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• throw the book at (someone)
  сурово наказать кого-либо

  Because it was the third time Sam Jordan had been caught speeding, the judge threw the book at him.
• throw together (people)
  оказаться в группе случайных людей

  A group of strangers was thrown together when the storm trapped them in the mountains.
• throw up
  тошнить, извергать рвотные массы

  Susan took the medicine but threw it up a minute later.
• throw up one's hands (in defeat)
  отказаться от попыток, признать себя побеждённым, махнуть рукой на что-либо

  I was not sure that I would succeed in my venture, so I threw up my hands.
• throw up one's hands (in despair/frustration)
  возвести руки вверх в порыве отчаяния или разочарования

  I threw my hands up in despair; I didn't know whom to turn for help.
• throw/pitch someone a curve
  сбить кого-либо с толку

  John threw me a curve about the hiring of new employees.
• thrust and parry
  словесная перепалка

  The meeting looked more like thrust and parry debate than a real session.
• thumb a lift/ride
  путешествовать бесплатно на попутных машинах

  Martin and Jimmy, who were hitch-hiking, thumbed a lift to the nearest town.
• thumb one's nose at (someone or something)
  смотреть с неодобрением на кого-либо \ что-либо, воротить нос

  Sofia thumbed her nose at her mother's request to stay home on Saturday.
• thumb/hitch a ride
  путешествовать (бесплатно) на попутных машинах

  Martin and Jimmy, who were hitch-hiking, thumbed a lift to the nearest town.
• thumb/leaf through (something)
  листать что-либо (книгу, журнал)

  Steve absent-mindedly thumbed through a News Week magazine while he was waiting for me.
• thumbnail sketch
  краткое описание кого-либо \чего-либо

  All the books of this author include a thumbnail sketch of the plot.
• thumbs down on (someone or something)
  не одобрять что-либо или чьи-либо действия

  I intend to vote thumbs down on the policy of our department.
• thumbs up on (someone or something)
  одобрять что-либо или чьи-либо действия

  We were very pleased that everybody had voted thumbs up on our project.
• tickle (someone's) fancy
  понравиться кому-либо, возбудить интерес

  I was too tired that day and going out did not tickle my fancy.
• tickled pink
  быть очень довольным

  Bobby was tickled pink with his new bike.
• tide (someone) over
  помочь кому-либо продержаться (в трудной ситуации)

  Jeffrey sold his car to tide himself over his period of unemployment.
• tidy sum of money
  довольно большая сумма денег

  Samuel decided to sell his shop and hoped to get a tidy sum of money from the sale.
• tie (someone's) hands
  мешать, связать кому-либо руки

  Mr. Brown hoped his son would not quit school, but his hands were tied; Jim was old enough to decide it himself.
• tie (someone) up in knots
  сильно нервничать или беспокоиться

  The thought of going to the dentist to have her tooth pulled tied Tina up in knots.
• tie down (someone or something)
  обязать выполнять условия, связывать, привязывать

  The baby naturally tied Rita down, and she was not so active socially as before.
• tie in (something) with (something)
  связывать что-либо с чем-либо

  The detectives tied in the fingerprints on the man's gun with those found on the safe.
• tie the knot
  соединиться узами брака

  Brian and Lucy had been dating for a year before they decided to tie the knot.
• tie up (a boat)
  привязать (лодку), поставить на прикол

  They tied up their yacht at the pier when the storm was brewing.
• tie up (someone)
  занять чьё-либо время (полностью)

  I am afraid that the meeting will tie me up until noon.
• tie up (something)
  ограничить условиями (переход имущества или денег по наследству)

  The father tied up the money in his daughter's marriage settlement.
• tie up (traffic)
  ограничить движение транспорта

  The crash of two cars tied up the traffic downtown.
• tie up with (someone or something)
  вступить в сотрудничество с кем-либо \ чем-либо

  Their company has tied up with another firm to support the art festival.
• tied to one's mother's apron strings
  держаться за мамину юбку, быть зависимым от матери

  Even after Jeffery grew up, he was still tied to his mother's apron strings.
• tied up
  быть занятым

  He can't see you now. He's tied up on the telephone.
• tight spot
  трудная ситуация

  The school lacked skilled teachers, so the director was in a very tight spot.
• tight squeeze
  трудная финансовая ситуация

  The Browns aren't going on a holiday this year; they are in a tight squeeze.
• tighten one's belt
  пойти на лишения, "затянуть потуже пояс"

  When the father lost his job, the family had to tighten their belts.
• tightfisted/closefisted (with money)
  скупой

  Ogden's father is tightfisted with money, and he wouldn't give his son an allowance.
• tilt at windmills
  сражаться с ветряными мельницами, донкихотствовать

  Leo is a bore; when it comes to departmental meetings, he wastes everybody's time by constantly tilting at windmills.