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couldn't care less
To be indifferent; not care at all. Also heard increasingly as could care less (nonstandard in this form.)
The students couldn't care less about the band; they talk all through the concert.
count heads
count noses
To count the number of people in a group.
Пересчитать количество людей в группе.
I'll have to count noses before I take the children out for a walk.
Мне нужно будет пересчитать детей до того как я поведу их на прогулку.
On the class picnic, we counted heads before we left and when we arrived to be sure that no one got lost.
The usher was told to look out into the audience and count noses.
The young teacher can hardly count the noses, because it is her first day at work.
Молодой учительница едва может подсчитать количество учеников, потому что это ее первый день на работе.
count one's chickens before they're hatched
To depend on getting a profit or gain before you have it; make plans that suppose something will happen; be too sure that something will happen. Usually used in negative sentences.
Maybe some of your customers won't pay, and then where will you be? Don't count your chickens before they're hatched.
When Jim said that he would be made captain of the team, John told him not to count his chickens before they were hatched.
cover a lot of ground
cover too litte ground
cover too much ground
To process a great deal of information and various facts.
In his first lecture on Greek philosophers, I thought that our professor covered too little ground.
Professor Brown's thorough lecture on asteroids covered a lot of ground today.
That national commission’s report on urban ghettos covers a lot of ground. Many of the recommendations are too costly to implement.
The class spent two days studying the Revolutionary War, because they couldn't cover that much ground in one day.
cover one's tracks
cover up one's tracks
To hide and not leave anything, especially foot marks, to show where you have been, so that no one can follow you.
The deer covered his tracks by running in a stream.
To hide or not say where you have been or what you have done; not tell why you do something or what you plan to do.
The boys covered their tracks when they went swimming by saying that they were going for a walk.
cover the waterfront
To talk or write all about something; talk about something all possible ways.
The principal pretty well covered the waterfront on student behavior.
cows tail
A person who is behind others.
Fred was always the old cow's tail for football practice.
John was the cow's tail at the exam.
crack a book
To open a book in order to study. Usually used with a negative.
John did not crack a book until the night before the exam.
Many students think they can pass without cracking a book.