fall due
come due
become due
To reach the time when a bill or invoice is to be paid.
Our car payment falls due on the first of every month.
fall flat on one's face
Не достичь желаемого результата, не произвести желаемого впечатления, опозориться, ударить лицом в грязь.
Simon fell flat on his face when he tried to organize the meeting.
Саймон опозорился, когда попытался организовать встречу.
fall flat
To be a failure; fail.
Потерпеть неудачу.
The party fell flat because of the rain.
His joke fell flat because no one understood it.
The boys' joke fell flat, their parents did not think it funny.
Шутку ребят никто не понял, родители решили, что она не смешная.
fall for
To begin to like very much.
Dick fell for baseball when he was a little boy.
To begin to love (a boy or a girl.)
Helen was a very pretty girl and people were not surprised that Bill fell for her.
Samantha and John never expected to fall for each other like they did, but they got married within two weeks of having met.
To believe (something told to fool you.)
Nell did not fall for Joe's story about being a jet pilot.
The Masons wanted to believe their son, but unfortunately they had fallen for his lies too many times to be deceived once again.
fall from grace
To go back to a bad way of behaving; do something bad again.
The boys behaved well during dinner until they fell from grace by eating their dessert with their fingers instead of their forks.
The boy fell from grace when he lied.
fall guy
The "patsy" in an illegal transaction; a sucker; a dupe; the person who takes the punishment others deserve.
Обвиняемый в чужой ошибке или чужом преступлении.
When the Savings and Loan Bank failed, due to embezzlement, the vice president had to be the fall guy, saving the necks of the owners.
The book claims Lee Harvey Oswald didn't kill President Kennedy - he was just the fall guy.
В книге утверждается что Ли Харви Освальд не убивал президента Кеннеди – он был просто козлом отпущения.
fall in for
To receive; get.
The boy fell in for some sympathy when he broke his leg.
The team manager fell in for most of the blame when his team lost the playoffs.
fall in love
To begin to love
This idiom is used with the expression at first sight to indicate a sudden interest in love.
This idiom is used with the expression at first sight to indicate a sudden interest in love.
Начать испытывать любовь; влюбиться.
The man fell in love with a woman from his university class and they got married several months later.
Мужчина влюбился в свою университетскую однокурсницу и они поженились спустя несколько месяцев.
He had never seen that young lady, only her portrait, but he fell in love with her as soon as he met her.
Он никогда не видел эту девушку, только её портрет, но влюбился сразу же, как только встретил её.
Ben and Sal fell in love in high school, and got married after graduation.
Have you ever fallen in love at first sight?