Идиомы и фразеологизмы английского со словом etc

Словосочетания со словом etc

do a stretch
do time
doing time
To spend time in jail serving one's sentence.
Jake has disappeared from view for a while; he is doing a stretch for dope smuggling.
farfetched
Exaggerated; fantastic.
Sally told us some farfetched story about having been kidnapped by little green men in a flying saucer.
on the home stretch
To say that you're on the home stretch means that you are approaching the end of something such as a task, a race or a journey.
Приближаться к концу чего-либо – выполнения задания, гонки и т.д.
Don't give up - we're on the home stretch now!
Не сдавайся – мы уже близки к концу!
The bulk of the work is behind us now - we're on the home stretch now!
I never thought the prison sentence would end, but I feel I’m on the home stretch now.
stretch a point
strain a point
To permit something different or more than usual; not tell the exact truth or make an exception.
Mother stretched a point because it was Christmas time and let the children stay up later than usual.
It's straining a point to call Joe a hero just because he saved the kitten from drowning in the bathtub.
stretch of the imagination
Imaginative attempt or effort.
By no stretch of the imagination can I see Al as a successful lawyer.