Site's root page and all-inclusive feed https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/ The feed of this root section is a kind of summary made of all the top 4 levels puplications taken from all the main site sections (main sections are now seen in the site menu). For example, everything that lies under /eng/1/2/3/4 is not seen by the channel. en-us Wed, 10 Jun 2026 02:22:58 +0300 Wed, 10 Jun 2026 02:22:58 +0300 https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/ root@sky-net-eye.com (noreply) root@sky-net-eye.com (noreply) Home page and general feed https://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/logo_en.png https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/ Benjamin Disraeli https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/sayings_expressions/quotations-d-/aphorism-3846 https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/sayings_expressions/quotations-d-/aphorism-3846 Home page and general feed #quoteoftheday
(1804—1881)
British Prime Minister
Life is too short to be small.

]]> Tue, 09 Jun 2026 09:00:03 +0300 перекладывать с больной головы на здоровую https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/russian-idioms/ri_p/perekladivat-s-bolnoy-golovyi-na-zdorovuu https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/russian-idioms/ri_p/perekladivat-s-bolnoy-golovyi-na-zdorovuu Home page and general feed #LearnRussian #RussianIdiom #RussianSaying
перекладывать с больной головы на здоровую  {v. phr.}
pere`kladyivat' s bol'`noj golo`vyi na zdo`rovuu
To pass the blame to someone innocent.
See: перекладывать вину

]]> Tue, 09 Jun 2026 09:00:03 +0300 bawl out https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_b/456-bawl-out https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_b/456-bawl-out Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms #informal #verb
bawl out  {v.},  {informal}
To reprove in a loud or rough voice; rebuke sharply; scold.
The teacher bawled us out for not handing in our homework.
Compare: HAUL OVER THE COALS, LIGHT INTO, TELL A THING OR TWO.
Categories: {informal} {v.}

]]> Tue, 09 Jun 2026 09:00:02 +0300 come by https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_c/1407-come-by https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_c/1407-come-by Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms #verb
come by  {v.}
To get; obtain; acquire.
A good job like that is hard to come by.
Money easily come by is often easily spent.
How did she come by that money?
Categories: money {v.}

]]> Tue, 09 Jun 2026 09:00:02 +0300 без сучка без задоринки https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/russian-idioms/ri_b/bez-suchka-bez-zadorinki https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/russian-idioms/ri_b/bez-suchka-bez-zadorinki Home page and general feed #LearnRussian #RussianIdiom #RussianSaying
без сучка без задоринки  {adv. phr.}
`bez such'`ka bez za`dorinki
Sth. that went off impeccably, smoothly, without any problems.
To do sth. without defects.
Тестирование продукта прошло без сучка без задоринки. — Product testing has been carried out (passed) without any problems (smoothly).

 {Origin}
From the carpenters' and cabinetmakers' style of speaking. Initially, about the wood and timber of a high quality and thorough woodworking. Задоринка — roughness, a hook on the surface of a smoothly planed board. Literally — without any defects.

See also:
комар носа не подточит; без изъянов
it's just perfect; it's done to a T; there's nothing left hanging

]]> Mon, 08 Jun 2026 09:00:03 +0300 death knell https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_d/1756-death-knell https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_d/1756-death-knell Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms #formal #noun
death knell  {n.},  {formal}
1. The ringing of a bell at a death or funeral.
The people mourned at the death knell of their friend.
2.  {literary}
Something which shows a future failure.
Bill's poor grade on his final examination sounded the death knell of his hope to be a doctor.
His sudden deafness was the death knell of his hope to become President. ]]> Mon, 08 Jun 2026 09:00:02 +0300 Gore Vidal https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/sayings_expressions/quotations-v-/aphorism-3017 https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/sayings_expressions/quotations-v-/aphorism-3017 Home page and general feed (1925- )
U.S. writer
Never have children, only grandchildren.
]]> Mon, 08 Jun 2026 09:00:02 +0300 high as a kite https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_h/3625-high-as-a-kite https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_h/3625-high-as-a-kite Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms #adjective
high as a kite  {adj.}
1. As excited and happy as one can possibly be.
When Eric won the lottery he was high as a kite.
2. Intoxicated or under the influence of some drug.
Jeff has been drinking again and he is high as a kite.
Compare: THREE SHEETS IN/TO THE WIND.
Categories: {adj.}

]]> Mon, 08 Jun 2026 09:00:02 +0300 Jack Kerouac https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/sayings_expressions/quotations-k-/aphorism-4281 https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/sayings_expressions/quotations-k-/aphorism-4281 Home page and general feed (1922—1969)
U.S. writer
I'm a Catholic and I can't commit suicide, but I plan to drink myself to death.

