Словарь американских идиом (8000 единиц)

[some] See: AND THEN SOME.

[somebody up there loves/hates me] <slang> An expression intimating that an unseen power in heaven, such as God, has been favorable or unfavorable to the one making the exclamation. * /Look at all the money I won! I say somebody up there sure loves me!/ * /Look at all the money I've lost! I say somebody up there sure hates me!/

[some of these days] See: ONE OF THESE DAYS.

[something] See: HAVE SOMETHING GOING FOR ONE, HAVE SOMETHING ON, MAKE SOMETHING OF, START SOMETHING.

[something else] <adj.>, <slang>, <informal> So good as to be beyond description; the ultimate; stupendous. * /Janet Hopper is really something else./

[something else again] <n. phr.> A different kind of thing; something different. * /I don't care if you borrow my dictionary sometimes, but taking it without asking and keeping it is something else again./ * /"But I don't want a new car," Charles said to the car dealer, "I want a used car." "Oh," said the car dealer, "that's something else again."/

[so much(1)] <adj.> 1. A limited amount of; some. * /Sometimes students wonder if the teacher knows they have only so much time to do their lessons./ * /If you can't give everyone a full glass of milk, just put so much milk in each glass./ 2. Equally or amounting to; only amounting to.
– Often used for emphasis. * /Charley spends money as if it were so much paper./ * /What Mary said was so much nonsense; there wasn't a word of truth in it./ Compare: SO MANY(1).

[so much(2)] <pron.> A limited amount; some; a price or amount that is agreed or will be agreed on. * /You can do only so much in a day./ * /Milk costs so much a quart but cream costs so much a pint./ Compare: SO MANY(2).

[so much(3)] <adv.> By that much; by the amount shown; even.
– Used with the comparative and usually followed by "the". * /I can't go tomorrow. So much the better; we'll go today./ * /John isn't coming to the picnic. So much the more for us to eat!/ * /So much the worse for you if you break the rules./ Syn.: ALL THE(2).

[so much as] <adv. phr.> 1. Even.
– Usually used in negative sentences and questions. * /He didn't so much as thank me for returning his money that I found./ * /Would you so much as get me a glass of water? No, you wouldn't./ 2. See: AS MUCH AS(2).

[so much for] Enough has been said or done about.
– Used to point out that you have finished with one thing or are going to take up something else. * /So much for the geography of Ireland, we will now talk about the people who live there./ * /"I have nothing more to say to you, Tommy, and so much for that," Mary said angrily./

[son] See: FAVORITE SON, LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON.

[song] See: FOR A SONG.

[song and dance] <n.>, <informal> 1. Foolish or uninteresting talk; dull nonsense. Usually used with "give". * /I met Nancy today and she gave me a long song and dance about her family./ 2. A long lie or excuse, often meant to get pity. Usually used with "give". * /Billy gave the teacher a song and dance about his mother being sick as an excuse for being late./ * /The tramp asked us for money and tried to give us a big song and dance about having to buy a bus ticket to Chicago./

[sonic boom] <n.> A loud noise and vibration in the air, made when a jet plane passes the speed of sound (1087 feet per second). * /Fast jet planes sometimes cause a sonic boom, which can break windows and crack the plaster in houses below them./ * /We thought there was an explosion or earthquake, but it was only a sonic boom that shook the house./

[son of a bitch] or [sunuvabitch] also S.O.B. <n. phr.>, <vulgar>, <avoidable> (but becoming more and more acceptable, especially if said with a positive or loving intonation). Fellow, character, guy, individual. Negatively: * /Get out of here you filthy, miserable sunuvabitch!/ Positively: * /So you won ten million dollars at the lottery, you lucky son of a bitch (or sunuvabitch)!/ Compare: SON OF A GUN.

[son of a gun] <n. phr.>, <slang> 1. A bad person; a person not liked. * /I don't like Charley; keep that son of a gun out of here./ Syn.: BAD ACTOR. 2. A mischievous rascal; a lively guy.
– Often used in a joking way. * /The farmer said he would catch the son of a gun who let the cows out of the barn./ * /Hello Bill, you old son of a gun!/ Compare: SO AND SO. 3. Something troublesome; a hard job. * /The test today was a son of a gun./ Used as an exclamation, usually to show surprise or disappointment. * /Son of a gun! I lost my car keys./ Compare: SON OF A BITCH.

[soon] See: AS SOON, FOOL AND HIS MONEY ARE SOON PARTED.

[sooner] See: HAD RATHER or HAD SOONER, NO SOONER --- THAN.

[sooner or later] <adv. phr.> At some unknown time in the future; sometime. * /John will come back sooner or later./ * /Grandpa is very slow about fixing things around the house, but he always does it sooner or later./ Compare: OR OTHER.

[sore] See: SIGHT FOR SORE EYES.

[sore spot] or [sore point] <n.> A weak or sensitive part; a subject or thing about which someone becomes angry or upset easily. * /Don't ask Uncle John why his business failed; it's a sore spot with him./ Compare: WHERE THE SHOE PINCHES.

[sorrow] See: DROWN ONE'S SORROWS.

[sort] See: OF SORTS, IN A WAY also IN A SORT OF WAY.

[sort of] See: KIND OF.

[sort out] <v. phr.> 1. To alphabetize; arrange in numerical order. * /The secretary helped Professor Brown sort out his numerous index cards./ 2. To clarify. * /"Help me sort out these bills," she begged her husband./

[so-so] <adj.> Fair; neither good nor bad. * /The children's grades were just so-so on the test./ * /How is the fishing today? So-so./

[so that] <conj.> 1. or in order that; for the purpose that; so. "So that" is usually followed by "can" or "could"; "in order that" is usually followed by "may" or "might". * /Let's get ready now so that we can leave when Father comes./ * /Betty saved her money in order that she might buy a doll./ Compare: IN ORDER TO. 2. With the result that; so. * /My pencil fell under my desk, so that I couldn't see it./ * /George often told stories that weren't true, so that no one believed him when he told about a deer in the school yard./

[so --- that] - Used with an adjective or adverb before a clause of result. * /The bus was so full that I could hardly turn around./ * /Billy pitched so well that everyone cheered him at the end of the game./

[so to speak] <adv. phr.> To say it in this way. * /John was, so to speak, the leader of the club, but he was officially only the club's secretary./ * /The horse, so to speak, danced on his hind legs./ Compare: AS IT WERE.

[sought after] <adj.> Wanted by many buyers; searched for. * /Antiques are much sought after nowadays./ Syn.: IN DEMAND.