skin alive
To scold angrily.
Mother will skin you alive when she sees your torn pants.
To spank or beat.
Dad was ready to skin us alive when he found we had ruined his saw.
To defeat.
We all did our best, but the visiting gymnastic team skinned us alive.
skin and bones
A person or animal that is very thin; someone very skinny.
О ком-либо очень худом; "кожа да кости".
The puppy is healthy now, but when we found him he was just skin and bones.
Have you been dieting? You're nothing but skin and bones!
She looked mere skin and bones.
Она выглядела - кожа да кости.
skin off one's nose
Matter of interest, concern, or trouble to you. Normally used in the negative.
Go to Jake's party if you wish. It's no skin off my nose.
Grace didn't pay any attention to our argument. It wasn't any skin off her nose.
You could at least say hello to our visitor. It's no skin off your nose.
skin-deep
Only on the surface; not having any deep or honest meaning; not really or closely connected with what it seems to belong to.
Поверхностный, неглубокий.
Mary's friendliness with Joan is only skin-deep.
Ralph crammed for the test and got a good grade, but his knowledge of the lesson is only skin-deep.
He had a skin-deep knowledge about this issue.
У него были поверхностные знания по этому вопросу.
slap in the face
An insult; a disappointment.
We felt that it was a slap in the face when our gift was returned unopened.
Doris thought it was a slap in the face when her boyfriend invited another girl to the dance.
To insult; embarrass; make feel bad.
John slapped our club in the face by saying that everyone in it was stupid.
I don't want to slap her in the face by not coming to her party.
sleep a wink
To get a moment's sleep; enjoy a bit of sleep. Used in negative and conditional statements and in questions.
I didn't sleep a wink all night.
sling hash
To serve food, especially in a cheap, small diner, a drive-in, or short-order restaurant.
Jake got a job slinging hash at the new drive-in restaurant.
Jody earned money for college by slinging hash in a restaurant during the summer.
slinging match
A loud, angry quarrel.
The debate deteriorated into a most unseemly slinging match.