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blow one's brains out
To shoot yourself in the head.
Mr. Jones lost all his wealth, so he blew his brains out.
To work very hard; overwork yourself.
Mary is not one to blow her brains out.
The boys blew their brains out to get the stage ready for the play.
blow taps
To sound the final bugle call of the evening in a camp or military base.
After taps is blown the boy scouts go to their bunks to sleep.
blow the gaff
To open one's mouth to reveal a secret.
When Al cheated on his wife, his younger brother blew the gaff on him.
blow the whistle on
rat on
To inform against; betray.
Сообщить о чьих-то действиях, как правило незаконных; предать; "настучать".
I blew a whistle for the man who stole old lady's bag.
Я дал показания против человека, укравшего сумку пожилой леди.
The police caught one of the bank robbers, and he blew the whistle on two more.
To act against, stop, or tell people the secrets of (crime or lawlessness).
The mayor blew the whistle on gambling.
The police blew the whistle on hot reading.
blow up in one's face
To fail completely and with unexpected force.
The thief's plan to rob the bank blew up in his face when a policeman stopped him.
blue Monday
A Monday when you have to work after a happy weekend.
Housewives sometimes wish they could sleep through blue Monday.
It was blue Monday and John nodded sleepily over his books.
blue around the gills
green around the gills
pale around the gills
yellow around the gills
pink around the gills
white around the gills
Pale-faced from fear or sickness; sickly; nauseated.
Also used with other prepositions besides around, as about, at, under, and with other colors, as blue, pink, yellow, white.
Also used with other prepositions besides around, as about, at, under, and with other colors, as blue, pink, yellow, white.
Иметь бледное лицо от страха или болезни; болезненный; тошнотворный.
Bill's father took him for a ride in his boat while the waves were rough, and when he came back he was green around the gills.
The car almost hit Mary crossing the street, and she was yellow around the gills because it came so close.
Машина чуть не сбила Мэри, когда она переходила улицу, и девушка побледнела от страха потому, что машина проехала так близко.
You should sit down. You look a bit blue around the gills.
Тебе следует присесть. Ты выглядишь неважно.
blue collar worker
A manual laborer who is probably a labor union member.
Because Jack's father is a blue collar worker, Jack was so anxious to become an intellectual.