make an appearance, to 104
make (produce) an impression, to 104
make a purse out of a sow's ear, to 125
make a start, to 114
make clothes for fishes, to 101
make (srnb's) hair stand on end 126
make/ieither heads nor tails, to 166
make ropes of sand, to 101
make up, to 135
male (female) rime 106
man and a brother, a 123
man in the moon, the 178
man in the street, the 125
Mansion House 85
mare's nest, a 72, 74, 78, 86
mean business, to 103
medullary sheath 105
mend or end, to 123
metes and bounds 108
miles and miles 123
mince matters, to 187 f ,
monkey chatter 105 /
monthof Sundays, a 189
Mother Carey is plucking her geese 144
Mother Hubbard 107
move heaven and earth, to 125
National Palaver, the 85
neck and neck 123, 124
nice as ninepence 87
nice distinction 153
not to be able to hold the candle (to
smb) 154
not to turn a hair, 8$, 125
occipital convolution 105
cf course 172, 173
off and on 86
old as the hills, as 146
old bov (girl) 107
old salt 60
on all fours 154
on a par 128
one and all 124
on foot 127, 130
on second thoughts 154
on tenterhooks 130, 150
on (certain) terms 165
on the alert 127
out of hand 179
owing to 130 ,
pale (white) as ashes, a 99
pale as marble, as 146, 147
pancake coil 105
part and parcel 109, 123, 156, 172
Parthian shot (shaft, arrow) 99
pass the Rubicon, to 90, 187, 188
pay (one's) addresses, to 69
pay attention (heed), to 69, 191
pay a call (visit), to 69
pay compliments, to 69
pay court, to 69
pay deference, to 69
pay (one's) devoirs, to 69
pay homage, to 69
pay respects, to 69
nay scot and lot, to 108
pay the piper while others call the
tune, to 136
pay through the nose, to 86, 149, 188
peanut valve 105
penny-a-Hne 172
peter out, to 189
pick a hole (on), to 97
pick and choose, to 122, 121
p;o in the sky 92
pipe dream 60, 65
piper's tale 68
205
play ducks and drakes, to 125, 187
play second fiddle, to 167
Poet Laureate 169
policy of force 104
pot calling the kettle black, the 100
pour oil on the (troubled) waters, to 98
prick of conscience 60, 168
prim and proper 124
Procrustean (Procruste's) bed 97
public opinion 104
pull devil, pull baker 142, 143
pull (smb's) leg, to 102, 155, 164, 183
put a hat on a hen, to 101
put (one's) cards on the table, to 73
put (one's) head into the lion's mouth,
to 101
put (one's) neck in a noose, to 101
put on, to 135
put on a consulting (thinking) cap, to
99
put (one's) pride into (one's) pocket,
to 165
put that in your pipe and smoke it 141
put up at, to 135
put up with, to 135
Pyrrhic victory 68
quick as lightning, as 147
quick (Roman) balance 68
rack and ruin 124
radio pocket 105
rain cats and dogs, to 89, 148, 149, 150
lain or shine 122
raise (lift up) (one's) horn, to 99
rank and file 172
rat tail 105
red tape 73
light side of cloth, the 79
roll up horse, foot and guns, to 125
rough and ready 188
rough sketch 153
round peg in a square hole, a 97
round robin 78
rub shoulders (with smb), to 154
rule the roast, to 87
Russian leather 62
sacrifice to the graces, to 89
Satan rebuking sin 100—101
save (one's) skin, to 80
save the mark, to 142
save your breath, to 141
say good-bye, to 104
say (one's) prayers, to 104
Scarlet Whore, the 85
Scotch broth 62
scotch the snake, to 108, 183
sealed book, a 93
see how the land lies, to 136
send owls to Athens, to 101
sentry box 105
set the axe to the tree, to 188
set by the ears, to 165
set foot on 183
set (smb's) teeth on edge, to 164
set to motion, to 104
ships that pass in the night 136, 141
shooting star 177
shut up, to 135
Siberian acacia 62
silent as a mouse, as 146
since then 128
sing away, to 131
Sisyphean labour 7, 97
Sisyphean task 71
sit down, to 131
sit in judgement (on smb), to 154
six of one and half a dozen of another
123, 124
skeleton in the cupboard 90, 168
sleeping partner 60, 67, 107, 163, 177,
187
slippery as an eel, as 147
small beer 61, 177
small hours 61
small talk 61
smell a rat, to 80
smell powder, to 126, 135
snake's pace 177
social ladder 60
soft flame 106
so long 107
son-in-law 168, 1б9
sour grapes 79
sow (one's) wild oats, to 183, 257
speak by the card, to 148, 149
speak out, to 131
