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someone's (the possessive adjective for someone) adjective [UK: ˈsəˌm.wənz] [US: ˈsəˌm.wənz] | чей-тоadjective |
apple of someone's eye (favourite, a particular preference, or a loved one) noun [UK: ˈæp.l̩ əv ˈsəˌm.wənz aɪ] [US: ˈæp.l̩ əv ˈsəˌm.wənz ˈaɪ] | зеница окаnoun свет очейnoun |
behind someone's back (secretly) preposition | за глазаpreposition |
bend someone's ear (talk too long) verb | все уши прожужжатьverb |
box someone's ears (slap on the side of the head) verb | давать оплеуху / затрещину / подзатыльникverb надрать ушиverb |
break someone's heart (to cause a person to feel grief or sadness) verb | разбивать сердцеverb разбить сердцеverb |
breathe down someone's neck (to follow or supervise too closely) verb | дышать в спинуverb стоять над душойverb |
cat got someone's tongue (why are you not saying anything?) phrase | язык проглотил?phrase язык проглотила?phrase язык проглотили?phrase |
clean someone's clock (defeat decisively) verb | |
come to someone's aid (to assist and rescue someone) verb | прийти на помощьverb |
cross someone's palm verb | |
do someone's head in (irritate, disturb) verb | беситьverb |
follow in someone's footsteps (follow the same path as someone) verb | |
get on someone's nerves (annoy or irritate) verb [UK: ˈɡet ɒn ˈsəˌm.wənz nɜːvz] [US: ˈɡet ɑːn ˈsəˌm.wənz ˈnɝːvz] | действовать на нервыverb играть на нервахverb |
go over someone's head (to take up an issue with another person's boss or other superior rather than beginning or continuing to deal with the original person) verb | через головуverb |
go to someone's head verb | вскружить головуverb ударить в головуverb |
grease someone's palm (to bribe) verb | дать на лапуverb подмазатьverb |
have someone's back (be prepared and willing to support or defend someone) verb | защищатьverb поддерживатьverb |
hold someone's hand (idiomatic: guide somebody) verb | водить за ручкуverb |
hot on someone's heels (close behind) adjective | дышать в затылокadjective на хвостеadjective наступать на пяткиadjective |
in someone's pocket (receiving money from or under the influence of a person or group of people) adjective | в карманеadjective в рукахadjective |
jump down someone's throat (criticise with excessive and unexpected harshness) verb | затыкать рот //verb |
make someone's blood boil (cause a person to feel angry) verb | довести до белого каленияverb достатьverb |
make someone's blood run cold (cause a person to feel fear) verb | кровь застылаverb |