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по душе
плюхнуться flump (v)
W On arriving home from work, Helga would flump down into an armchair with a glass of sherry.
плюшкин/старьевщик a pack rat (Am)
couldn't concentrate on you. W Right now I'm up to my neck in work. W I'm up to my eyes in this work now.
по горячим следам (вскоре после ч-л) hot on the heels of smth
W For me there could be nothing worse than living with a pack rat. W Why are there so many things in this room? - It's my brother's room, and he is a pack rat; he is unable to throw stuff away.
плясать под ч-л дудку dance to smb's tune
W A film contract came hard on the heels of the success of their first album.
по горячим следам (в погоне) in hot pursuit
W Jean immediately jumped into her car and set off in hot pursuit of the truck.
по дешевке продавать pile it/them high and sell it/them cheap
W I know the cathedral is desperate for money, but the danger of commercialism is that the churches end up dancing to the tune of their big business sponsors.
по барабану (безразлично) // не брать в голову // наплевать/ начхать not give a hoot/a tinker's toot/two hoots
W The shops at the lower end of the clothing market have survived by piling it high and selling it cheap.
по дешевке // за бесценок // за гроши (купить, продать) for a song (inf) // on the cheap
W I don't give a hoot about keeping the house tidy. W " I don't give a tinker's toot what your mummy thinks," the Trunchbull yelled. W Some daytrippers don't give two hoots about the damage they cause in the countryside.
по блату (устроить) pull strings/wires (inf)
W In Krakov I found a shop where antiques were going for a song. W I know of good, solid, stone-built houses, which have been sold by councils for a song. W She got some clothes on the cheap.
по душе (нравиться) go for (inf)
W I f you want to see the Governor, Mr Root can pull strings/wires for you.
по горло (в делах) be up to one's elbows/neck/eyes in smth
W I really go for progressive jazz. W Do you go for tall men? I go for clever men, whatever they look like.
по душе/в ч-л духе be in smb's line (of country) (oldfash)
W I was up to my elbows in cooking and children and I
W I wouldn't have thought gardening was in your line, Ben. W I have had no experience of children, so looking after two
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