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Идиомы на букву S

• stick in (someone's) throat/craw
  неприятная, раздражающая ситуация; "застрять, как кость в горле"

  I failed my English exam last semester, and the failure sticks in my throat.
• stick with (something)
  продолжать что-либо, не прекращать

  I think I'll stick with my French lessons.
• smooth (something) over
  представить что-либо в лучшем свете, уладить

  Hardly had I smoothed one problem over when another one appeared.
• shut out (a team)
  не допустить гола (в игре)

  The Canadian national hockey team shut out the best American team last Sunday.
• 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."
• Sure thing.
  наверняка, конечно, несомненно

  "Will you be at work tomorrow?" - "Sure thing."
• stop over (somewhere)
  остановиться в пути, сделать остановку

  My friend met me at the airport at 10 p.m., so we decided to stop over in New-York and go on our way in the morning.
• stretch the truth
  преувеличивать

  I stretched the truth a little bit when I told my Mom what a nice guy my boy friend was.
• shove (something) down (someone's) throat
  навязывать что-либо кому-либо

  I was forced to agree to his conditions because he literally shoved them down my throat.
• shrug (something) off
  не обращать внимания на что-либо, игнорировать

  The boy said something rude, but I shrugged off his insults.
• 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.
• stuck with (someone or something)
  обременённый кем-либо \ чем-либо

  When my younger sister was ill, I was always stuck with taking care of her.
• 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.
• square away (something)
  привести что-либо в порядок, уладить

  I had no time to square away my private affairs; I wanted to take care of them later.
• sitting pretty
  быть в благоприятной ситуации

  "Are you sitting pretty with your job, Silvia?" - "I wish I were."
• shoot up (someone or something)
  устроить стрельбу по кому-либо \ чему-либо

  When the traffic police stopped a drunken driver, he began to shoot up everybody.
• shut (something) up
  запереть, закрыть наглухо

  As I approached the house, I saw that the doors and the windows were shut up.
• slow going
  замедленный темп или трудность выполнения чего-либо

  It was slow going as I was learning to work on the computer.
• send (something) C.O.D. (care of delivery)
  отправить что-либо наложенным платежом

  I ordered a few disks and the company sent them C.O.D.
• stink to high heaven
  очень плохо пахнуть, вонять

  The meat must have gone bad; it is stinking to high heaven.
• struggle to the death
  борьба не на жизнь, а на смерть

  The war against the Nazi Germany was a struggle to the death.
• search high and low for (someone or something)
  (тщательно) искать кого-либо \ что-либо

  Yesterday morning Willy was searching high and low for his car keys.
• stuff and nonsense
  ерунда, чепуха

  "Do you want to know what I think of it? I suppose that's all stuff and nonsense."
• strings attached
  сопутствующее обязательство, определённое условие

  Adam wanted to rent a house but he didn't like the strings attached to the offer.
• stop by (somewhere)
  остановиться где-либо

  I am going to stop by my parents' house on my way home.
• sugar daddy
  престарелый любовник или покровитель

  Silvia's sugar daddy is very generous.
• 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.
• so soon
  так скоро, так быстро

  I did not expect my parents to return so soon from their visit to our relatives.
• shine up to (someone)
  стараться угодить кому-либо

  Little Paul tries to make friends with older boys and he is always shining up to them.
• send (someone) about his or her business
  прогонять кого-либо, выпроваживать

  I sent Joan about her business when she tried to interfere with my work.
• stuck on (someone)
  быть влюблённым в кого-либо, "запасть на кого-либо"

  Lora has been stuck on this movie star since she was a teenager.
• suit/fit (someone) to a T
  очень подходить кому-либо

  My sister's new apartment suits her to a T.
• silence is deafening
  оглушающая тишина

  When Sally told us the shocking news, the silence in the room was deafening.
• 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!"
• shut up (someone or something)
  закрыть, ограничить свободу кого-либо \ чего-либо

  Our dog is very unfriendly, and we have to shut him up whenever anyone comes to our house.