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a fruit cake a fruit cake псих; шизик • Many leading spe cialists were thought to be fruit cakes when they revealed their inventions. a fuddy-duddy старомодный/старорежимный человек; «ископаемое» • My parents are fuddy-duddies. a fudge туфта; «стряпня» • The report of the committee investigating the use of torture by police was declared a fudge by civil rights groups. a funny farm (humor) дурдом (сумасшедший дом) • If things get much worse, they'll be carrying me off to the funny farm. a globe-trotter/globetrotter лягушка-путешественница (бы¬ валый путешественник) • He used to be a globetrotter, but since getting married he can't afford to travel so much. a godsend подарок судьбы • The extra twenty dollars a week was a godsend. a goggle box (Am inf) «ящик»; телек; телевик • What's on a goggle box tonight? a gold mine/gold-mine золотая жила; золотое дно • That clothes shop is an absolute gold-mine. a good Samaritan (bibl) добрый самаритянин • He's 12 such a good Samaritan. He used to go shopping for my gran when she was ill. a good trencherman хороший едок; есть за двоих; не страдать отсутствием аппетита • Your wife is a good trencherman. a goody-goody паинька • Sandra's a real goodygoody - always doing extra home¬ work and arriving early to lessons. a grain of truth крупица правды • There's a grain of truth in what he says but it's greatly exaggerated. a grand (inf) штука; тонна; косяк (тысяча фун¬ тов стерлингов или долларов) • That still leaves you with fifty grand. a grass widow (humor) соломенная вдова • I'm a grass widow at the moment - my husband is playing cricket in Australia. a greasy spoon (inf) забегаловка; захудалый ресто ран/кафе • There's a greasy spoon on the corner of this street where he usually has breakfast. a green-horn/greenhorn желторотый птенец (неопытный, молодой) • Isobel was only six¬ teen and still a greenhorn when she arrived in San Francisco. a groaning board стол л о м и т с я от яств • On church holidays and other celebra-
