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All hands to the pump!аврал!
at the expense ofна счёт
at the expense ofза счёт
at the helmу руля (Vanda Voytkevych)
at the reboundрикошетом
be at the helmбыть у руля (of something В.И.Макаров)
be on the alertне дремать
bid up the valueнабить цену (of: This is just another example of how foreign investors bid up the value of Canadian real estate. • Let's wait and see how this latest effort by Russia to bid up the value of its peace offers plays out. ART Vancouver)
block the enemy's pathперерезать путь противнику
bring up to the markдоводить до кондиции
check in the boxгалочка (4uzhoj)
circle the drainвылетать в трубу (Taras)
cross the red lineпересечь красную линию (Andrey Truhachev)
deliver into the hands ofотдавать на съедение
diamond in the roughнеогранённый алмаз (тж. о человеке В.И.Макаров)
fall into the ranksпополнять ряды (of 4uzhoj)
fall into the ranksпополнить ряды (of 4uzhoj)
fan the fires of nationalismраздувать националистические страсти (kee46)
flush down the toiletспустить в унитаз (It feels like they wanted to completely flush down the toilet all that had been created over the years. Damirules)
fork in the roadситуация, в которой можно выбрать один вариант из нескольких, причём выбор одного варианта автоматически подразумевает отказ от всех остальных. (Толкование термина предложено NC1 Karabas)
from someone further up the ladderсверху (в т.ч. в знач. "от вышестоящего начальства": I've got a pretty good view of what is happening in my firm and actually think the source of the whinging probably came from someone further up the ladder. 4uzhoj)
get stuck along the wayзастрять (We once got stuck along the way and had to buy a bunch of guys some beer for a tow. • A chicken bone that was swallowed and got stuck along the way. • I got stuck along the way and did not make it to verse 22. 4uzhoj)
get the lay of the landсориентироваться на местности (I made sure to arrive a few minutes early so that I could get the lay of the land, find my way around. • First I look in Google Earth so that I can get the lay of the land digitally before we go out. 4uzhoj)
have got the jittersтрястись от страха (He's got the jitters. — Он весь трясётся от страха. Alex_Odeychuk)
heal the woundsзалечивать раны
hit the targetбить в цель
in the blueprint stageв проекте (в стадии проектирования igisheva)
leave at the mercy ofотдавать на съедение
let something go down the chuteслить (4uzhoj)
let something go down the drainслить (4uzhoj)
let something go down the toiletслить (4uzhoj)
let something go down the tubesслить (4uzhoj)
miss the markпромазать (in shooting, soccer, etc)
on the account ofна счёт
on the threshold ofв преддверии
open the spigotоткрыть кран (Ремедиос_П)
open the spigotоткрывать кран (Ремедиос_П)
piss in the windписать против ветра (4uzhoj)
place on the sidelinesотправить на скамью запасных (4uzhoj)
put at the mercy ofотдавать на съедение
put on the trackнаводить на след
put the tail between the legsподжимать хвост
put the wood in the holeзакрыть дверь (mahavishnu)
reach the goalдостичь цели (ART Vancouver)
re-establish the connectionвосстановить связь (A lot of times, new moms with postpartum depression and anxiety are not breastfeeding anymore, so they lose that tight skin-to-skin contact that has a lot of benefits. And baby massage can replace that contact with the child. So it's a great way for moms to re-establish that connection. ART Vancouver)
rise to the baitпопасться на удочку
shut off the air supplyперекрыть кислород (to someone – кому-либо materiality)
shut off the spigotперекрыть кран (в прямом и переносном смысле bookworm)
sink in the mireгрязнуть (impf of погрязнуть)
skate under the radarскрываться от радаров (...our charge is to bust an international drug cartel that's skated under the radar for two decades, okay? Taras)
skip the foreplayпропустить прелюдии
slap in the faceпощёчина (To survivors, she said, the appointment was "a kick in the head" and "a slap in the face." 4uzhoj)
sound the alarmбить тревогу
sound the alarmбить в набат
stab in the backвсаживать нож в спину
take the bit between the teethзакусывать удила
tap the brakesчуть сбавить скорость (автомобиля; в переносном смысле означает: "не будем торопиться в нашей беседе", "let's slow down here for a moment": "Let's tap the brakes here for a moment and try to remember what you did on the evening of May 29, between 7 and 9?" ART Vancouver)
the bottom of one's heartдо глубины души
the highest and most dangerous waveдевятый вал (as symbol of terrible danger)
the Next Oneвторой (wikia.com)
the ninth waveдевятый вал (as symbol of terrible danger)
the whole caboose or caboodleмасса (mahavishnu)
the whole caboose or caboodleогромное множество (mahavishnu)
turn off the tapsперекрыть кран (Occasionally the European media refer to Russia's gas as an "energy weapon", or to the possibility that Russia may "turn off the taps" as leverage in a political dispute with the EU. theconversation.com 4uzhoj)
yoke to the plowзапрячь (plow is AmE, plough is BrE) Those yoked to the plow go where their master leads them. 4uzhoj)