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queer as a three-dollar bill
Дословно: странный, как трехдолларовая банкнота.
Очень странный человек; чудак.
Очень странный человек; чудак.
The foreign student in our group seemed to be queer as a three-dollar bill at first, but then we got accustomed to each other.
Иностранный студент в нашей группе поначалу казался очень странным, но потом мы привыкли друг к другу.
quick on the trigger
trigger happy
quick on the draw
Ready to shoot without warning; fast with a gun.
He's a dangerous criminal quick on the trigger.
Fast at answering questions or solving problems.
In class discussions John is always quick on the trigger.
quick on the uptake
Smart; intelligent.
Умный, интеллигентный.
Despite the complex instructions, Emily was quick on the uptake and understood the task immediately.
Несмотря на сложные инструкции, Эмили быстро схватывала суть задания и сразу его поняла.
Eleanor is very witty and quick on the uptake.
Элеонора очень остроумна и быстро схватывает.
In our brainstorming sessions, Alex is always quick on the uptake, offering innovative ideas before anyone else has a chance to speak.
Во время наших мозговых штурмов Алекс всегда быстро схватывает суть вопроса и предлагает инновационные идеи еще до того, как кто-либо другой успевает высказаться.
quiet as a mouse
Дословно: Тихий как мышь.
The burglar was as quiet as a mouse as he moved around the house.
Грабитель двигался по дому тише мыши.
quite a few
quite a number
not a few
Rather a large number; more than a few.
Quite a few students were absent yesterday, in fact, more than half of them were not there.
Quite a few went to the game.
The basket had quite a few rotten apples in it.
We did not expect many people to attend the affair, but quite a few of our friends actually came.
The phrase quite a number is used like an adjective only before less, more.
Few people saw the play on the first night but quite a number more came on the second night.
Sometimes used like an adverb.
We still have quite a few more miles to go before we reach New York.
quite a little
quite a bit
not a little
Rather a large amount; rather much; more than a little.
Cleaning the backyard needed quite a little work.
We are not finished; quite a little is left to do.
The phrase quite a bit is used like an adjective only before less, more.
Six inches of snow fell today, and quite a bit more is coming tonight.
Sometimes used like an adverb.
Harry was sick quite a little last winter.
rabbit's foot
Талисман на удачу; "заячья лапка".
Do you possess something that is a rabbit's foot for you?
У вас есть что-нибудь, что является для Вас талисманом?
race against time
To be in a great hurry to finish a given project by a specified deadline.
The workers were racing against time to finish the campus modernization project.