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колымага клюнуть на удочку // попасть­ ся на крючок (поверить) swallow smth hook, line and sinker // rise to the bait // fall for (inf) W I didn't think he would believe my excuse, but he swallowed it hook, line and sinker. W I could see he was trying to make me angry, but I didn't rise to the bait. W It was a stupid trick and I fell for it. W Falling for his hard-luck story just proves how gullible you are. W Don't fall for empty promises. книжный червь // книгочей a bookworm (n) the vice president had to be the fall guy, saving the necks of the owners. W The company director claimed that with his dismissal he had been made a scapegoat for the financial mismanagement of other members of the board. козырь в/на руках an ace in the hole (Am) W The local team has an ace in the hole with their new player. козырять именами знамени¬ тостей (невзначай упоминать) drop names W M y son is a real little bookworm - he's always got his nose in a book of some kind or other. кнут и пряник the carrot and the stick W I f you want to widen your clientele, try dropping a few names - it always works with potential customers. W Her habit of dropping names made everyone very skeptical about her veracity. козявка/букашка // мелочь пу­ затая (пренебр.) a pipsqueak (n inf derog) W John's father used the carrot and the stick when he talked about his low grades. ковер-самолет a flying/magic carpet W I won't have any pipsqueaks telling me what to do! коленки/поджилки дрожат // ноги подкосились (go) weak at the knees // get the jitters (inf) W Mr Smith's new car drove so smoothly it seemed like a flying carpet. W The caliph of Baghdad flew on his magic carpet to Arabia. ковылять (с трудом передви¬ гаться) dodder (v) W An old woman was doddering along the path. кожа да кости a bag of bones (inf) W The very thought of jumping out of an aircraft made him go weak at the knees. W He was so gorgeous, I felt weak at the knees every time he spoke to me. W I always get the jitters before an interview. колобок (толстый и круглый) roly-poly (adj attr) W A l l the plumpness she'd acquired in middle age had gone. She was a bag of bones. козел отпущения a scapegoat (n) // a fall guy (Am) W He is a roly-poly toddler. колымага // драндулет (об ав­ томобиле) a crock (sl humor) // a jalopy (inf) W When the Savings and Loan Bank failed, due to embezzlement, W Do you think this old crock will keep going for the entire 101