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Smart Alec/smart aleck skinheads (n) бритоголовые • I was attacked by a group of skinheads on the rail¬ way station. sky-high prices б а с н о с л о в н ы е цены • The prices in that shop are sky-high. slapdash (adj) тяп-ляп; халтурный • It looks like a really slapdash job to me - 1 think you should ask for your money back. sleep like a log спать без задних ног/как убитый • After my hard day's work I slept like a log. slip on a banana peel/skin наступить на грабли (допустить досадный промах/глупую ошиб¬ ку) • The government has slipped on too many banana skins for its own good. slip one's mind выскочить/вылететь из головы • I meant to ask him if he could come to the party, but it slipped my mind. slip through one's fingers упустить возможность/шанс • We could have won the trophy but we let it slip through our fingers. sloshed (adj) под мухой; навеселе • His wife warned him not to come home sloshed. slow on the uptake туго соображать • You're a bit slow on the uptake at the weekend and someone bright and sly could take advantage of you. smackers (Am sl n) «зелененькие» (доллары) • Don't waste your hard-earned smackers like that. small beer мелочь; ерунда; пустяки • The present series of royal scandals makes the 1936 abdication look like pretty small beer. small fry 1. мелкая сошка/рыбешка • Compared to other companies, our firm is still small fry. 2. мелюзга; малышня • The parents took their small fry off to the zoo. small mercies маленькие радости • They've agreed to end the meeting half an hour early. I suppose we should be thankful for small mercies. small potatoes (Am) пустяки, ерунда, мелочь • While a total tour attendance of around $20,000 is small potatoes by British standards, it is very big in this country. small talk светская беседа • I refuse to go to the party and indulge in small talk all evening. Smart Alec/smart aleck профессор кислых щей; все¬ знайка; умник • New teachers often have a hard time coping with the smart alecks in their classes. 141