Adam Makkai - Словарь американских идиом: 8000 единиц

[full of it]See: FULL OF THE OLD NICK.

[full of oneself] {adj. phr.} , {informal} Interested only in yourself. •/ Joe would be a nice boy if he would stop being so full of himself. / Compare: BIG HEAD.

[full of prunes]See: FULL OF BEANS(2).

[full of the moon] {n. phr.} , {literary} The moon when it is seen as a full circle; the time of a full moon. •/ The robbers waited for a dark night when the full of the moon was past. / Contrast: DARK OF THE MOON.

[full of the Old Nick]or [full of the devil]or [full of it] {adj. phr.} , {informal} Always making trouble; naughty; bad. •/ That boy is full of the Old Nick. /

[full tilt] {adv.} At full speed; at high speed. •/ He ran full tilt into the door and broke his arm. /

[fun]See: MAKE FUN OF.

[fun and games] {n.} , {slang} , {informal} 1. A party or other entertaining event. 2. Something trivially easy. 3. Petting, or sexual intercourse. 4. (Ironically) An extraordinary difficult task. •/ How was your math exam? (With a dismayed expression): — Yeah, it was all fun and games, man. /

[fun house] {n.} A place where people see many funny things and have tricks played on them to make them laugh or have a good time. •/ The boys and girls had a good time looking at themselves in mirrors in the fun house. /

[funny bone] {n.} 1. The place at the back of the elbow that hurts like electricity when accidentally hit. •/ He hit his funny bone on the arm of the chair. / 2. or {informal} [crazy bone]Sense of humor; understanding jokes. •/ Her way of telling the story tickled his funny bone. /

[fur]See: MAKE THE FUR FLY.

[furious]See: FAST AND FURIOUS.

[fuse]See: BLOW A FUSE.

[fuss]See: KICK UP A FUSS.

[fuss and feathers] {n.} , {informal} Unnecessary bother and excitement. •/ She is full of fuss and feathers this morning. /

[gab]See: GIFT OF GAB or GIFT OF THE GAB.

[gaff]See: STAND THE GAFF.

[gain ground] {v. phr.} 1. To go forward; move ahead. •/ The soldiers fought hard and began to gain ground. / 2. To become stronger; make progress; improve. •/ The sick man gained ground after being near death. / •/ Under Lincoln, the Republican Party gained ground. / Contrast: LOSE GROUND.

[gallery]See: PLAY TO THE GALLERY.

[gallon]See: TEN-GALLON HAT.

[gallows' humor] {n. phr.} Bitter joke(s) that make fun of a very serious matter, e.g. death, imprisonment, etc. •/ When the criminal was led to the electric chair on Monday morning, he said, "Nice way to start the week, eh?" /

[game]See: AHEAD OF THE GAME, LOVE GAME, NAME OF THE GAME, PLAY THE GAME, AT --- STAGE OF THE GAME.

[game at which two can play] {n. phr.} A plan, trick, or way of acting that both sides may use. •/ Rough football is a game two can play. / •/ Politics is a game at which two can play. /

[game is not worth the candle] {literary} What is being done is not worth the trouble or cost; the gain is not worth the effort. •/ I don’t want to walk so far on such a hot day. The game is not worth the candle. /

[game is up]or {slang} [jig is up]The secret or plan won’t work; we are caught or discovered. •/ The game is up; the teacher knows who took her keys. / •/ The jig’s up; the principal knows the boys have been smoking in the basement. / Compare: FAT IS IN THE FIRE.

[gang]See: ROAD GANG, SECTION GANG.

[gang up on]or [gang up against] {v. phr.} , {informal} To jointly attack someone, either physically or verbally; take sides in a group against an individual. •/ The class bully was stronger than all the other boys, so they had to gang up on him to put him in his place. / Compare: LINE UP(4b).

[garbage down] {v. phr.} , {slang} To eat eagerly and at great speed without much regard for manners or social convention. •/ The children garbaged down their food. /

[garden apartment] {n.} An apartment with a garden near it. •/ The couple live in a garden apartment. /

[garment]See: FOUNDATION GARMENT.

[gas]See: STEP ON IT or STEP ON THE GAS.

[gasket]See: BLOW A FUSE or BLOW A GASKET.

[gas up] {v.} , {informal} 1. To fill the gasoline tank of. •/ The mechanics gassed up the planes for their long trip. / 2. To fill the tank with gasoline. •/ The big truck stopped at the filling station and gassed up. /

[gate]See: GET THE BOUNCE or GET THE GATE, GIVE THE BOUNCE or GIVE THE GATE.

[gate crasher]See: CRASH THE GATE.

[gather]See: ROLLING STONE GATHERS NO MOSS.

[gather in] {v.} , {informal} To catch. •/ The end gathered in the pass and went over for a touchdown. /

[gauntlet]See: RUN THE GAUNTLET, THROW DOWN THE GAUNTLET.

