big hand
Loud and enthusiastic applause.
When Pavarotti finished singing the aria from Rigoletto, he got a very big hand.
bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
Something we have, or can easily get, is more valuable than something we want that we may not be able to get; we shouldn't risk losing something sure by trying to get something that is not sure. A proverb.
Johnny has a job as a paperboy, but he wants a job in a gas station. His father says that a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
birds and the bees
tell about the birds and the bees
The facts we should know about our birth.
Факты, которые мы должны знать о нашем происхождении.
"Рассказывать, откуда берутся дети"; говорить общеизвестные факты.
"Рассказывать, откуда берутся дети"; говорить общеизвестные факты.
At various ages, in response to questions, a child can be told about the birds and the bees.
Can you tell your son about birds and bees?
Мог бы ты рассказать своему сыну откуда берутся дети?
Didn’t your parents tell you about the birds and the bees when you were a boy?
Разве тебе родители в детстве не рассказывали, откуда дети берутся?
bite the hand that feeds one
To turn against or hurt a helper or supporter; repay kindness with wrong.
He bit the hand that fed him when he complained against his employer.
black and blue
Badly bruised.
В синяках, со следами ударов или ушибов.
Poor Jim was black and blue after he fell off the apple tree.
My shoulder was black and blue after I fell down the stairs.
Мое плечо было в синяках после того, как я свалился с лестницы.
black and white
put on paper
put (it) in black and white
put (it) in writing
Print or writing; words on paper, not spoken; exact written or printed form.
"Черным по белому", в письменной форме.
He insisted on having the agreement down in black and white.
Mrs. Jones would not believe the news, so Mr. Jones showed her the article in the newspaper and said, "There it is in black and white."
Our boss usually asks us to communicate him in black and white.
Наш начальник обычно просит нас передавать ему сообщения в письменном виде.
The different shades of black and white of a simple picture, rather than other colors.
He showed us snapshots in black and white.
black-and-white
Divided into only two sides that are either right or wrong or good or bad, with nothing in between; thinking or judging everything as either good or bad.
Everything is black-and-white to Bill; if you're not his friend, you are his enemy.
The old man's religion shows his black-and-white thinking; everything is either completely good or completely bad.
blood and thunder
The violence and bloodshed of stories that present fast action rather than understanding of character.
Often used like an adjective.
Often used like an adjective.
Crime movies and westerns usually have lots of blood and thunder.
John likes to watch blood-and-thunder stories on television.