Смысл: after-supper

after-supper[ʹɑ:ftə͵sʌpə]
n
<Í> время после ужина (до сна)
after-supper talk - беседа после ужина; вечерняя беседа

upper Идиома

a stiff upper lip

(See keep a stiff upper lip)

keep a stiff upper lip

be brave, face trouble bravely The prisoners tried hard to keep a stiff upper lip in spite of the hardships of the prison.

stiff upper lip

(See keep a stiff upper lip)

the upper hand

the advantage, get the jump on Because you have graduated from college, you have the upper hand.

upper crust

upper class, high class, aristocracy Kurt acts like upper crust because his ancestor was a German baron.

upper hand

(See the upper hand)

get the upper hand

Idiom(s): get the upper hand (on sb)

Theme: ADVANTAGE - GAIN

to get into a position superior to someone; to get the advantage of someone.
• John is always trying to get the upper hand on someone.
• He never ends up having the upper hand, though.

Sing for your supper

If you have to sing for your supper, you have to work to get the pay or reward you need or want.

covered-dish supper|covered-dish|potluck|potluck s

A meal to which each guest brings a share of the food. Dolly made a chicken casserole for the covered-dish supper.

keep a stiff upper lip|keep|stiff|upper lip

v. phr. To be brave; face trouble bravely. He was very much worried about his sick daughter, but he kept a stiff upper lip. Although he was having some trouble with the engine, the pilot kept a stiff upper lip and landed the plane safely.
Compare: KEEP ONE'S CHIN UP.

on one's uppers|on|uppers

adj. phr., informal Very poor. Mr. White had been out of work for several months and was on his uppers.
Compare: DOWN ON ONE'S LUCK.

sing for one's supper|sing|supper

v. phr., informal To have to work for what one desires. I realized a long time ago that I had to sing for my supper if I wanted to get ahead in my profession.

upper crust|crust|upper

n., informal The richest, most famous, or important people in a certain place; the highest class. It is a school that only the children of the upper crust can afford.

upper hand|hand|upper|whip|whip hand

n. Controlling power; advantage. In the third round the champion got the upper hand over his opponent and knocked him out. The cowboy trained the wild horse so that he finally got the whip hand and tamed the horse.

upper story|story|upper

n. 1. A floor or level of a building above the first floor. The apartment house where Gene lives is five stories high and he lives in one of the upper stories. 2. slang A person's head or brain. Lulu has nobody home in the upper story. Bill's sister says he is weak in the upper story.

on one's uppers

on one's uppers
Poor, in reduced circumstances, as in as in The Smiths try to hide the fact that they're on their uppers. First recorded in 1886, this metaphoric term alludes to having worn out the soles of one's shoes so badly that only the top portions remain.

sing for one's supper

sing for one's supper
Work for one's pay or reward, as in Entertaining visiting scientists is part of the job; you know I have to sing for my supper. This metaphoric term alludes to wandering minstrels who performed in taverns and were paid with a meal. First recorded in 1609, it gained currency with the familiar nursery rhyme, “Little Tommy Tucker, sings for his supper” (c. 1744).

supper

supper
see sing for one's supper.

upper

upper
In addition to the idioms beginning with upper, also see keep a stiff upper lip; on one's uppers.
* * *
- upper crust
- upper hand
- upper story

upper story

upper story
The head or brain, as in He's not all there in the upper story. This expression transfers the literal sense of a higher floor in a multistory building to the top portion of the human body. Richard Bentley used it in A Dissertation on the Epistles of Phalaris (1699), where he compares a man with “brains ... in his head” to a man who has “furniture in his upper story.”