English Puzzle

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nip in the bud
To check at the outset; prevent at the start; block or destroy in the beginning.
The police nipped the plot in the bud.
The teacher nipped the disorder in the bud.
not for all the coffee in Brazil
not for all the tea in China
not for anything in the world
not for love or money
not for love nor for money
not for the world
not for worlds
Not at any price; not for anything.
Ни за какие деньги, ни за что на свете, и т.д.
Not for worlds would he let his children go hungry.
I wouldn't hurt his feelings for the world.
I will not marry him not for love nor money.
Я не выйду за него ни за какие деньги.
No I won't do it - not for all the tea in China.
Нет, я не буду делать этого, – ни за какие коврижки.
not in the least
Not at all.
She was not in the least interested in listening to a long lecture on ethics.
not the only fish in the sea
One of many; not the only one of the kind; not the only one available.
He said he could find other girls - she was not the only fish in the sea.
one foot in the grave
Near to death.
Одной ного в могиле; быть при смерти.
Grandfather has never been sick a day in his life, but Mother cares for him as if he had one foot in the grave.
I was so sick, I felt as if I had one foot in the grave.
Я был так болен, что мне казалось, будто я одной ногой в могиле.
The dog is fourteen years old, blind, and feeble. He has one foot in the grave.
When you are one foot in the grave, you start analyzing your life.
Когда ты одной ногой в могиле, ты начинаешь анализировать свою жизнь.
out in the cold
leave out in the cold
Alone; not included.
All the other children were chosen for parts in the play, but Johnny was left out in the cold.
Everybody made plans for Christmas Day and Mary found herself out in the cold.
pain in the ass
pain in the neck
An obnoxious or bothersome person or event.
Phoebe Hochrichter is a regular pain in the neck (ass).
pie in the sky
An unrealistic wish or hope.
Our trip to Hawaii is still only a pie in the sky.