the works
get the works
give one the works
Everything that can be had or that you have; everything of this kind, all that goes with it.
When the tramp found $100, he went into a fine restaurant and ordered the works with a steak dinner.
Rough handling or treatment; a bad beating or scolding; killing; murder. Usually used with get or give.
The boy said that Joe was going to get the works if he ever came back to that neighborhood again.
The newspaper gave the police department the works when they let the burglars get away.
The gangster told his friend he would give him the works if he double-crossed him.
the world and his wife
Весь мир и его жена. Cобытие, где было очень много людей.
It's a huge outdoor concert - I imagine the world and his wife will be there.
Это очень крупный концерт на свежем воздухе – там будут толпы народа.
then again
As an opposite possibility; another thing.
He may be here tomorrow. Then again, he may not come until next week.
I thought you told me about the fire, but then again it could have been Bill.
then and there
At that very time and place in the past; right then.
He said he wanted his dime back then and there, so I had to give it to him.
there is more than one way to get a pig to market
there is more than one way to flay a fox
there is more than one way to skin a cat
There are always new and different ways to accomplish a difficult task. A proverb.
"'How did you get Tommy to study so hard?" Eleanor asked. "I simply disconnected the television set," Tommy's mother answered. "There's more than one way to get a pig to market."
there is nothing to it
Informal way to say, "It is easy."
Cooking stir-fried Chinese food is really not difficult at all; in fact, there's nothing to it.
there isn't enough room to swing a cat
О ситуации когда очень мало (недостаточно) места.
When I was a teenager I had a small room and too many stuffs. There wasn’t enough room to swing a cat but I tried so hard to orgnize it.
Когда я был подростком, у меня была маленькая комната,в которой была куча вещей. Там и кошку негде было повесить, но я старался содержать её в порядке.
think outside the box
think out of the box
Пытатся найти неординарное, новаторские решение.
Our competitors are more creative than us - they really think outside the box.
Наши соперники креативнее нас – они мыслят за рамками предложенного.