]]> Sun, 07 Jun 2026 09:00:03 +0300 танцы с бубном https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/russian-idioms/ri_t/tambourine-dansing https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/russian-idioms/ri_t/tambourine-dansing Home page and general feed #LearnRussian #RussianIdiom #RussianSaying
танцы с бубном or танцы с бубнами or пляски с бубном  {n. phr.}  {jokingly}  {informal}  {used by technical guys}
 {literally} tambourine dansing
A set of sophisticated and unobvious actions (for example, not clearly described in the user manual) which are necessary to be performed to achieve the particular goal (for example, in conputer set up and configuration). "Tambourine dansing" is usually a long and painful process of 'trials and errors' and can be different next time you do generally the same thing.

]]> Sun, 07 Jun 2026 09:00:03 +0300 play fair https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_p/6205-play-fair https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_p/6205-play-fair Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms #verb
play fair  {v. phr.}
To do what is right to others; act in a fair and truthful way.
The boys like the principal because he always plays fair.
Mary would not date any other boys while Jim, her favorite boyfriend, was away; she said that would not be playing fair.
Categories: {v. phr.}

]]> Sun, 07 Jun 2026 09:00:02 +0300 red eye https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_r/6586-red-eye https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_r/6586-red-eye Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms #informal #noun
red eye  {n. phr.},  {informal}
A night flight.
The company refused to pay for him to take a more expensive daytime flight, so he had to come in on the red eye.
Categories: {informal} {n. phr.}

]]> Sun, 07 Jun 2026 09:00:02 +0300 time https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_t/8261-time https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_t/8261-time Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms
time
See:
ABOUT TIME,
AGAINST TIME,
AT A TIME,
AT ONE TIME,
AT THE SAME TIME,
AT TIMES,
BEHIND THE TIMES,
BEHIND TIME,
BIDE ONE'S TIME,
BIG TIME,
EVERY TIME ONE TURNS AROUND,
FOR THE TIME BEING,
FROM TIME TO TIME,
GIVE A HARD TIME,
HAVE A TIME,
HIGH TIME,
IN GOOD TIME,
IN NO TIME,
IN THE NICK OF TIME,
IN TIME,
KEEP TIME,
LESS THAN NO TIME,
LIVE ON BORROWED TIME,
MAKE TIME,
MARK TIME,
ONCE UPON A TIME,
ON ONE'S OWN TIME,
ON TIME,
PASS THE TIME OF DAY,
SMALL-TIME,
TAKE ONE'S TIME,
TWO-TIME.

]]> Sun, 07 Jun 2026 09:00:02 +0300 Wendell Johnson https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/sayings_expressions/quotations-j-/aphorism-2558 https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/sayings_expressions/quotations-j-/aphorism-2558 Home page and general feed (1906—1965)
U.S. speech pathologist and general semanticist
Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use.

]]> Sat, 06 Jun 2026 09:00:03 +0300 выносить сор из избы https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/russian-idioms/ri_v/vinosit-sor-iz-izbyi https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/russian-idioms/ri_v/vinosit-sor-iz-izbyi Home page and general feed #LearnRussian #RussianIdiom #RussianSaying
выносить сор из избы  {v. phr.}
 {literally}
To take trash out one's home.
~air (wash) one's dirty linen (in public);
~wash your dirty linen at home;
~to foul one's own nest.
To expose smt. that should be kept private to public.
Usually in negative:
Не надо выносить сор из избы! — Let's wash our dirty linen at home!
Давайте не будем (перестанем) выносить сор из избы! — Let's avoid (stop) washing dirty linen!
See:
стирать свое грязное белье при людях

]]> Sat, 06 Jun 2026 09:00:03 +0300 get together https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_g/2871-get-together https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_g/2871-get-together Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms #verb
get together  {v.}
To come to an agreement; agree.
Mother says I should finish my arithmetic lesson, and Father says I should mow the lawn. Why don't you two get together?
Categories: {v.}

]]> Sat, 06 Jun 2026 09:00:02 +0300 hold one's peace https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_h/3718-hold-ones-peace https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_h/3718-hold-ones-peace Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms #formal #verb
hold one's peace  {v. phr.},  {formal}
To be silent and not speak against something; be still; keep quiet.
I did not agree with the teacher, but held my peace as he was rather angry.
Compare: HOLD ONE'S TONGUE
Categories: peace {formal} {v. phr.}

