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 Sun, 16 Aug 2026 06:04:00 +0300 Sun, 16 Aug 2026 06:04:00 +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/ зарубить на носу https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/russian-idioms/ri_z/zarubit-na-nosu https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/russian-idioms/ri_z/zarubit-na-nosu Home page and general feed #LearnRussian #RussianIdiom #RussianSaying
зарубить (себе) на носу  {v. phr.}
zaru`bit' (se`be) na no`su
 {literally} to make a notch on one's nose.

To remember something firmly, forever.
Заруби это себе на носу. — mark my words; don't you forget it.

Заруби себе на носу, что здесь нельзя ехать со скоростью больше 30 миль в час! — Don't you forget — it is forbidden to drive here faster than 30 mph!

Comp.:
Bear it in mind
put that into your pipe and smoke it

]]> Sat, 15 Aug 2026 09:00:04 +0300 Orson Welles https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/sayings_expressions/quotations-u-/aphorism-2597 https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/sayings_expressions/quotations-u-/aphorism-2597 Home page and general feed (1915 — 1985)
U.S. actordirector
I don't say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could.

]]> Sat, 15 Aug 2026 09:00:03 +0300 Paul https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_p/6052-Paul https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_p/6052-Paul Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms
Paul
See:
ROB PETER TO PAY PAUL.
]]> Sat, 15 Aug 2026 09:00:03 +0300 plunk down https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_p/6242-plunk-down https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_p/6242-plunk-down Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms #informal #verb
plunk down  {v.},  {informal}
1. To drop down; fall.
After walking a mile we plunked down on a bench to rest.
2. To drop something noisily or firmly.
He plunked the heavy suitcase down at the station.
3. To pay out, primarily an excessive amount
I had to plunk down $55 for a concert ticket.
Categories: {informal} {v.}

]]> Sat, 15 Aug 2026 09:00:03 +0300 bless one's heart https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_b/683-bless-ones-heart https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_b/683-bless-ones-heart Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms #verb
bless one's heart  {v. phr.}
To thank someone; consider one the cause of something good that has happened.
Aunt Jane, bless her heart, left me half a million dollars!
Categories: {v. phr.}

]]> Sat, 15 Aug 2026 09:00:02 +0300 by the way https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_b/1037-by-the-way https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_b/1037-by-the-way Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms #adverb
by the way also by the bye  {adv. phr.}
Just as some added fact or news; as something else that I think of. — Used to introduce something related to the general subject, or brought to mind by it.
We shall expect you; by the way, dinner will be at eight.
I was reading when the earthquake occurred, and, by the way, it was The Last Days of Pompeii that I was reading.
Categories: {adv. phr.}

]]> Sat, 15 Aug 2026 09:00:02 +0300 Evert Jan Ouweneel https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/sayings_expressions/quotations-o-/aphorism-2287 https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/sayings_expressions/quotations-o-/aphorism-2287 Home page and general feed Vanity in the mountains: six hairpin bends on both sides.
]]> Fri, 14 Aug 2026 09:00:03 +0300 pinch and scrape https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_p/6150-pinch-and-scrape https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_p/6150-pinch-and-scrape Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms #verb
pinch and scrape  {v. phr.}
To save as much money as possible by spending as little as possible.
They are trying to buy their first house so they are pinching and scraping every penny they can.
Categories: {v. phr.}

]]> Fri, 14 Aug 2026 09:00:03 +0300 pull a long face https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_p/6337-pull-a-long-face https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_p/6337-pull-a-long-face Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms
pull a long face
See: LONG FACE.
]]> Fri, 14 Aug 2026 09:00:03 +0300 put by https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_p/6395-put-by https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_p/6395-put-by Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms #verb
put by  {v.}
To save for the future; lay aside.
He had put by a good sum during a working lifetime.
Categories: {v.}

]]> Fri, 14 Aug 2026 09:00:03 +0300 битый час https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/russian-idioms/ri_b/bitiy-chas https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/russian-idioms/ri_b/bitiy-chas Home page and general feed #LearnRussian #RussianIdiom #RussianSaying
битый час  {adv. phr.}
`bityij chas
Beaten (whole) an hour  {literary}
~for a solid hour, for a good hour.

Said about comparably long time spent (often in vain) or abortive effort (to explain or achieve sth.), for ex., when complaining.
 {informal}, as a rule  {invariable}.

