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школа жизни seen anyone throw money around like Polly. W She doesn't earn very much, but she spends money like water I don't know where she gets it from. шевелить мозгами/извили¬ нами use one's loaf (inf) W You're eating your dessert! You've put the cart before the horse. шизик // псих ненормальный be as nutty as a f r u i t c a k e / fruitcake (Am inf) // a fruit cake // a nutcase W Use your loaf the next time you light a garden fire on a windy day! шепнуть на ушко (предупре­ дить) tip off (inf) W Somehow they were tipped off and left the country before the police could catch them. W The class president tipped off the class that it was the superintendent's birthday. шероховатости // минусы (не¬ достатки) rough edges W Isn't she slightly strange, your aunt? - Oh, she's as nutty as a fruit cake. W Sally has been acting as nutty as a fruitcake lately. W Many leading specialists were thought to be fruit cakes when they revealed their inventions. W I'm going to be a nutcase i f I don't go on a vacation soon. шило (в одном месте) have ants in one's pants W This child just can't sit still; she must have ants in her pants. ширма (повод, предлог, при¬ крытие) a stalking horse W He's a great footballer but his game still has a few rough edges. W I knew him before he was successful, and he had a lot of rough edges back then. шестое чувство (интуиция) a sixth sense W The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo in August 1914 was the stalking horse which triggered the First World War. широкий жест be big of smb (sl usu facet) W He couldn't hear or see anyone, but a sixth sense told him that he was being followed. шею себе свернуть break one's neck W It was very big of him to offer us his car, especially as it's actually his mother's. W How big of you to save the absolute worst seat for me! шишка (о высших военных чи¬ нах) the top brass W Roger goes much too fast on his skate-board. He'll break his neck one of these days! шиворот-навыворот (делать) put the cart before the horse W They had bought all their furniture before they had a house - that's really putting the cart before the horse. W A l l the top brass of the army and the party apparatus attended the May Day parade. школа жизни the university of life // the school of hard knocks 259