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как ш к а ф ridiculous frilly shirt and a skirt that was far too short. как шкаф // огромный/здоро¬ вый как слон/бык built like a tank камень преткновения (спор¬ ный/трудный вопрос) a stumbling block W I should imagine he's pretty strong - he's built like a tank. как/где/куда попало // там-сям (повсюду) e v e r y w h i c h w a y (Am inf) // higgledy-piggledy (adj) W The scheme would be excellent, but its cost is the main stumbling-block. камень/хомут на шее an albatross/a millstone around /round one's neck W The documents lay scattered every which way on his desk. W I heard a crash and looked up - glass was flying every which way. W The books were higgledy-piggledy on the table. как/словно по часам (регуляр¬ но) as regular as clockwork (inf) W The company that he founded in 1983 is now an albatross around his neck, making losses of several hundreds of thousands a year. W This huge and expensive house is a millstone about my neck. камня на камне не оставить drive a coach and horse through smth W Her letters arrived every week, regular as clockwork. W She comes into this store every day, as regular as clockwork. W Our tulips come up every year, regular as clockwork. каланча (о высоком челове¬ ке) // «дядя Стёпа» a beanpole (n inf) W She produced statistics which drove a coach and horses through the chairman's argument. W His company drove a coach and horse through employment legislation. канцелярская крыса // бумаж¬ ная душа a pencil-pusher (n sl) // a paperpusher (n Am inf) W At six feet six inches, Chris is a real beanpole. каменное сердце a heart of stone W Mr Smith has a heart of stone. He whipped his horse until it fell down. W He wouldn't help his own mother i f she needed it - he's got a heart of stone. каменное/непроницаемое лицо a poker face W Look here, you pencil pusher, I want to talk to your boss. W I don't want to talk to some paper-pusher, I want to talk to the boss. капать на мозги rub it in W Whenever Betty attended one of her children's performances, she managed to keep a poker face. 98 W She always rubs in the fact that she graduated w i t h honours and I didn't. W Parents often try to rub into their children how much they owe to them. капля в море a drop in the bucket/ocean