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  1. Be up to the chin in something, to див. В-п46.

  2. Be up to the ears in love, to див. B-788.

  3. be up to the ears (або elbows, eyes) in something, to див. B-1146.

  4. be up to trap, to бути хитрим, кміт­ ливим, тямущим; пронюхати в чому справа.

  5. be used as a door-mat, to ^ відігра­ вати жалюгідну роль; бути втоптаним у грязь.

  6. be used to (one, something), to звик­ нути, призвичаїтися (до когось, чогось);

...As for the difference of ages, what matter that the Major... was fifteen years younger than Madam Esmond? They were used to such marriages in the family (W. Thackeray).

  1. be vain of (one, something), to див. B-1529.

  2. be versed in something, to бути до­ свідченим, тямити в чомусь;

...She had lived for the most part in the country, and never read the parliamentary debates, she was little versed in these particular refinements in civi­lised life (Ch. Dickens).

1816. beware of a man of one book ^

будь обережним у суперечках з фахівцем [етим. лат. cave ab homine unius libri].

  1. beware of a silent dog and still water присл. бійся собаки, що мовчить, і тихого болота; ^ у тихому болоті чорти водяться; див. тж. S-2157.

  2. beware wheat (тж. 'ware wheat) жарт, обережно, не наступіть мені на мо­ золь;

Harris, in moving about, trod on George's corn. Had this happened before supper, George .would have expressed wishes and desires concerning Harris's fate in this world and the next that would have made a thoughtful man shudder. As it was, he said, "Steady, old man, 'ware wheat" (Jerome K. Jerame).

1819. be wax in one's hands, to цілком підкоритися волі іншого, бути сліпим зна­ ряддям у чиїхсь' руках; див. тж. В-1536;

Не was crossing you and wheedling you, I saw; and you were soft wax in his hands, I saw (Ch. Dickens).

1820. be weak in the head (аво upper storey, upper story), to [тж. to be wrong in one's garret (або in the head, in the upper story, in the upper storey, in the wits)] бути

T. Баранцев

be weighed

130

be worth

дурним, не сповна розуму; див. тж. В-219 та N-251.

  1. Be weighed in the balance, and found wanting, to див. Т-2052.

  2. be well, to бути здоровим, не бути хворим;

"You are not well?"

"I am better, indeed — a great deal better," said Smike quickly (Ch. Dickens).

  1. be well-found in something, to мати солідні знання з чогось.

  2. be well off, to бути при грошах, з грішми; бути заможним, жити в достатках; див. тж. В-547, 2);

Apart from the fact that his move to Mrs. Pey­ton's had taken him into a better state and neighbourhood he was really not so well off as he had been at Mrs. Cuppy's (Th. Dreiser).

  1. be well on, to значно просунутися (про роботу тощо).

  2. be well on the way, to див. В-769.

  3. be well out of something, to щасливо збутися чогось, відкараскатися від чогось.

  4. be well past thirty і т. д., to значно більше тридцяти років (про вік).

1629. be well up, to 1) (in a subject) добре знати щось, добре розбиратися в чомусь;

But he was well up in everything, for papa had taken great pains with him, and he has gone on by himself since (H. Wood).

2) (for an examination) бути добре підго­товленим до екзамену.

  1. be wet to the marrow (або to the marrow of one's bones, to the skin, through, through to the skin), to див. В-652.

  2. be (або come, happen) what may (або might, will) (тж. сл. chance the ducks) щоб не трапилося, за всяких обставин, що буде, те й буде;

Gosh, a fellow must have some air, come what may (A. Cronin).

On one point we were all agreed, and that was that, come what might, we would go through with this job (Jerome K. Jerome).

Now, he has set down his foot that, come what will, there shall not be a blow struck in this house... (H. Beecher Stowe).

  1. be white about the gills, to due. B-573.

  2. be wild about (one, something), to бути в нестямі від (когось, чогось); палко бажати (чогось).

  3. be wise to (one, something), to амер. сл. знати чиїсь хитрощі, підступи;

It's a good lesson for them; maybe they'll stop it now. I'm wise to them. I know when they're faking (E. Caldwell).

1835. be with child, to бути вагітного, за­ вагітніти;

"Are you with child? Tell me quickly or I'll brain you," he shouted (A. Cronin).

1836. be with (або have) feet of clay, to

стояти на глиняних ногах, бути слабким, нестійким.

  1. be with young, to бути поросною, тільною тощо.

  2. be word perfect, to знати щось (особливо роль) напам'ять;

Не knows his part; he's word perfect (A. Worrall).

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