Словарь американских идиом (8000 единиц)
Шрифт:
[honky-tonk] <n.> A cheap nightclub or dance hall. * /There were a number of honky-tonks near the army camp./
[honor] See: DO THE HONORS, IN HONOR OF, ON ONE'S HONOR.
[hook] See: BY HOOK OR BY CROOK, GET THE HOOK at GET THE BOUNCE(2), GIVE THE HOOK at GIVE THE BOUNCE(2), OFF THE HOOK.
[hooked on] <adj.> 1. Addicted to a substance such as cigarettes, coffee, tea, drugs, or alcohol. * /Fred is hooked on grass, but Tim is only hooked on tea./ 2. Enthusiastic or very supportive of something. * /I am hooked on the local symphony./
[hookey] See: PLAY HOOKEY.
[hook, line and sinker] <adv. phr.>, <informal> Without question or doubt; completely. * /Johnny was so easily fooled that he fell for Joe's story, hook, line and sinker./ * /Mary was such a romantic girl that she swallowed the story Alice told her about her date, hook, line and sinker./ * /Bobby trusted Jim so he was taken in by his hard-luck story hook, line and sinker./
[hookup] <n.> A connection, electrical or otherwise, between two instruments or two individuals. * /Edwin and Hermione are a perfect couple; they have got the right hookup./
[hook up] <v. phr.> To connect or fit together. * /The company sent a man to hook up the telephone./ * /They could not use the gas stove because it had not been hooked up./
[hoop] See: JUMP THROUGH A HOOP.
[hop] See: MAD AS A HORNET Or MAD AS HOPS.
[hop, skip and a jump] See: STONE'S THROW.
[hope] See: CROSS ONE'S HEART or CROSS ONE'S HEART AND HOPE TO DIE, IN HOPES.
[hope against hope] <v. phr.> To try to hope when things look black; hold to hope in bad trouble. * /The mother continued to hope against hope although the plane was hours late./ * /Jane hoped against hope that Joe would call her./
[hop to it] <v. phr.>, <slang> To get started; start a job; get going. * /"There's a lot to do today, so let's hop to it," the boss said./
[hopped up] <adj.>, <slang> 1. Doped with a narcotic drug. * /Police found Jones hiding in an opium den, among other men all hopped up with the drug./ 2. Full of eagerness; excited. * /Fred was all hopped up about going over the ocean./
[horn] See: BLOW ONE'S OWN HORN or TOOT ONE'S OWN HORN, PULL IN ONE'S HORNS or DRAW IN ONE'S HORNS, TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS.
[hornet] See: MAD AS A HORNET or MAD AS HOPS or MAD AS A WET HEN, STIR UP A HORNET'S NEST.
[horn in] <v.>, <slang> To come in without invitation or welcome; interfere. Often used with "on". * /Jack would often horn in on conversations discussing things he knew nothing about./ * /Lee horned in on Ray and Annie and wanted to dance with Annie./ Compare: BUTT IN.
[horns of a dilemma] <n. phr.> Two choices possible in a situation in which neither is wanted. Usually used after "on". * /Joe found himself on the horns of a dilemma; if he went to work, he'd miss seeing Mary; if he stayed out, he'd he too broke to take her anywhere./
[horror] See: THROW UP ONE'S HANDS IN HORROR.
[horse] See: BET ON THE WRONG HORSE, CART BEFORE THE HORSE, CHANGE HORSES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREAM or CHANGE HORSES IN MIDSTREAM, EAT LIKE A HORSE, HOLD ONE'S HORSES. IRON HORSE, LOCK THE BARN DOOR AFTER THE HORSE IS STOLEN, LOOK A GIFT HORSE IN THE MOUTH, OFF ONE'S HIGH HORSE, ON ONE'S HIGH HORSE, PUT ONE'S MONEY ON A SCRATCHED HORSE, STRAIGHT FROM THE HORSE'S MOUTH.
[horsefeathers!] <n. phr.>, <slang> 1. Not true; I don't believe what you're saying. * /"Horsefeathers!" Brad cried. "I can't believe a word of what you said about Jessica."/ 2. Exclamation of disgust. * /"Horsefeathers!" Fred cried. "We've just missed the bus."/ Compare: FIDDLESTICKS, BULLSHIT.
[horselaugh] <n. phr.> A loud, sarcastic, and derisive laugh. * /When the speaker praised politics as one of the oldest and noblest professions, his audience of college students gave him a horselaugh./
[horse around] <v.>, <slang> To join in rough teasing; play around. * /They were a hunch of sailors on shore leave, horsing around where there were girls and drinks./ * /John horsed around with the dog for a while when he came in from school./
[horse of a different color] or [horse of another color] <n. phr.>, <informal> Something altogether separate and different. * /Anyone can be broke, but to steal is a horse of a different color./ * /Do you mean that the boy with that pretty girl is her brother? I thought he was her boyfriend. Well, that's a horse of another color./
[horse opera] <n. phr.> A Western movie in which cowboys and horses play a major part. * /John Wayne played in many horse operas./
[horseplay] <n.> Rough, practical joking. * /The newlyweds couldn't get a wink of sleep all night because there was a lot of yelling and screaming outside of their window - the usual horseplay./
[horse sense] <n.>, <informal> A good understanding about what to do in life; good judgment; wisdom in making decisions. * /Bill had never been to college, but he had plenty of horse sense./ * /Some people are well educated and read many books, but still do not have much horse sense./
[horse trade] <n.> 1. The sale of a horse or the exchange of two horses. * /It was a horse trade in which the owner of the worse animal gave a rifle to make the trade equal./ 2. <informal> A business agreement or bargain arrived at after hard and skillful discussion. * /Party leaders went around for months making horse trades to get support for their candidate./ * /The horse trade finally called for a new car for the radio station in exchange for several weeks of advertising for the car dealer./
[hot] See: BLOW HOT AND COLD, MAKE IT HOT.
[hot air] <n.>, <informal> Nonsense, exaggerated talk, wasted words characterized by emotion rather than intellectual content. * /That was just a lot of hot air what Joe said./
[hot and bothered] <adj.>, <informal> Excited and worried, displeased, or puzzled.
– A hackneyed phrase. * /Fritz got all hot and bothered when he failed in the test./ * /Leona was all hot and bothered when her escort was late in coming for her./ * /Jerry was hot and bothered about his invention when he couldn't get it to work./ * /It is a small matter; don't get so hot and bothered./