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pass the buck pass the buck (inf) валить с больной головы на здоровую; увиливать от ответст¬ венности • Don't try to pass the buck! It's your fault, and every¬ body knows it. • Parents often try to pass the buck to teachers when children misbehave in school. pass the hat around/round пустить шапку по кругу • We're passing the hat round for Simon's leaving present. • When Tom had an accident and was out of work, his colleagues passed round the hat for him. pat smb on the back гладить по головке; хвалить • We patted Ann on the back for a good performance. pave the way подготовить почву • A peace agreement last year paved the way for this week's elections. pay over the odds влететь в копеечку; перепла¬ тить с лихвой • It's a nice enough car but I'm sure she paid over the odds for it. pay through the nose платить втридорога • If you want a really good car you have to pay through the nose for it. peace and quiet т и ш и н а и покой • Turn this music down! Some people in this house are trying to get some Sun¬ day morning peace and quiet. peanuts (Am inf n) крохи; копейки; гроши • This salary is peanuts. penny-wise and pound- foolish (old-fash) экономить на спичках • John drives thirty miles to buy gas for three cents a gallon less than it costs here. He's really penny-wise and pound-foolish. phony/phoney (adj) липовый; фальшивый; ложный • She was arrested for passing phony ten-dollar bills. pick and choose ковыряться; копаться; приве¬ редничать • Some people pick and choose to get something per¬ fect, and some just because they can't make up their minds. pick to pieces раздраконить; разнести в пух и прах (критиковать) • The new editor picked her manuscript to pieces. • It's discouraging because every time I show him a bit of work I've done, he picks it to pieces. pigeon-hole/pigeonhole (v) 1. отложить в долгий ящик; по¬ ложить под сукно • His plan was pigeonholed. 2. вешать ярлыки • The manager pigeon-holed Tim as a trouble-maker. pick up one's marbles (and go home) (Am) выйти из игры • If you don't like the way we do things around here, well, you can pick up your marbles 120