leaf through
To scan or glance through a book or other reading matter.
I only had time to leaf through the program before the concert started.
lie through one's teeth
To lie uninhibitedly and unashamedly.
Everyone in the courtroom could sense that the accused was lying through his teeth.
look at the world through rose-colored glasses
see with rose-colored glasses
To see everything as good and pleasant; not see anything hard or bad.
Смотреть на мир через розовые очки; видеть все в розовом цвете.
When Jean graduated from high school, she looked at the world through rose-colored glasses.
If you see everything through rose-colored glasses, you will often be disappointed.
My friend always looks at the world through rose-colored glasses and he does not believe that some people are dishonest.
Мой друг всегда видит все в розовом цвете, и он не верит, что существуют нечестные люди.
pay through the nose
To pay at a very high rate; pay too much.
He had wanted experience, but this job seemed like paying through the nose for it.
There was a shortage of cars; if you found one for sale, you had to pay through the nose.
plough through
plow through
Pass through laboriously.
Saw had to plough through hundreds of pages of American history to get ready for his test.
pull through
To help through; bring safely through a difficulty or sudden trouble; save.
A generous loan showed the bank's faith in Father and pulled him through the business trouble.
To recover from an illness or misfortune; conquer a disaster; escape death or failure.
By a near-miracle, he pulled through after the smashup.
put one through one's paces
put through one's paces
To train and discipline someone; test one's abilities.
The new recruits were certainly put through their paces by the drill sergeant.
To test the different abilities and skills of a person or a thing; call for a show of what one can do.
He put his new car through its paces.
Many different problems put the new mayor through his paces in the first months of his term.
put through
To carry out; arrange.
If Jim can put through one more financial transaction like this one, we will be rich.
To connect (said of telephone calls).
The telephone operator had to put me through to Zambia as there is no direct dialing there yet.