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firewall[ʹfaıəwɔ:l]
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<Í> 1. стр. брандмауэр
2. ав. теплозащитный кожух двигателя

up the walls Идиома

climb the walls

feel upset or stressed, go bonkers, go crazy On the first day of school, the teacher was climbing the walls.

Walls have ears

Idiom(s): Walls have ears

Theme: PRIVACY

We may be overheard.
• Let's not discuss this matter here. Walls have ears, you know.
• Shhh. Walls have ears. Someone may be listening.

Walls have ears.

Be careful. People could be listening.

Bounce off the walls

If someone's bouncing off the walls, they are very excited about something.

Chinese walls

Chinese walls are regulatory information barriers that aim to stop the flow of information that could be misused, especially in financial corporations.

Good walls make good neighbours

Your relationship with your neighbours depends, among other things, on respecting one another's privacy.

walls have ears|ear|ears|walls

Sometimes one's most confidential conversations are overheard. "Be careful what you say," he whispered. "Remember that walls have ears."

walls have ears, the

walls have ears, the
The conversation is easily overheard, someone is listening, as in Be careful what you say; the walls have ears. This saying may come from a story about Dionysius of Syracuse (430-367 B.C.), who had an ear-shaped cave cut and connected between the rooms of his palace so that he could hear what was being said from another room. Similar listening posts were installed in other palaces over the centuries, including the Louvre in Paris. In English the phrase was first recorded in its present form in 1620.

up the walls

Extremely active or overworked; accepting abounding things to argue with at once. Primarily heard in UK, Ireland. Sorry I haven't been in touch, but amid assignment and our new baby, I've aloof been up the walls lately! Thank advantage you're here, Mary, we're up the walls in here! Could you booty this adjustment out to table 10 beeline away, please?Learn more: up, wall

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