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[4, 99] 1. : . [4, 100], – Dark hors Lounge lizard 1), 1); 2), (). : 1); 2); 3). (1). [4, 102], …
, , . , , , , , , the Mediterranean sea, Italian strike, go bad, go wrong, take steps, hold forth, fall ill, carry into effect. -. – ( ). : bring one’s pigs to the wrong market – miscalculate.
-, -. : , , , hazel eyes, auburn hair, blank wall, , -, . (2) -; ) -. [4, 104], (-).
-, . : ), , , . [4, 106]: -: a house of cards. : play gooseberry -.
, ; play ducks and drakes with one’s money. , … , … , … , ( ) stool pigeon 1 the cream of society 2), , white crow 1 animated cartoons 2), lame duck 1); 2 palm grease; , – (3), … look a gift horse in the mouth, back the wrong horse.
, . , have a bee in one’s bonne, , a fly on the whee, – -, , . , , a white elephant (, , ). 1.
(, ), , … [4, 107]oil smb.’s palm (bribe smb. ), let the cat out of the bag (reveal a secret), ride the high horse (behave as if one were very great and important). , , , .
, (), … flog a dead horse (. ) fly in the ointment (. ) 1. 3, , … , : , , (, ), .
, Oaks may fall when reeds stand the storm -, . Be off one’s nut -, ; one’s monkey is up -, . , : See how the cat jumps -; a hair of the dog can that bit you -. , : Mice and men -; pigs might fl. , , . , , .
-, , , -. , , … , -, : the cat among the pigeons – >, . , , . , the old woman is picking her geese -, . that cock won’t fight -, .
, , … , , -, . (as) pleased as a dog with two tails – >, , -. , , the last straw – () it is the last straw that breaks the camel’s back – >; . the last straw, the last straw breaks the camel’s back. an old bird, , an old bird.
An old bird – ( old birds are not to be caught with chaff – )… (). , . , , , , , . : An ass between two bundles (bottles) of hay -…
Teddy bear -, . (). , … , , , . , a bee in one’s bonnet -, ; Presidential bee -, . -.
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