first and foremost
As the most important thing; first.
Первое; самое важное; во-первых; в первую очередь.
First and foremost they needed food.
I want you to remember to pay that bill first and foremost.
First and foremost, we must keep America free.
First and foremost they decided to build a new house.
В первую очередь, они решили построить новый дом.
first and last
Most noticeably; all the time; chiefly.
He was first and last a school teacher.
Steven joined the army because first and last he wanted to help his country.
firsthand
Fresh; genuine; from the original source.
Из первых рук; из оригинального источника.
John says he got the information firsthand from the president himself.
They learned the happy news from their friends firsthand.
Они узнали хорошие новости напрямую от своих друзей.
fish-and-chips
Fried fish and french fried potatoes.
The family went to a drive-in restaurant and had fish-and-chips.
flesh and blood
A close relative (as a father, daughter, brother); close relatives. Used in the phrase one's own flesh and blood.
Близкие родственники; плоть и кровь.
Such an answer from her - and she's my own flesh and blood, too!
She is my flesh and blood so I felt terrible when she got into trouble.
Она моя плоть и кровь, поэтому я чувствовал себя отвратительно, когда она попала в беду.
The appearance of being real or alive.
The author doesn't give his characters any flesh and blood.
The human body.
Before child labor laws, small children often worked 50 or 60 hours a week in factories. It was more than flesh and blood could bear.
fly off the handle
To become very angry.
Рассердиться; сорваться на крик.
The teacher flew off the handle because the students were disrupting the class.
Учитель сорвался на крик, так как ученики срывали урок.
John flew off the handle whenever Mary made a mistake.
The children's noise made the man next door fly off the handle.
fool and his money are soon parted
A foolish person soon wastes his money. A proverb.
Глупцы быстро расстаются с деньгами.
Jimmy spends all his pennies for candy. A fool and his money are soon parted.
Джимми тратит все свои деньги на сладости. У дурака деньги долго не задерживаются.
footloose and fancy-free
Free and free to do what one wants (said of unmarried men).
Ron is a merry bachelor and seems to enjoy greatly being footloose and fancy-free.