know somethng like a book
know something like an open book
Знать что-либо очень хорошо.
My mother knows me like an open book.
Моя мама знает меня очень хорошо.
live off someone
To be supported by someone.
Although Eric is already 40 years old, he has no job and continues to live off his elderly parents.
look like something the cat dragged in
Выглядеть потрепанным, ветхим, измученным.
The dress Cora bought at the sale looked like something the cat dragged in.
Платье, которое Кора купила на распродаже, выглядело весьма потрепанным.
You looked like something the cat dragged in after the flight.
Он выглядел очень измученным после перелета.
make something of
To make (something) seem important.
When girls see another girl with a boy, they often try to make something of it.
To start a fight over; use as an excuse to start a quarrel.
Bob accidentally shoved Bill in the corridor, and Bill made something of it.
Ann didn't like what Mary said about her. She tried to make something of what Mary said.
not to touch something with a ten-foot pole
To consider something completely undesirable or uninteresting.
Some people won't touch spinach with a ten-foot pole.
Kids who wouldn't touch an encyclopedia with a ten-foot pole love to find information with this computer program.
one of these days
some of these days
Someday; sometime soon.
One of these days Herbert will be famous.
I'm going to do that sewing some of these days.
over with
get something over with
At the end of; finished with; through with.
They were over with the meeting by ten o'clock.
By Saturday Mary will be over with the measles.
At an end; finished.
John knew his mother would scold him for losing the money, and he wanted to get it over with.
After the hard test, Jerry said, "I'm glad that's over with!"
pull something on one
To perpetrate something prejudicial; deceive.
Larry pulled a very dirty trick on Ann when, after going with her for three years, he suddenly married another girl.