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Идиомы на букву S

• set (something) on its ear
  заинтересовать кого-либо чем-либо

  The new project set the company on its ear. Everyone got very excited.
• shake hands on (something)
  пожать руки (в знак взаимного согласия)

  They shook hands on the agreement that they would coordinate their actions.
• start from scratch
  начать с начала, начать на голом месте

  Jeremy started from scratch and now he is quite successful in his business.
• sink one's teeth into (something)
  начать серьёзно работать (над проектом, проблемой)

  I sank my teeth into my research.
• strike a bargain
  заключить сделку, прийти к соглашению

  I wanted to strike a bargain with my friend to buy his computer.
• see (someone) to (somewhere)
  довести кого-либо до какого-либо места

  Every morning Stella saw her daughter to the door of the school building.
• steal a march on (someone)
  сделать что-либо украдкой, опередить кого-либо

  Mary and I were both offered a job which was vacant; I decided to go the next day, but Mary stole a march on me.
• steal someone's heart
  заставить кого-либо влюбиться, влюбить в себя

  Miranda is very attractive and can easily steal a man's heart.
• spin a yarn
  сочинять небылицы, привирать

  Rick liked girls who could talk books and spin a yarn.
• stand for (something)
  означать, символизировать

  In the Roman numerals the letter "C" stands for one hundred.
• scratch around for (something)
  искать что-либо здесь и там

  I was scratching around for some money to pay my fare.
• stick-in-the-mud
  отсталый, не современный человек

  My Grandfather is an old stick-in-the-mud.
• sleep like a log/baby
  крепко спать, "спать как убитый"

  I slept like a log and didn't hear my alarm-clock, which was trying to wake me up.
• say (something) to (someone's) face
  сказать что-либо кому-либо в лицо

  I didn't like my friend's behavior at the party, and I had a good mind to say it to his face.
• spoon-feed (someone)
  чрезмерно опекать кого-либо, "кормить с ложки"

  The young mother is too considerate and literally spoon-feeds her ten-year-old daughter.
• stand on ceremony
  придавать большое значение правилам поведения (церемониям)

  Please don't stand on ceremony; be natural and easy.
• stand to reason
  иметь смысл, само собой разумеется

  It stands to reason that the children should spend more time outdoors.
• spick-and-span
  очень чистый, опрятный

  Gilda takes good care of her house; it is always spick-and-span.
• speak up for (someone or something)
  говорить в пользу, в защиту кого-либо \ чего-либо

  Jonathan is always ready to speak up for the unemployed and the homeless.
• stand in (someone's) way
  стоять на пути кого-либо, быть барьером для чьих-либо желаний или намерений

  Sam did not want to stand in his ex-wife's way to happiness.
• same to you
  то же самое относится к тебе

  "The same to you," I told my brother when he said I was absent-minded.
• step out of line
  нарушать дисциплину, порядок; шалить, плохо себя вести

  My aunt's children often step out of line, and it makes her very angry.
• sit in judgment of (someone)
  выносить суждение кому-либо

  The members of the jury are to sit in judgment of the drug dealers' case.
• scare (someone) out of his or her wits
  (внезапно) страшно напугать кого-либо

  Suddenly I saw a man's shadow on the glass door and it scared me out of my wits.
• sit bolt upright
  сидеть совершенно прямо (словно аршин проглотил)

  Peter sat bolt upright without moving.
• saddled with debt
  (быть) обременённым долгами

  The shop owner is saddled with debt and must sell his shop as soon as possible.
• set great store on (someone or something)
  (высоко) ценить кого-либо \ что-либо

  Our art teacher sets great store on her gifted students.
• search one's heart/soul
  раздумывать (над чем-либо)

  Since his wife's death in a car crash, Tim had been searching his soul to see if he could have prevented the accident.
• second wind
  второе дыхание

  After they got their second wind, they continued to rake the hay.
• see to it (that something is done)
  позаботиться о том, чтобы что-либо было сделано

  Hudson saw to it that the staff meeting was short.
• speak highly of (someone or something)
  хорошо отзываться о ком-либо \ чём-либо

  The students spoke highly of their new tutor.
• send (someone) packing
  выставить кого-либо, выгнать без всяких церемоний

  A drunkard knocked on my door asking for a glass of wine, but I sent him packing.
• something-minded
  сосредоточиваться на чём-либо, думать только об одном

  Jeremy Smith is money-minded; all he thinks about is money.
• spread oneself too thin
  пытаться делать слишком много одновременно

  Never try to spread yourself too thin if you want to accomplish much.
• sail right through (something)
  быстро и легко закончить что-либо

  I wasn't able to sail right through my essay; it took me a lot of time to finish it.