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cast off
To unfasten; untie; let loose (as a rope holding a boat).
The captain of the boat cast off the line and we were soon out in open water.
To untie a rope holding a boat or something suggesting a boat.
We cast off and set sail at 6 A.M.
To knit the last row of stitches.
When she had knitted the twentieth row of stitches she cast off.
To say that you do not know (someone) any more; not accept as a relative or friend.
Mr. Jones cast off his daughter when she married against his wishes.
cast out
To force (someone) to go out or away; banish; expel.
After the scandal, he was cast out of the best society.
cast pearls before swine
cast one's pearls before swine
To waste good acts or valuable things on someone who won't understand or be thankful for them, just as pigs won't appreciate pearls. Often used in negative sentences.
I won't waste good advice on John any more because he never listens to it. I won't cast pearls before swine.
cast the first stone
To be the first to blame someone, lead accusers against a wrongdoer.
Although Ben saw the girl cheating, he did not want to cast the first stone.
Jesus said that a person who was without sin could cast the first stone.
cast up
To turn or direct upward; raise.
The dying missionary cast up his eyes to heaven and prayed.
To do sums; do a problem in addition; add.
Cast up 15, 43, 27, and 18.
When John had all the figures, he cast them up.
cat burglar
Вор, который для кражи забирается по стенам.
A cat burglar entered our apartment when everybody was sleeping.
Вор попал а нашу квартиру, когда все спали.
cat got one's tongue
cat get one's tongue
You are not able or willing to talk because of shyness. Usually used about children or as a question to children.
Быть не способным ясно говорить из-за стеснения; "проглотить язык". Обычно используется в разговоре о детях или в вопросах к детям.
The cat suddenly got my tongue in the middle of my speech. Thank God, some of the students began to ask me questions.
Я вдруг "проглотил язык" посередине своей речи. Слава Богу, кое-кто из студентов начал задавать мне вопросы.
He sounds like cat's got his tongue.
Он говорит очень неясно, непонятно.
The little girl had a poem to recite, but the cat got her tongue.
Tommy's father asked Tommy if the cat had got his tongue.
cat has nine lives
A cat can move so fast and jump so well that he seems to escape being killed many times.
We thought our cat would be killed when he fell from the roof of the house. He was not, but he used up one of his nine lives.