3. Translate into English

1. Никто не любит командиров!

2. Она большая шишка в городской политике.

3. Анна –темная лошадка, я понятия не имел, что она опубликовала роман!

4. Он по–прежнему свободно путешествовал по миру, но он знал, что за ним наблюдают.

5. Нам следует доверять Силве: он очень опытный в игре.

6. Он большая шишка в рекламе.

7. Новые учителя с трудом справляются с зазнайками в их классах.

4. Look at the drawings below. Which idioms do they remind you?

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5. Match idioms with their synonyms

1. a backseat driver

2. a big shot

3. a live wire

4. an old hand

5. a marked man

6. a smart aleck

7. a wet blanket

1. know-all, tin god, wise guy, snob

2. killjoy, critic, misery, unwelcome person, party pooper

3. pressed, stuck, in deep trouble, watched

4. busy bee, eager beaver, sharpie, sharpy

5. expert, master, experienced person

6. big cheese, big deal, big enchilada, big fish, big gun, big wheel, bigwig

Monday-morning quarter-ba

Unit 7

(to take / use) a short cut	Срезать путь	«cut»−прямоймаршрут
(to give)a dirty look	Сердито посмотреть, хмуриться
(it's (a case of) )Hobson’s choice	Выбор без выбора, выбора нет	It’s refers to Tobias Hobson who lived in Cambridge during the sixteenth century. He owned a stable and used to hire out horses. He only allowed his customers to choose the horse nearest the stable door – the one that had run the least recently. So, in the effect, the customers couldn’t choose their horses at all.
(It’s) a dead heat	Ничья	This term comes from 18th-century British horse racing and is still part of racing terminology.
(to have)a plum job	Тепленькое местечко, очень хорошая работа	«plum»−слива. Why "plum"? It relates to the 1600s British term "plum" for 1,000 pounds, meaning a serious amount of money. Also a plum job was a soft job.
(It’s) a vicious circle	Порочный, замкнутый круг	This expression comes from the French «cerclevicieux» , which in philosophy means "a circular proof" that is, the proof of one statement depends on a second statement, whose proof in turn depends on the first.
A tall story (cock-and-bull story)	Небылица
A flying visit	Мимолетный визит	This visit is so short as the planeflies over the cities
(to have)a fat chance	Держи карман шире, очень маленькая вероятность чего−то	This phrase can be used as a way of sarcastically describing the impossibility of something
(to be)Double Dutch	Нонсенс, вздор

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1. We were late for the game, but found …………….. through the fields.(a quicker way)

2. The fatter I get, the unhappier I am, so I eat to cheer myself up, which makes me fatter yet it's ……........(A series of events in which each problem creates another and worsens the original one)

3. I got ……… from the teacher when I cracked a joke in class. (an angry face or a frown)

4. I’ll come to see Ted on my way to work only for ………... He isn’t feeling well.(a very short visit)

5. My dad said if I wanted the car I could have it tonight or not at all--that's ……………..( choice is no choice at all)

6. "I hooked up with Bongo last week at her barbecue." "You, with her? …………. !" (no chance)

7. There aren't really any ………………. to learning English. (quicker ways)

8. The two companies are in ……………. to get a new personal computer on the market. (a contest in which no winner is apparent)

9. Victory to trigger rush for………….. (a well−paid and comfortable job)

10. He was so hungover he got drunk, and this caused him to be hungover again, so he got drunk again. The vicious circle of drinking continued until he realised he was a raging alcoholic. (A series of events in which each problem creates another and worsens the original one)

11. She could have been talking …………..for all we understood of it. (nonsense)

12. The game was ………………………………..(a contest in which no winner is apparent)

13. "Stop feeding me such ……………," the detective said to the suspect.(absurd stories)

14. Tom came to New York for only …………….. We had hardly eaten lunch when he had to leave.(a very short visit)

15. …………… he has of winning the title! (no chance)

16. Polls indicated …………………. for the office of dog catcher.(a contest in which no winner is apparent)

17. Carlos decided to take …………… home.(a quicker way)

18. Anne gave me ………….(an angry face or a frown)

2. Match the idioms on the left with the correct definitions on the right.

1. a short cut

2. a dirty look

3. Hobson’s choice

4. a dead heat

5. a plum job

6. a vicious circle

7. a tall story

8. a flying visit

9. a fat chance

10. Double Dutch

1. a situation in which one problem causes another problem, that then causes the first problem again, so that the whole process continues to be repeated

2. a quicker way of doing something, saving time or effort

3. a well−paid and comfortable job

4. to look at someone in a way that shows that you are angry with them or do not like them;

5. choice is no choice at all; a free choice that offers no real alternative.

6. a race or contest in which two or more participants tie for first place; a close race or contest in which no winner is apparent

7. very little or no chance

8. a very short time

9. a story that is silly and difficult to believe

10. speech or writing that is impossible to understand, gibberish