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подлить масла в огонь
поддавать (выпивать) be on the bottle
W Chao is a completely different person when he's on the bottle. W She's been on the bottle ever since her husband died.
поддатый/датенький (слегка пьяный) tiddly (adj)
«подкалывать» // подпускать шпильки needle (v)
W He kept needling me all evening.
подкованный (хорошо знать предмет) be well up on /in smth // be wellversed
W I'm feeling tiddly after that glass of cognac.
поддать жару turn on/up the heat
W Nottingham turned up the heat in the second half and forced their opponents back onto the defensive. W We must turn on the heat and make up the right strategy to succeed.
поджав хвост (пристыженно, униженно, смущенно) with one's tail between one's legs
W I ' m not very well up on ancient Greek history. W Ask D r White, he's well up in children's diseases. W She is well-versed in French history.
подлиза/подхалим an apple-polisher (n inf)
W Jane is an apple-polisher. She is always helping the teacher and talking to him. W Joe is an apple-polisher. He w i l l do anything for the boss.
подлизываться fawn on smb // cozy up to (Am inf)
W I gave the child a severe scolding and he went away with his tail between his legs. W The losing team walked off with their tails between their legs.
поджилки трясутся // коленки дрожат shake in one's shoes/boots // get the willies
W I saw you cozying up to the new student, is he friendly? W John is cozying up to Henry so he can join the club. W He fawns on his rich uncle, hoping to gain some of his money. W It's no good fawning on the teacher, you have to earn good marks.
подлить масла в огонь add insult to injury // add fuel to the fire
W I was shaking in my boots because I had to see the manager. W Every time he got the willies he sipped a little from the bottle of magic juice.
поджимать (о времени) be pushed for time
W Interest rates are still high, and he may be pushed for time.
подзалететь (забеременеть) be in the pudding club (old-fash)
W Tina says Karen's in the pudding club.
W Having cut off our electricity in error, the Electricity Board added insult to injury by charging us the cost of reconnection. W Just as the discussion seemed to be becoming more rational, Mary added fuel to the fire saying that people should only talk about things they understand.
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