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«тряпка» country, she had become a blabbermouth in a matter of weeks. W One teenage chatterbox ran up a phone bill of over $2,000. трескать/уминать gobble downIup (inf) тридцать сребреников thirty pieces of silver (bibl) W He had a huge sack of apples and he was gobbling them down. W I've never seen anyone gobble up so much for breakfast. треснуть по башке clock (v) II crown (v) W He has thrown his humanity into the gutter, he had betrayed the trust that men place in one another, and with his thirty pieces of silver he had bought - what had he bought? «тридцать три несчастья» a walking disaster W Be quiet or else I ' l l clock you. W The anglers dragged the shark on deck and the captain crowned it with a baseball bat. третий лишний play gooseberry (inf) W He's an unlucky fellow: every day something happens to him, so they call him Walking Disaster. тронутый // чокнутый (не в сво¬ ем уме) batty (adj) II touched (in the head) (adj) W I'm certainly not coming with you and your fiancee - I hate playing gooseberry. трещать как сорока/как пуле¬ мет talk a mile a minute II rattle away nineteen to the dozen W Such a shame about her son he's a bit batty. W I think the war left him a little touched in the head. троянский конь a Trojan horse W Most men would say that women talk a lot, but Harry beats the lot. He can talk a mile a minute. W The tourist guide rattled away nineteen to the dozen about the history of the pyramid. трещать по всем швам (разва¬ ливаться) comeIfall apart at the seams W In very gradual, complex ways, Britain may prove to be, not the Trojan horse of American influence but, on the contrary, a counterpoise to the American tide. трудный ребенок a problem childIkid (inf) W She is a problem kid. трудоголик a workaholic (n) W For a while it seemed that the whole Asian economy was just falling apart at the seams. W When one of the gang was stopped by the police, their whole plan began to come apart at the seams and they eventually had to abandon it. W Working very hard and without restraint will make you a workaholic. «тряпка» // слабак a wimp II a softieIsofty (n) W Quit being such a wimp, for Chrissake! Don't let her walk all over you! W In business you can't afford to be a softie. 241