Смысл: a capella

a cap(p)ella[͵aıkəʹpelə]
муз.
<Í> 1. а капелла, без инструментального сопровождения (о хоровом пении)
2. в стиле духовной музыки; храмовой (о напеве и т. п.)

cap Идиома

a feather in your cap

an honor, a credit to you, chalk one up for you Because you are Karen's teacher, her award is a feather in your cap.

captain of industry

a top corporation officer The president of our company was a captain of industry and after he retired he was appointed to many government boards.

capture the imagination

cause a person to imagine a scene or character The story of Jacob Two-Two will capture the kids' imagination.

feather in your cap

(See a feather in your cap)

narrow escape

an escape with no chance of error He had a narrow escape when he almost fell from his bicycle.

bust a cap

1. to fire a bullet
2. to inject a shot of heroin

cap

1. bullet;"I'm a pop a cap in him" -- Jules in the movie "Pulp Fiction"
2. cranium, top of the skull
3. crack
4. a hat
5. to shoot

cap'n

captain

captain geech

a very bad band; a looser band;"That bands like captain geech"

captain of team nasty

the "leader" of a group of unattractive males/females."I saw you brought home captain of team nasty last night"

Captain Sav-a-hoe

a Captain Sav-a-hoe (save a whore) is a man who pays for everything to an unreasonable extent; as Jermar Givens put it;"If you're paying for all the kid's clothing, but they ain't even your kids--you're a captain"

jimmy cap/hat

a condom

peeling caps

killing someone by shooting him, shots to the head often disfigure it in such a way that the cranium is "peeled back":"One wrong move and your cap's peeled" -- Ice T. (O.G. original gangster)

pop a cap

to fire a weapon

capable of

1．having the ability or power for有能力干
Jack is a man capable of judging art．杰克是一个有艺术判断力的人。
He is capable of any crime．他什么坏事都能干得出来。
2．ready for；open to（指事物、情况）能…的；可以…的
The situation is capable of improvement．这种状况是可以改变的。
That't capable of being understood．那是可以被理解的。

capitalize on

take advantage of；profit by 利用；从…中得益
It's important to capitalize on your opponent's mistake to win the game．利用你对手的弱点来赢这场比赛是很重要的。
Corrupt officials in old China used to capitalize on natural calamities．旧中国的贪官污吏往往利用自然灾害大发横财。
He always capitalizes on every opportunity that comes his way．他总是利用一切有利于自己的机会。

feather in one's cap

sth．to be proud of； an honor值得骄傲的事；荣誉
It was a feather in his cap to win first prize．他赢得一等奖，真是件值得骄傲的事情。
It'll be a feather in your cap if you can get an interview with him．你如果能见到他，那将是件值得骄傲的事。
It is no small feather in a man's cap if he has been no worse than his neighbours．一个人如果不比周围人差，那是一件很值得骄傲的事。

put one's thinking cap on

Idiom(s): put one's thinking cap on

Theme: THOUGHT

to start thinking in a serious manner. (Usually used with children.)
• It's time to put our thinking caps on, children.
• All right now, let's put on our thinking caps and do some arithmetic.

make sb the scapegoat for

Idiom(s): make sb the scapegoat for sth

Theme: BLAME

to make someone take the blame for something.
• They made Tom the scapegoat for the whole affair. It wasn't all his fault.
• Don't try to make me the scapegoat. I'll tell who really did it.

escape one's notice

Idiom(s): escape one's notice

Theme: ESCAPE

to go unnoticed; not to have been noticed. (Usually a way to point out that someone has failed to see or respond to something.)
• I suppose my earlier request escaped your notice, so I'm writing again.
• I'm sorry. Your letter escaped my notice.

cap and gown

Idiom(s): cap and gown

Theme: COLLEGE

the academic cap or mortarboard and the robe worn in academic ceremonies. (Fixed order.)
• We all had to rent cap and gown for graduation.
• I appeared wearing my cap and gown, but I had shorts on underneath because it gets so hot at that time of year.

If the cap fits, wear it

This idiom means that if the description is correct, then it is describing the truth, often when someone is being criticised. ('If the shoe fits, wear it' is an alternative)

Scapegoat

Someone else who takes the blame.

