Смысл: anticreeper

anticreeper[͵æntıʹkri:pə]
n ж.-д.
<Í> противоугон

Cree Идиома

creep

strange person, pervert, weirdo What a creep! He looks like a stray dog!

give me the creeps

cause me to feel scared or uncomfortable Damon looks like a ghost. He gives me the creeps.

screech

homemade liquor, hooch, moonshine We can't afford a bottle of gin, so I bought a jug of screech.

up shit creek

in a bad situation, in a fix If we lose our matches, we're up shit creek. We need a campfire.

creechy

weird; just indescribable; every kind of weird stuff that you can think of:"Her house was creechy with all those skeletons"

creepy-crawly

an insect, spider, worm etc.

up the creek without a paddle

Idiom(s): up the creek (without a paddle)

Theme: TROUBLE

in a bad situation. (Slang. Use with caution. There is a taboo version of this phrase.)
• What a mess I’m in. I'm really up the creek without a paddle.
• I tried to prevent it, hut I seem to he up the creek, too.

give sb the creeps

Idiom(s): give someone the creeps AND give someone the willies

Theme: FRIGHT

to make someone uneasy; to frighten someone.
• That old house gives me the creeps.
• That strange old man gives him the willies.

get the creeps

Idiom(s): get the creeps AND get the willies

Theme: FRIGHT

to become frightened; to become uneasy. (Slang.)
• I get the creeps when I see that old house.
• I really had the willies when I went down into the basement.

Lord willing and the creek don't rise

Pertains to the ability to accomplish a task or meet an obligation, barring unforseen complications. Example "I will be at work tomorrow, Lord willing and the creek don't rise."

Silver screen

The silver screen is the cinema.

Up the creek

If someone or something is up the creek, they are in real trouble. 'Up the creek without a paddle' is an alternative, and 'up shit creek (without a paddle)' is a ruder form.

creep up on|creep

v. 1. To crawl towards; move along near the ground; steal cautiously towards so as not to be seen or noticed. The mouse did not see the snake creeping up on it over the rocks. Indians were creeping up on the house through the bushes. 2. or sneak up on To come little by little; arrive slowly and unnoticed. The woman's hair was turning gray as age crept up on her. Winter is creeping up on us little by little. The boys didn't notice the darkness creeping up on them while they were playing.
Compare: COME OVER.

screen test|screen|test

n. A short movie made to see if an actor or actress is good enough or the right one to play a part. Ellen acted well on the stage, but she failed her screen test.

smoke screen|screen|smoke

n. phr. A camouflage; a veil; something used to cover or hide something. June hides her commercial interests behind a smoke screen of religious piety.

the creeps|creeps

n., informal 1. An uncomfortable tightening of the skin caused by fear or shock. Reading the story of a ghost gave Joe the creeps. The queer noises in the old house gave Mary the creeps. 2. A strong feeling of fear or disgust. The cold, damp, lonely swamp gave John the creeps. The dog was so ugly it gave Mary the creeps.

up the creek|creek|paddle|up|up the creek without

adj. phr., informal In trouble or difficulty and unable to do anything about it; stuck. Father said that if the car ran out of gas in the middle of the desert, we would be up the creek without a paddle. I'll be up the creek if I don't pass this history test.
Compare: DEEP WATER, IN THE SOUP, UP A TREE, OUT OF LUCK.

creed

creed
the Creed
the Apostles' Creed

creek

creek
see up a creek.

creep up on

creep up on
Advance slowly or stealthily, as in The cat crept up on the bird, or Autumn is creeping up on us. This expression is recorded in slightly different form— creep in or creep on—from the 15th century on. One of the Hymns to the Virgin and Christ (c. 1430) has “Now age has cropen [crept] up on me ful stille.”

give the creeps

give the creeps
see the creeps.

make one's flesh creep

make one's flesh creep
Also, make one's skin crawl. Cause one to shudder with disgust or fear, as in That picture makes my flesh creep, or Cockroaches make my skin crawl. This idiom alludes to the feeling of having something crawl over one's body or skin. The first term appeared in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels (1727): “Something in their countenance made my flesh creep with a horror I cannot express.” The variant dates from the late 1800s.

the creeps

the creeps
Also, the willies. A sensation of horror or repugnance, as in That weird man gives me the creeps, or I get the willies when I hear that dirge music. The first of these colloquial terms alludes to a sensation of something crawling on one's skin. Charles Dickens used it in David Copperfield (1849) to describe a physical ailment: “She was constantly complaining of the cold and of its occasioning a visitation in her back, which she called ‘the creeps.’” But soon after it was used to describe fear and loathing. The variant dates from the late 1800s, and both its allusion and origin are unclear.

up a creek

up a creek
Also, up shit creek; up the creek (without a paddle). In trouble, in a serious predicament, as in If the check doesn't arrive today I'm up a creek, or The car wouldn't start, so I was up the creek without a paddle. This slangy idiom conjures up the image of a stranded canoeist with no way of moving (paddling) the canoe. President Harry S. Truman used the first term in a letter in 1918. The first variant is considered vulgar.