Словарь американских идиом (8000 единиц)

[yum-yum] <interj.>, <informal> - Used usually by or to children, to express great delight, especially in the taste of food. * /"Yum-Yum! That pie is good!"/

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[zero hour] <n.> 1. The exact time when an attack or other military action is supposed to start. * /Zero hour for the bombers to take off was midnight./ 2. The time when an important decision or change is supposed to come; the time for a dangerous action. * /It was zero hour and the doctor began the operation on the man./ * /On the day of the championship game, as the zero hour came near, the players grew nervous./

[zero in on] <v.> 1. To adjust a gun so that it will exactly hit (a target); aim at. * /Big guns were zeroed in on the enemy fort./ * /American missiles have been zeroed in on certain targets, to be fired if necessary./ 2. <slang> To give your full attention to. * /The Senate zeroed in on the Latin-American problems./ * /Let's zero in on grammar tonight./

[zip one's lip] See: BUTTON ONE'S LIP.

[zone defense] <n.> A defense in a sport (as basketball or football) in which each player has to defend a certain area. * /The coach taught his team a zone defense because he thought his players weren't fast enough to defend against individual opponents./

[zonk out] <v. phr.>, <slang> 1. To fall asleep very quickly. * /Can I talk to Joe?
– Call back tomorrow, he zonked out./ 2. To pass out from fatigue, or alcohol. * /You won't get a coherent word out of Joe, he has zonked out./

[zoom in] <v. phr.> 1. To rapidly close in on (said of airplanes and birds of prey). * /The fighter planes zoomed in on the enemy target./ 2. To make a closeup of someone or something with a camera. * /The photographer zoomed in on the tiny colibri as it hovered over a lovely tropical flower./