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Indian sign
A magic spell that is thought to bring bad luck; curse; jinx; hoo-doo. Used with the, usually after have or with; and often used in a joking way.
Bill is a good player, but Ted has the Indian sign on him and always beats him.
Father says that he always wins our checker games because he has put the Indian sign on me, but I think he is joking.
Indian summer
A dry and warm period of time late in the fall, usually in October.
Период потепления осенью - бабье лето.
Indian summer can persist for a few days or extend to a week or more.
Бабье лето может длиться несколько дней или растянуться на неделю или больше.
After the cold and foggy weather, we had a brief Indian summer, during which the temperature was up in the high seventies.
Ivy League
A small group of the older and more famous eastern U.S. colleges and universities.
Harvard, Yale, and Princeton were the original Ivy League.
Several Ivy League teams play each other regularly each year.
Joe Doakes
A name used informally for the average man.
Let us say that Joe Doakes goes to the movies three times a year.
John Hancock
John Henry
Your signature; your name in writing.
Joe felt proud when he put his John Henry on his very first driver's license.
The man said, "Put your John Hancock on this paper."
Johnny-come-lately
Someone new in a place or group; newcomer; also: a new person who takes an active part in group affairs before tlie group has accepted him; upstart.
Everybody was amazed when a Johnny-come-lately beat the old favorite in the race.
When it looked as though Mr. Brown had a good chance of winning, many Johnny-come-latelies began to support him.
Pandora's box
open Pandora's box
A thing or problem that, if activated, will give rise to many unmanageable problems.
If they insist on having that inquiry, they will open up a Pandora's box.
Queen of Hearts
Дама червей. О женщине, которая превосходит всех в своем окружении.
Between those ladies the oldest one is the loveliest one- she is queen of hearts.
Среди тех женщин самая старшая – самая красивая, настоящая покорительница сердец.