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(6)

взять (брать) себя в

(a) to pull oneself together

руки

(b) to take oneself in hand

(7)

держать себя в руках

(a) to hold oneself in hand

(b) to keep a (tight) hold on

oneself

(8)

кто-л. не лыком шит

(a) be nobody's fool (тж.: We

are nobody's fools.)

(b) напр. : I wasn't born yester-

day. I've been around (или

•

around the block).

(9)

навести (наводить) тень

(a) to fog things up

на плетень

(b) to paint smth in wrong co-

lours

(c) to throw dust in one's eyes

(10) скрести (поскрести, мести) -

to scrape the barrel (или

по сусекам

the bottom of the barrel) тж.

for smth (редко: for smb)

(11) кто-л. чист как (or аки)

[Irony:] be (as) innocent as a

ангел

lamb; be (as) clean as a ho-

und's tooth

(12) рыльце в пуху (в пушку)

(а) напр.: Не has his fingers in

у кого-л.

the pie (или in it).

(b) напр.: Не doesn't keep his

nose (или hands) clean.

(13) кто-л. глухой (глухая,

be (as) deaf as a post (или as a

etc.) как пень

stone)

(14) в один момент

(a) in no time (тж. in no -time

flat)

(b) in two shakes

(c) in a jiffy

(d) in the twinkling (или blink)

of an eye

(e) like a shot

(15) палец в рот не клади кому-л.

smb is (as) smart as a steel trap