Смысл: abjuringabjure[əbʹdʒʋə] v <Í> 1. отрекаться to abjure one's religion - отрекаться от своей веры to abjure one's errors - (открыто) отказаться от своих заблуждений to abjure allegiance - амер.клятвенно отречься от прежнего гражданства /подданства/ 2. сторониться, чуждаться to abjure new ideas - чураться новых мыслей 3. отказываться, отступаться to abjure a claim - отказываться от претензии или иска 4. юр.отрицать (что-л.) под присягой Í>
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curiosity killed the cat
a very curious person may find trouble or danger Don't ask so many questions. Remenmber, curiosity killed the cat.
security blanket
something one holds on to for reassurance or comfort (like a child and a blanket) He uses his computer as his security blanket so that he doesn
tourist trap
place that is overpriced and attracts tourists He thinks that Hawaii is a tourist trap and doesn
centuries
money
furilla
contraction of the phrase "for real"; something known to be true:"On the furilla, my nigga, just call me Scarface" -- Geto Boys (Scarface [1989])
lull sb into a false sense of security
Idiom(s): lull sb into a false sense of security
Theme: DECEPTION
to lead someone into believing that all is well before attacking or doing something bad to someone. • We lulled the enemy into a false sense of security by pretending to retreat. Then we launched an attack. • The boss lulled us into a false sense of security by saying that our jobs were safe and then let half the staff go.
from Missouri
Idiom(s): be from Missouri
Theme: CERTAINTY
to require proof; to have to be shown (something). (From the nickname for the state of Missouri, the Show Me State.) • You'll have to prove it to me. I'm from Missouri. • She's from Missouri and has to be shown.
fast and furious
Idiom(s): fast and furious
Theme: SPEED
very rapidly and with unrestrained energy. (Fixed order.) • Her work in the kitchen was fast and furious, and it looked lovely when she finished. • Everything was going so fast and furious at the store during the Christmas rush that we never had time to eat lunch.
dead and buried
Idiom(s): dead and buried
Theme: DAYDREAM
gone forever. (Fixed order.) • Now that Uncle Bill is dead and buried, we can read his will. • That kind of thinking is dead and buried.
Know where all the bodies are buried
Someone who by virtue of holding a position of trust with an organization for a long period of time has come to know many of the secrets that others in more powerful positions would rather be kept secret knows where the bodies are buried. An implication is that the person knowing these secrets will use that knowledge to secure something of value for him- or herself.
a hot favourite
someone / something most likely to win: "Red Rum was always the hot favourite to win the Grand National."
curiosity killed the cat|cat|curiosity|kill|killed
informal Getting too nosy may lead a person into trouble. A proverb. "Curiosity killed the cat," Fred's father said, when he found Fred hunting around in closets just before Christmas.
dead and buried|buried|bury|dead
adj. phr. Gone forever. Slavery is dead and buried in twentieth-century America.
fast and furious|fast|furious
adj. or adv. phr. Very fast; with much speed and energy. He was mowing the grass at a fast and furious rate.When I last saw her she was driving fast and furious down the street. Compare: GREAT GUNS.
from Missouri|Missouri
adj. phr., slang Doubtful; suspicious. Don't try to fool me. I'm from Missouri.
from Missouri, I'm
from Missouri, I'm I'm extremely skeptical so you'll have to prove it. For example, You won the lottery? Come on, I'm from Missouri. The full expression, I'm from Missouri and you'll have to show me, dates from about 1880. Some authorities believe it alludes to the Missouri Compromise of 1820, whereby Missouri was admitted to the Union as a slave state and slavery was forbidden in certain other areas, but the connection, if any, is not clear.
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