if you can't lick them, join them
If you cannot defeat an opponent or get him to change his attitude, plans, or ways of doing things, the best thing to do is to change your ideas, plans, etc.
"The small car manufacturers are winning over the big car makers," the president of an American car factory said. "If we want to stay in business, we must do as they do. In other words, if you can't lick them, join them."
in the can
Ready; finished; completed; about to be duplicated and distributed to exhibitors.
No sneak previews until it's all in the can!
Once my book's in the can, I'll go for a vacation.
like a kid in a candy store
Быть взволнованным чем-то хорошим.
You should have seen him when they arrived. He was like a kid in a candy store.
Ты бы видел его, когда он приехал. Радовался как младенец!
look like the cat that ate the canary
look like the cat that swallowed the canary
To seem very self-satisfied; look as if you had just had a great success.
Выглядеть очень довольным; выглядеть как если бы вы только-что добились большого успеха; выглядеть как кот нализавшийся сливок.
Peter bet on the poorest horse in the race and when it won, he looked like the cat that ate the canary.
When she won the prize, she went home looking like the cat that swallowed the canary.
There was a big smile on Jimmy’s face and he looked like the cat that ate the canary.
Джим широко улыбался и имел очень довольный вид.
paddle one's own canoe
To work without help; earn your own living; support yourself.
Работать без посторонней помощи, самому зарабатывать на жизнь.
After his father died, John had to paddle his own canoe.
He decided to paddle his own canoe and set up his own company.
Он решил действовать самостоятельно и организовать свою компанию.
scandal sheet
A newspaper that prints much shocking news and scandal.
Bob wanted to find out who won the election, but he could find only a scandal sheet.
The scandal sheet carried big headlines about the murder.
significant other
Человек, такой как супруг, партнер или возлюбленный, с которым вас связывают длительные отношения.
My significant other couldn’t come today – she’s out of town.
Моя вторая половина не смогла придти сегодня – она в отъезде.
sit on a volcano
sitting on a powder keg
To be in a place where trouble may start or danger may come suddenly.
Bob was in that part of South America before the revolution began. He knew he was sitting on a volcano.
The policemen who patrolled the big city slum area that summer were sitting on a volcano.