Смысл: bomber-fighter

bomber-fighter[ʹbɒmə͵faıtə]
n
<Í> истребитель-бомбардировщик

fight Идиома

a fighting chance

a fair chance, a good chance If I can get a job interview, I'll have a fighting chance.

fight fire with fire

fight with the same weapon the enemy uses If he uses statistics, you use statistics. Fight fire with fire!

fight tooth and nail

fight fiercely or with all one

fighting chance

(See a fighting chance)

pick a fight

start a fight, begin an argument If Jamie tries to pick a fight with you, just walk away.

put up a good fight

try hard They put up a good fight but were unable to win the tournament.

spoil for a fight

try to begin a fight, chip on his shoulder, cruising for a bruising "Bud was spoiling for a fight with me. He said, ""You're too chicken to fight, ain't you?"""

fight against

engage in war against；contend with； oppose对…作战；与…斗争；反对
Great Britain fought with France against Germany．英国与法国并肩抵抗德国。
She has many temptations to fight against．她必须抵抗许多诱惑。

fight back

struggle to control；suppress；hold in check努力抑制；压服；克服
She fought back her tears as she said goodbye．她告别时抑制住了泪水。
She fought down her excitement and went on with her work．她极力克制自己的激动，继续干工作。
The firemen fought down the flames at last．消防队员终于控制了火势。
He fought down his anxiety．他忍住急躁。
She tried to fight down her terror．她尽力控制自己的恐惧感。

fight back/down

fight down

fight it out

fight to the end；resolve or settle by fighting决一雌雄；辩个明白
They fought it out with knives．他们刀刃相见，决一雌雄。
It's not a good way to fight a dispute out．决一雌雄来解决纷争，这不是一个好办法。
There was no other course open to us but to fight it out．我们除了打到底，别无出路。
We had better fight this thing out．我们最好把这个问题辩个明白。
We are determined to fight it out come what may．不管怎么样，我们决心干到底，决一胜负。

fight off

1．defeat in a fight；repel击退
He fought off three men who attacked him．他打退了3个袭击他的人。
Our troops have fought the invaders off．我们的部队已击退了侵略者。
The boat's crew fought off the attack of the octopus．船上水手们击退了大章鱼的袭击。
2． drive away with effort赶走；努力摆脱；驱除
Although the girl tried to fight him off，in the end she was caught by him．虽然这女孩努力摆脱他，但最后还是让他抓住了。
She fought off her drowsiness and went on with her reading．她尽力驱赶睡意，继续读书。
We can fight off a cold by taking aspirin．我们可以服用阿斯匹林来治疗感冒。

fight one's way out

struggle to leave打开一条生路；杀出一条活路
Having been surrounded by the enemy，we must fight our way out．我们已被敌人包围，必须杀出一条活路。

Them's fighting words

Idiom(s): Them's fighting words

Theme: FIGHTING

Those are words that will start a fight. (Folksy. Note that them is is permissible in this expression.)
• Better not talk like that around here. Them's fighting words.
• Them's fighting words, and you'd better be quiet unless you want trouble.

knock-down-drag-out fight

Idiom(s): knock-down-drag-out fight

Theme: FIGHTING

a serious fight; a serious argument. (Folksy.)
• Boy, they really had a knock-down-drag-out fight.
• Stop calling each other names, or you're going to end up with a real knock-down-drag-out fight.

go down fighting

Idiom(s): go down fighting

Theme: COMPLETION

to continue the struggle until one is completely defeated.
• I won't give up easily. I'll go down fighting.
• Sally, who is very determined, went down fighting.

fight hammer and tongs

Idiom(s): fight sb or sth hammer and tongs AND fight sb or sth tooth and nail; go at it hammer and tongs; go at it tooth and nail

Theme: FIGHTING

to fight against someone or something energetically and with great determination. (All have fixed order.)
• They fought against the robber tooth and nail.
• The dogs were fighting each other hammer and tongs.
• The mayor fought the new law hammer and tongs.
• We'll fight this zoning ordinance tooth and nail.

fight against time

Idiom(s): fight against time

Theme: HURRY

to hurry to meet a deadline or to do something quickly.
• The ambulance sped through the city to reach the accident, fighting against time.
• All the students fought against time to complete the test.

Better flatter a fool than fight him.

It's better to avoid disputes with stupid people.

Bring a knife to a gunfight

If someone brings a knife to a gunfight, they are very badly prepared for something.

Fight an uphill battle

When you fight an uphill battle, you have to struggle against very unfavourable circumstances.

Go down without a fight

If someone goes down without a fight, they surrender without putting up any resistance.

It's not the size of the dog in fight, it's the si

Usually refering to a small dog attacking a larger animal, this means that fierceness is not necessarily a matter of physical size, but rather mental/psychological attitude.

It's not the size of the man in the fight, it's th

This idiom means that determination is often more important than size, strength, or ability. ('It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.' is also used.)

You can't fight City Hall

This phrase is used when one is so cynical that one doesn't think one can change their Representatives. The phrase must have started with frustration towards a local body of government.

fight fire with fire|fight|fire

v. phr., slightly formal, of Biblical origin To fight back in the same way one was attacked; make a defense similar to the attack. The candidate was determined to fight fire with fire in the debate.

fight off|fight

v. phr. 1. To struggle against someone so as to free oneself; push an attacker back. Suzy fought off her two attackers in Central Park with a couple of karate chops. 2. To strive to overcome something negative. After twelve hours at the computer terminal, Jane had to fight off her overwhelming desire to go to sleep.

fight shy of|fight|fight shy|shy

v. phr. To avoid; escape from. Jack always fights shy of anything that even remotely resembles serious work.

fighting chance|chance|fight|fighting

n. phr. A chance that necessitates struggle and courage; a slim chance. The doctor told the family that Jack had a fighting chance to recover. Our business lost a lot of money, but we have a fighting chance to stage a comeback.

hammer and tongs|fight|fight tooth and nail|hammer

adv. phr. Violently. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have been at it all day, hammer and tongs.

put up a brave fight|brave|brave fight|fight|put|p

v. phr. To resist. He put up a good fight but he was bound to lose in the end to the older, more experienced chess player.

can't fight City Hall

can't fight City Hall
Unable to overcome bureaucratic rules, as in Brad couldn't get a permit without going through channels—you can't fight City Hall! This term transfers the seat of city government to a more general sense of bureaucracy in any sphere. [Mid-1800s]

fight

fight
In addition to the idioms beginning with fight, also see can't fight City Hall.
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- fight fire with fire
- fight it out
- fight off
- fight shy of
- fight tooth and nail
- fighting chance
- fighting words

fight shy of

fight shy of
Avoid meeting or confronting someone, as in “I have ... had to fight shy of invitations that would exhaust time and spirits” (Washington Irving, Life and Letters, 1821). This usage may allude to a military reluctance to meet or engage with the enemy. [Late 1700s]

fighting words

fighting words
A statement bound to start a quarrel or fight. It is often expressed as them's fighting words, as in You say your father's smarter than mine? Them's fighting words. The ungrammatical use of them's for “those are” emphasizes the folksy tone of this colloquialism, first recorded in Ring Lardner's Gullible's Travels (1917).

More Idioms/Phrases

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