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«мудрая сова» мозговой трест/центр a think-tank (n) W The pamphlet was published by the Adam Smith Institute, a right-wing think-tank. мокрое место оставить // раз¬ делать под орех wipe the floor with (inf) W Spiders in the bath give me the creeps. W That science fiction story really made my flesh creep. моросить (о дожде) spit (with rain) (v) W Take your raincoat, it's starting to spit! м о р о ч и т ь г о л о в у (обманы¬ вать) // водить за нос lead smb on (inf) W They wiped the floor with us and went on to win the whole tournament. молоко на губах не обсохло be wet/green behind the ears W Hawking was a research student, still wet behind the ears by scientific standards. W I n your first j o b , older colleagues automatically think you're still green behind the ears and seldom take you seriously. молокосос/сопляк a whippersnapper/a snapper (n) whipper- W She's just leading him on. She has a serious boyfriend at home. W Ted led us on to believe that he was a world traveller, but we found out that he had never been outside our state. морской волк a sea dog W I'm no sea dog, I always feel ill on boats. мотаться туда и обратно / туда - сюда toing and froing W I'm fed up with being told what to do by young whippersnappers barely out of school. молочные реки, кисельные берега the land of milk and honey W The job involves a lot of toing and froing between London and New York. моя хата с краю I'm minding my own business W Leave me out of it, I'm minding my own business. мрачнее тучи be /go as black as thunder // look like thunder W People in poorer parts of the world still look on the States as the land of milk and honey. море по колено // в стельку пьяный half-seas over (adj) // three sheets in/to the wind (adj Am inf) W When I stood up to him, his face went as black as thunder. W She didn't say anything but she looked like thunder. мрут как мухи be dropping like flies W Look at Frank - half-seas over already, and the party's hardly begun. W After six beers he's three sheets in the wind. мороз/мурашки по коже (от страха) give smb the creeps (inf) // make smb's flesh creep W The heat was overwhelming and people were dropping like flies. «мудрая сова» // ума палата be as wise as Solomon W Let's ask old Mr Reeves how 117