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school of hard knocks школа жизни; горький опыт M E A N I N G : experience, hardship, considered as an educative force He never went to high school; he was educated in the school of hard knocks. ORIGIN: The Oxford English Dictionary calls this “US Slang” and finds it in 1912. Receiving an honorary doctorate in the humanities from the University of Nevada in May 1976, Frank Sinatra said, “I am a graduate of the school of hard knocks.” scrape (the bottom of) the barrel по сусекам поскрести M E A N I N G : to use whatever is left after the best has been taken; to be forced to use the remnants of something; to choose among the worst of something In the last days of the Third Reich, the German home guard was forced to scrape the barrel and recruit even children and old men. ORIGIN: Many things are stored in barrels, and the dregs sink to the bottom. So, if you need something urgently and most of it has already been taken, you have to scrape the bottom of the barrel to get whatever you can. seamy side of life изнанка жизни M E A N I N G : the degenerate side As a social worker, you certainly see the seamy side of life. ORIGIN: The reverse side of a fine carpet or tapestry shows all the threads and seams, hence it is the seamy side. see red взвиться / взбеситься от злости M E A N I N G : to give way to extreme anger When he laughed in my face, I just saw red. 111