Словарь американских идиом (8000 единиц)
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[do without] or [go without] <v.> 1. To live or work without (something you want); manage without. * /Ann said that she likes candy, but can do without it./ * /We had to go without hot food because the stove was broken./ 2. To live or work without something you want; manage. * /If George cannot earn money for a bicycle, he will have to do without./ Compare: GET ALONG, GET BY.
[down and out] <adj. phr.> Without money; without a job or home; broke. * /Poor Sam lost his job after his wife had left him; he is really down and out./
[down-and-outer] <n. phr.> A person who has lost everything and is penniless. * /Joe goes from shelter to shelter asking for food and a place to sleep; he's become a regular down-and-outer./
[down-at-heel] or [down-at-the-heel] or [down-at-the-heels] <adj.> Poorly kept up or dressed shabby; not neat; sloppy. * /John is always down-at-the-heels, but his sister is always very neat./ * /Old houses sometimes look down-at-the-heel./
[down east] or [Down East] <n.> The northeast coastal part of the United States and part of Canada; especially: the coastal parts of Maine. * /Many people in Boston like to go down east for their summer vacation./ Compare: I WOULDN'T DO IT FOR A FARM DOWN EAST.
[down in the dumps] or [down in the mouth] <adj. phr.>, <informal> Sad or discouraged; gloomy; dejected. * /The boys were certainly down in the dumps when they heard that their team had lost./
[down on] <adj. phr.>, <informal> Having a grudge against; angry at. * /John is down on his teacher because she gave him a low grade./
[down one's alley] or [up one's alley] <adj. phr.>, <slang> Suited to your tastes and abilities; what you like or like to do. * /Baseball is right down Jim's alley./ Compare: CUP OF TEA.
[down one's neck] See: BREATHE DOWN ONE'S NECK.
[down one's nose] See: LOOK DOWN ONE'S NOSE.
[down one's throat] See: JUMP DOWN ONE'S THROAT, SHOVE DOWN ONE'S THROAT or RAM DOWN ONE'S THROAT.
[down on one's luck] <adj.>, <informal> Having bad luck; having much trouble; not successful in life. * /Harry asked me to lend him ten dollars, because he was down on his luck./ * /The teacher is easy on Jane because Jane has been down on her luck lately./ Compare: HARD ROW TO HOE, HARD SLEDDING, ON ONE'S UPPERS.
[down payment] <n.> A retainer paid to a prospective seller. * /How much of a down payment do you require for this new car?/
[down the drain] <adj.> or <adv. phr.>, <informal> Wasted; lost. * /It is money down the drain if you spend it all on candy./ * /Our plans to go swimming went down the drain when it rained./ Compare: GO BY THE BOARD.
[down the hatch!] <v. phr.>, <informal> Let us drink! * /When we celebrated Mom's birthday, we all raised our glasses and cried in unison, "Down the hatch!"/
[down the line] <adv. phr.>, <informal> 1. Down the road or street; straight ahead. * /The church is down the line a few blocks./ 2. All the way; completely; thoroughly. * /Bob always follows the teacher's directions right down the line./
[down-to-earth] <adj.> Showing good sense; practical. * /The committee's first plan for the party was too fancy, but the second was more down-to-earth./ * /Mr. Jenkins never seems to know what is happening around him, but his wife is friendly and down-to-earth./ Compare: COME BACK TO EARTH.
[down to the wire] <adj.>, <slang> 1. Running out of time, nearing a deadline. * /Bob is down to the wire on his project./ 2. Being financially almost broke, being very low on cash or other funds. * /We can't afford going to a restaurant tonight - we're really down to the wire!/
[down with a disease] <adj. phr.> Ill or sick. * /Aunt Liz is down with the flu this week; she has to stay in bed./
[dozen] See: BY THE DOZEN, DAILY DOZEN, DIME A DOZEN, SIX OF ONE AND HALF-A-DOZEN OF THE OTHER.
[drag in] <v.> To insist on bringing (another subject) into a discussion; begin talking about (something different.) * /No matter what we talk about, Jim drags in politics./ * /Whenever anyone mentions travel, Grace has to drag in the trip to Mexico she took ten years ago./
[drag on] or [drag out] <v.> 1. To pass very slowly. * /The cold winter months dragged on until we thought spring would never come./ 2. To prolong; make longer. * /The meeting would have been over quickly if the members had not dragged out the argument about dues./
[drag on the market] <n. phr.> An article for which the demand has fallen off thus causing an oversupply. * /Your type of word processor went out of style and is now a drag on the market./
[drag oneself up by one's boot straps] See: PULL ONESELF UP BY THE BOOT STRAPS.
[drag one's feet] or [drag one's heels] <v. phr.> To act slowly or reluctantly. * /The children wanted to watch television, and dragged their feet when their mother told them to go to bed./ * /The city employees said the mayor had promised to raise their pay, but was now dragging his feet./
[drag out] See: DRAG ON.
[drag race] <n.>, <slang> An automobile race in which the drivers try to cover a certain distance (usually one quarter mile) in the shortest possible time. * /Drag races are often held on airport landing strips./ * /Holding drag races is a good way to stop teenage hot rod racing on public highways./ Compare: DRAG STRIP.
[drag strip] <n.>, <slang> A place where drag races are held. * /Before the race Paul loaded his racer onto the trailer to take it out of town to the drag strip for the race./ Compare: DRAG RACE.