автордың кітабын онлайн тегін оқу Умейте выражаться по-английски. Значение, употребление, происхождение и синонимы идиом
Умейте выражаться по-английски
Значение, употребление, происхождение и синонимы идиом
Оглавление
A mile a minute
double quick • in double quick time • p.d.q. pretty damn quick • nippily • like greased lightning • hell for leather • at warp speed • like mad • like crazy • like blazes • like the wind • like a bomb • like nobody’s business • like a scalded cat • like the deuce • like a bat out of hell • like a bullet out of a gun • quickly • fast • swiftly • rapidly • speedily • at high speed • with all speed • at full speed • at the speed of light • at full tilt • as fast as one’s legs can carry one • at a gallop • briskly • at the double • post-haste • with all possible haste • like a whirlwind • like an arrow from a bow • at breakneck speed • expeditiously • madly • hotfoot • with dispatch • like the clappers • at a rate of knots • like billy-o • lickety-split • apace
A torrid time
К синонимам вы сами может не хуже меня отнести такие слова и выражения, как: hard time, hardship, trouble, difficulty, adversity, affliction, trials and tribulation и т. п.
All hands on deck
Our house flooded during the torrential rain storms we just had, and our neighbors came over to help pump it out before too much damage was done. It was definitely all hands on deck, and we couldn’t have done it without them.
All hell broke loose
— As you can imagine, all hell broke loose! Roger screamed at Phillip for over two hours, and then demanded that he get out!
All walks of life
People from every walk of life
Any port in a storm
В качестве наилучшего синонима, думаю, стоит привести другую, гораздо более популярную, английскую идиому — beggars can’t be choosers.
