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очкарик отфутболить give smb the run-around a pot of red paint over his brand-new car. охладеть (разонравиться) go off W Customers with faulty goods are usually given the runaround; the firm sends them from one department to another. отцепиться/отвязаться от к-л get off one's back (sl) W I used to eat a lot of fish but I've gone off it a bit recently. W I'm not going to go off you after one argument! охота на ведьм a witch hunt/a witch-hunt (n) W Get off my back! Can't you see how busy I am? отчаливать (уехать, уйти) // сваливать/отваливать shove off (sl) // push off (inf or sl) W Senator McCarthy led a witch-hunt against suspected communists during the 1950's. охотничьи рассказы // враки // небылицы cock-and-bull stories // tall stories W Katia told him to shove off and stop bothering her. W We can't stay any longer, we'll have to shove off. W It's time for us to push off. W Well, I must be pushing off now; it's getting late. отчихвостить (отругать) // ус¬ троить разнос // пропесочить give smb a tongue-lashing // give smb the rough side of one's tongue // bawl out (inf) W The tramp told a cock-andbull story about finding the money hidden in a bottle behind a tree in the park. W He says the Queen has invited him to Buckingham Palace, but that's just one of his t a l l stories. очернение // обливание гря¬ зью muck-raking // mud-slinging (n) W The manager gave his team a tongue-lashing after they'd lost the game. W The boss gave me the rough side of her tongue for being late twice this week. W Just for my benefit he bawled out a junior clerk. W Her teacher was always bawling out the class for not paying attention. отшить к-л give smb the air/the brush-off (inf) W The defeated candidate alleged that his private life had been used for mudslinging. W The Sunday newspaper was accused of muck-raking to discredit the new president. очернить к-л blacken smb's name W She gave me the brush-off when I asked her to go to the cinema. W John was really upset when Mary gave him the air. отыграться (отомстить) get one's own back W The papers have used one bad incident to blacken his name completely. очкарик four-eyes (n) W She got her own back on her unfaithful husband by throwing W Edward had worn spectacles since his early childhood and was used to the nickname of 'four-eyes'. 157