He's everything we need right now: a go-getter, knows the ins and outs of the state's attorney's office.
–the salt of the earth
–The members of our club are all the salt of the earth and are fun to spend time with.
–down-to-earth
–I like Mrs. Wilson because she's so down to earth, so natural.
–social butterfly
–You know, I'm a real social butterfly myself.
–goody two shoes
–You know what a goody-two-shoes I am.
–wet blanket/spoilsport/killjoy
–I gotta say, laura, you're kind of a wet blanket since you quit smoking.
–man of his word/woman of her word
–And believe it or not, I'm a man of my word.
–mover and shaker
–Keeping above the fray, working with the movers and shakers.
–five o’clock shadow
–Peter has a very heavy beard – even though he shaves every morning, he gets a five o'clock shadow by lunchtime!
–look a sight
–You look a sight!
–as ugly as sin
–He said he would marry her if she was as ugly as sin.
–look like a million dollars
–You look like a million dollars.
–mutton dressed as lamb
–Well, he's a ponce and she's mutton dressed as lamb.
–vertically challenged
–My candidate's vertically challenged.
–thin on the top
–He's getting thin on the top.
–Идиомы, связанные с чувствами, эмоциями, отношениями
on cloud nine/walk on air
–Если сикараське откусить хвост — вырастет новый. А вырастет ли у хвоста новая сикараська?
Алексей Лукьянов , Алексей Сергеевич Лукьянов , Андрей Леонидович Мартьянов , Виктор Алексеевич Евланов , Йен Уотсон , Сергей Александрович Снегов
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