

  The new sales manager decided to shake up the company in order to bring new energy into the department.
• sit up with (someone)
  сидеть (ночью) у постели больного

  The nurse sat up with her patient all night.
• start out as (something)
  начать карьеру в качестве кого-либо

  He started out as an ordinary employee and in a few years became chief executive.
• send someone to the showers
  отстранить кого-либо от игры; убрать с поля или корта

  Our coach sent one of the players to the showers because the man had been injured during the game.
• splurge on (something)
  потратить много денег на что-либо

  They splurged on a beautiful new house in the suburbs of Toronto.
• small/wee hours (of the night/morning)
  первые часы после полуночи, предрассветные часы

  My Uncle Ben died in the small hours of the night.
• shake off an illness
  выздороветь, стряхнуть с себя болезнь

  I took some medicine for my sore throat to shake off the illness.
• shake up (someone)
  потрясти или расстроить кого-либо

  The prices are rising and it shakes up many people in this country.
• step up (something)
  усиливать что-либо, ускорять

  Production in that particular industry could be greatly stepped up with more effective methods.
• serve time
  сидеть в тюрьме, "мотать срок"

  The man has robbed a bank and now he is serving time.
• shop around for (something)
  ходить по магазинам за чем-либо

  I shopped around for new shoes but was not able to purchase anything decent.
• stop at nothing
  ни перед чем не останавливаться

  My friend is a very stubborn person; she will stop at nothing to get what she wants.
• scrape (something) together
  наскрести или накопить (по мелочам)

  Jimmy managed to scrape up together a few dollars by searching all the pockets.
• sign up for (something)
  записаться на что-либо, присоединиться

  My friend and I signed up for a folk dance class.
• small/fine print
  мелкий шрифт

  It's necessary to pay attention to the fine print before you sign a document or a contract.
• send (someone) off
  устраивать кому-либо проводы

  My father-in-law was leaving for Canada, and we went to the airport to send him off.
• screw up one's courage
  набраться храбрости, отважиться

  Ann could hardly screw up her courage to ask her boss for a day off work.
• signed, sealed and delivered
  сделано по правилам

  The document has been done correctly, following all the necessary procedures; it was signed, sealed and delivered.
• straight and narrow
  прямой жизненный путь, (быть честным и законопослушным)

  Ronald had the straight and narrow route through life.
• second-rate
  второразрядный

  The radio-set which my brother bought is not of the best quality; it's definitely second-rate.
• slip up
  ошибиться, сделать ошибку

  Jack was sure that Rita had slipped up when she said that Mr. Grover was in his office.
• step down from (a job/position)
  уйти в отставку

  My father had to step down from his present job because of poor health and old age.
• shake/quake in one's boots
  трястись от страха

  Linda must have seen a ghost for she was shaking in her boots.
• simmer down
  остыть, успокоиться

  William was very angry with his wife, but after a while he began to simmer down.
• stick up for (someone or something)
  защищать кого-либо \ что-либо, поддерживать

  "I am very grateful to you for having stuck up for me."
• start in as (something)
  начать карьеру в качестве кого-либо

  Sam started in as a sailor and now he is captain of a big liner.
• sow one's wild oats
  прожигать молодость, совершать необдуманные поступки

  Paul wasn't one of those young men who sowed his wild oats; he was a fairly decent youth.