2044. Bite the thumb at one, to див. B-2038.

2045. bite upon the bridle, to заст. І) гриз­ ти вудила; 2) перен. з нетерпінням чекати.

2046. biting (або bitter) cold сильний, лю­ тий холод;

And fall was in the air. Last night had been biting cold (S. Heym).

2047. biting tongue, а див. В-86.

2048. bit in ithe morning is better than nothing all day, а присл. ^ краще щось, ніж нічого; клоччя чи вовна — аби кишка повна.

2049. bit of, а (тж. a little bit) трошки;

І am fond of play, and am, as intelligent readers of this preface will have observed, myself a bit of an actor (B. Shaw).

"You want to be famous?" she asked abruptly "Yes, a little bit," he confessed (J. London).

2050. bit of all right, а розм. цілком під­ хожа людина або річ; те, що треба, хоч куди; дуже смачно; ^ пальчики оближеш;

Swain remarked that the hut was a 'bit of all right' (J. Galsworthy).

"It would be a bit of all right if he was to make a bloody mess of it, wouldn't it?" Crass continued with a malignant leer (R. Tressell).

2051. bit of blood, а (тж. full blood) чис­ токровний кінь.

2052. Bit of blue sky, а див. В-2531.

2053. bit of cavalry, а верховий кінь.

2054. bit off, а розм. не сповна розуму [скорочене від a bit off one's head].

2055. bit of fat, а розм. несподівана удача.

2056. bit of fluff (або muslin, stuff), a прострч. молода жінка, дівчина.

2057. bit of jam, а прострч. вродлива дівчина.

2058. Bit of muslin, а див. В-2056.

2059. bit (або piece) of one's mind, a правда, висловлена відверто; несхвалення, дорікання (звич. вжив, з дієсловами to give, to tell);

He would, however, let Timothy have a bit of his mind, and see if he would go on dropping hints! (7. Galsworthy).

2060. Bit of stuff, а див. В-2056.

2061. bit on, а розм. під чаркою (звич. вжив, з дієсловом to get).

2062. bits and pieces уламки, осколки; залишки (чогось);

"We're bits and pieces of all departments — Home Office, Mines Depart., Board of Trade — I myself," Gill coughed with mild pride, "am from the Admi­ralty" (A. Cronin).

He talked of the "bits and pieces" with which wages in some industries were made up — bonuses not based on production, good time-keeping bonuses (D. W. L., June 3, 1958).

2063. bitten child dreads the dog, а [тж. a burnt child dreads the fire; the escaped mouse ever feels the taste of the bait; once bit (або bitten) twice shy; a scalded cat (або dog) fears cold water] присл. ~ ля­ кана ворона і куща боїться, полоханий заєць і пенька боїться, обпечешся на мо­ лоці, то дмеш і на воду; налякав міх, що й торби страшно;

Don't you worry; he's not so miserable as he looks. He'll never show he's enjoying anything — they might try and take it from him. Old Soames! Once bit, twice shy! (J. Galsworthy).

Once bitten, twice shy, you know, and I would insist on checking each mile by the map if you were at the wheel (L. Tracy).

As my father said once — the scalded dog fears cold water (Ai. Edgeworth).

2064. (as) bitter as death дуже гіркий;

Quivering from the defeat of his hopes, with ihe green morocco case still flat against his heart, Soames revolved thoughts bitter as death (J. Gals­worthy).

2065. (as) bitter as gall (або verjuice, wormwood) гіркий, як полин, дуже гіркий;

Не hath good power of hatred. Couldst see by his cheek and eye that he is as bitter as verjuice (A. Doyle).

Yes, Eliza, it's all misery, misery, misery! My life is bitter as wormwood; the very life is burning out of me (H. Beecher Stowe).