Основы английской фразеологии

pick a hole (on), to 97

pick and choose, to 122, 121

p;o in the sky 92

pipe dream 60, 65

piper's tale 68

205

play ducks and drakes, to 125, 187

play second fiddle, to 167

Poet Laureate 169

policy of force 104

pot calling the kettle black, the 100

pour oil on the (troubled) waters, to 98

prick of conscience 60, 168

prim and proper 124

Procrustean (Procruste's) bed 97

public opinion 104

pull devil, pull baker 142, 143

pull (smb's) leg, to 102, 155, 164, 183

put a hat on a hen, to 101

put (one's) cards on the table, to 73

put (one's) head into the lion's mouth,

to 101

put (one's) neck in a noose, to 101

put on, to 135

put on a consulting (thinking) cap, to

99

put (one's) pride into (one's) pocket,

to 165

put that in your pipe and smoke it 141

put up at, to 135

put up with, to 135

Pyrrhic victory 68

quick as lightning, as 147

quick (Roman) balance 68

rack and ruin 124

radio pocket 105

rain cats and dogs, to 89, 148, 149, 150

lain or shine 122

raise (lift up) (one's) horn, to 99

rank and file 172

rat tail 105

red tape 73

light side of cloth, the 79

roll up horse, foot and guns, to 125

rough and ready 188

rough sketch 153

round peg in a square hole, a 97

round robin 78

rub shoulders (with smb), to 154

rule the roast, to 87

Russian leather 62

sacrifice to the graces, to 89

Satan rebuking sin 100—101

save (one's) skin, to 80

save the mark, to 142

save your breath, to 141

say good-bye, to 104

say (one's) prayers, to 104

Scarlet Whore, the 85

Scotch broth 62

scotch the snake, to 108, 183

sealed book, a 93

see how the land lies, to 136

send owls to Athens, to 101

sentry box 105

set the axe to the tree, to 188

set by the ears, to 165

set foot on 183

set (smb's) teeth on edge, to 164

set to motion, to 104

ships that pass in the night 136, 141

shooting star 177

shut up, to 135

Siberian acacia 62

silent as a mouse, as 146

since then 128

sing away, to 131

Sisyphean labour 7, 97

Sisyphean task 71

sit down, to 131

sit in judgement (on smb), to 154

six of one and half a dozen of another

123, 124

skeleton in the cupboard 90, 168

sleeping partner 60, 67, 107, 163, 177,

187

slippery as an eel, as 147

small beer 61, 177

small hours 61

small talk 61

smell a rat, to 80

smell powder, to 126, 135

snake's pace 177

social ladder 60

soft flame 106

so long 107

son-in-law 168, 1б9

sour grapes 79

sow (one's) wild oats, to 183, 257

speak by the card, to 148, 149

speak out, to 131

speak the truth and shame the devil,

to 123

spick and span 74

spill the beans, to 125

square an account, to 61

square (one's) elbows, to 61

square peg in a round hole, a 97

square (one's) shoulders, to 61

stand or fall, to 122

stand the racket, to 94

stand up, to 131

stare (smb) in the face, to 147, 148

still life 105

stink with (of) money, to 97

stir up a hornets' nest, to 97

stock-in-trade 179

stone broke 68

stool pigeon 95

street Arab 71

strike me blind (if) 139

struggle for existence 103

suit (one's) book, to 61

206

sun's backstays (eyelashes) 68

Swan of Avon, the 85

swan song 172, 173, 178

swing a lead, to *94

take an examination to 104, 153

take a hair to draw a waggon, to 101

take a walk, to 113, 117, 118, 119

take in, to 134, 151, 187

take off, to 135

take the bull by the horns, to 187, 188

take the cake, to 79, 86 ,

take the gilt off the gingerbread, to 187

take (one's) time, to 141

take time by the forelock, to 78, 125

talk (smoke, laugh) away, to 132

talk through (one's) hat, to 148, 150

teach a bull to roar, to 99

teach a cock to crow, to 99

teach a dog to bark, to 99

teach a fish to bite, to 99

teach a hen to chuck, to 99

teach an old woman to dance 101

teach a pig to play on the flute, to

101

teach a serpent to hiss, to 99

teach iron to swim, to 101

tear a passion into rags (and tatters),

to 98

tell it to the marines 141

tempest in a teapot 166

thank you 107

that isn't (one's) cup of tea 145

the cat jumps 144

the fat is in the fire 144

there is no smoke without fire 144

the grey mare is the better horse 145

the odds are (that) 139

the tune the old cow died of 136

thick as thieves, as 172

thin edge of the wedge, the 79, 154, 214

though (one's) sins be as scarlet 136

throw (smth) into (smb's) face, to 80

ticket-of-leave 168

tied cottage 60

till then 128

time and again 124

tit for tat 74

to and' fro 87

to begin with 188

to be sure 151

Tom, Dick and Harry 123