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• turn tail
  поспешно уйти или броситься бежать

  The men in front of me turned tail like a dog that had been whistled home, and fled like the wind.
• turn over a new leaf
  (в корне) измениться, начать всё с начала

  After the divorce Margaret decided to turn over a new leaf and be happy again.
• time is money
  время - деньги

  "Don't waste your time doing nothing; remember time is money."
• talk back to (someone)
  возражать, дерзить кому-либо

  Bob is a naughty boy; he always talks back to his parents.
• That makes two of us.
  то же самое справедливо и обо мне

  "I don't want to take part in the track and field event," Lucy said. -"That makes two of us," Cathy replied.
• take off one's hat to (someone)
  выражать восхищение, преклоняться перед кем-либо, "снимать пере кем-либо шляпу"

  I take off my hat to Sally for her courage and endurance.
• take heart
  воспрянуть духом, подбодриться

  "It is impossible not to take heart in the company of such a nice person like you."
• take pride in (something)
  гордиться чем-либо

  Mrs. Williamson takes pride in her well-kept garden.
• take leave of one's senses
  сойти с ума, потерять рассудок, обезуметь

  My brother had taken my car without my permission; I got angry and told him he had taken leave of his senses.
• tongue in cheek
  насмешливо, иронично, в шутку

  The remark was made tongue in cheek, but Bill got offended.
• take down (something)
  записывать что-либо

  Rita gave me her phone number and I quickly took it down.
• take up (clothes)
  укоротить, сделать короче

  My skirt is too long; I need to have it taken up.
• take it slow
  идти, передвигаться медленно

  I don't like an icy road and always take it slow.
• throw money around
  сорить деньгами

  Paul made up his mind to buy a piece of waste land and built a swimming pool on it, but I believe that he is simply throwing money around; the idea doesn't seem to be good.
• tell it to the marines/Sweeney
  чепуха, ври больше! Расскажи это своей бабушке!

  I didn't believe Emma's crazy story about her love affair and I told her to tell it to the marines.
• take a turn for the better
  изменяться к лучшему; поправляться

  Things began taking a turn for the better.
• take (something) lying down
  безропотно сносить что-либо

  Jeremy never takes unpleasant things lying down; he always fights back.
• throw one's hat into the ring
  принять вызов, решить принять участие в соревнованиях или выборах

  Pauline decided to throw her hat into the ring for the election of Dean of the Arts Faculty.
• take offense at (someone or something)
  обидеться на кого-либо \ что-либо

  Mike is quick to take offense at his girlfriend.
• take (someone) into one's confidence
  поверять кому-либо свои секреты

  I usually take my best friend into my confidence when I have problems.
• take a load off one's feet
  сесть и отдохнуть

  "Come in and sit down. Take a load off your feet."
• trick (someone) into (doing something)
  заставить обманным путём делать что-либо

  The gypsy tricked me into giving her all of the money I had about me.
• to be in high spirits
  быть в хорошем настроении

  I am in high spirits today.
• take a course in (something)
  записываться на курсы, чтобы изучать что-либо

  Fanny is fond of patchwork and she has decided to take a course in it this year.
• take (someone) to the cleaners
  обмануть кого-либо

  The other day George went to the casino and they took him to the cleaners.
• tackle a problem
  биться над проблемой

  All the members of the staff had to tackle the problem of advertising.
• turn (someone's) stomach
  вызывать тошноту

  The rolling of the boat turned his stomach.
• teach one's grandmother to suck eggs
  поучать старших, "учить учёного"

  Bill was trying to show the mechanic how to repair his car, and it was like teaching my grandmother to suck eggs.
• teach someone a lesson
  преподать кому-либо урок, проучить кого-либо

  The burns the child got from playing with matches taught him a lesson.
• take the Fifth
  прибегнуть к пятой поправке (гарантирующей право не свидетельствовать против самого себя)

  He knew his right not to incriminate himself while testifying at a trial, so he decided to take the Fifth.
• take a hint
  понять намёк

  George is never able to take a hint and he does not behave accordingly.
• 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.
• twiddle one's thumbs
  бездельничать; сидеть, сложа руки

  I've got to be busy. I can't sit down and twiddle my thumbs.
• take (someone) to task
  упрекать кого-либо, делать выговор

  Mrs. Shelby took her husband to task for his cruel conduct to his cousin Jeffrey.
• take sides
  встать на чью-либо сторону, примкнуть к той или иной стороне

  It is always safer to take sides with a stronger party.