Словарь американских идиом (8000 единиц)
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[hanger] See: CREPE HANGER.
[hang fire] <v. phr.> 1. To fail or be slow in shooting or firing. * /Smith pulled the trigger, but the gun hung fire and the deer escaped./ 2. To be slow in beginning; to be delayed; to wait. * /The boys' plans for organizing a scout troop hung fire because they could not find a man to be scoutmaster./
[hang heavy] or [hang heavy on one's hands] <v. phr.> To pass slowly or uninterestingly; be boring with little to do. * /The vacation time hung heavy on Dick's hands because all his friends were away at camp./ Compare: ON ONE'S HANDS.
[hang in effigy] or [burn in effigy] <v. phr.> To hang or burn a figure, usually a stuffed dummy, representing a person who is disliked or scorned. * /When the high school team lost the championship game, the coach was hung in effigy by the townspeople./ * /During World War II, Hitler was sometimes burned in effigy in the United States./
[hang in the balance] <v. phr.> To have two equally possible results; to be in doubt; be uncertain. * /Until Jim scored the winning touchdown, the outcome of the game hung in the balance./ * /She was very sick and her life hung in the balance for several days./ Compare: HANG BY A THREAD.
[hang in (there)] <v. phr.>, <slang>, <informal> To persevere; not to give up; to stick to a project and not lose faith or courage. * /Hang in there old buddy; the worst is yet to come./
[hang it] <interj.>, <informal> An exclamation used to express annoyance or disappointment. * /Oh, hang it! I forgot to bring the book I wanted to show you./ * /Hang it all, why don't you watch where you're going?/
[hang off] See: HANG BACK.
[hang on] <v.> 1. To hold on to something, usually tightly. * /Jack almost fell off the cliff, but managed to hang on until help came./ Syn.: HOLD ON(1). 2a. To continue doing something; persist. * /The grocer was losing money every day, but he hung on, hoping that business would improve./ Compare: HOLD OUT, STICK OUT. 2b. To hold a lead in a race or other contest while one's opponents try to rally. * /The favorite horse opened an early lead and hung on to win as two other horses almost passed him in the final stretch./ * /Bunning, staked to a 6-0 lead in the first inning, hung on to heat the Dodgers 6-4./ 3. To continue to give trouble or cause suffering. * /Lou's cold hung on from January to April./ 4. To continue listening on the telephone. * /Jerry asked John, who had called him on the phone, to hung on while he ran for a pencil and a sheet of paper./ Compare: HOLD ON(3).
[hang one on] <v. phr.>, <slang> 1. To give a heavy blow to; hit hard. * /The champion hung one on his challenger in the second round and knocked him out of the ring./ 2. To get very drunk. * /After Smith lost his job, he went to a bar and hung one on./
[hang one's head] <v. phr.> To bend your head forward in shame. * /Johnny hung his head when the teacher asked him if he broke the window./ Compare: HIDE ONE'S HEAD.
[hang on the words of] also [hang on the lips of] <v. phr.> To listen very attentively to. * /Ann hangs on every word of her history teacher and takes very careful notes. / * /As he went on with his speech, his auditors, deeply interested, hung on his lips./
[hang on to] <v.> To hold tightly; keep firmly. * /The child hung on to its mother's apron, and would not let go./ * /John did not like his job, but decided to hang on to it until he found a better one./
[hang on to one's mother's apron strings] See: TIED TO ONE'S MOTHER'S APRON STRINGS.
[hang on to your hat] or [hold on to your hat] or [hold your hat] <v. phr.>, <informal> 1. Watch out; be prepared.
– Used as a command, usually to warn of an unexpected action. * /"Hold on to your hat," said Jim as he stepped on the gas and the car shot forward./ 2. Get ready for a surprise.
– Used as a command, usually to warn of unexpected news. * /"Hold on to your hat," said Mary. "Jim asked me to marry him."/
[hang out] <v.> 1. <slang> To spend your time idly or lounging about. * /The teacher complained that Joe was hanging out in poolrooms instead of doing his homework./ Compare: HANG AROUND(1). 2. <slang> To live; reside. * /Two policemen stopped the stranger and asked him where he hung out./ 3. To reach out farther than the part below. * /The branches of the trees hung out over the road./ * /The upper floor of that house hangs out above the first./
[hang out one's shingle] <v. phr.>, <informal> To give public notice of the opening of an office, especially a doctor's or lawyer's office, by putting up a small signboard. * /The young doctor hung out his shingle and soon had a large practice./
[hangover] <n.> A bad feeling of nausea and/or headache the day after one has had too much to drink. * /Boy, did I have a hangover after that party yesterday!/
[hang over] <v.> 1. To be going to happen to; threaten. * /Great trouble hangs over the little town because its only factory has closed down./ 2. To remain to be finished or settled. * /The committee took up the business that hung over from its last meeting./
[hang over one's head] <v. phr.> To be a danger or threat to you. An overused phrase. * /Over Jimmy's head hung the teacher's suspicion that Jimmy had cheated in the final examination./ * /Death hangs over a bullfighter's head every time he performs./
[hang round] See: HANG AROUND.
[hang ten] <v.>, <slang> 1. To be an outstanding performer on a surfboard or on a skateboard (referring to the user's ten toes). * /I bet I am going to be able to hang ten if you let me practice on your skateboard./ 2. To be a survivor despite great odds. * /Don't worry about Jack, he can hang ten anywhere!/
[hang together] <v.> 1. To stay united; help and defend one another. * /The club members always hung together when one of them was in trouble./ Syn.: STICK TOGETHER. Compare: STAND BY, STAND UP FOR. 2. <informal> To form a satisfactory whole; fit together. * /Jack's story of why he was absent from school seems to hang together./
[hang up] <v.> 1. To place on a hook, peg, or hanger. * /When the children come to school, they hang up their coats in the cloakroom./ 2a. To place a telephone receiver back on its hook and break the connection. * /Carol's mother told her she had talked long enough on the phone and made her hang up./ 2b. To put a phone receiver back on its hook while the other person is still talking.
– Used with "on". * /I said something that made Joe angry, and he hung up on me./ 3a. <informal> To cause to be stuck or held so as to be immovable. Usually used in the passive. * /Ann's car was hung up in a snowdrift and she had to call a garageman to get it out./ 3b. <informal> To stick or get held so as to be immovable. * /A big passenger ship hung up on a sandbar for several hours./ 4. <informal> To cause a wait; delay. * /Rehearsals for the school play were hung up by the illness of some of the actors./ 5. <informal> To set (a record.) * /Bob hung up a school record for long distance swimming./
[hang-up] <n.>, <informal> (stress on "hang") 1. A delay in some process. * /The mail has been late for several days; there must be some hang-up with the trucks somewhere./ 2. A neurotic reaction to some life situation probably stemming from a traumatic shock which has gone unconscious. * /Doctor Simpson believes that Suzie's frigidity is due to some hang-up about men./
[happen on] or [happen upon] <v.>, <literary> To meet or find accidentally or by chance. * /The Girl Scouts happened on a charming little brook not far from the camp./ * /At the convention I happened upon an old friend I had not seen for years./ Syn.: CHANCE ON, COME ACROSS(1),(3). Compare: HIT ON.