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the staff of life him in the street because he's the spitting image of Ronald Reagan. the staff of life (bibl lit) хлеб насущный • The dough was kneaded in long rolls, each a literal 'staff of life', and left to rise before being divided into sections for baking. • Bread is the staff of life, which is why we only use the finest organic flour to make ours. the talk of the town у всех на устах; притча во язы¬ цех; только и разговоров • Their divorce is the talk of the town. the telly «ящик»; телек, телевик • What's on the telly tonight? the top brass большая «шишка» (преимущ. о военных) • All the top brass of the army and the party apparatus at¬ tended the May Day parade. the university of life школа жизни • Having spent few years in the army and three years working as a free-lance journalist in Africa, Terry could claim that he had studied at the university of life. the upper crust «сливки»/цвет общества • In certain working situations, belong¬ ing to the upper crust can create more problems than belonging to the underprivileged classes. • Highranking army officers and commu¬ nist party officials belonged to the upper crust of Soviet society. the yellow press желтая/бульварная пресса • The film reports of the Hong Kong and French disasters were in the worst traditions of the yellow press. there are other/plenty more fish in the s e a свет клином не сошелся • If your daughter is upset because her boyfriend left her, declaring cheer¬ fully "There are other fish in the sea" won't help. • After his divorce, friends consoled him with the fact that there were plenty of other fish in the sea. there's life in the old dog yet есть еще порох в пороховницах • Don't think I'm too old to swim that river, there's life in the old dog yet. thick as thieves водой не разольешь; не разлей водой • They didn't like each other at first, but they're as thick as thieves now. thick on the ground валяться под ногами/на дороге • If I were you, I'd take the job. Such opportunities are not thick on the ground. thin on the ground не густо (недостаточно) • Ideas are thin on the ground in the British film industry. thingy/thingummy ну, этот/эта, как его/ее там (о че­ ловеке или вещи) • I saw thingum¬ my in the post office yesterday. 158