sit above the salt
Занимать высокое положение, важный пост.
He is very proud that he sits above the salt.
Он очень гордится тем, что занимает высокое положение.
six of one and half-a-dozen of the other
Two things the same; not a real choice; no difference.
Which coat do you like better, the brown or the blue? It's six of one and half-a-dozen of the other.
Johnny says it's six of one and half-a-dozen of the other whether he does the job tonight or tomorrow night.
skeleton in the closet
A shameful secret; someone or something kept hidden, especially by a family.
The skeleton in our family closet was Uncle Willie. No one mentioned him because he drank too much.
skim the surface
To do something very superficially.
He seems knowledgeable in many different areas but his familiarity is very superficial, since he only skims the surface of everything he touches.
sky is the limit
There is no upper limit to something.
Нет никаких ограничений для чего-либо.
"Buy me the fastest racehorse in Hong Kong," Mr. Lee instructed his broker. "Spend whatever is necessary; the sky is the limit."
How successful do you think the project will be? - Who knows... the sky's the limit!
Насколько успешным будет этот проект, как ты думаешь? - Кто знает…нет никаких границ!
slap in the face
An insult; a disappointment.
We felt that it was a slap in the face when our gift was returned unopened.
Doris thought it was a slap in the face when her boyfriend invited another girl to the dance.
To insult; embarrass; make feel bad.
John slapped our club in the face by saying that everyone in it was stupid.
I don't want to slap her in the face by not coming to her party.
slap together
throw together
To make in a hurry and without care.
Bill and Bob threw together a cabin out of old lumber.
The party was planned suddenly, and Mary threw together a meal out of leftovers.
To put in with other people by chance.
The group of strangers was thrown together when the storm trapped them on the highway.
Bill and Tom became friends when they were thrown together in the same cabin at camp.
slip of the pen
The mistake of writing something different from what you should or what you planned.
That was a slip of the pen. I meant to write September, not November.
I wish you would forget it. That was a slip of the pen.