Битый час дозваниваться в службу поддержки. — To try getting through for one (solid) hour to reach the support.

See also:
whole good hour
one solid hour
wasted time, labour

]]> Fri, 14 Aug 2026 09:00:03 +0300 have an eye for https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_h/3430-have-an-eye-for https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_h/3430-have-an-eye-for Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms #verb
have an eye for  {v. phr.}
To be able to judge correctly of; have good taste in.
She has an eye for color and style in clothes.
He has an eye for good English usage.
Categories: clothes {v. phr.}

]]> Fri, 14 Aug 2026 09:00:02 +0300 on the take https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_o/5780-on-the-take https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_o/5780-on-the-take Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms #adverb
on the take  {adv. phr.}
Bribable; corrupt.
Officer O'Keefe was put on three months' probation because it was alleged that he was on the take.
Categories: {adv. phr.}

]]> Fri, 14 Aug 2026 09:00:02 +0300 Voltaire https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/sayings_expressions/quotations-v-/aphorism-4247 https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/sayings_expressions/quotations-v-/aphorism-4247 Home page and general feed #quoteoftheday
(1694—1778), French author philosopher
God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.

]]> Thu, 13 Aug 2026 09:00:03 +0300 стучать лысиной по паркету https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/russian-idioms/ri_s/stuchat-lisinoy-po-parketu https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/russian-idioms/ri_s/stuchat-lisinoy-po-parketu Home page and general feed #LearnRussian #RussianIdiom #RussianSaying
стучать лысиной по паркету
stu`chat' `lyis'inoj po par`k'etu
 {literally}
To beat (or stop beating) one's bald spot against the parquet
 {jokingly}  {colloquial}
- asking to stop further explanations since everything is clear enough as it is.

Origin

A famous citation from "The Golden Calf" ("Золотой теленок")
— Ну, довольно? — молвил Остап. — Не стучите лысиной по паркету. Картина битвы мне ясна. — "Now, will that do?" said Ostap. "Stop beating your bald against the parquet! The picture of the battle is clear!"

See also:
don't beat about the bush
ходить вокруг-да-около

]]> Thu, 13 Aug 2026 09:00:03 +0300 buttonhole https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_b/985-buttonhole https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_b/985-buttonhole Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms #verb
buttonhole  {v.}
To approach a person in order to speak with him or her in private.
After waiting for several hours, Sam managed to buttonhole his boss just as she was about to leave the building.
Categories: {v.}

]]> Thu, 13 Aug 2026 09:00:02 +0300 go back on one's word https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_g/3022-go-back-on-ones-word https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_g/3022-go-back-on-ones-word Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms #verb
go back on one's word  {v. phr.}
To renege; break a promise.
Patrick went back on his word when he refused to marry Karen in spite of his earlier promise.
Categories: {v. phr.}

]]> Thu, 13 Aug 2026 09:00:02 +0300 pan out https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_p/5998-pan-out https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_p/5998-pan-out Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms #informal #verb
pan out  {v.},  {informal}
To have a result, especially a good result; result favorably; succeed.
Suppose the class tried to make money by selling candy. How would that pan out?
Edison's efforts to invent an electric light bulb did not pan out until he used tungsten wires.
Categories: success {informal} {v.}

]]> Thu, 13 Aug 2026 09:00:02 +0300 peck https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_p/6079-peck https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_p/6079-peck Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms
peck
See: HUNT AND PECK.
]]> Thu, 13 Aug 2026 09:00:02 +0300 в самый раз https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/russian-idioms/ri_v/v-samij-raz https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/russian-idioms/ri_v/v-samij-raz Home page and general feed #LearnRussian #RussianIdiom #RussianSaying
в самый раз  {adv. phr.}
v `samyij `raz

1. Suitably, properly.
The jacket suites me properly. — Эта куртка мне в самый раз.
See: как раз, to a T

2. Just the right time to (do smth.).
Ему в самый раз за ум взяться, а он и в ус не дует. — He should come to his senses, but he does not care.

See: в пору

]]> Wed, 12 Aug 2026 09:00:04 +0300 David Lodge, The British Museum is Falling Down, 1965 https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/sayings_expressions/quotations-l-/aphorism-3850 https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/sayings_expressions/quotations-l-/aphorism-3850 Home page and general feed Literature is mostly about having sex and not much about having children. Life is the other way around.

