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Словарь американских идиом: 8000 единицExcept for; not including. /Outside of Johnny, all the boys on the basketball team are over six feet tall./ /Mrs. Cox had no jewelry outside of her wedding ring./ Syn.: APART FROM. [out to lunch]{adj.}, {slang}, {informal} 1. Gone for the midday meal. 2. Inattentive; daydreaming; inefficient; stupid. /Neil Bender is just out to lunch today./ [overall]{adj.} All inclusive; comprehensive. /What our department needs is an overall revamping of our undergraduate curriculum./ [over a barrel] also [over the barrel] {adv. phr.}, {informal} In the power of your enemies; not able to do anything about what happens to you; in a helpless condition; trapped. /Bill had Tom over a barrel because Tom owed him money./ /Ralph has me over a barrel; I need five dollars, and he wont lend it to me unless I let him use my bicycle./ Compare: ON THE ROPES. [over age]{adj. phr.} Too old; not young enough; above the legal age. /Grandfather wanted to fight in World War II, but he could not because he was over age./ Contrast: UNDER AGE. [over and done with]{adj. phr.} Finished; completed; forgotten. /Norm and Megs affair has been over and done with for a long time./ [overboard] See: GO OFF THE DEEP END or GO OVERBOARD. [overhead]{n.} Expenses incurred in the upkeep of ones plant and premises, employees' salaries, etc., which are not due to the cost of individual items or products. /"Our overhead is killing us!" the used car lot owner complained. "We have to move to a cheaper place."/ [overnight]{adj.} 1 ...» | Код для вставки книги в блог HTML
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