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delusions of grandeur
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daily bread хлеб насущный • How can people earn their daily bread in times when there is not enough work? dance attendance on s m b ходить на задних лапках перед к-л • She expects everyone to dance attendance on her. dance to s m b ' s tune идти на поводу у к-л; плясать под чью-то дудку • Powerful local residents seem to have the coun¬ cil dancing to their tune. day in, day out изо дня в день • Day in, day out she has to look after the baby. daylight robbery (fig) грабеж среди бела дня • Ask ing $15 for a book like that is day¬ light robbery. days are numbered дни сочтены • If she continues to behave like that, her days in this firm are numbered. dead and buried быльем поросло • No one ever talks about Uncle Joe's prison sen tence any more. That's all dead and buried. dead beat (inf) загнанный; измочаленный; из мученный; валиться от усталости/ без сил • That horse was dead beat before the race even began. 55
• She was dead beat after her spring-cleaning.
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dead in the water сесть на мель; стоять на месте • So how does a government revive an economy that is dead in the water? dead on one's feet падать/валиться от усталости • Mom was in the kitchen all day and was dead on her feet. dead set on smth гореть желанием, страстно же лать; твердо решить • I'm dead set on going to America. dead to the world спать без задних ног/как убитый • When he arrived home at midnight his wife was already dead to the world. dead wood балласт (ненужный человек, вещь) • This worker is a dead wood and we'll give him the boot. • It's time we brought these files up to date. We'll start by throwing out all the dead wood. deep down в глубине души • You always liked me deep down. deep pockets (Am inf) толстосум; богач • Deep pockets are often asked for money, espe¬ cially for loans. delusions of grandeur мания величия • Young bands sometimes get delusions of gran¬ deur after their No.1 hit.