animals

the black sheep of the family

паршивая овца
to be as blind as a bat

слепой как летучая мышь
you can...till the cows come home, but it won't

you can do it for a very long time but it won't change anything
a dark horse

темная лошадка
to be dogged by sth

sth bad keeps causing you trouble and it will not go away
for donkey's years

for a very long time
to duck

to avoid sth which is going to hit you by lowering your head
it is like water off a duck's back for

как с гуся вода
fishy

suspicious
to hound sb

to follow sb (about press)
the lion's share

львиная доля
to rabbit on (about sth)

to talk fo a long time in a boring way
ratty

bad-tempered
to have a whale of a time

inf. to really enjoy yourself
a wild goose chase

to search for sth that one is unlikely to find
to worm your way out of sth

to avoid doing sth that you don't want to do

Author

settebello

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Card Set

animals

Description

advanced grammar and vocabulary

Updated

2010-10-05T21:57:07Z

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