get two bites at the cherry
have another bite at the cherry
Получить второй шанс что-либо сделать.
He was eliminated in the semi-finals but he'll get a second bite at the cherry next year.
Он был отсеян в полуфиналах, но в следующем году у него снова появится шанс.
Her appointment will calm those of us who felt she deserved to have another bite at the cherry.
Ее назначение успокоит тех, кто считал, что она заслуживала второго шанса.
go into orbit
To become very happy or successful.
Our team has gone into orbit.
To lose one's temper or control completely; become very angry.
John was afraid his father would go into orbit when he found out about the car accident.
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!
into orbit
Thrilled; exuberantly happy; in very high spirits.
When Carol won the lottery she went right into orbit.
jack-rabbit start
A very sudden start from a still position; a very fast start from a stop.
Bob made a jack-rabbit start when the traffic light turned green.
make an exhibition of oneself
To behave foolishly or embarrassingly in public.
Stop drinking so much and making an exhibition of yourself.
put the bite on
To ask (for money, favors, etc.)
Попросить или потребовать что-либо (денег, предпочтения и т.д.).
John put the bite on his friend for several tickets to the dance.
Willie Mays put the bite on the Giants for a large raise.
She put the bite on her sister for twenty dollars.
Она попросила у своей сестры двадцать долларов.
quite a little
quite a bit
not a little
Rather a large amount; rather much; more than a little.
We are not finished; quite a little is left to do.
Cleaning the backyard needed quite a little work.
The phrase quite a bit is used like an adjective only before less, more.
Six inches of snow fell today, and quite a bit more is coming tonight.
Sometimes used like an adverb.
Harry was sick quite a little last winter.