]]> Sat, 06 Jun 2026 09:00:02 +0300 pick over https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_p/6122-pick-over https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_p/6122-pick-over Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms #verb
pick over  {v.}
To select the best of; look at and take what is good from; choose from.
She picked the apples over and threw out the bad ones.
We hurried to the big sale, but we were late and everything had already been picked over.
Categories: {v.}

]]> Sat, 06 Jun 2026 09:00:02 +0300 play around with https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_p/6198-play-around-with https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_p/6198-play-around-with Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms
play around with
See: TOY WITH.
]]> Sat, 06 Jun 2026 09:00:02 +0300 pour out https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_p/6295-pour-out https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_p/6295-pour-out Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms #verb
pour out  {v.}
1. To tell everything about; talk all about.
Mary poured out her troubles to her pal.
2. To come out in great quantity; stream out.
The people poured out of the building when they heard the fire alarm.
Categories: {v.}

]]> Sat, 06 Jun 2026 09:00:02 +0300 Leo Rosten https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/sayings_expressions/quotations-r-/aphorism-4243 https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/sayings_expressions/quotations-r-/aphorism-4243 Home page and general feed (1908—1997)
U.S. writer
Don't blame God--he's only human.
]]> Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:00:03 +0300 залетная птица https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/russian-idioms/ri_z/zaletnaya-ptitsa https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/russian-idioms/ri_z/zaletnaya-ptitsa Home page and general feed #LearnRussian #RussianIdiom #RussianSaying
залетная птица  {n. phr.}
za`l'yotnaja `pt'ica
~a bird of passage.
1. Smb., who has come/appeared without special plans but casually, for example, passing by.
2. Smb., who has come unexpectedly or by surprise.

]]> Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:00:03 +0300 last out https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_l/4533-last-out https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_l/4533-last-out Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms #verb
last out  {v.}
1. To be enough until the end of.
There is enough food in the house to last out the snowstorm.
Our candies won't last out the night.
2. To continue to the end of; continue to live after; live or go through.
The old man is dying; he won't last out the night.
This car will never last out the winter.
Compare: HOLD OUT.
Categories: {v.}

]]> Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:00:02 +0300 potato https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_p/6279-potato https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_p/6279-potato Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms
potato
See: HOT POTATO.
]]> Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:00:02 +0300 run riot https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_r/6792-run-riot https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_r/6792-run-riot Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms #verb
run riot  {v. phr.}
1. To act freely or wildly; not control yourself.
The monkey got out of his cage and ran riot in the pet shop.
John let his imagination run riot, thinking he was hunting lions in Africa.
2. To be or grow in great numbers or large amounts.
Daisies ran riot in the meadow.
Compare: RUN WILD.
Categories: {v. phr.}

]]> Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:00:02 +0300 брать себя в руки https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/russian-idioms/ri_b/brat-sebya-v-ruki https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/russian-idioms/ri_b/brat-sebya-v-ruki Home page and general feed #LearnRussian #RussianIdiom #RussianSaying
брать (взять) себя в руки  {v. phr.}
brat' (vzyat') se`bya v `ruki
 {literally} take oneself in hands.

See:
to collect oneself, to pull oneself together, to control oneself, to take oneself in hand, to get control of oneself charge / control of sth.

1. To recover control over one's emotions, to show self-control.
~to keep one's wool on

Неприятное известие очень взволновало отца, но он быстро взял себя в руки. — Father was very alarmed by the bad news, however he has taken himself in hand very quickly.

2. To become more self-disciplined, purposeful, make yourself do sth.
— Танюша! — взволнованно говорит Саша. — Твой отец прав — ты должна много работать! Нужно взять себя в руки, быть настойчивой, смелой, энергичной (В. Липатов). — "Tanusha!" Sasha says with emotion, "Your father is correct. You should work hard! You should take yourself in hand, be persistent, audacious, energetic." (V. Lipatov)

(!) do not mix up with the idiom:
брать в руки, брать в свои руки.

]]> Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:00:03 +0300 pimple https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_p/6147-pimple https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_p/6147-pimple Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms
pimple
See:
GOOSE BUMPS or GOOSE PIMPLES.
]]> Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:00:02 +0300 William IV https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/sayings_expressions/quotations-i-/aphorism-4766 https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/sayings_expressions/quotations-i-/aphorism-4766 Home page and general feed I know of no person so perfectly disagreeable and even dangerous as an author.

