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hit the sauce
To drink alcoholic beverages - especially heavily and habitually.
When Sue left him, Joe began to hit the sauce.
hit-and-run
Of or about an accident after which a motorist drives away without giving his name and offering help.
Judges are stern with hit-and-run drivers.
Striking suddenly and leaving quickly.
The bandits often made hit-and-run attacks on wagon trains.
hit-or-miss
hit-and-miss
Unplanned; uncontrolled; aimless; careless.
John did a lot of hit-or-miss reading, some of it about taxes.
Mary packed her bag in hurried, hit-or-miss fashion.
hitch one's wagon to a star
To aim high; follow a great ambition or purpose.
Ставить перед собой высокие цели; иметь большие амбиции или намерения.
At an early age she decided to hitch her wagon to a star and become rich and famous.
Уже в раннем возрасте она решила добиться своего и стать богатой и знаменитой.
In trying to be a famous pianist, Mary had hitched her wagon to a star.
John hitched his wagon to a star and decided to try to become President.
hither and thither
hither and yon
In one direction and then in another.
Bob wandered hither and thither looking for a playmate.
hoist with one's own petard
Caught in your own trap or trick. (From Shakespeare; literally, blown up with one's own bomb.)
Пойман в собственную ловушку или уловку. (От Шекспира; буквально: взорван собственной бомбой.)
After trying to frame his opponent with fabricated evidence, the politician found himself hoist with his own petard when the truth came out, leading to his own indictment.
Попытавшись подставить своего оппонента с помощью сфабрикованных доказательств, политик сам оказался подставлен под удар, когда правда вышла наружу, что привело к предъявлению ему собственного обвинения.
Jack carried office gossip to the boss until he was hoisted by his own petard.
Джек доносил офисные сплетни до начальника, пока на него не донесли тоже.
The CEO attempted to undercut a rival company by launching a smear campaign, only to be hoist with his own petard when his unethical practices were revealed, damaging his own company's reputation.
Генеральный директор попытался подорвать конкурирующую компанию, запустив клеветническую кампанию, но только навредил себе, когда его неэтичные действия были раскрыты, что нанесло ущерб репутации его собственной компании.
hold a brief for
To argue in support of; defend. Usually used with a negative.
I hold no brief for John, but I do not think he was responsible for the accident.
The lawyer said he held no brief for thievery, but he considered the man should he given another chance.
hold a candle to
hold a stick to
To be fit to be compared with; be in the same class with. A trite phrase used in negative, interrogative, and conditional sentences.
Henry thought that no modern ball club could hold a candle to those of 50 years ago.