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down with a disease
Ill or sick.
Болен или нездоров.
After being down with a cold for several days, he finally started to feel better.
Проболев несколько дней простудой, он наконец начал чувствовать себя лучше.
Aunt Liz is down with the flu this week; she has to stay in bed.
На этой неделе тетя Лиз заболела гриппом; ей придется оставаться в постели.
The whole family was down with a stomach virus, and it was a tough week for them.
Вся семья заболела желудочным вирусом, эта неделя выдалась для них тяжелой.
down-and-outer
A person who has lost everything and is penniless.
Joe goes from shelter to shelter asking for food and a place to sleep; he's become a regular down-and-outer.
down-at-heel
down-at-the-heel
down-at-the-heels
Poorly kept up or dressed shabby; not neat; sloppy.
John is always down-at-the-heels, but his sister is always very neat.
Old houses sometimes look down-at-the-heel.
down-to-earth
Showing good sense; practical.
Mr. Jenkins never seems to know what is happening around him, but his wife is friendly and down-to-earth.
The committee's first plan for the party was too fancy, but the second was more down-to-earth.
drag in
To insist on bringing (another subject) into a discussion; begin talking about (something different.)
No matter what we talk about, Jim drags in politics.
Whenever anyone mentions travel, Grace has to drag in the trip to Mexico she took ten years ago.
drag on the market
An article for which the demand has fallen off thus causing an oversupply.
Your type of word processor went out of style and is now a drag on the market.
drag on
drag out
To pass very slowly.
The cold winter months dragged on until we thought spring would never come.
To prolong; make longer.
The meeting would have been over quickly if the members had not dragged out the argument about dues.
drag one's feet
drag one's heels
To act slowly or reluctantly.
The children wanted to watch television, and dragged their feet when their mother told them to go to bed.
The city employees said the mayor had promised to raise their pay, but was now dragging his feet.