]]> Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:00:02 +0300 see off https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_s/6952-see-off https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_s/6952-see-off Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms #verb
see off  {v.}
To go to say or wave goodbye to.
His brother went to the train with him to see him off.
When Marsha flew to Paris, Flo saw her off at the airport.
Categories: {v.}

]]> Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:00:01 +0300 up a tree https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_u/8611-up-a-tree https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_u/8611-up-a-tree Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms #informal #adjective #adverb
up a tree  {adv.} or  {adj. phr.}
1. Hunted or chased into a tree; treed.
The dog drove the coon up a tree so the hunter could shoot him.
2.  {informal} in trouble; having problems; in a difficulty that it is hard to escape or think of a way out of.
John's father has him up a tree in the checker game.
Compare: UP THE CREEK. ]]> Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:00:01 +0300 лиха беда начало https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/russian-idioms/ri_l/liha-beda-nachalo https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/russian-idioms/ri_l/liha-beda-nachalo Home page and general feed #LearnRussian #RussianIdiom #RussianSaying
лиха беда начало  {proverb}
li`kha be`da na`chalo
~the first step is the hardest
 {literally}
Beginning is a hard evil.
Often said to encourage somebody, when the person is about to do (begin) some nontrivial task, work, etc.

See also:
глаза боятся, а руки делают
a good beginning makes a good ending
all things are difficult before they are easy
a good beginning is half the battle

]]> Wed, 03 Jun 2026 09:00:04 +0300 have nothing to do with https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_h/3472-have-nothing-to-do-with https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_h/3472-have-nothing-to-do-with Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms #verb
have nothing to do with  {v. phr.}
To not be involved with; not care about.
Our firm has nothing to do with oil from the Near East; we are interested in solar energy.
Categories: {v. phr.}

]]> Wed, 03 Jun 2026 09:00:03 +0300 paper https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_p/6001-paper https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_p/6001-paper Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms
paper
See: ON PAPER, WALKING PAPERS.
]]> Wed, 03 Jun 2026 09:00:03 +0300 prevail upon https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_p/6310-prevail-upon https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_p/6310-prevail-upon Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms #verb
prevail upon or prevail on  {v.}
To bring to an act or belief; cause a change in; persuade.
He prevailed upon the musician to entertain instead of the absent speaker.
He prevailed upon me to believe in his innocence.
Categories: {v.}

]]> Wed, 03 Jun 2026 09:00:03 +0300 public enemy https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_p/6332-public-enemy https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_p/6332-public-enemy Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms #noun
public enemy  {n. phr.}
A famous criminal.
Al Capone of Chicago used to be Public Enemy Number One during prohibition.
Categories: {n. phr.}

]]> Wed, 03 Jun 2026 09:00:03 +0300 Quentin Crisp https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/sayings_expressions/quotations-cc-/aphorism-3982 https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/sayings_expressions/quotations-cc-/aphorism-3982 Home page and general feed #quoteoftheday
To know all is not to forgive all. It is to despise everybody.
]]> Wed, 03 Jun 2026 09:00:03 +0300 saving grace https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_s/6854-saving-grace https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_s/6854-saving-grace Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms #noun
saving grace  {n. phr.}
A single good attribute; a redeeming quality.
Felicity is not very attractive but her intelligence and wit are her saving grace.
Categories: {n. phr.}

]]> Wed, 03 Jun 2026 09:00:03 +0300 Dave Barry https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/sayings_expressions/quotations-b-/aphorism-3831 https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/sayings_expressions/quotations-b-/aphorism-3831 Home page and general feed Bad Habits, 1982
Life is anything that dies when you stomp on it. By this definition, the amoeba, the mango, the frog, the squirrel, the bear, the begonia, and many lawyers are forms of Life.
Categories: life

]]> Tue, 02 Jun 2026 09:00:03 +0300 смотреть как баран на новые ворота https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/russian-idioms/ri_s/smotret-kak-baran-na-novie-vorota https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/russian-idioms/ri_s/smotret-kak-baran-na-novie-vorota Home page and general feed #LearnRussian #RussianIdiom #RussianSaying
смотреть (уставиться) как баран на новые ворота  {v. phr.}  {informal}
smot`ret' (u`stavit'sya) kak ba`ran na `noviye vo`rota
 {literally}
To stare at like a ram at a new gate.
~ give an empty stare
To look at someone or sth. with a puzzled, perplexed or dismayed expression on one's face; to look rather stupid, not understanding what is going on; to look quite lost.
Originating as an extention of a persistent statement смотреть (уставиться) как баран — stare as a ram. A ram (Баран) is considered such a damb animal that it, as they say, does not recognize its own farm if it sees a new gate, and since the ram is usually looking at the gate for a long time before it dares to enter.

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Amit 2009-12-21 17:00:23
"stado baranov" ("a flock of rams") is somewhat related, meaning a group of people, not very smart, doing the same stupid things etc.

