get on like a house on fire
Сблизиться; крепко подружиться.
It was a perfect marriage. They got on like a house on fire.
Это был идеальный брак. Они жили душа в душу.
get used to
In the habit of or familiar with.
This idiom describes the process of change that allows some one to be used to a situation, action, or habit.
This idiom describes the process of change that allows some one to be used to a situation, action, or habit.
People get used to smoking and it is hard for them to stop.
Farmers are used to working outdoors in the winter.
After my eyes became used to the dim light in the cave, I saw an old shovel on the ground.
On the hike Bob soon got tired, but Dick did not because he was used to walking.
It took Yoshiko a long time to get used to the food that her American host family served her.
Mark can't seem to get used to wearing contact lenses, recently he's been wearing his glasses a lot.
give one pause
give pause
To astonish someone; cause one to stop and think; make someone doubt or worry.
"Your remark gives me pause," Tom said, when Jane called him an incurable gambler.
The heavy monthly payments gave Mr. Smith pause in his plans to buy a new car.
The bad weather gave Miss Carter pause about driving to New York City.
go round the houses
"Ходить вокруг да около."
He is going round the houses and can’t tell us the truth.
Он ходит вокруг да около и не может рассказать правду.
hash house
An eating place where cheap meals are served.
Joe and his friends went to a hash house around the corner after the game.
house detective
A detective employed by a hotel, store, or other business to watch for any trouble.
The one-armed man sweeping the bank floor was really the house detective.
house of cards
Something badly put together and easily knocked down; a poorly founded plan, hope, or action.
John's business fell apart like a house of cards.
house of ill fame
house of ill repute
A bordello; a brothel.
At the edge of town there is a house of ill repute run by a Madame who used to be a singer in a bar.