Смысл: air travel

air travel[ʹeə͵træv(ə)l]
<Í> 1. путешествие по воздуху, самолётом
2. количество часов в полёте; налётанные часы

rave Идиома

dig your own grave

cause your own failure, cut your own throat When you criticize the manager, are you digging your own grave?

one foot in the grave

near death Her grandmother has one foot in the grave and is not expected to live much longer.

rant and rave

yell and cry out, preach and complain The old man was ranting and raving about his lost goats.

travel light

travel with very little luggage or with little to carry We always travel very light when we go on a holiday.

candy ravers

younger members of the raver subculture:"There were just some candy ravers there last night"

dig in the grave

London Cockney rhyming slang for shave

rave

in the early 1960's, a party

crave for

1．have a strong desire for 渴望
The oppressed crave for freedom and happiness．被压迫者渴望自由和幸福。
He claimed to be a democrat，but secretly he craved for absolute authority．他自称是民主主义者，但暗中却渴望得到绝对的权力。
2．ask forcefully for 恳求
Kneeling before the king，the prisoner craved for mercy．罪犯跪在国王面前，请求宽恕。

rave about

1．speak about sth．with great admiration；talk about sth．with exaggerated enthusiasm大声赞扬；狂热地谈论某事
All the girls raved about the new singer．所有女孩都盛赞这位新歌手。
I cannot understand why teenagers rave about some of these pop singers．我真不明白为什么十几岁的年轻人会如醉如痴地谈论那些流行歌手。
2．give a display of uncontrollable anger or indignation about对…表现出极度的愤怒
Thinking that I might be a ready and sympathetic listener，she started raving about the shameful way she had been treated by her husband．她认为我可能愿意听而且会表示同情，所以就开始愤怒地诉说她丈夫对她的种种不体面的行径。

turn over in one's grave

Idiom(s): turn (over) in one's grave

Theme: AMAZING

[for a dead person] to be shocked or horrified. (Refers to something that would be so shocking to a person who is actually dead, that the dead person would quicken enough to turn over.)
• If Beethoven heard Mary play one of his sonatas, he'd turn over in his grave.
• If Aunt Jane knew what you were doing with her favorite chair, she would turn over in her grave.

rant and rave about

Idiom(s): rant and rave (about sb or sth)

Theme: SHOUTING

to shout angrily and wildly about someone or something. (Fixed order.)
• Bob rants and raves when anything displeases him.
• Bob rants and raves about anything that displeases him.
• Father rants and raves if we arrive home late.

quiet as the grave

Idiom(s): (as) quiet as the grave

Theme: SILENCE

very quiet; silent.
• The house is as quiet as the grave when the children are at school.
• This town is quiet as the grave now that the offices have closed.

put up a brave front

Idiom(s): put up a (brave) front AND put on a (brave) front

Theme: COURAGE

to appear to be brave (even if one is not).
• Mary is frightened, but she's putting up a brave front.
• If she weren't putting on a front, I’d be more frightened than I am.

put on a brave face

Idiom(s): put on a brave face

Theme: COURAGE

to try to appear happy or satisfied when faced with misfortune or danger.
• We've lost all our money, but we must put on a brave face for the sake of the children.
• Jim has lost his job and is worried, but he's putting on a brave face.

have one foot in the grave

Idiom(s): have one foot in the grave

Theme: DAYDREAM

to be near death, either because of old age or because of illness.
• Fred's uncle is ninety. He has one foot in the grave and may not live another two months.
• Terry has one foot in the grave and will perish unless he receives treatment soon.

from the cradle to the grave

Idiom(s): from the cradle to the grave

Theme: COMPLETELY

from birth to death.
• The government promised to take care of us from the cradle to the grave.
• You can feel secure and well protected from the cradle to the grave.

dig one's own grave

Idiom(s): dig one's own grave

Theme: EXTRAVAGANCE

to be responsible for one's own downfall or ruin.
• The manager tried to get rid of his assistant, but he dug his own grave. He got fired himself for trying.
• The committee has dug its own grave with the new tax bill.

put on a brave front

Bad news travels fast.

