brown as a berry
Загорелый
She got back from her trip brown as a berry.
Она вернулась из путешествия совсем шоколадной.
They came back from Egypt as brown as berry.
Они вернулись из Египта очень загорелыми.
brown paper bag
An unmarked police car.
The beaver got a Christmas card because she didn't notice the brown paper bag at her back door.
brown study
A time of deep thought about something; a deep thoughtful mood.
When his wife found him, he had pushed away his books and was in a brown study.
brown-bagger
A person who does not go to the cafeteria or to a restaurant for lunch at work, but who brings his homemade lunch to work in order to save money.
John became a brown-bagger not because he can't afford the restaurant, but because he is too busy to go there.
brown-nose
To curry favor in a subservient way, as by obviously exaggerated flattery.
Max brown-noses his teachers, that's why he gets all A's in his courses.
browned off
Чувствовать скуку, уныние и пресыщенность.
Tom is browned off with his job.
Тому наскучила его работа.
buckle down
knuckle down
To give complete attention (to an effort or job); attend.
They chatted idly for a few moments then each buckled down to work.
Jim was fooling instead of studying; so his father told him to buckle down.
burn down
To burn to the ground; be totally gutted by fire.
The old frame house burned down before the firefighters could get to it.
There was a large amount of wax on the table where the candles had burned down.
The fire spread so quickly that the firefighters could not prevent the whole block of buildings from burning down.