]]> Wed, 12 Aug 2026 09:00:03 +0300 bear with https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_b/484-bear-with https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_b/484-bear-with Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms #formal #verb
bear with  {v.},  {formal}
To have patience with; not get angry with.
Your little sister is sick. Try to bear with her when she cries.
It is hard to bear with criticism.
Syn.: PUT UP WITH. Compare: CARRY ONE'S CROSS.
Categories: bear {formal} {v.}

]]> Wed, 12 Aug 2026 09:00:02 +0300 hot potato https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_h/3803-hot-potato https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_h/3803-hot-potato Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms #informal #noun
hot potato  {n.},  {informal}
A question that causes strong argument and is difficult to settle.
Many school boards found segregation a hot potato in the 1960s.
Categories: {informal} {n.}

]]> Wed, 12 Aug 2026 09:00:02 +0300 Jean Kerr https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/sayings_expressions/quotations-k-/aphorism-3264 https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/sayings_expressions/quotations-k-/aphorism-3264 Home page and general feed (1923--)
U.S. playwright
Even though a number of people have tried, no one has ever found a way to drink for a living.

]]> Tue, 11 Aug 2026 09:00:04 +0300 partake of https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_p/6013-partake-of https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_p/6013-partake-of Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms #formal #verb
partake of  {v.},  {formal}
1. To take some of; receive a share of; eat.
He partook of ordinary country fare as he traveled.
2. To have the same qualities as; show the characteristics of.
Her way of cooking partook of both Italian and American habits.
Categories: {formal} {v.}

]]> Tue, 11 Aug 2026 09:00:04 +0300 жить как на вулкане https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/russian-idioms/ri_zh/zhit-kak-na-vulkane https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/russian-idioms/ri_zh/zhit-kak-na-vulkane Home page and general feed #LearnRussian #RussianIdiom #RussianSaying
жить как на вулкане  {v. phr.}
zhit' kak na vul`kane
 {literally}
To live as on a volcano.

To be in constant anticipation of trouble.

Comp.:
to sit on a powder-keg
to be living on the edge of a volcano
to be sitting on a volcano

See also:
сидеть на иголках ~ be on pins and needles, be on thorns / nettles, be on tenterhooks

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Sonic 2009-10-07 16:47:56
сидеть (как) на пороховой бочке

]]> Tue, 11 Aug 2026 09:00:04 +0300 gift of gab https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_g/2894-gift-of-gab https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_g/2894-gift-of-gab Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms #informal #noun
gift of gab or gift of the gab  {n. phr.},  {informal}
Skill in talking; ability to make interesting talk that makes people believe you.
Many men get elected because of their gift of gab.
Mr. Taylor's gift of gab helped him get a good job.
Categories: {informal} {n. phr.}

]]> Tue, 11 Aug 2026 09:00:03 +0300 trade in https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_t/8443-trade-in https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_t/8443-trade-in Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms #verb
trade in  {v.}
To give something to a seller as part payment for another thing of greater value.
The Browns traded their old car in on a new one.
Syn.: TURN IN (3).
Categories: {v.}

]]> Tue, 11 Aug 2026 09:00:03 +0300 жить припеваючи https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/russian-idioms/ri_zh/zhit-pripevauchi https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/russian-idioms/ri_zh/zhit-pripevauchi Home page and general feed #LearnRussian #RussianIdiom #RussianSaying
жить припеваючи  {v. phr.}  {colloquial}
zhit' prip'e`vayuchi
 {literally}
To live humming.
To live an easy, pleasant life in prosperity. To live happily, in comfortable circumstances.
~to live in clover.
~to live humming a tune.

]]> Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:00:04 +0300 John W. Campbell https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/sayings_expressions/quotations-cc-/aphorism-3577 https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/sayings_expressions/quotations-cc-/aphorism-3577 Home page and general feed (1910—1971, American writer and editor)
History does not always repeat itself. Sometimes it just yells "Can't you remember anything I told you?" and lets fly with a club.

