horsefeathers!
Not true; I don't believe what you're saying.
"Horsefeathers!" Brad cried. "I can't believe a word of what you said about Jessica."
Exclamation of disgust.
"Horsefeathers!" Fred cried. "We've just missed the bus."
hot and bothered
Excited and worried, displeased, or puzzled. A hackneyed phrase.
Fritz got all hot and bothered when he failed in the test.
Leona was all hot and bothered when her escort was late in coming for her.
Jerry was hot and bothered about his invention when he couldn't get it to work.
It is a small matter; don't get so hot and bothered.
hot off the press
Just appeared in print.
Только что появившееся в печати.
This is the latest edition of the Chicago Tribune; it's hot off the press.
I just got it hot off the press; another bank has gone bankrupt!
Я только что узнал об этом из прессы; разорился еще один банк!
hot under the collar
To be very angry.
Быть очень рассерженным.
Mary gets hot under the collar if you joke about women drivers.
Tom got hot under the collar when his teacher punished him.
She got very hot under the collar when I told her someone had scratched her car.
Она очень рассердилась, когда я ей сказал, что кто-то поцарапал ее машину.
hug the road
To stay firmly on the road; ride smoothly without swinging.
A heavy car with a low center of gravity will hug the road.
At high speeds a car will not hug the road well.
icing on the cake
дословно: глазурь на торте
Что-то, что делает хорошую ситуацию или положение еще лучше.
Что-то, что делает хорошую ситуацию или положение еще лучше.
I found a good job and the fact that I can work where I want is the icing on the cake.
Я нашел хорошую работу и то, что я могу работать там, где хочу, делает ситуацию еще лучше.
if it's not one thing it's another
If a certain thing doesn't go wrong, another most probably will.
When John lost his keys and his wallet, and his car wouldn't start, he exclaimed in despair, "If it's not one thing it's another."
if the hill will not come to Muhammad, Muhammad will go to the hill
If one person will not go to the other, then the other must go to him. A proverb.
Grandfather won't come to visit us, so we must go and visit him. If the hill won't come to Muhammad, then Muhammad will go to the hill.