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black economy caught stealing, his employer felt that he had bitten the hand that fed him. • She felt that her protege had bit¬ ten the hand that fed him by making unkind remarks about her in public. black economy т е н е в а я э к о н о м и к а • Black economy implies work, which is paid for in cash, and therefore not declared for tax. black money черный нал (деньги, не обла¬ гаемые налогом) • By moonlight¬ ing a lot of people earn black money. blackball (v) «прокатить» (бросить черный шар при голосовании) • Voters were entitled to blackball any can¬ didate they did not like. bleed smb white выкачать деньги; истощить мо¬ рально и физически • He bled them white with his demands for more and still more money. blind as a bat слепой как крот; слепая курица • Without his spectacles, he's as blind as a bat. blind drunk (inf) в стельку/мертвецки пьян • You came in blind drunk last night. What's going on? blind smb with science пудрить мозги (заумно объяс¬ нять) • I think he decided to blind us with science because he didn't 42 want us asking any difficult questions. • Don't blind me with science; just tell me how long the car repair will take. blow away the cobwebs развеяться; встряхнуться(про­ гуляться) • Let's go for a walk to blow the cobwebs away - you've been studying all day. • A stroll along the cliffs will blow away the cobwebs. blow hot and cold семь пятниц на неделе (менять отношение, мнение, планы) • He blows hot and cold on the plan so that I don't know whether he will eventually help us or not. • I can't understand it. First my wife says she wants to go to Paris with me and then she doesn't. Why do you think she's blowing hot and cold? blow money просадить деньги • Some West-End stores constantly intro¬ duce more expensive goods so you never know how much money you'll blow in them. blow one's brains out пустить пулю в лоб • Blowing one's brains out is more a man's type of suicide; women lean toward poison. blow one's own trumpet трубить на весь мир; кричать на каждом углу (о своих успехах) • He really isn't very clever but he is always blowing his own trumpet. blow one's top (inf) взорваться (от гнева); выйти из