Acapulco gold|Acapulco|gold

n., slang Marijuana of an exceptionally high quality. Jack doesn't just smoke pot, he smokes Acapulco gold.

cap the climax|cap|climax

v. phr. To exceed what is already a high point of achievement. Sam's piano recital was great, but Bill's performance capped the climax.

feather in one's cap|cap|feather

n. phr. Something to be proud of; an honor. It was a feather in his cap to win first prize. (From the medieval practice of placing a feather in the helmet of one who won honors in battle.)

narrow escape|escape|narrow

n. phr. An escape by a very small margin; a near miss. If the truck that hit his car had been coming faster, it would have killed him; it was certainly a narrow escape that he only had a broken arm!

nightcap

n. A good-night drink; a drink taken just before bedtime. Let's have a nightcap and then go to sleep. Would you like to come up to my place for a nightcap?

put on one's thinking cap|cap|put|put on|thinking

v. phr. To think hard and long about some problem or question. Miss Stone told her pupils to put on their thinking caps before answering the question.

redcap

n. A porter at an airport or at a railroad station. Mr. Smith works as a redcap at Chicago's O'Hare Airport.

set one's cap for|cap|set

v. phr., informal To attempt to win the love of or to marry. Usually used of a girl or woman. The young girl set her cap for the new town doctor, who was a bachelor.

cap in hand

cap in hand
see under hat in hand.

cap it all

cap it all
1) Also, cap it all off. Finish or complete something, as in To cap it all off they served three kinds of dessert.
2) Surpass or outdo something, as in This last story of Henry's caps them all. Both usages employ cap in the sense of “topping” something. [First half of 1800s]

capable

capable
capable of
1) susceptible of; admitting of; open to
2) having the ability or qualities necessary for
3) able or ready to capable of telling a lie

cape

cape
the Cape
1) Cape of Good Hope
2) Cape of Good Hope Province
3) Cape Cod

caper

caper
cut a caper
or cut capers
to caper

capital

capital
see make capital out of.

capitalize

capitalize
capitalize on something
to use something to one's own advantage or profit

captive audience

captive audience
Listeners or onlookers who have no choice but to attend. For example, It's a required course and, knowing he has a captive audience, the professor rambles on endlessly. This expression, first recorded in 1902, uses captive in the sense of “unable to escape.”

cut capers

cut capers
Also, cut a caper. Frolic or romp, as in The children cut capers in the pile of raked leaves. The noun caper comes from the Latin for “goat,” and the allusion is to act in the manner of a young goat clumsily frolicking about. The expression was first recorded in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night (1:3): “Faith, I can cut a caper.”

escape

escape
In addition to the idiom beginning with escape, also see narrow escape.

escape notice

escape notice
Elude attention or observation, as in It must have escaped the editor's notice so I'll write again. [c. 1700]

feather in one's cap, a

feather in one's cap, a
An act or deed to one's credit; a distinctive achievement. For example, Getting all three factions to the bargaining table would be a feather in his cap. This expression alludes to the practice of putting a feather on a soldier's cap for every enemy he kills, an early practice of some Native American tribes and many other peoples. [Early 1600s]

handicap

handicap
the handicapped
those who are physically disabled or mentally retarded

incapable

incapable
incapable of
1) not allowing or admitting; not able to accept or experience incapable of change
2) lacking the ability or fitness for incapable of sustained thought
3) not legally qualified for

make capital out of

make capital out of
Use profitably, turn to account, as in The challengers made capital out of the President's signing a bill that increased taxes. This expression, first recorded in 1855, uses capital in the sense of “material wealth used to create more wealth.”

put on one's thinking cap

put on one's thinking cap
Think or reflect seriously, as in A new slogan? I'll have to put on my thinking cap for that. This term originated in the late 1800s and replaced considering cap, which dates from the early 1600s.

set one's cap for

set one's cap for
Pursue someone romantically, as in We all thought Anne had set her cap for Joe, but we were wrong. In the 1700s this term, which may have alluded to donning one's best headgear, was applied to members of either sex, but by the early 1800s it generally described a woman chasing a man. It is probably obsolescent.