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Идиомы на букву T

• take the initiative to (do something)
  проявить инициативу (сделать что-либо)

  "Why not take the initiative to arrange a nice party?"
• take the law into one's own hands
  расправиться без суда, пытаться отправлять правосудие самому

  Ned decided to take the law into his own hands and avenge himself on his offender.
• take the liberty of (doing something)
  позволить себе сделать что-либо

  I took the liberty of telling my instructor what I thought about his method of teaching skiing.
• take the money and run
  принять предложенное пока предложение в силе

  Bill planned to take the money and run as he was not sure that he would be given any more money for the settlement of his car accident.
• take the plunge
  сделать решительный шаг, принять серьёзное решение

  Pauline finally made up her mind to take the plunge and divorce her two-timer spouse.
• take the rap for (someone or something)
  получить наказание за что-либо или вместо кого-либо

  Wanda felt miserable; she took the rap for what she hadn't done.
• take the roll
  делать перекличку

  Before the teacher began the lesson she took the roll.
• take the stand
  занять место свидетеля (в зале суда)

  Berth took the stand in the murder trial yesterday.
• take the starch out of (someone)
  сбить спесь с кого-либо, осадить

  I think Alice is too highbrow and arrogant; I wish someone would take the starch out of her.
• take the trouble to (do something)
  стараться, делать усилие

  "Will you please take the trouble to inform Miss Nordie that she is not going to have any lessons today?"
• take the wind out of one's sails
  отбить охоту, расстроить чьи-либо планы, "выбить почву из-под ног"

  Ron applied for a job of a computer programmer but was rejected, and it took the wind out of his sails.
• take the wind out of someone's sails
  расстроить чьи-либо планы, выбить почву из под ног, обескуражить

  Kathy's answer was so cool, so rich in bravado that it took the wind out of his sails.
• take the words out of (someone's) mouth
  предвосхитить то, что хотел сказать другой

  I wanted to add a few more items to the agenda, but the chairman took the words out of my mouth.
• take time off
  сделать перерыв в работе

  Sue had been studying Chinese for a couple of years before she decided to take time off.
• take to (someone or something)
  привязаться к кому-либо \ чему-либо, полюбить

  Sally took to the new teacher at once.
• take to (something)
  начать что-либо, взяться за что-либо

  Hillary took to the work of a fashion designer and was a great success.
• take to one's heels
  убегать, удирать

  The boys were stealing apples from the garden and took to their heels when they saw the owner approaching them.
• take to the woods
  уклоняться от ответственности, спрятаться в кусты

  Jeremy Scott was determined to take to the woods rather than that pay alimony to his wife.
• take turns
  делать что-либо по очереди (с другими)

  The majority of people in our office prefer to take their holidays in summer, so we have to take turns.
• take umbrage at (something)
  обижаться, чувствовать себя обиженным

  George is too quick to take umbrage at any remark.
• take up (clothes)
  укоротить, сделать короче

  My skirt is too long; I need to have it taken up.
• take up (something)
  начать заниматься чем-либо (спортом или каким-либо делом)

  Ralf didn't take up golf until he was fifty.
• take up (somewhere)
  начать с того места, где закончили

  "Look here, class! We will take up the exercise where we left off yesterday."
• take up (space or room)
  занимать место, наполнять собой

  The copying of these letters took up all day.
• take up (time)
  отнимать время

  "You have taken up quite enough of my time, Bob."
• take up a collection
  собрать деньги на что-либо

  Sam is willing to take up a collection for his holiday abroad.
• take up arms against (someone or something)
  взяться за оружие против кого-либо \ чего-либо, встать на защиту

  The people of the Soviet Union took up arms against the Nazis to defend their country.
• take up where one left off
  начать с того, чем закончили

  I stopped reading the book at chapter six and now I will take up where I left off.
• take up with (someone)
  начать общаться, водить компанию с кем-либо

  After the holiday I never took up with Adam again.
• taken aback
  (неприятно) удивиться

  Sue was downright rude to me and I was taken aback.
• taken for dead
  считаться умершими

  After the avalanche a few people were taken for dead though their bodies were not found.
• talk (someone's) ear off
  замучить кого-либо разговорами

  The woman sitting beside me in the compartment talked my ear off.
• talk (someone's) head off
  много говорить, болтать без умолку

  "Look here Emma! You are talking my head off! Will you stop for a while?"
• talk (someone) down in price
  уговорить кого-либо снизить цену

  I tried to talk the man down in price for the car, but he didn't comply.
• talk (someone) into (doing something)
  уговорить кого-либо сделать что-либо

  I talked my friends into taking a car trip to the country.