]]> Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:00:03 +0300 piece out https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_p/6132-piece-out https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_p/6132-piece-out Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms #verb
piece out  {v.}
1. To put together from many different pieces; put together from odd parts; patch.
They pieced out a meal from leftovers.
He pieced out the machine with scrap parts.
The detective pieced out the story from a stray fact here, a clue there, and a hint somewhere else.
2. To make larger or longer by adding one or more pieces.
The girl grew so fast that her mother had to piece out her dresses.
Categories: {v.}

]]> Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:00:03 +0300 look for https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_l/4875-look-for https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_l/4875-look-for Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms #verb
look for  {v.}
1. To think likely; expect.
We look for John to arrive any day now.
The frost killed many oranges, and housewives can look for an increase in their price.
Bob wouldn't go for a ride with the boys because he was looking for a phone call from Julie.
2. To try to find; search for; hunt.
Fred spent all day looking for a job.
Mary and Joe looked for the Smiths at the play.
3. To do things that cause (your own trouble); make (trouble) for yourself; provoke.
Joe often gets into fights because he is always looking for trouble.
If you say the opposite of everything that others say, you are looking for a quarrel.
Categories: {v.}

]]> Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:00:02 +0300 shopping center https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_s/7120-shopping-center https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_s/7120-shopping-center Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms #noun
shopping center  {n.}
A place usually for neighborhood shopping, where there is a group of stores and shops inside of a large parking lot.
There is a bowling alley at the nearest shopping center.
All the stores in our shopping center stay open until nine o'clock on Friday evenings.
Categories: {n.}

]]> Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:00:02 +0300 H.L. Mencken https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/sayings_expressions/quotations-m-/aphorism-4300 https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/sayings_expressions/quotations-m-/aphorism-4300 Home page and general feed #quoteoftheday
(1880—1956)
U.S. journalist
Oh, well, I have always said I would be converted to any religion for a cigar and baptized in it for a box of them.

]]> Sun, 09 Aug 2026 09:00:03 +0300 pass away https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_p/6026-pass-away https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_p/6026-pass-away Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms #verb
pass away  {v.}
1. To slip by; go by; pass.
We had so much fun that the weekend passed away before we realized it.
Forty years had passed away since they had met.
2. To cease to exist; end; disappear; vanish
When automobiles became popular, the use of the horse and buggy passed away.
3. To have your life stop; die.
He passed away at eighty.
Syn.: PASS ON (3), PASS OUT (3).
Categories: death {v.}

]]> Sun, 09 Aug 2026 09:00:03 +0300 как от козла молока https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/russian-idioms/ri_k/kak-ot-kozla-moloka https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/russian-idioms/ri_k/kak-ot-kozla-moloka Home page and general feed #LearnRussian #RussianIdiom #RussianSaying
(ждать) как от козла молока or как с козла молока  {adv. phr.}  {informal}
kak ot koz`la molo`ka
 {literally} (to expect) as milk from a he-goat.
(To gain, expect, wait for sth. from someone) in vain, without any success.
Мы ожидали определенного прогресса к концу года от этого работника, но теперь совершенно ясно, что это все равно, что ждать от козла молока. — We expected a certain progress from this employee by the end of this year, however now there is no doubt that this is the same as expecting milk from a he-goat.
See also: ждать у моря погоды

]]> Sun, 09 Aug 2026 09:00:03 +0300 by and by https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_b/1000-by-and-by https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_b/1000-by-and-by Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms #adverb
by and by  {adv.}
After a while; at some time in the future; later.
Roger said he would do his homework by and by.
The mother knew her baby would be a man by and by and do a man's work.
Syn.: AFTER A WHILE.
Categories: time {adv.}

]]> Sun, 09 Aug 2026 09:00:02 +0300 road https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_r/6661-road https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_r/6661-road Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms
road
See:
ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROME,
BURN UP THE ROAD,
END OF THE ROAD,
GET THE SHOW ON THE ROAD,
HIT THE ROAD,
HUG THE ROAD,
MIDDLE OF THE ROAD,
ON THE ROAD.

]]> Sun, 09 Aug 2026 09:00:02 +0300 забивать голову https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/russian-idioms/ri_z/zabivat-golovu https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/russian-idioms/ri_z/zabivat-golovu Home page and general feed #LearnRussian #RussianIdiom #RussianSaying
забивать голову or брать в голову  {v. phr.}  {informal}
zabi`vat' `golovu or brat' v `golovu

 {literally} to choke up one's head (with sth).

~put ideas into smb's head;
~get smt. into one's head;

Usually used in negative:
Не забивай себе этим голову! — Don't give it another thought.
Не забивать голову -
Not to pay too much attention to smt; forget abt. smt.; leave smt. alone.

