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Идиомы на букву T

• two-faced
  неискренний, двуликий

  Don't confide too much in Dana as she has the reputation of being two-faced.
• TA
  Teaching Assistant - помощник учителя

  Wanda didn't have much experience in teaching and was able to get only the job as a TA at the community college.
• tuck into (something)
  есть что-либо с удовольствием

  There were a lot of tasty things on the table and the children tucked into their dinner as soon as they sat down.
• 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.
• throw together (people)
  оказаться в группе случайных людей

  A group of strangers was thrown together when the storm trapped them in the mountains.
• tan (someone's) hide
  наказать, нашлёпать кого-либо

  I told my brother that I would tan his hide if he used my computer again.
• through hell and high water
  (пройти) через всевозможные трудности, (пройти) огонь и воду

  Mark is a very reliable man; I could go through hell and high water with him.
• to bundle up
  закутаться, тепло одеться

  There is no need for you to bundle up; it's quite warm outside.
• time of one's life
  замечательное, удивительное время

  Nancy had the time of her life at the party.
• tough it out
  пережить трудную ситуацию

  Joe was in low water for some time, but finally he toughed it out.
• try on (something)
  мерить (одежду)

  Sue tried on several pairs of sandals before she found one to her liking.
• think back on (someone or something)
  вспоминать о ком-либо \ чём-либо

  When Gina thinks back on her married life, she remembers how unhappy she was.
• tightfisted/closefisted (with money)
  скупой

  Ogden's father is tightfisted with money, and he wouldn't give his son an allowance.
• true to form
  как и ожидалось

  True to form the secretary refused to do any work after office hours.
• toing and froing (on something)
  склоняться то в одну, то в другую сторону; менять решение относительно чего-либо

  Lana has been toing and froing for a long time on changing her job.
• to sign on the dotted line
  поставить (свою) подпись в указанном месте

  At the post office they handed me a parcel and told me to sign on the dotted line.
• trip up
  ошибиться, запнуться

  While reading a difficult text, Billy tripped up several times.
• tickle (someone's) fancy
  понравиться кому-либо, возбудить интерес

  I was too tired that day and going out did not tickle my fancy.
• to some extent
  в какой-то мере, частично

  I liked the book to some extent, but actually it was not quite what I had expected it to be.
• truth will out
  правда выйдет наружу

  I am sure that finally the truth will out and I will know exactly who has stolen my cell phone.
• 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.
• to the core
  целиком, глубоко, насквозь

  The police system in that country was rotten to the core.
• try (something) out on (someone)
  испытать что-либо на ком-либо

  I was able to cook all kinds of inexpensive dishes and try them out on Noel.
• to matter
  иметь значение

  It does not matter if he wins in a swimming competition or not.
• tear off
  поспешно уйти или убежать

  I was eager to show my friend my purchases, but she suddenly tore off.
• 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.
• to the ends of the earth
  на краю земли, глухое и труднодоступное место

  Ardent travelers are ready to go to the ends of the earth to see something unusual.
• to and fro
  взад и вперёд, туда и сюда

  The train was full of people; the guard went to and fro opening and closing the doors.
• tie up (someone)
  занять чьё-либо время (полностью)

  I am afraid that the meeting will tie me up until noon.
• two bits
  25 центов

  A haircut only cost two bits when Grandfather was young.
• throw (someone) for a loss
  заставить кого-либо сомневаться; быть в растерянности

  It threw Jane for a loss when she failed the test in French.
• take a shot/stab at (doing something)
  попытаться сделать что-либо

  Helen decided to take a shot at painting still-life.
• to harp on (something)
  надоедливо толковать об одном и том же, "завести волынку"

  Alice bores me stiff; she is always harping on her problems.
• tear up (someone)
  причинять много горя

  The boy isn't doing well at school, and it is tearing up his mother.
• trouble oneself about (someone or something)
  беспокоиться о ком-либо \ чём-либо

  "I wish you would not trouble yourself about such trifles."