slip one's mind
To forget something.
Забыть что-либо.
I meant to mail those letters but it entirely slipped my mind.
Oh dear! It had slipped my mind that the banks were closed today.
Боже мой! У меня из головы вылетело, что банки сегодня не работают.
slip through one's fingers
To escape without someone's knowing how.
Policemen surrounded the building, but the thief managed to slip through their fingers.
Mike earns a good wage, but he doesn't save a penny. Money just slips through his fingers.
slow going
Замедленный темп или трудность выполнения чего-либо.
It was slow going as I was learning to work on the computer.
Я медленно обучался работе на компьютере.
snake in the grass
A person who cannot be trusted; an unfaithful traitor; rascal.
Человек, которому нельзя доверять; предатель; моженник.
Did Harry tell you that? He's a snake in the grass!
Some snake in the grass told the teacher our plans.
I thought I could trust my new colleague but he turned out to be a snake in the grass.
Я думал, что могу доверять своему новому коллеге, а он оказался предателем.
snap one's fingers at
To show contempt for; show no respect for; pay no attention to; scorn; disregard.
John snapped his fingers at the sign that said "Do not enter," and he went in the door.
The highway sign said "Speed limit, 35 miles per hour," but when a driver snapped his fingers at it by going 55 miles an hour, a motorcycle policeman arrested him.
sneeze at
nothing to sneeze at
To think of as not important; not take seriously. Used with negative or limiting words and in questions.
Mr. Jones was chosen by his party to run for President. He was not elected, but to be chosen to run is not to be sneezed at.
If you think Mrs. Green's tests are things to be sneezed at, you have a surprise coming.
Is a thousand dollars anything to sneeze at?
John finished third in a race with twenty other runners. That is nothing to sneeze at.
snow in
To block up or trap by much snow; keep inside.
After the storm the farmer and his family were snowed in for three days.
The train went off the track and the passengers were snowed in for several days.
snug as a bug in a rug
Comfortable; cozy.
"Are you warm enough?" the boy's mother asked. "Yeah," he replied, "I'm snug as a bug in a rug."