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crackpot
An eccentric person with ideas that don't make sense to most other people.
Don't believe what Uncle Noam tells you - he is a crackpot.
Eccentric; crazy (adjective).
That's a crackpot idea.
cramp one's style
To limit your natural freedom; prevent your usual behavior; limit your actions or talk.
Army rules cramped George's style.
He cramped his style a good deal when he lost his money.
crash a party
Дословно: разрушить вечеринку.
Явиться без приглашения, нагрянуть.
Явиться без приглашения, нагрянуть.
Last night some strangers crashed our party.
Прошлой ночью несколько незнакомцев нагрянули на нашу вечеринку без приглашения.
crash dive
A sudden dive made by a submarine to escape an enemy; a dive made to get deep under water as quickly as possible.
The captain of the submarine told his crew to prepare for a crash dive when he saw the enemy battleship approaching.
crash the gate
gate crasher
To enter without a ticket or without paying; attend without an invitation or permission.
Bob got into the circus without paying. He crashed the gate.
Three boys tried to crash the gate at our party but we didn't let them in.
crazy about
mad about
nuts about
Excessively fond of; infatuated with.
Jack is totally nuts about Liz, but she is not too crazy about him.
crazy bone
Sense of humor; understanding jokes.
Her way of telling the story tickled his crazy bone.
A point on the elbow that causes a painful tingling feeling when struck. Also known as the funny bone, which is thought to be a play on the homophones humorous and humerus (the arm bone that connects the elbow and shoulder).
Ugh, I just hit my crazy bone against the wall.
cream of the crop
The best of a group; the top choice.
May Queen candidates were lovely, but Betsy and Nancy were the cream of the crop.
The students had drawn many good pictures and the teacher chose the cream of the crop to hang up when the parents came to visit.