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walk on air football - it's not up my street at all. • I've got a little job here, which should be right up your street. ups and downs взлеты и падения • I've had my ups and downs, but in general life has been good to me. upset the applecart расстроить планы; спутать карты • The football team were doing very well when their best player upset the applecart by breaking his leg. upside down (adv) вверх ногами; вверх тормаш¬ ками • I could tell he was only pre¬ tending to read, because his book was upside down. use a sledgehammer to crack a nut из пушек по воробьям • Send¬ ing ten men to arrest one small boy was a clear case of using a sledge¬ hammer to crack a nut. use one's loaf (inf) шевелить мозгами/извилинами • Use your loaf the next time you light a garden fire on a windy day! user-friendly легкий в использовании • We need a new complaints procedure, which is simple and clear. Can you think of a user-friendly system? U-turn поворот на 180° • The govern¬ ment is about to do a U-turn over its plans to freeze child benefit. V vanish into the blue vanish into thin air (inf) испариться; бесследно исчез¬ нуть; как сквозь землю прова¬ литься • When he saw her all his worries vanished into the blue. • The report was here on my desk and now it's gone, vanished into thin air. vent one's spleen сорвать злобу; излить гнев; вы¬ плеснуть злость • Politicians used the press conference as an oppor¬ tunity to vent their spleen on re¬ porters. vote with one's feet голосовать ногами • Parents are voting with their feet and moving their children to schools where there is better discipline. W wait and s e e поживем - увидим • Do you think they'll raise taxes? - We'll have to wait and see. walk a tightrope ходить по острию ножа • As a manager, you walk a tightrope. The dividing line between success and failure is very, very thin. walk on air ног под с о б о й не ч у я т ь ; потерять голову (от радости) • When the doctor told me I was going to have a baby, I was walk¬ ing on air. 167