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beat smb to it to have a baby, I'm not past my sell-by date yet. be rushed off one's feet сбиться с ног • Just before Christmas the staff in the shop are always rushed off their feet. be sitting pretty хорошо устроиться; как у Хрис¬ та за пазухой • These problems don't worry you - you're sitting pretty. be staring smb in the face лежать на поверхности; быть на виду; напрашиваться само собой • We spent ages wondering how we could make more space in the shop and the answer was staring us in the face all the time. be wild about (inf) тащиться/балдеть от ч-л; схо­ дить с ума • My baby is wild about pop music. bear a grudge against smb иметь зуб на к-л; д е р ж а т ь / затаить зло на к-л • He still bears a grudge against her because she refused to go out with him years ago. bear fruit приносить плоды (давать ре¬ з у л ь т а т ) • Our advertising campaign is starting to bear fruit. Sales have risen this month. bear one's c r o s s нести свой крест • Someone has to look after mother and because I live the closest it's a cross I have to bear. 39 beat a ban (inf) обойти закон • By beating a ban and smuggling alcohol he achieved huge profit. beat a (hasty) retreat дать тягу/деру (поспешно уда¬ литься) • The children beat a hasty retreat when they saw the headmaster. beat about/around the bush ходить вокруг да около • Stop beating about the bush and tell me what you came for! beat it (Am inf) проваливать; убираться прочь • OK you kids, beat it! beat one's brains (out) (si) ломать голову; мозги свернуть набекрень • I beat my brains out to solve the problem. • Some students are lazy, but others beat their brains out and succeed. beat smb black-and-blue отлупить как сидорову козу; не оставить живого места (избить до синяков) • He was beaten blackand-blue at boarding school. beat smb hands down победить запросто/в два счета • Last week our team played very badly and our opponents beat us hands down. beat smb to it (inf) обскакать; опередить • She wanted to be the first to welcome him, but her sister had beaten her to it.