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kick up a fuss
kick up a row
raise a row
kick up a dust
To make trouble; make a disturbance.
When the teacher gave the class five more hours of homework, the class kicked up a fuss.
When the teacher left the room, two boys kicked up a row.
kickback
rake-off
Money paid illegally for favorable treatment.
He was arrested for making kickback payments.
kiddie car
A school bus.
Watch out for that kiddie car coming up behind you!
kill the goose that laid the golden egg
To spoil something that is good or something that you have, by being greedy. A proverb.
Mrs. Jones gives you an apple from her tree whenever you go by her house, but don't kill the goose that laid the golden egg by bothering her too much.
king's ransom
An excessively large sum of money extorted by kidnappers to let someone go free.
The Smith family had to pay a kings ransom for the freedom of their seven-year-old son, Tommy.
An exorbitant fee one is forced to pay.
The realtors exacted a king's ransom for that choice lot on the comer.
kings go mad, and the people suffer for it
Дословно: короли сходят с ума, а народ страдает.
Русский аналог: паны дерутся - у холопов чубы трещат.
Русский аналог: паны дерутся - у холопов чубы трещат.
Life is always like this: kings go mad, and the people suffer for it.
В жизни всегда так: короли сходят с ума, а народ расплачивается.
kings have long arms
Дословно: у королей длинные руки.
Человека, обладающего большой властью, следует опасаться.
Человека, обладающего большой властью, следует опасаться.
I’m afraid that kings have long arms.
Я боюсь не скрыться от его мести.
knee-high to a grasshopper
knee-high to a duck
As tall as a very small child; very young.
Charles started reading when he was knee-high to a grasshopper.
I've known Mary ever since she was knee-high to a duck.