]]> Sat, 08 Aug 2026 09:00:04 +0300 pity https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_p/6182-pity https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_p/6182-pity Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms
pity
See: TAKE PITY ON or TAKE PITY UPON.
]]> Sat, 08 Aug 2026 09:00:03 +0300 put (it) in black and white https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_p/6408-put--it--in-black-and-white https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_p/6408-put--it--in-black-and-white Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms
put (it) in black and white
See: BLACK AND WHITE.
]]> Sat, 08 Aug 2026 09:00:03 +0300 Stuart Keate, 1913-1987), Canadian journalist https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/sayings_expressions/quotations-k-/aphorism-2909 https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/sayings_expressions/quotations-k-/aphorism-2909 Home page and general feed Canada reminds me of vichyssoise--it's cold, half-French, and difficult to stir.

]]> Sat, 08 Aug 2026 09:00:03 +0300 bark worse than one's bite https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_b/439-bark-worse-than-ones-bite https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_b/439-bark-worse-than-ones-bite Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms #informal
bark worse than one's bite  {informal}
Sound or speech more frightening or worse than your actions.
The small dog barks savagely, but his bark is worse than his bite.
The boss sometimes talks roughly to the men, but they know that his bark is worse than his bite.
She was always scolding her children, but they knew her bark was worse than her bite.
Categories: {informal}

]]> Sat, 08 Aug 2026 09:00:02 +0300 take on oneself https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_t/7933-take-on-oneself https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_t/7933-take-on-oneself Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms #verb
take on oneself or take upon oneself  {v. phr.}
1. To accept as a duty or responsibility.
He took it on himself to see that the packages were delivered.
2. To assume wrongfully or without permission as a right or privilege.
You should not have taken it upon yourself to accept the invitation for the whole family.
Categories: {v. phr.}

]]> Sat, 08 Aug 2026 09:00:02 +0300 J. De La Bruyere https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/sayings_expressions/quotations-b-/aphorism-4835 https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/sayings_expressions/quotations-b-/aphorism-4835 Home page and general feed #quoteoftheday
Liberality consists less in giving a great deal than in gifts well-timed.

]]> Fri, 07 Aug 2026 09:00:04 +0300 дать прикурить https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/russian-idioms/ri_d/dat-prikurit https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/russian-idioms/ri_d/dat-prikurit Home page and general feed #LearnRussian #RussianIdiom #RussianSaying
дать прикурить (кому-л.)  {v. phr.}  {informal}
dat' priku`rit'
 {literally}
To give a light to smb.
To give a hard time.
To give the works (or business).
To reject, rebut; to punish.
Generally — to behave or treat in a hard way or manner.
(there may also be many other meanings)
Я сегодня совсем не выспался. У ребенка ночью была очень высокая температура. Все домашние были ужасно напуганы. Ох и дал же он нам прикурить! — I did not sleep enough last night. Our child had very strong fever. Everybody at home were frightened awfully. That was a hard time he gave us!

See also:
задавать трёпку

]]> Fri, 07 Aug 2026 09:00:04 +0300 pin https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_p/6148-pin https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_p/6148-pin Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms
pin
See: ON PINS AND NEEDLES.
]]> Fri, 07 Aug 2026 09:00:03 +0300 mince words https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_m/5208-mince-words https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_m/5208-mince-words Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms #verb
mince words  {v. phr.}
To choose words carefully for the sake of politeness or deception.
I like people who speak frankly and truthfully without mincing words.
Categories: {v. phr.}

]]> Fri, 07 Aug 2026 09:00:02 +0300 off one's chest https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_o/5541-off-ones-chest https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/english/idioms/american/i_o/5541-off-ones-chest Home page and general feed A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates #esl #english #idioms #informal #adjective
off one's chest  {adj. phr.},  {informal}
Told to someone and so not bothering you anymore; not making you feel worried or upset, because you have talked about it.
After Dave told the principal that he had cheated on the test, he was glad because it was off his chest.
Father felt that Tom wasn't helping enough around the house, so he got it off his chest by giving Tom a list of things to do.
Compare: MAKE A CLEAN BREAST OF.
Contrast: ON ONE'S CHEST. ]]> Fri, 07 Aug 2026 09:00:02 +0300 мокрая курица https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/russian-idioms/ri_m/mokraya-kurica https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/russian-idioms/ri_m/mokraya-kurica Home page and general feed #LearnRussian #RussianIdiom #RussianSaying
мокрая курица  {n. phr.}  {informal}
`mokraya `kuritsa
 {literally} wet hen.
1. Said about a person who is confused, frightened, helpless or at a loss.
2. Milksop.

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