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toll call
A long distance telephone call for which one has to pay.
We had several toll calls on last month's telephone bill.
tongue-lashing
tongue lashing
A sharp scolding or criticism.
Jim's mother gave him a tongue-lashing for telling family secrets.
tongues wag
tongues to wag
cause tongues to wag
make tongues wag
set tongues wagging
People speak in an excited or gossipy manner; people spread rumors.
If married women go out with other men, tongues will wag.
When the bank clerk showed up in an expensive new car, tongues wagged.
too ---- by half
Much too; excessively.
The heroine of the story is too nice by half; she is not believable.
too bad
To be regretted; worthy of sorrow or regret; regrettable. Used as a predicate.
It is too bad that we are so often lazy.
It was too bad Bill had measles when the circus came to town.
too many chiefs, not enough Indians
Ситуация, в которой слишком много людей дают указания и слишком мало их выполняют или работают.
The business wasn't successful. There were too many chiefs and not enough Indians.
Дело не процветало. Все хотели командовать, никто не хотел работать.
too many cooks spoil the broth
too many cooks spoil the stew
A project is likely to go bad if managed by a multiplicity of primary movers. A proverb.
When several people acted all at once in trying to reshape the company's investment policy, Tom spoke up and said, "Let me do this by myself! Don't you know that too many cooks spoil the broth?"
tooth and nail
fight tooth and nail
With all weapons or ways of fighting as hard as possible; fiercely. Used after fight or a similar word.
С помощью всех доступных средств; неистово. Используется после слова fight или подобного.
His friends fought tooth and nail to elect him to Congress.
The Transport Minister fought tooth and nail to have the proposed road safety law accepted.
Министр Транспорта изо всех сил боролся за принятие закона о безопасности дорог.
The farmers fought tooth and nail to save their crops from the grasshoppers.
When the Indian girl was captured, she fought tooth and nail to get away.