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Идиомы на букву T

• tit for tat
  отплата, "зуб за зуб", услуга за услугу

  Jack hit Betty, and she gave him tit for tat.
• to be high time
  пора бы

  It is high time the children were in bed; it's ten o'clock already.
• turn in
  ложиться спать

  I turned in at ten that night and I thought I would sleep well, being tired; but I didn't.
• table a discussion
  перенести обсуждение на более позднее время

  They tabled the discussion about the sponsorship until the next meeting.
• throw off an illness
  поправиться после болезни

  It took rather long before Frank was able to throw off his pneumonia.
• to lay over
  прервать путешествие

  They had to lay over in Moscow for a few hours before going to Warsaw.
• tell time
  сказать сколько времени на часах (говорится обыкновенно о детях)

  "Can you little daughter tell time yet?"
• throw (something) together
  сделать что-либо на скорою руку

  It was getting dark, so we had to throw our tents together and go to bed.
• take up (somewhere)
  начать с того места, где закончили

  "Look here, class! We will take up the exercise where we left off yesterday."
• top (someone or something)
  превосходить кого-либо \ чего-либо

  The young athlete topped everyone in the cross-country race.
• take off after (someone or something)
  преследовать, гнаться за кем-либо \ чем-либо

  The dog took off after the cat which quickly jumped on the fence.
• through thick and thin
  решительно поддерживать кого-либо, действовать стойко

  There were five hundred men to back him up through thick and thin.
• take the checkered flag
  закончить гонку первым

  The French racer took the checkered flag for the first time and was very proud.
• tell apart (two things or people)
  отличать (одно от другого)

  The puppies look so much alike; it's difficult to tell them apart.
• turn off (somewhere)
  повернуть на другую дорогу, свернуть

  The car turned off on Main Street.
• take (something) to one's grave
  унести что-либо (тайну) с собой в могилу

  "It is not as if you would take all your money to your grave."
• table a motion
  отложить обсуждение чего-либо (во время собрания)

  They decided to table a motion to discuss the security issue at another meeting.
• throw one's voice
  произносить слова с закрытым ртом (чревовещать)

  The voodoo priest knew how to throw his voice.
• turn of the century
  на рубеже веков

  Cars were odd things to see at the turn of the century.
• think better of (doing something)
  передумать, изменить своё решение

  Mark was about to tell Edna about his feelings; then he thought better of doing it.
• to be hard on (someone's) heels
  следовать за кем-либо по пятам

  As I was going along the street, I noticed a stranger who was hard on my heels.
• throw in one's lot with (someone or something)
  принять участие в чём-либо, присоединиться к кому-либо

  I saw a peaceful demonstration and decided to throw in my lot with the marchers.
• that will be the day
  то, что, вероятно, никогда не произойдёт

  "That will be the day when you marry a prince."
• turn in (something)
  отдать что-либо

  When the football season was over, the players turned in their uniforms.
• time out
  перерыв (в игре, работе) таймаут

  Ann took some time out from studying to visit her friend.
• turn out (someone)
  выгонять кого-либо

  He was my guest and I couldn't possibly turn him out.
• throw (something) into the bargain
  включить что-либо дополнительно (в качестве подарка) в покупку

  It was announced that the store would throw some computer games into the bargain if one buys a laptop.
• throw one's hands up in despair
  возвести руки вверх в порыве отчаяния

  I threw my hands up in despair; I didn't know whom to turn for help.
• tourist trap
  слишком дорогое удовольствие (для туристов)

  I don't want to go to Jamaica for my holiday; I think it to be a tourist trap.
• thread (one's way) through (something)
  с трудом прокладывать себе дорогу, проталкиваться через что-либо

  The platform swarmed with people and Dave had to thread his way through the crowd to get to his carriage.
• take a look for (someone or something)
  поискать кого-либо \ что-либо

  "Will you, please, take a look for the lighter that I had probably left in your house?"
• tag along with (someone)
  плестись за кем-либо

  I saw two little kids tagging along with their mother.
• trump card
  козырная карта; убедительный, веский довод

  There were several ways to persuade my friend to go to the party with me; my trump card was that John would be there too.
• talk (someone) out of (doing something)
  убедить кого-либо не делать что-либо

  I tried to talk my husband out of buying a spots car, so far without any success.
• throw (someone) off (someone's) trail
  сбить кого-либо со следа

  Even if he managed to throw the police off his trail, his landlady, Miss Bunting, would give him away.