Смысл: nip off

nip off[ʹnıpʹɒf]
phr v разг.
<Í> 1. удирать; ускользнуть, смыться
2. отщипывать, прищипывать (ростки)
the unwanted buds were nipped off - лишние бутоны были удалены

nip off Идиома

a bit off/a bit mental

not rational, unbalanced, one brick short Kate talks to the birds. Do you think she's a bit off?

a chip off the old block

a boy who is like his dad, the apple doesn't... Eric is a chip off the old block. He's just like his dad.

a little hair off the dog

(See hair off the dog)

a little off

not quite sane, a bit crazy, one brick short... When Clem started eating grass, we knew he was a little off.

a rip-off

unfair price or rule, priced too high The price of drinks was a rip-off. A small Coke cost $3!

a takeoff on

similar to, based on the same idea, a send-up The school play was a takeoff on Shakespeare's Hamlet.

an offer I couldn't refuse

an offer that contains a threat or force, a request that is a command The border guards invited me to stay for further questioning - it was an offer I couldn't refuse.

another nail in your coffin

"another cigarette; harmful substance" Every cigarette he smoked was another nail in his coffin.

back off

do not come closer, do not touch me Back off, you animal! Don't touch me!

be off

leave, go, off with you Be off, my dear, or you'll be late for work.

nip off

1. To actual bound or carefully abandon (to some place), abnormally for a abbreviate breadth of time. I charge to nip off to the abundance to get some milk—do we charge annihilation else? I anticipate they nipped off to get some added affair supplies. They should be aback soon.2. To bisect article (from article else) by pinching, cutting, or snipping it. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "nip" and "off." With abundant agreeableness and grace, he angled down, nipped off a rose from the bush, and presented it to his date. Just let me get my scissors and nip these hairs off that the beautician missed.Learn more: nip, off

nip something off (of) something

and nip something offto blow or cut article off something. (Of is usually retained afore pronouns.) Let me nip a few blossoms off the rosebush. I nipped off a few blossoms and fabricated a bouquet.Learn more: nip, off

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English Vocalbulary

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