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чуть было не W Such a shame about her son he's a bit touched, you know. чопорный/самодовольный/ чванливый человек a stuffed shirt чувствовать себя как дома make oneself at home W Sit down and make yourself at home. ч у д и к // c т а р а к а н а м и странностями) be off the wall (со W I knew he was a banker and expensively educated so I was expecting him to be a stuffed shirt. W He thinks that just because he's rich he's cleverer than everyone else. He's nothing but a stuffed shirt. чреватый опасностью be fraught with danger W Even at school he was considered off the wall by most of the students. W It was only when he talked about politics that you realized he was off the wall. чудо морское/чудо в перьях ( в ы г л я д е т ь н е о п р я т н о или непривлекательно) look like nothing on earth (Am inf) W The route across the banditinfested mountains of Kashmir was fraught with danger. что в лоб, что по лбу (безраз­ лично) // без разницы six of one and half a dozen of the other // as broad as it is long (inf) W We can go in your car or mine, it's six of one and half a dozen of the other. W You can buy a ticket here or pay on board the ferry, it's (as) broad as it is long. что есть силы // изо всех сил/ изо всей мочи for all one is worth W You look like nothing on earth in that dress. W She looks like nothing on earth since she had a baby. чудо-юдо (непрактичное изоб¬ ретение) // диковинка Heath Robinson (attr) W As the intruder crawled through the window, Myra hit him for all she was worth with a vase. чувство локтя (контакт с про¬ стыми людьми) the common touch W My granny's got this great Heath Robinson device for slicing eggs. W Mr Gadget has invented a Heath Robinson device which vacuums the floor and washes the dishes simultaneously. чудом (избежать беды) by the skin of one's teeth (adv) W He was the son of a miner and even when he went to university he did not lose the common touch. W I t was always said of the princess that she had the common touch and that's why she was so loved by the people. W That was a near thing! I only escaped being conscripted into the army by the skin of my teeth. W I myself survived by the skin of my teeth. чуть было не be/come within a whisker/an ace of smth/doing smth W He came within a whisker of beating the world champion. W The two companies were within 257