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пускать пыль в глаза
прямым ходом /прямиком на¬ правиться make a beeline for
plughole just because he's too lazy to finish his bit in time.
птица высокого полета a high-flyer/flier (n)
W When our bus got to the hotel, some of the travellers made a beeline for the bar. W When the bell rang Ted made a beeline for the door of the classroom.
прятать голову в песок (ухо¬ дить от проблем) bury/hide one's head in the sand
W Their new managing director is a high flyer. W A high-flier in the eighties, he was earning over $200,000 a year.
пудрить/компостировать моз¬ ги (обмануть) do a snow job on smb (Am inf)
W If you find your debts building up, don't bury your head in the sand - talk to your bank. W Stop hiding your head in the sand. All of us will die somehow, whether we smoke or not.
прятать концы в воду // заме¬ тать следы cover one's tracks
W Danny'll need to do a snow job on his Dad i f he's going to borrow the car again.
пудрить мозги (заумно объяс¬ нять) blind smb with science
W Robert covered his tracks by throwing the knife in the river and burying his wife's body.
псих/шизик a nut-case/nutcase // nutty as a fruitcake
W I think he decided to blind us with science because he didn't want us asking any difficult questions. W Don't blind me with science; just tell me how long the car repair will take.
пулей // сломя голову // кубарем pell-mell (adv)
W Many leading specialists were thought to be nut-cases when they revealed their inventions. W Isn't she slightly strange, your aunt? - Oh, she's as nutty as a fruit cake.
психушка // желтый дом a loony-bin/loony bin // a nut¬ house/nut house (n)
W She ran pell-mell down the stairs and out of the house.
«пунктик»/бзик // идея фикс a bee in one's bonnet // a hang-up
W Brad said half his students belonged in a loony bin. W The gunman was declared insane by the court and sent to a highsecurity nut house.
псу/коту под хвост // идти на¬ смарку go down the plughole (inf)
W She has a bee in her bonnet about going to America. W Bill's got a bee in his bonnet about burglars; he's always imagining strange noises. W I know you've got your own special hang-ups. Fine. I grant you that.
пускать пыль в глаза // выпен дриваться show off (inf)
W I ' l l be so annoyed i f all my hard work goes down the
W He was afraid the others might think he was showing off or being superior. W Apparently Nick had been driving much too fast - showing off to the other guys in the car.
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