]]> Tue, 02 Jun 2026 09:00:03 +0300 mixed bag https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_m/5232-mixed-bag https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_m/5232-mixed-bag Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms #noun
mixed bag  {n. phr.}
A varied set of people, ideas, objects, or circumstances, including both the good and the bad.
This report is a mixed bag of opinions.
There was a mixed bag of people at the press conference.
Categories: {n. phr.}

]]> Tue, 02 Jun 2026 09:00:02 +0300 tooth https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_t/8348-tooth https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_t/8348-tooth Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms
tooth
See:
BY THE SKIN OF ONE'S TEETH,
CUT TEETH or CUT ONE'S EYETEETH,
EYE FOR AN EYE AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH,
FED TO THE GILLS or FED TO THE TEETH,
GET ONE'S TEETH INTO or SINK ONE'S TEETH INTO,
KICK IN THE PANTS or KICK IN THE TEETH,
PULL ONE'S TEETH,
SET ONE'S TEETH ON EDGE,
TAKE THE BIT IN ONE'S TEETH,
THROW SOMETHING IN ONE'S FACE or THROW SOMETHING IN ONE'S TEETH.

]]> Tue, 02 Jun 2026 09:00:02 +0300 F. Dostoevsky https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/sayings_expressions/quotations-d-/aphorism-5302 https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/sayings_expressions/quotations-d-/aphorism-5302 Home page and general feed #quoteoftheday
But yet I am firmly persuaded that a great deal of consciousness, every sort of consciousness, in fact, is a disease.

]]> Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:00:03 +0300 намять бока https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/russian-idioms/ri_n/namyat-boka https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/russian-idioms/ri_n/namyat-boka Home page and general feed #LearnRussian #RussianIdiom #RussianSaying
намять бока  {v. phr.}  {colloquial}
na`m'yat' bo`ka
To give smb. a licking; to give smb. a sound trashing.

]]> Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:00:03 +0300 come down https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_c/1411-come-down https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_c/1411-come-down Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms #verb
come down  {v.}
1. To reduce itself; amount to no more than. — Followed by "to".
The quarrel finally came down to a question of which boy would do the dishes.
Syn.: BOIL DOWN (3).
2. To be handed down or passed along, descend from parent to child; pass from older generation to younger ones.
Mary's necklace had come down to her from her grandmother.
Categories: children {v.}

]]> Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:00:02 +0300 stand out https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_s/7549-stand-out https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_s/7549-stand-out Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms #verb
stand out  {v.}
1. To go farther out than a nearby surface; protect.
A mole stood out on her cheek.
Compare: STICK OUT (1b).
2. To be more noticeable in some way than those around you; be higher, bigger, or better.
Fred was very tall and stood out in the crowd.
John stood out as a track star.
Categories: {v.}

]]> Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:00:02 +0300 Jim Ferree https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/sayings_expressions/quotations-f-/aphorism-3081 https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/sayings_expressions/quotations-f-/aphorism-3081 Home page and general feed (1931--)
U.S. golfer
There are some people who knock the pyramids because they don't have elevators.

]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 09:00:03 +0300 paint the lily https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_p/5983-paint-the-lily https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_p/5983-paint-the-lily Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms
paint the lily
See: GILD THE LILY.
]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 09:00:03 +0300 ума не приложу https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/russian-idioms/ri_u/uma-ne-prilozhu https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/russian-idioms/ri_u/uma-ne-prilozhu Home page and general feed #LearnRussian #RussianIdiom #RussianSaying
ума не приложу  {v. phr.}
u`ma ne prilo`zhu
 {literally} (I) cannot apply my mind.

~ (I) cannot understand, guess; (I) have no idea. (I am) at a loss.
~ (I am) at my wit's end.

Ума не приложу, куда я подевала свой дневник. — I have no idea where I have put my diary.

Syn:
 {informal} без понятия

]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 09:00:03 +0300 brain trust https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_b/808-brain-trust https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_b/808-brain-trust Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms #noun
brain trust  {n.}
A group of specially trained, highly intelligent experts in a given field.
Albert Einstein gathered a brain trust around himself at the Princeton Institute of Advanced Studies.
Categories: {n.}

]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 09:00:02 +0300 go out https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_g/3125-go-out https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_g/3125-go-out Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms #verb
go out  {v. phr.}
1. To pass out of date or style.
Short skirts are gradually going out.
2. To stop giving off light or burning.
Put more wood on the fire or it will go out.
3. To leave.
When I called Sue, her mother said that she had just gone out.
Categories: {v. phr.}

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