hair of the dog that bit you
Использовать небольшое количество того от чего заболели, например немного алкоголя, когда нужно прийти в себя после того как выпили слишком много.
Here, have a drop of this. It's a little hair of the dog that bit you!
Вот, хлебни немного. Клин клином вышибают!
half the battle
A large part of the work.
When you write an essay for class, making the outline is half the battle.
To see your faults and decide to change is half the battle of self-improvement.
handwriting on the wall
A sign that something bad will happen.
When Bill's team lost four games in a row, he saw the handwriting on the wall.
John's employer had less and less work for him; John could read the handwriting on the wall and looked for another job.
A warning; a message of some urgency.
"This nuclear plant is about to explode, I think," the chief engineer said. "We'd better get out of here in a hurry, the handwriting is on the wall."
hang in the balance
To have two equally possible results; to be in doubt; be uncertain.
Until Jim scored the winning touchdown, the outcome of the game hung in the balance.
She was very sick and her life hung in the balance for several days.
hang in
hang in there
To persevere; not to give up; to stick to a project and not lose faith or courage.
Hang in there old buddy; the worst is yet to come.
hang on the words of
hang on the lips of
To listen very attentively to.
Ann hangs on every word of her history teacher and takes very careful notes.
As he went on with his speech, his auditors, deeply interested, hung on his lips.
hang together
To stay united; help and defend one another.
The club members always hung together when one of them was in trouble.
I suggest that the company dock everyone’s wage 10%. That way we hang together rather than hanging separate.
To form a satisfactory whole; fit together.
Jack's story of why he was absent from school seems to hang together.
happy as the day is long
Cheerful and happy.
Carl is happy as the day is long because school is over for the summer.