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top banana
top dog
The head of any business or organization; the most influential or most prestigious person in an establishment.
Глава компании; наиболее влиятельная фигура в учреждении.
Bill Gates is a top dog at Microsoft.
Бил Гейтс глава Майкрософта.
Who's the top banana in this outfit?
top-drawer
Of the best; or most important kind.
Mary's art work was top-drawer material.
Mr. Rogers is a top-drawer executive and gets a very high salary.
touch and go
Very dangerous or uncertain in situation.
At one time while they were climbing the cliff it was touch and go whether they could do it.
Our team won the game, all right, but it was touch and go for a while.
The complicated medical operation was touch and go for several hours.
The outcome of the soccer final was touch and go for the entire match.
touch base with
To confer or consult with one.
Переговариваться или консультироваться с кем-либо; установить контакт или возобновить общение с кем-либо.
Before we make a decision, I'd like to touch base with our financial department.
I'll try to touch base with you next week in London.
Я постараюсь связаться с тобой на следующей неделе в Лондоне.
tough act to follow
A speech, performance, or activity of such superior quality that the person next in line feels and thinks that it would be very difficult to match it in quality.
Sir Lawrence Olivier's performance of Hamlet was a tough act to follow in every sense.
tough cat
A man who is very individualistic and, as a result, highly successful with women.
Joe is a real tough cat, man.
tough luck
tough shit
hard luck
tough break
An informal way to say that one had that coming; it serves one right.
So your date didn't show up, eh? Tough luck, fellow.
town and gown
The residents of a college town and the students and teachers of the college.
The senator made a speech attended by both town and gown.
There were fights between town and gown.