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bed of nails
A difficult or unhappy situation or set of circumstances.
"There are days when my job is a regular bed of nails," Jim groaned.
bee in one's bonnet
have a bee in one's bonnet
put a bee in one's bonnet
A fixed idea that seems fanciful, odd, or crazy.
Состояние навязчивой идеи, как правило странной или сумасбродной.
Grandmother has some bee in her bonnet about going to the dance.
Robert Fulton had a bee in his bonnet about a steamboat.
She's got a bee in her bonnet about moving to New York!
У неё навязчивая идея о переезде в Нью-Йорк!
beef about
To complain about something.
Stop beefing about your job, Jack. You could have done a lot worse!
been in the wars
been through the wars
Видавший виды; что-то что долго использовалось и за чем, возможно, был плохой уход.
He arrived in a car that looked as if it had been in the wars.
Он приехал на машине, которая выглядела, будто побывала на войне.
beer and skittles
Дословно: Пиво и кегли
Сплошные удовольствия и развлечения; потакание своим слабостям.
Сплошные удовольствия и развлечения; потакание своим слабостям.
For Sam, college was beer and skittles. He wasted a lot of time and money.
Для Сэма колледж был одной большой забавой. Он выбросил на ветер много денег и времени.
before one can say Jack Robinson
between two shakes of a lamb's tail
in the twinkling of an eye
Very quickly; suddenly. An overused phrase.
Очень быстро; неожиданно.
Before I could say Jack Robinson, the boy was gone.
She could do it in two shakes of a lamb’s tail.
Она могла это делать быстро и без затруднений.
beggars can't be choosers
People who can not choose what they will have, must accept what they get; if you are not in control, you must take what you can gel.
Mary got a red dress from her sister, although she didn't like red. She kept it because she said beggars should not be choosers.
We wanted to leave on the train in the morning but it doesn't go until afternoon, so we must go then. Beggars can't he choosers.
behind bars
In jail; in prison.
He was a pickpocket and had spent many years behind bars.
That boy is always in trouble and will end up behind bars.