speak the truth and shame the devil,
to 123
spick and span 74
spill the beans, to 125
square an account, to 61
square (one's) elbows, to 61
square peg in a round hole, a 97
square (one's) shoulders, to 61
stand or fall, to 122
stand the racket, to 94
stand up, to 131
stare (smb) in the face, to 147, 148
still life 105
stink with (of) money, to 97
stir up a hornets' nest, to 97
stock-in-trade 179
stone broke 68
stool pigeon 95
street Arab 71
strike me blind (if) 139
struggle for existence 103
suit (one's) book, to 61
206
sun's backstays (eyelashes) 68
Swan of Avon, the 85
swan song 172, 173, 178
swing a lead, to *94
take an examination to 104, 153
take a hair to draw a waggon, to 101
take a walk, to 113, 117, 118, 119
take in, to 134, 151, 187
take off, to 135
take the bull by the horns, to 187, 188
take the cake, to 79, 86 ,
take the gilt off the gingerbread, to 187
take (one's) time, to 141
take time by the forelock, to 78, 125
talk (smoke, laugh) away, to 132
talk through (one's) hat, to 148, 150
teach a bull to roar, to 99
teach a cock to crow, to 99
teach a dog to bark, to 99
teach a fish to bite, to 99
teach a hen to chuck, to 99
teach an old woman to dance 101
teach a pig to play on the flute, to
101
teach a serpent to hiss, to 99
teach iron to swim, to 101
tear a passion into rags (and tatters),
to 98
tell it to the marines 141
tempest in a teapot 166
thank you 107
that isn't (one's) cup of tea 145
the cat jumps 144
the fat is in the fire 144
there is no smoke without fire 144
the grey mare is the better horse 145
the odds are (that) 139
the tune the old cow died of 136
thick as thieves, as 172
thin edge of the wedge, the 79, 154, 214
though (one's) sins be as scarlet 136
throw (smth) into (smb's) face, to 80
ticket-of-leave 168
tied cottage 60
till then 128
time and again 124
tit for tat 74
to and' fro 87
to begin with 188
to be sure 151
Tom, Dick and Harry 123
tooth and nail 122
top_ dog 188
traveller s tale 68
true love knot 107
turn away, to 131
twenty and twenty 124
under the rose 127
up and doing 124
violent death (means, measures), 7(?
violent presumption 61
Virgin Queen, the 84
walking corpse 177
wander about, to 131
war baby 94
warm as abat, as 87
weigft aricriorVto 60, 93
welcome as flowers in May, as 149
well and good 124
Wellington boots 64, 66
when Queen Ann was alive 137, 17&
when Sundays come together 172
when the cows come home 136
white __aHoy 62
white day 60, 62
whited (painted) sepulchre 99
frffite eleahapt 171, 172, 187
white frost 62
white heat 62
white herring 62
wEite horse 97
white horses 97
white House 179
white lie 62
white meat 62
white night 62, 187, 190
white wine 62
white witch 62
wide awake 66, 67, 172
will-o'-the-wisp 169
wind wThich blows where it lists, a 136,
171
with a vengeance 156, 187, 188
with (one's) heart in (one's) throat
165
with might and main 172
without let or hindrance 108
working capital 68
work of art 104
write away (down), to 132
you can whistle for it 144
ОГЛАВЛЕНИЕ
Введение .... * i 3
Глава I. Переменный контекст
§ 1. Контекст и ситуация . 22
§ 2. Типы переменного контекста 34
Глава II. Постоянный контекст
§ 1. Фраземы 58
§ 2. Идиомы 72
-§ 3. Повторяемость и устойчивость контекста 103
§ 4. Границы фразеологического фонда языка 112
Глава III. Состав компонентов и строение фразеологических единиц
§ 1. Структурные типы фразеологических единиц 121
-§ 2. Границы и центр фразеологической единицы 147
A. Экзоэлементные фразеологические единицы .... —
Б. Фразеологические единицы с начальным глаголом to be . . 150
B. Начальные и конечные служебные элементы во
фразеологической единице 153
Г. О центре (или стержне) фразеологической единицы . . . 155
Глава IV. Внутренняя раздельнооформленность фразеологических единиц
'§ 1. Подвижный постоянный контекст 158
А. Синтаксические показатели —
Б. Морфологические показатели 166
§ 2. Неподвижный постоянный контекст 171
§ 3. Вопрос об эквивалентности фразеологической единицы слову . 179
Глава V. Классификация фразеоло] ических единиц
.Заключение 192
Источники и сокращения их названий 195
Библиография по английской фразеологии 197
.Указатель 201