People tend to circulate bad news (accidents, illness etc.) very quickly.

Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork.

Don't do something yourself which causes your own downfall.

Dancing on someone's grave

If you will dance on someone's grave, you will outlive or outlast them and will celebrate their demise.

Graveyard shift

If you have to work very late at night, it is the graveyard shift.

He that travels far knows much

People who travel widely have a wide knowledge.

Watery grave

If someone has gone to a watery grave, they have drowned.

Whistling past the graveyard

(USA) If someone is whistling past the graveyard, they are trying to remain cheerful in difficult circumstances. ('Whistling past the cemetery' is also used.)

brave it out|brave

v. phr. To endure something difficult or dangerous through to the end; keep on through trouble or danger. It was a dangerous ocean crossing in wartime, but captain and crew braved it out.

fellow traveller|fellow|fellow traveler|traveler|t

n. A sympathizer with a political movement who does not officially belong to the political party in question. Many Germans after World War II were innocently accused of being fellow travellers of Nazism. During the McCarthy era, many Americans were accused of being Communist fellow travellers.

graveyard shift|graveyard|shift

n. phr. The work period lasting from sundown to sunup, when one has to work in the dark or by artificial light. "Why are you always so sleepy in class?" Professor Brown asked Sam. "Because I have to work the graveyard shift beside going to school," Sam answered.

one foot in the grave|foot|grave|one

n. phr. Near to death. The dog is fourteen years old, blind, and feeble. He has one foot in the grave. Grandfather has never been sick a day in his life, but Mother cares for him as if he had one foot in the grave.

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.

put up a brave front|brave|brave front|front|good

v. phr. To act courageously, even though one is actually afraid. When Joe was taken in for his open heart surgery, he put up a brave front, although his hands were shaking.

rave about|rave

v. phr. To talk very enthusiastically about someone or something. Hank praised the new TV show very highly but we didn't think it was anything to rave about.

travel light|light|travel

v. phr. To travel with very little luggage or with very little to carry. Plane passengers must travel light. Tom and Fred traveled light on their camping trip.

turn in one's grave|grave|turn|turn over|turn over

v. phr. To be so grieved or angry that you would not rest quietly in your grave. If your grandfather could see what you're doing now, he would turn over in his grave.

brave face, put on a

brave face, put on a
Also, put up a brave front.
1) Face adversity cheerfully. For example, Even though she had been passed over for promotion, she put on a brave face.
2) Try to appear brave even though very frightened. For example, Harry was terrified of animals, but his boss was a dog lover, so he put up a brave front. [Second half of 1800s]

brave it out

brave it out
1) Face danger or a difficult situation with courage. For example, They had far fewer votes than the opposition, but they decided to brave it out. [Late 1500s]
2) Also, brazen it out. Boast or swagger, act with impudent bravado. For example, They hadn't been invited but decided to stay and brazen it out. [Mid-1500s]

brave the elements

brave the elements
Go out in stormy weather, as in We've just about run out of food; I'll brave the elements and walk to the store. The use of elements for atmospheric agencies dates from the early 16th century but is rare today except in this expression, which is often used hyperbolically.

grave

grave
see dig one's own grave; from the cradle to the grave; one foot in the grave, have; turn in one's grave.

one foot in the grave, have

one foot in the grave, have
Be close to death or in terrible condition, as in Jane looks as though she has one foot in the grave. This picturesque hyperbolic phrase was first recorded in 1566.

turn in one's grave

turn in one's grave
Also turn over in one's grave. Be very upset. This idiom is used only of a dead person, who in all likelihood would have been upset by developments in question, as in If she knew you'd sold her jewelry, she'd turn over in her grave. [Late 1800s]