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wipe the floor with потемкинские деревни • They are too loving in public. I don't believe in it, I think it's window dressing. • All those fancy invitations turned out to be nothing but window dressing. All he really wanted was to be intro¬ duced to my influential father-in-law. wipe the floor with мокрое место оставить; в поро¬ шок стереть; по стенке размазать • Do you really think we will win the football match on Saturday? - Yes, we'll wipe the floor with them. wipe the slate clean начать новую жизнь • I'd like to wipe my slate clean and start all over again. wise after the event задним умом крепок • It's all very well, being wise after the event, but what we really need is to be able to act decisively when an emergency arises. wishful thinking благие пожелания; пустые мечты; самообольщение • When Ministers predict that we are on the verge of a boom, they are naturally suspected of wishful thinking. • Mathew wanted to be a basketball player, but with his height that was wishful thinking. with a vengeance с лихвой • I was warned it would be hard work, and hard work with a vengeance it was. with bated breath затаив дыхание • The crowd watched with bated breath as the fireman brought the child down the ladder. with flying colours блестяще; с успехом; с победой • He passed his exams with flying colours. • Tom finished the race with flying colours. with it (inf) в струе (модный, современный); не отставать от жизни; идти в ногу со временем • She may be a grandmother, but she's quite with it in the way she dresses. • Jen­ ny's very with it - she'll know what people are wearing this summer. with no strings attached без оговорок/ограничений; не навязывая условий • The dona¬ tion has no strings attached, so the charity is free to use it for what¬ ever purpose it chooses. • It's very rare that you get a loan that size with no strings attached. with one arm tied behind one's back одной левой; не прикладывая усилий • I can assemble that chair with one arm tied behind my back. with one's bare hands голыми руками • Having no knife, he tore at the meat with his bare hands. with one's tail between one's legs поджав хвост; пристыженно; униженно; смущенно • I gave the child a severe scolding and he went 170