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fish for a compliment When you're 16, an evening at home with your parents is a fate worse than death. feather one's nest набивать карман; греть руки на ч-л (наживаться) • All the time he has been a member of the com¬ mittee he has been feathering his own nest. fed up to the back teeth (inf) сыт по горло • I'm fed up to the back teeth with this routine work. I need a challenge. feed s m b to the lions бросить на произвол судьбы; отдать на растерзание • Nobody prepared me for the audience's hostility - I really felt I'd been fed to the lions. feel free не стесняйтесь • Feel free to borrow the car whenever you need it. • Help yourself to the food! Feel free! feel no pain (Am inf) под градусом (напиться) • After a few drinks, the man felt no pain and began to act foolishly. feel one's way прощупать обстановку • I won't ask her to marry me directly, I will feel my way. feel smth in one's bones чуять нутром • Everything seemed to be going well, but I could feel it in my bones that something was wrong. 63 fetch and carry быть на побегушках; на под­ хвате • The old lady wanted some¬ one to fetch and carry for her, as she could no longer walk very well. few and far between по пальцам можно сосчитать; раз, два и обчелся • Get some gasoline now. Service stations on this highway are few and far be¬ tween. fight a losing battle вести неравный бой; играть заведомо проигрышную партию • The medical profession is still fight¬ ing a losing battle against cancer. fight tooth and nail биться/бороться не на жизнь, а на смерть • They fought tooth and nail to retain our share of the busi¬ ness. filthy lucre презренный металл (о деньгах) • Inside that safe - packets and packets of lovely, filthy lucre. find oneself out in the cold остаться не у дел/за бортом • Everybody made plans for Christ¬ mas Day and Mary found herself out in the cold. fingers itch (to do smth) руки чешутся • I watched him mend the car knowing that he would not let me help, though my fingers itched to try. fish for a compliment напрашиваться/набиваться на