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grab someone by the throat
"Схватить за душу"; сильно заинтересовать; взволновать.
The film grabbed me by the throat. I'm ready to watch it again.
Меня так захватил этот фильм. Я готова еще раз его посмотреть.
grace period
period of grace
The time or extra time allowed in which to do something.
Most insurance companies have a grace period of one month for payments.
The teacher gave the class a week's period of grace to finish workbooks.
grand slam
A home run hit when there are three men on the bases.
Tony's grand slam won the game for the Yankees, 4-0.
grandstand
grandstander
To show off, to perform histrionics needlessly.
Stop grandstanding and get down to honest work!
A showoff, a person who likes to engage in histrionics.
Many people think that Evel Knievel is a grandstander.
grasp at straws
clutch at straws
catch at a straw
To depend on something that is useless or unable to help in a time of trouble or danger; try something with little hope of succeeding.
The robber clutched at straws to make excuses. He said he wasn't in the country when the robbery happened.
To depend on your memory without studying for a test is to grasp at straws.
grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
grass is always greener on the other side of the hill
We are often not satisfied and want to be somewhere else; a place that is far away or different seems better than where we are.
Мы часто не удовлетворены текущим положением вещей и хотим быть в другом месте; место, которое далеко и кажется лучше чем то где мы сейчас находимся - лучше там где нас нет.
John is always changing his job because the grass always looks greener to him on the other side of the fence.
The man believes that the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence and he always wants to change jobs.
Человек верит, что трава всегда зеленее по ту сторону забора, и он всегда хочет сменить работу.
graveyard shift
The work period lasting from sundown to sunup, when one has to work in the dark or by artificial light.
"Why are you always so sleepy in class?" Professor Brown asked Sam. "Because I have to work the graveyard shift beside going to school," Sam answered.
gravy train
The kind of job that brings in a much higher income than the services rendered would warrant.
Jack's job at the Athletic Club as Social Director is a regular gravy train.