щетина(The typical American workday ends at "five o'clock' in the afternoon. A "shadow" is a patch of darkness, or a hint of the presence of something. After spending a full day at work for eight or more hours, many men have a noticeable growth of facial hair, which is dark like a "shadow" and hints at the beard that would grow if left unshaven. Scarlett_dream)
отправить в нокаут(Barack Obama cleaned her clock in the debates. • The heavily-tattooed Perez never recovered, getting nailed with flush head shots before a clean-up left hook cleaned his clock.4uzhoj)
делать что-либо для галочки(The public has good instincts for when people are doing significant or courageous things in space and when merely punching the clock. VLZ_58)
нестись сломя голову(чтобы успеть куда-либо; только в контексте: This is the last morning we're going to race against the clock to get you to school on time. Tomorrow you're getting up at 7:30 AM!4uzhoj)
