Словарь американских идиом: 8000 единиц
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[eat up]{v.} 1. To eat all of. •/After hiking all afternoon, they quickly ate up all of the dinner./ 2. To use all of. •/Idle talk had eaten up the hour before they knew it./ 3. {slang} To accept eagerly; welcome. •/The girls told John he was a hero because he made the winning touchdown, and he ate up their praise./ •/Jim told Martha that she was as smart as she was beautiful and Martha ate it up./
[edge] See: HAVE AN EDGE ON, ON EDGE, SET ONE’S TEETH ON EDGE, TAKE THE EDGE OFF, THE EDGE.
[edge away]{v. phr.} To withdraw or retreat gradually. •/Frightened by the growling tiger guarding its catch, the hunter carefully edged away./
[edge in]{v.} To move slowly; get in quietly, especially with some difficulty, by force or without a big enough opening. •/People had crowded around the senator, but Don succeeded in edging in./ •/Harry edged the book in on the shelf./
[edge in (on)]{v. phr.} 1. To gradually approach an individual or a group with the intent of taking over or wielding power. •/Jack was edging in on the firm of Smith and Brown and after half a year actually became its vice president./ 2. To approach for capture (said of a group). •/The hunters were edging in on the wounded leopard./
[edge on]{adv. phr.} Edgewise; with the narrow side forward. •/The board struck him edge on./
[edge out]{v.} To defeat in competition or rivalry; take the place of; force out. •/Harry edged out Tom for a place in Mary’s affections./ •/Signal lights on cars have gradually edged out hand signals./
[edgeways] See: GET A WORD IN or GET A WORD IN EDGEWISE, also GET A WORD IN EDGEWAYS.
[edgewise] See: GET A WORD IN or GET A WORD IN EDGEWAYS.
[education] See: HIGHER EDUCATION.
[effect] See: IN EFFECT, INTO EFFECT, SOUND EFFECTS, TAKE EFFECT, TO THAT EFFECT, TO THE EFFECT THAT,
[effigy] See: HANG IN EFFIGY or BURN IN EFFIGY.
[egg] See: BAD EGG, GOOD EGG, KILL THE GOOSE THAT LAID THE GOLDEN EGG, LAY AN EGG, PUT ALL ONE’S EGGS IN ONE BASKET, ROTTEN EGG.
[egg on]{v.} To urge on; excite; lead to action. •/Joe’s wife egged him on to spend money to show off./ •/The big boys egged on the two little boys to fight./ Compare: PUT UP(6).
[either a feast or a famine] See: FEAST OR A FAMINE.
[either hide or hair] See: HIDE OR HAIR.
[eke out]{v.} 1. To fill out or add a little to; increase a little. •/Mr. Jones eked out a country teacher’s small salary by hunting and trapping in the winter./ •/The modest meal was eked out with bread and milk./ 2. To get (little) by hard work; to earn with difficulty. •/Fred eked out a bare living by farming on a rocky hillside./
[elbow] See: AT ONE’S ELBOW, ELBOW ROOM, RUB ELBOWS, UP TO THE CHIN IN or UP TO THE ELBOWS IN.
[elbow grease]{n.} Exertion; effort; energy. •/"You’ll have to use a little more elbow grease to get these windows clean," Mother said to Ed./
[elbow one’s way into] or [out of]{v. phr.} To force entry into a place by using one’s elbows. •/The bus was so crowded that, in order to get off in time, we had to elbow our way to the exit door./
[elbow room]{n.} Adequate space to move around or to work in. •/He doesn’t require a huge office, but we must at least give him elbow room./
[element] See: IN ONE’S ELEMENT, OUT OF ONE’S ELEMENT.
[eleventh hour]{adj. phr.} Pertaining to the last minutes; the last opportunity to accomplish a task. •/The editors made several eleventh hour changes in the headlines of the morning paper./
[else] See: SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN.
[emcee] See: MASTER OF CEREMONIES.
[end] See: AT LOOSE ENDS, AT ONE’S WITS' END, BURN THE CANDLE AT BOTH ENDS, GO OFF THE DEEP END, HAIR STAND ON END, HOLD ONE’S END UP or HOLD UP ONE’S END or KEEP ONE’S END UP or KEEP UP ONE’S END, LIVING END, LOOSE ENDS, MAKE AN END OF, MAKE ENDS MEET, NO END, NO END TO or NO END OF, ON END, PUT AN END OF, REAR END, SHORT END, SPLIT END, TAG END or TAIL END, TIGHT END, TO THE BITTER END, WORLD WITHOUT END.
[end for end]{adv. phr.} In a reversed or opposite position (as upside down or backwards); the other way around; over. •/The box turned end for end as it fell, and everything spilled out./ •/The wind caught the canoe and turned it end for end./
[end in itself]{n. phr.} Something wanted for its own sake; a purpose, aim, or goal we want for itself alone and not as a way to something else. •/The miser never spent his gold because for him it was an end in itself./