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swelled head
A feeling that you are very important or more important than you really are.
Завышенная самооценка, завышенное самомнение; задирать нос.
Now that she’s famous, she’s getting a swelled head.
Теперь, когда она знаменита, она начинает задирать нос.
Pretty girls shouldn't get a swelled head about it.
When John won the race, he got a swelled head.
swim against the current
swim against the stream
To do the opposite of what most people want to do; go against the way things are happening; struggle upstream.
The boy who tries to succeed today without an education is swimming against the stream.
tack on
To append; add.
We were about to sign the contract when we discovered that the lawyer had tacked on a codicil that was not acceptable to us.
tag end
tail end
The end, farthest to the rear, last in line, nearest the bottom, or least important.
Bill waited at the crossing for the tag end of a freight to go by.
John was at the tail end of his class.
Mary's part in the play came at the tag end, and she got bored waiting.
tail between one's legs
State of feeling beaten, ashamed, or very obedient, as after a scolding or a whipping. (So called because a beaten dog usually puts his tail down between his legs and slinks away.)
The army sent the enemy home with their tails between their legs.
The boys on the team had boasted they would win the tournament, but they went home with their tails between their legs.
tail wags the dog
tail wagging the dog
Said of situations in which a minor part is in control of the whole.
Говорится о ситуации в которой незначительная часть чего-либо управляет всем остальным.
He is just a minor employee at the firm, yet he gives everyone orders, a case of the tail wagging the dog.
If you let your children decide on everything, it will be a case of the tail wagging the dog.
Если ты позволишь решать своим детям абсолютно всё, то они скоро начнут управлять тобой.
taillight
The rear red light of a car.
My father was fined $15 for driving without a taillight.
take French leave
To leave secretly; abscond.
The party was so boring that we decided to take French leave.
While the Smith family was in Europe, the house-sitter packed up all the silver and took French leave.