• Главная
• Идиомы

Идиомы на букву T

• turn thumbs down (on something)
  не одобрить или отклонить что-либо

  Everyone turned thumbs down on his suggestion to sell the company.
• true love
  настоящая любовь

  "You are too young to marry Noel. You may have taken infatuation for true love," Rita said to her daughter.
• tin ear for (something)
  не иметь слуха, неспособность судить о чём-либо

  I think Cora has a tin ear for music and she is not able to judge the value of it.
• two cents (worth)
  мнение (о котором не спрашивают)

  The boys were talking about tennis, and Hilda put in her two cents worth, even though she didn't know much about tennis.
• to nose down
  снижаться (носом вниз – о самолёте)

  The pilot began to nose down the helicopter as soon as he saw the bright lights of the airport.
• try out one's wings
  пытаться сделать что-либо, чему только что научился

  Tina has had only ten German lessons, but she wants to try her wings by speaking with our visitors from Germany.
• take a potshot at (someone or something)
  критиковать кого-либо \ что-либо

  One of the employees ventured to take a potshot at the boss.
• tub of lard
  очень толстый человек, "жиртрест"

  Tim complained to his mother that the boys in his class called him a tub of lard.
• turn the heat up on (someone)
  усилить нажим на кого-либо

  The new manager turned the heat up on the members of the department.
• think nothing of (something)
  считать пустяком, не придавать значения

  George is a reckless driver; he thinks nothing of driving eighty miles an hour.
• to mean for (someone) to (do something)
  предполагать, рассчитывать, что кто-либо будет делать что-либо

  Della meant for me to arrange a get together party and not anybody else.
• trick of the trade
  специфические приёмы в каком-либо деле

  Anyone can learn how to tile the walls in the bathroom, but only an expert can show you the tricks of the trade.
• take the day off
  взять отгул (на работе)

  I'd better take the day off; I am feeling very tired and depressed.
• take office
  приступить к должности (после выборов или назначения)

  The President is expected to take office a week after the election.
• to (someone's) mind
  по чьему-либо мнению

  "To my mind you are paying too much attention to Steve."
• take no stock in (something)
  не обращать внимания на что-либо

  "I advise you to take no stock in what people say about your appearance."
• 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.
• time off
  время свободное от работы

  If I had had some time off yesterday, I could have sent a lot of e-mail letters to my friends abroad.
• take sick/ill
  заболеть

  The little girl developed a high temperature last night; evidently she had taken ill.
• throw off (someone)
  сбивать с пути, запутывать, отделаться от кого-либо

  The runaway was able to throw off his pursuers.
• talk out (a problem)
  обсудить (проблему) до конца

  I have decided to talk things out with Charles.
• to turn over
  перевернуться

  When the car hit the hill, it turned over and stopped.
• tell (someone) a thing or two (about something)
  сказать кому-либо кое-что (неприятное), ругать кого-либо

  My cousin took my laptop without my permission, and I am going to tell her a thing or two.
• top (something) off
  в добавок к чему-либо

  George had steak for dinner and topped it off with a huge sundae.
• twist (someone) around one's (little) finger
  обвести кого-либо вокруг пальца

  Susan can twist any of the boys around her little finger.
• That's all she wrote.
  вот и всё

  "I've told you everything I wanted to. 'That's all she wrote'," I said when I finished my story.
• three sheets to the wind
  быть очень пьяным, нетвёрдо держаться на ногах

  I saw my neighbor walking down the street last night; he seemed to have three sheets to the wind.
• turn to (someone or something)
  обратиться к кому-либо (за помощью, советом), прибегнуть (к помощи чего-либо)

  The instructor turned to the boys for help.
• 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.
• turn the trick
  добиться результатов

  I hoped that the correct tool would turn the trick to fix the leaking tap.
• to be hung up on (someone or something)
  быть одержимым, увлечённым кем-либо \ чем-либо

  Sonia is hung up on playing computer games.
• talk oneself out
  выговориться

  I saw that Ron was very upset and I let him talk himself out.
• trial and error
  (метод) проб и ошибок

  The only way I could solve the geometry problem was by the method of trial and error.
• throw (someone)
  озадачить кого-либо

  I thought my boss was on a business trip, and it threw me when I saw him in the office.
• tit for tat
  отплата, "зуб за зуб", услуга за услугу

  Jack hit Betty, and she gave him tit for tat.