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волосы рвать на себе
волосы рвать на себе (от гне ва, отчаяния) tear one's hair
of soup and said he wanted a proper meal.
ворошить прошлое rake over the ashes/coals
W She stamped and raged and tore her hair, and swore she'd never been so insulted.
волшебная палочка a magic wand
W There is no point in raking over the ashes now, you did what you thought was right at the time.
воскресный папа zoo daddy
W Artiside has warned that he has no magic wand to provide food and work overnight.
вольный казак // вольная пти¬ ца be one's own master/man
W His expression hardened at the thought of working for somebody else, of no longer being his own master.
вооруженный до зубов (be) armed to the teeth (adj)
W I grew up alone with my mom and have only vague recollections of my zoo daddy buying me ice-cream on a Sunday.
воспрянуть духом take heart
W The paratroopers were armed to the teeth.
вопить как резаный // орать как сумасшедший scream one's head off
W He had been unemployed for several months, but when he saw the perfect job advertised, he took heart.
вот в чем загвоздка there's the rub (lit old-fash)
W Dave saw a huge spider and started screaming his head off.
«воронок» // «черный ворон» // маруся (милицейская маши¬ на) a Black Maria (n inf)
W You can't get a job unless you have experience. A n d there's the rub - how do you get experience i f you can't get a job?
вот те/тебе крест cross my heart
W The arrested have been taken to jail in a Black Maria.
воротилы the movers and shakers
W I won't tell anyone what you've just told me - cross my heart.
вот уж нет // черта с два in a pig's eye (adv Am inf)
W This play has attracted the attention of the Broadway movers and shakers.
воротить нос (отказаться) turn up one's nose/turn one's nose up (inf)
W Me, in love with Sandra? In a pig's eye I am. W Y o u think he's competent? I n a pig's eye!
впадать в панику // терять го¬ лову push/hit/press the panic button // go into a flat spin (sl oft negat)
W The child turned up his nose at the school dinner. W He turned his nose up at my offer
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W We may have lost the last three games but we're not pushing the