Словосочетания со словом ring. Страница семь

ring true

To have a tone of genuineness; sound convincing.

I believed his sob story about how he lost his fortune, because somehow it all rang true.

ring up

To add and record on a cash register.

Business was bad Tuesday; we didn't ring up a sale all morning.

The supermarket clerk rang up Mrs. Smith's purchases and told her she owed $33.

To telephone.

Sally rang up Sue and told her the news.

ringleader

The chief of an unsavory group; a higher-up.

The FBI finally caught up with the ringleader of the dope smugglers from South America.

run circles around

run rings around

To show that you can do a task much better than; do better than (someone) very easily.

Frank ran rings around the other boys on the basketball team.

In spelling, Ruth could run circles around Barbara any day.

shoestring catch

A catch of a hit baseball just before it hits the ground.

The left fielder made a shoestring catch of a line drive to end the inning.

spring a leak

To develop a hole (said of boats) through which water can enter, threatening the boat to sink.

When our small boat sprang a leak, we rapidly returned to shore to fix it.

To be threatened by some oncoming danger.

Our firm sprang a leak when the vice president suddenly died of a heart attack.

spring chicken

A young person. Usually used with no.

Mr. Brown is no spring chicken, but he can still play tennis well.

The coach is no spring chicken, but he can show the players what to do.

spring on one

To approach someone unexpectedly with an unpleasant idea or project.

Our firm was merely six weeks old when they sprang the news on me that I had to go to Algiers to open a new branch there.