one's meaning in Russian
| English | Russian |
|---|---|
| behind someone's back (secretly) preposition | за глазаpreposition |
| bend someone's ear (talk too long) verb | все уши прожужжатьverb |
| bide one's time (to wait, especially for a suitable opportunity) verb [UK: baɪd wʌnz ˈtaɪm] [US: ˈbaɪd wʌnz ˈtaɪm] | |
| bite one's tongue (prevent oneself from uttering a word) verb | придержать языкverb прикусить языкverb |
| blow one's nose (to expel mucus from nose) verb [UK: bləʊ wʌnz nəʊz] [US: ˈbloʊ wʌnz noʊz] | высморкать носverb высморкатьсяverb сморкать носverb сморкатьсяverb сморкнутьсяverb |
| blow up in one's face (fail disastrously) verb | накрыться медным тазомverb |
| born with a silver spoon in one's mouth (born rich or in a wealthy family) adjective | родиться в сорочкеadjective |
| box someone's ears (slap on the side of the head) verb | давать оплеуху / затрещину / подзатыльникverb надрать ушиverb |
| break one's fast (archaic: to eat breakfast) verb [UK: breɪk wʌnz fɑːst] [US: ˈbreɪk wʌnz ˈfæst] | завтракатьverb позавтракатьverb |
| break one's fast (to conclude any period of fasting by consuming food) verb [UK: breɪk wʌnz fɑːst] [US: ˈbreɪk wʌnz ˈfæst] | разговетьсяverb разговлятьсяverb |
| break one's promise (to break one's word) verb | нарушить обещаниеverb |
| 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 |
| brush one's teeth (to clean one's teeth with a toothbrush) verb [UK: brʌʃ wʌnz tiːθ] [US: ˈbrəʃ wʌnz ˈtiːθ] | чистить зубыverb |
| burn one's bridges verb | все мостыverb рвать все связиverb сжигатьverb |
| burn one's fingers (harm oneself) verb | обжечьсяverb обжигатьсяverb |
| bury one's head in the sand (to deliberately ignore the reality of a situation) verb [UK: ˈbe.ri wʌnz hed ɪn ðə sænd] [US: ˈbe.ri wʌnz ˈhed ɪn ðə ˈsænd] | |
| bust one's ass (to work very hard) verb | вкалыватьverb жопуverb задницуverb надрыватьсяverb рватьverb |
| bust one's butt (to work exceptionally hard) verb | надрыватьсяverb пахатьverb рвать жопуverb |
| by the skin of one's teeth (barely, closely) preposition [UK: baɪ ðə skɪn əv wʌnz tiːθ] [US: baɪ ðə ˈskɪn əv wʌnz ˈtiːθ] | едваpreposition |
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