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Идиомы на букву S

• slap in the face
  оскорбление, пощёчина, оплеуха

  Brett hadn't expected that Dina would refuse to go out with him; it was a slap in the face for him.
• set the pace
  задавать темп

  The leading skier set the pace for the other skiers to follow.
• see the world/things through rose-colored glasses
  смотреть сквозь розовые очки, видеть всё в розовом свете

  Sheila is too optimistic and she sees the world through rose-colored glasses.
• sock away (some money)
  убирать, прятать деньги в укромное место

  I have decided to sock away some money to pay for my college education.
• stick in (someone's) mind
  не забывать, застрять в чьей-либо голове

  The face of the dying woman stuck in my mind for many days.
• see things
  бредить, галлюцинировать

  Allan had been drinking too much that day and by the evening started to see things.
• see (someone) out
  проводить кого-либо из комнаты, из дома

  I was afraid to get lost in the building, so I asked my friend to see me out.
• see the handwriting on the wall
  знать, иметь предчувствие, что что-то произойдёт

  I saw the handwriting on the wall and was aware that our small business would soon go bankrupt.
• stick to one's guns
  не сдавать позиций, держаться стойко

  Gregory was man enough to stick to his guns.
• skin-deep
  поверхностный, не глубокий

  Eric seems to be knowledgeable, but I am sure his knowledge is skin-deep.
• sit at (someone's) feet
  восхищаться кем-либо

  Elvis Regan is a great singer, and I am ready to sit at his feet for ever.
• stack the deck
  поставить в невыгодное положение, "подтасовать карты"

  Marion felt that they had stacked the deck against her, that she had never had a fair choice.
• save (someone's) neck/skin
  спасать свою шкуру

  Jeremy had to sell his investments in order to save his neck.
• sticky fingers
  склонность к воровству

  Little Bobby has sticky fingers, and his mother watches him all the time.
• 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.
• swim against the tide/current
  действовать, преодолевая сопротивление; "плыть против течения"

  I had to swim against the tide as there was a lot of opposition to my project.
• straw in the wind
  намёк, предупреждение

  When Nick messed up with his account, it was a straw in the wind that he might be given a sack soon.
• see fit to (do something)
  считать нужным, целесообразным делать что-либо

  Valery saw fit to devote more time to her term paper.
• slow on the uptake
  тупой, несообразительный

  My new student is slow on the uptake, and I have to explain everything to him several times.
• 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.
• set (someone) free
  выпустить из тюрьмы или освободить из плена

  Samuel hoped that they would set him free because he hadn't committed any crime.
• set a precedent
  устанавливать прецедент или политику, которой надо следовать в будущем

  A legal case may set a precedent that will be the policy to be followed in future cases.
• 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.
• see the last of (someone or something)
  видеть кого-либо \ что-либо в последний раз

  "We have seen the last of Greg, thank God!"
• stuck in a rut
  рутина, привычный уклад жизни

  After my father retired he was stuck in a rut.
• stick one's head in a noose
  навредить себе, сунуть голову в петлю

  Bob borrowed a large sum of money thus sticking my head in a noose.
• shoulder to shoulder
  плечом к плечу

  The soldiers fought shoulder to shoulder.
• see one's way clear to (do something)
  чувствовать в себе способность делать что-либо

  I didn't see my way clear to begin writing the essay, so I decided to put it off for a while.
• step-by-step
  постепенно, шаг за шагом

  I learnt how to drive a car step-by-step.
• say (something) right to (someone's) face
  сказать что-либо кому-либо прямо в лицо

  I didn't like my friend's behavior at the party, and I had a good mind to say it right to his face.
• soup up (something)
  придавать силу, увеличивать мощность чего-либо

  I decided to soup my motorcycle up, making it more powerful.
• stand up (someone)
  не придти (на встречу, свидание)

  First Jane agreed to go out with Tim, but then she stood him up.
• sands of time
  течение времени (как сыпется песок в песочных часах)

  The sands of time have done much to make me understand the meaning of true friendship.
• step/tread on (someone's) toes
  задеть чьи-либо чувства, "наступить на чью-либо любимую мозоль"

  Stephan managed to step on his friends' toes and that turned his friends into his enemies.
• steal someone's heart
  заставить кого-либо влюбиться, влюбить в себя

  Miranda is very attractive and can easily steal a man's heart.