423. Eyes shoot fire, one's див. Е-415.

423. eyes welled up with tears очі, повні сліз;

George looked despairingly at his mother until he could see her no more for eyes welled up with tears (W. Thackeray).

1. Fabian policy (або tactics) обережна, вичікувальна політика у боротьбі з супротив­ ником [за ім'ям римського полководця Фа- бія, прозваного «Кунжаторсіш (=Повіль- ником)].

2. fabulous price (або sum), a неймовірна, нечувана ціна (або сума);

His cherished violin, the Cremona for which Charles Delacourt had paid a fabulous price, lay, bplit into four or five fragments, on the ground (F. Marryat).

3. Face about 1) n. Див. А-із, 2); 2) V. Див. A-13, 3).

4. face as long as a fiddle (або as a mile), a похмуре лице; див. тж. F-14;

"A merry Christmas to you, Jabez, and a good New Year,"

"Aw, 'deed, my iord," said Jabez, with a face as long as a fiddle, "if the New Year's no belter than the old one..." (H. Caine).

5. Face both ways, to див. L-ii80.

6. Face fell, one's див. С-ї380.

7. face goes against one, one's його (її та ін.) лице не подобається комусь;

His face went against me; it seemed dark and dangerous and secret (R. Stevenson).

8. face is made of a fiddle, one's заст. ча­ рівна ЗОВНІШНІСТЬ.

9. face is the index of the mind, the присл. лице дзеркало душі, ^ що на серці варить­ ся, на душі не втаїться [етим. лат. vultus est index animi].

10. face it with a card of ten, to заст. по­ водитися, триматися зухвало, визивно, за­ дирливо.

11. face loses its colour, one's він (вона і т. д.) блідне;

Her eyes were shining brilliantly, but fer face had lost'its colour within twenty seconds (0. Henry).

12. face of the dying calf ^ придурку- вато-мелапхолійний вираз обличчя.

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408. eye of the law, the (тж. the Eye of the Law) «око закону»;

He startled his hearers by showing that the Eye of the Law was watching the poacher at midnight, and setting traps to catch the criminal (W. Thack­eray).

eye of the mind, the див. М-ПЗЗ.

eyes and no eyes 1} ^ одні спосте­ режливі, а інші ні; 2) спостерігайте природу (назва деяких книг або журналів з природо­ знавства).

eyes are bigger than one's belly, one's (тж. one's eye is bigger than one's belly; the eye is bigger.than the belly) ^ завидющі очі.

eyes are the windows of the sou], the див. Е-402.

eyes draw (або gather, pick) straws, one's очі злипаються (хочеться спати).

eyes drop millstones, one's див. D-925.

eyes flash (або shoot) fire, one's його (її і т. д.) очі блищать, кидають вогнем- блискавицею.

eyes gather straws, one's див. Е-413.

eyes grew round, one's очі стали круглими (від здивування);

His eyes grew round, and his lips pursed to give vent to an imaginary whistle (L. Tracy).

418. eyes in the back of one's head «очі на потилиці!', пильність, уважність (звич. вжив, з дієсловом to have);

Не observed to his father that he was then six-and-twenty, and that when he should start in the farming business he would require eyes in the back of his head to see to all matters (ТА. Hardy).

.eyes like gimlets пронизливий або до­ питливий, цікавий погляд.

eyes like saucers великі круглі очі; див. тж. S-77;

What are you doing up at this hour with you: bleary, baggy een [= eyes] like saucers? (A. Cro-rim).

eyes pick straws, one's див. Е-413.

eyes right військ., рівняння направо; рівняйсь! (команда);

Metaphorically giving himself the command to 'eyes right' he brushed the other woman's name out of his mind and resolutely replaced that oi his wife (C. Hamilton).

eyes shoot fire, one's див. Е-415.

eyes welled up with tears очі, повні сліз;

George looked despairingly at his mother until he could see her no more for eyes welled up with tears (W. Thackeray).

Fabian policy (або tactics) обережна, вичікувальна політика у боротьбі з супротив­ ником [за ім'ям римського полководця Фа- бія, прозваного «Кунжаторсіш (=Повіль- ником)].

fabulous price (або sum), a неймовірна, нечувана ціна (або сума);

His cherished violin, the Cremona for which Charles Delacourt had paid a fabulous price, lay, bplit into four or five fragments, on the ground (F. Marryat).

face about 1) n. див. А-ІЗ, 2); 2) v. див. A-13, 3).

face as long as a fiddle (або as a mile), a похмуре лице; див. тж. F-14;

"A merry Christmas to you, Jabez, and a good New Year,"

"Aw, 'deed, my iord," said Jabez, with a face as long as a fiddle, "if the New Year's no belter than the old one..." (H. Caine).