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not worth one's salt not worth one's salt даром хлеб есть • If he can't even do that, he's not worth his salt. nothing to write home about не бог весть что/сколько/как (ничего особенного) • I don't know why you think that girl is so pretty. As far as I can see, she is nothing to write home about. • The restau¬ rant was all right but nothing to write home about. nourish/nurse a viper in one's bosom пригреть змею на груди • Betrayed by her son at last month's Board of Directors meeting, Lady Brookes realised that for 26 years she had nourished a viper in her bosom. своем уме; тронутый; чокнутый • He must be off his chump to pay so much money for old junk. • Spending that much on a car! He must be off his rocker! • You're off your head if you think I'll pay your debts. •When she said we had to sleep in the barn we thought she was off her nut. off the bottle (inf) завязать (о выпивке) • He's off the bottle. off the cuff (inf) э к с п р о м т о м ; спонтанно; без подготовки • Her remarks were off the cuff, but very sensible. • I had no time to prepare a speech, so I said a few words off the cuff. of the first water чистой воды; высшей пробы/ качества • He is a television jour¬ nalist of the first water. off the peg off the rack (Am) готовое платье; готовая одежда • If I buy trousers off the peg they're always too short. • She has all her clothes made; she never buys a dress off the rack. off the record не для протокола • This is off the record, but I disagree with the mayor on this matter. off the top of one's head (inf) с ходу; сразу (без подготовки) • When asked what the company's profits were, he said he could only give them some figures off the top of his head. 112 O odds and ends всякая всячина • In the drawer I found a candle, a bicycle bell, a broken watch and other odds and ends. of a certain age не первой молодости; в воз¬ расте • He had discovered from experience that women of a certain age were flattered by the attention of handsome young men. off (one's) guard врасплох • Timmy's question caught Jean off guard, and she told him the secret before she knew it. off o n e ' s c h u m p / h e a d / n u t / rocker (inf) спятить; белены объесться; не в