Фразеологизмы со словами in t. Страница пять

flash in the pan

A person or thing that starts out well but does not continue.

Mary got 100 on the first test in arithmetic but it was just a flash in the pan because she failed in arithmetic.

The new quarterback was a flash in the pan.

fly in the face of

fly in the teeth of

To ignore; go against; show disrespect or disregard for.

Floyd's friends tried to help him, but he flew in the teeth of their advice and soon became a drunkard.

You can't fly in the face of good business rules and expect to he successful.

fly in the ointment

An unpleasant part of a pleasant thing; something small that spoils your fun.

We had a lot of fun at the beach; the only fly in the ointment was George's cutting his foot on a piece of glass.

Your new job sounds too good to be true - interesting work, high pay, short hours. Isn't there any fly in the ointment?

foot in the door

get one's foot in the door

The first step toward getting or doing something; a start toward success; opening.

Don't let Jane get her foot in the door by joining the club or soon she'll want to be president.

get a frog in the throat

Простудить горло.

I got such a terrible frog in my throat, that I cannot deliver a speech on today's conference.

У меня так сильно першит в горле, что я не могу выступать сегодня на конференции.

give rein to

give free rein to

To remove all restrictions or limitations from someone or something.

When she wrote her first mystery novel, the talented novelist gave rein to her imagination.

go down in history

go down in the records

To be remembered or recorded for always.

Babe Ruth went down in history as a home run hitter.

The President said that the day the war ended would go down in history.

The boy's straight A's for four years of college went down in the records.

The lives of great men go down in history.

go jump in the lake

To go away and quit being a bother.

George was tired of Tom's advice and told him to go jump in the lake.