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без подделки
husband is a womanizer and she finally got tired of his womanizing, and divorced him.
беглый взгляд the once-over (n)
«без бутылки не понять» // сам черт голову сломит/сло¬ мает can't make head nor/or tail of smth
W It's enough to give those things the once-over to realize that they are typical catchpennies.
бедлам a three-ring circus
W What does his message say? I don't know - I can't make head or tail of it.
без копейки в кармане // ни гроша за душой // на мели not have a bean // be flat/stone/ stony broke (adj inf)
W The ticket hall turned into a three-ring circus when the main computer broke down.
бедный как церковная мышь as poor as a church mouse
W The Richards used to be wealthy, but after the stock market crash in 1987, they were as poor as church mice.
бежать впереди паровоза jump the gun
W Most people in the area are unemployed and don't have a bean to spend. W Rik is usually flat broke about five days after pay day. W I can't help you I'm stone-broke again.
без ложной скромности in all modesty (humor)
W Spain has already jumped the gun on diplomatic contacts by announcing earlier this month that its foreign minister would soon visit China. W The new students were not supposed to come before noon, but one boy jumped the gun and came to school at eight in the morning.
бежать как от чумы avoid smb/smth like the plague
W I have to say, in all modesty, that we wouldn't have won the game if I hadn't been playing.
без наворотов (простой) bog standard (adj inf)
W I just want a completely bog standard washing machine.
без обиняков (сказать) // от¬ крытым текстом lay (it) on the line // straight from the shoulder
W What's wrong with Bob? Everyone avoids him like the plague.
бежать с тонущего корабля desert the sinking ship
W When he learned his company was going under, he thought it was time to desert the sinking ship.
бежать сломя голову/во весь опор/что есть мочи run for one's life
W I told her, straight from the shoulder, that I thought she was being childish and silly. W Let me lay it on the line. I f you don't improve your grades you'll be suspended from this school. W His doctor laid it on the line, "Quit drinking or you'll die."
без подделки / без дураков (подлинный, настоящий) the real McCoy
W I hit the floor and jumped up and ran for my life.
W My dad brought me back some jeans from America. They
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