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к и ш к а тонка trumpet. W Success hasn't changed him, and he can never be accused of blowing his own trumpet. кишка тонка // духу не хватает not have the guts pair put in a t o p - n o t c h performance. класть все яйца в одну корзи¬ ну (рисковать всем) put all one's eggs in one basket W He also saw in Lansbury the good-natured pacifist who would not have the guts to use force. кишмя кишеть // наводнить bristle/crawl with // be lousy with (inf) W I f you're going to invest the money, my advice would be don't put all your eggs in one basket. W He had warned Peter about investing heavily in a single stock; it was putting all his eggs in one basket. класть/положить под сукно pigeonhole (v) // shelve (v) W The hotel was bristling with policemen at every entrance. W It was a Saturday afternoon and the town was bristling with people. W The city centre is crawling with armed police. W The village was lousy with tourists. кладезь знаний a mine of information W His plan was pigeonholed/ shelved. к л е в а т ь н о с о м // к е м а р и т ь (вздремнуть, задремать) doze/nod off // take a (cat) nap W He's a mine of information about insects. кладезь/находка (для коллек¬ ционера) a happy hunting ground W Flea markets are a happy hunting ground for people looking for antiques at good prices. W The North Shore is a happy hunting ground for antique collectors. классический пример a textbook example W I leant back against the sunny wall and dozed off. W Did the Minister notice that I dozed off in the middle of his speech? W I was just nodding off when the telephone rang. W Roger, will you please see that no one disturbs me? I need a cat nap before going to the theatre. клеиться к к-л (пытаться по¬ знакомиться) chat smb up (inf) W The alliance between Swiss giants Ciba and Santos to form Novartis in 1996 is often held up as a textbook example of how mega-mergers can work. «классный» top-notch/topnotch (adj) W When I arrived at the disco, Julia was being chatted up by a man of at least forty. W The last I saw of her she was being chatted up by this bloke. клонить к ч-л (намекать) drive/be driving at W The marines are top-notch troops. W The figure-skating 100 W I don't know what he was driving at, but it sounded rude. W David doesn't explain things very well, but I think I know what he's driving at.