[gay nineties] {n.} The years between 1890 and 1900; remembered as a happy exciting time. •/ Ladies wore large hats in the gay nineties. / •/ Picnics were popular in the gay nineties. /

[gaze]See: CRYSTAL GAZING.

[gear]See: HIGH GEAR, SLIP A COG or SLIP A GEAR, THROW OUT OF GEAR.

[geese]See: FOX AND GEESE.

[gee whiz] {interj.} , {informal} Used as an exclamation to show surprise or other strong feeling. Rare in written English. •/ Gee whiz! I am late again. /

[general]See: IN GENERAL.

[generation gap] {n.} , {informal} , {hackneyed phrase} The difference in social values, philosophies, and manners between children and their parents, teachers and relatives which causes a lack of understanding between them and frequently leads to violent confrontations. •/ My daughter is twenty and I am forty, but we have no generation gap in our family. /

[generous to a fault] {adj. phr.} Excessively generous. •/ Generous to a fault, my Aunt Elizabeth gave away all her rare books to her old college. /

[George]See: LET GEORGE DO IT.

[get]See: GIVE AS GOOD AS ONE GETS, EARLY BIRD CATCHES THE WORM or EARLY BIRD GETS THE WORM, GO-GETTER, TELL ONE WHERE TO GET OFF.

[get about]See: GET AROUND(1b).

[get a black eye] {v. phr.} 1. To receive a dark ring around the eye after being hit by someone’s fist or an object. •/ In the fistfight Tom got a black eye from Pete. / •/ Sue got a black eye when she ran into a tree. / 2. To have one’s character denigrated. •/ Our firm received a black eye because of all the consumer complaints that were lodged against our product. /

[get a break] {v. phr.} To receive a stroke of luck. •/ Bill got a break when he won the lottery. /

[get across] {v.} 1. To explain clearly, make (something) clear; to make clear the meaning of. •/ Mr. Brown is a good coach because he can get across the plays. / Syn.: PUT ACROSS. 2. To become clear. •/ The teacher tried to explain the problem, but the explanation did not get across to the class. /

[get after] {v.} , {informal} 1. To try or try again to make someone do what he is supposed to do. •/ Ann’s mother gets after her to hang up her clothes. / 2. To scold or make an attack on. •/ Bob’s mother got after him for tracking mud into the house. / •/ The police are getting after the crooks in the city. /

[get ahead] {v.} 1. {informal} To become successful. •/ Mr. Brown was a good lawyer and soon began to get ahead. / •/ The person with a good education finds it easier to get ahead. / 2. To be able to save money; get out of debt. •/ In a few more years he will be able to get ahead. / •/ After Father pays all the doctor bills, maybe we can get a little money ahead and buy a car. /

[get a load of] {v. phr.} , {slang} 1. To take a good look at; see (something unusual or interesting.) — Often used to show surprise or admiration. •/ Get a load of that pretty girl! / •/ Get a load of Dick’s new car! / Compare: LOOK OVER. 2. To listen to carefully or with interest, especially exciting news. — Often used as a command: /Get a load of this: Alice got married yesterday!/

[get along]also [get on] {v.} 1. To go or move away; move on. •/ The policeman told the boys on the street corner to get along. / 2. To go forward; make progress; advance, •/ John is getting along well in school. He is learning more every day. / Syn.: GET AHEAD. 3. To advance; become old or late. •/ It is getting along towards sundown. / •/ Grandmother is 68 and getting along. / 4. To get or make what you need; manage. •/ It isn’t easy to get along in the jungle. / •/ We can get along on $100 a week. / Compare: DO WITHOUT(2), GET BY, MAKE DO. 5. To live or work together in a friendly way; agree, cooperate; not fight or argue. •/ We don’t get along with the Jones family. / •/ Jim and Jane get along fine together. / •/ Don’t be hard to get along with. /

[get a fix]or [give a fix] {v. phr.} , {slang} , {drug culture} To provide (someone) with an injection of narcotics. •/ The neighborhood pusher gave Joe a fix. / Contrast: GET A FIX ON.

[get a fix on] {v. phr.} , {informal} Receive a reading of a distant object by electronic means, as by radar or sonar. •/ Can you get a fix on the submarine? / Contrast: GET A FIX.

[get a grip on] {v. phr.} To take firm control of something. •/ If Tim wants to keep his job, he had better get a grip on himself and start working harder. / Contrast: LOSE ONE’S GRIP.

[get a head start on] {v. phr.} To receive preliminary help or instruction in a particular subject so that the recipient is in a favorable position compared to his or her peers. •/ At our school, children get a head start on their reading ability thanks to a special program. /

[get a kick out of] {v. phr.} To be greatly thrilled; derive pleasure from. •/ Tom and Many get a kick out of playing four hands on the piano. /

[get a line on] {v. phr.} To receive special, sometimes even confidential information about something. •/ Before Bill accepted his new position, he got a line on how the business was being run. /