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чучело гороховое
a whisker of agreeing on a deal when disaster struck. W We were within an ace of calling you, but we'd lost your phone number.
чучело гороховое // пугало огородное a scarecrow (n)
шапки долой // снять шляпу перед к-л hats off to smb
W Hats off to her - it takes a lot of courage to go travelling on your own at that age.
шарахаться из стороны в сто¬ рону chop and change (inf)
W Uncle Frank turned up at our wedding dressed like a scarecrow. He was wearing a stained tie.
чушь собачья // чепуха/ерунда на постном масле horsefeathers (n Am sl)
W Horsefeathers! I did no such thing!
чуять нутром feel smth in one's bones // have a gut feeling (Am)
W In the old days you went into a job at 16 and you stayed there for life - you didn't chop and change like they do nowadays. W After chopping and changing for the first year, Paul and Jamie have settled down to a stable system of management.
шарахаться как от чумы avoid smb like the plague
W Everything seemed to be going well, but I could feel it in my bones that something was wrong. W I have a gut feeling that they will never get married in spite of all they say.
чья бы корова мычала, а твоя бы молчала the pot calling the kettle black
W Since Wolfgang was bitten, he avoided dogs like the plague.
шариков/винтиков в голове не хватает lose one's marbles // be not all there in the upper story (Am) // have a screw loose (inf)
W For you to say that I can't throw a ball is like the pot calling the kettle black. You're a terrible pitcher!
W I may be old, but I haven't lost my marbles yet. W He's not all there in the upper story. W She must have a screw loose to go skiing at her age! W Anyone who approves of that purchase must have a screw loose.
шарлатан a piss artist (inf)
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шальные деньги (have) money to burn
W Those so-called multi-media consultants were just a bunch of piss-artists.
швырять деньги налево и на¬ право // сорить деньгами t h r o w o n e ' s m o n e y a r o u n d // spend money like water
W Christine's new boyfriend seems to have money to burn. He's always buying her extravagant gifts.
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W I'm not surprised she hasn't got any savings. I've never