Словарь американских идиом: 8000 единиц
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[flip out]{v. phr.}, {slang}, {informal} To go insane, to go out of one’s mind. •/A is impossible to talk to Joe today — he must have flipped out./
[flock] See: BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER.
[floor] See: GROUND FLOOR, MOP THE FLOOR WITH, WALK THE FLOOR.
[floor one]{v. phr.} To overwhelm; astound; nonplus. •/John’s sudden announcement that he would retire floored all of us in the office./
[floorwalker]{n.} A section manager in a department store. •/To exchange this pair of shoes, you must first get the floorwalker’s approval./
[flop] See: FLIP-FLOP.
[flower child]{n.}, {slang}, {informal} 1. A young person who believes in nonviolence and carries flowers around to symbolize his peace-loving nature. •/Flower children are supposed to be nonviolent, but they sure make a lot of noise when they demonstrate!/ 2. Any person who cannot cope with reality. •/"Face facts, Suzie, stop being such a flower child!"/
[flower power]{n.}, {slang} The supposed power of love and nonviolence as intended to be used by members of the anti-culture to change American society. •/The young people were marching for flower power./
[fluff one’s lines] See: BLOW ONE’S LINES.
[fluff stuff]{n.}, {slang}, {citizen’s band radio jargon} Snow. •/We can expect some fluff stuff this afternoon./
[flunk out]{v. phr.} To have to withdraw from school or college because of too many failing grades. •/Fred flunked out of college during his junior year./
[flush it]{v. phr.}, {slang} 1. To fail (something). •/I really flushed it in my math course./ 2. {interj.}, {used imperatively} Expression registering refusal to believe something considered stupid or false. •/"You expect me to buy that story? Flush it!"/
[fly] See: BIRD HAS FLOWN, GO FLY A KITE, MAKE THE FEATHERS FLY, MAKE THE FUR FLY, ON THE FLY, POP FLY, SACRIFICE FLY.
[fly at one’s throat]{v. phr.} To attack you suddenly with great anger. •/When Tom called Dick a bad name, Dick flew at his throat./
[fly ball]{n.} A baseball hit high into the air. •/He hit an easy fly ball to center field./
[fly blind]{v. phr.} 1. To fly an airplane by instruments alone. •/In the heavy fog he had to fly blind./ 2. {informal} To do something without understanding what you are doing. •/I’m glad the car runs now; I was flying blind when I fixed it./ •/He’s flying blind when he talks about philosophy./
[fly-by-night(1)]{adj.} Set up to make a lot of money in a hurry, then disappear so people can’t find you to complain about poor work, etc.; not trustworthy; not reliable. •/Mrs. Blank bought her vacuum cleaner from a new company; when she tried to have it fixed, she found it was a fly-by-night business./
[fly-by-night(2)]{n.}, {informal} 1. A company that sells many cheap things for a big profit and then disappears. •/A dependable company honors its guarantees, but a fly-by-night only wants your money./ 2. A person who does not pay his bills, but sneaks away (as at night.) •/Hotels are bothered by fly-by-nights./
[fly by the seat of one’s pants]{v. phr.}, {slang} To fly an airplane by feel and instinct rather than with the help of the instruments. •/Many pilots in World War I had to fly by the seat of their pants./
[flying] See: WITH FLYING COLORS.
[flying high]{adj.}, {slang} Very happy; joyful. •/Jack was flying high after his team won the game./ Compare: IN THE CLOUDS, ON TOP OP THE WORLD.
[flying start] See: GET OFF TO A FLYING START.
[flying tackle]{n.}, {informal} A tackle made by jumping through the air at the person to be tackled. •/Most football coaches don’t want their players to make flying tackles./ •/The policeman stopped the burglar with a flying tackle./
[flying wedge]{n.}, {informal} 1. An offensive formation in football in which players link arms and line up to form a "V" with the ball carrier in the middle. •/The flying wedge was so dangerous and hurt so many players that rules have forbidden it for over 50 years./ 2. A group (as of guards or policemen) who use a "V" formation to help someone get through a crowd. •/Police had to form a flying wedge to get the movie star through the crowd of autograph hunters./
[fly in the face of] or [fly in the teeth of]{v. phr.} To ignore; go against; show disrespect or disregard for. •/You can’t fly in the face of good business rules and expect to he successful./ •/Floyd’s friends tried to help him, but he flew in the teeth of their advice and soon became a drunkard./
[fly in the ointment]{n. phr.}, {informal} An unpleasant part of a pleasant thing; something small that spoils your fun. •/We had a lot of fun at the beach; the only fly in the ointment was George’s cutting his foot on a piece of glass./ •/Your new job sounds too good to be true — interesting work, high pay, short hours. Isn’t there any fly in the ointment?/
[fly off the handle]{v. phr.}, {informal} To become very angry. •/John flew off the handle whenever Mary made a mistake./ •/The children’s noise made the man next door fly off the handle./ Syn.: LOSE ONE’S TEMPER.
[fly the coop]{v. phr.}, {slang} To leave suddenly and secretly; run away. •/The robbers flew the coop before the police arrived./ •/His partner flew the coop with all the money./