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подложить свинью
подложить свинью do the dirty on smb // do smb dirt (Am inf) // do a number on smb (inf)
п о д н а ж а т ь / н а л е ч ь (прило¬ жить силу) put one's back into smth
W Mack really did me dirt - he stopped me from getting promotion. W Meteorological forecasts were good, but on the day the weather did the dirty on us and we got soaking wet. W I'm not surprised Caroline doesn't like him. He really did a number on her at work.
подмазать (дать взятку) give smb a back-hander // get to (Am inf)
W A l l right, you guys. Put your backs into moving this piano.
поднажать/подтянуться pull one's socks up
W You're going to fail this course unless you pull your socks up. W He's going to have to pull his socks up i f he wants to stay in the team.
п о д н а ч и в а т ь (подбивать) // подстрекать egg on (inf)
W It's a country where you have to give every official a back¬ hander to get anything done! W The prisoner escaped after getting to the guards to leave the gate open. W Policemen in this country cannot be got to.
подмазываться к к-л butter smb up // soft-soap smb
W Stop egging him on to drink more! You can see he's had enough! W Egged on by Jago, Othello makes up his mind to kill Desdemona.
п о д н и м а т ь шум ( в ы р а ж а т ь недовольство) make a song and dance about smth
W I'm buttering him up for a pay rise. W I f you butter up Dad, he'll let you borrow the car. W Don't try to soft-soap me because I won't lend you the money.
подмоченная репутация a clouded reputation
W I don't know why you're making such a song and dance about the accident - no one was hurt, after all! W I've done a lot of extra work for you and I don't expect you to make a big song and dance about my taking one long lunch break.
поднимать шумиху play up
W The president's views on immigration have earned him a clouded reputation.
подмочить репутацию blot one's copybook
W She blotted her copybook by arriving late to a meeting.
поднажать (поторопиться) step on it
W I f the press hadn't played it up so much, the affair would have been forgotten long ago. W Newspaper reports play up the few accidents and injuries which do occur.
подноготная (скрытая правда) the lowdown/low-down on smth (inf)
W Drive me to the hospital and step on it! W I'll have to step on it to get the washing indoors before it rains.
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W Don't wait they give you the lowdown on Watergate.