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Полезные идиомы с домашними животными: catnap, dog-eat-dog world

1. Kill two birds with one stone делать две вещи одновременно I read the newspaper while sipping my morning cup of tea, killing two birds with one stone. I'm going to kill two birds with one stone and do some laundry while i study for the exam. 2. Catnap короткий сон в течении дня Whenever I'm tired, I take a twenty-minute catnap and wake up feeling great. A catnap left me refreshed enough to face the rest of the day. 3. Dog eat dog world идти по головам ради достижения цели I hate going shopping on Black Friday. It's a dog eat dog world out there. It's a dog-eat-dog world for students today. Everyone is competing nonstop for awards and recognition. 4. Guinea pig подопытный кролик, человек, над которым производят эксперименты или опыты My friend is learning how to cut hair, so she used me as a guinea pig. He volunteered to act as a guinea pig in the experiment. 5. Fish out of water чувствовать себя некомфортно в определенной ситуации When I moved from the countryside to the big cit
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1. Kill two birds with one stone

делать две вещи одновременно

I read the newspaper while sipping my morning cup of tea, killing two birds with one stone.

I'm going to kill two birds with one stone and do some laundry while i study for the exam.

2. Catnap

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короткий сон в течении дня

Whenever I'm tired, I take a twenty-minute catnap and wake up feeling great.

A catnap left me refreshed enough to face the rest of the day.

3. Dog eat dog world

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идти по головам ради достижения цели

I hate going shopping on Black Friday. It's a dog eat dog world out there.

It's a dog-eat-dog world for students today. Everyone is competing nonstop for awards and recognition.

4. Guinea pig

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подопытный кролик, человек, над которым производят эксперименты или опыты

My friend is learning how to cut hair, so she used me as a guinea pig.

He volunteered to act as a guinea pig in the experiment.

5. Fish out of water

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чувствовать себя некомфортно в определенной ситуации

When I moved from the countryside to the big city, I was like a fish out of water.

I felt like a fish out of water at my new school.

6. Pull a rabbit out of the hat

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удивить людей умным способом

Its difficult for the company to survive, unless the management pulls a rabbit out of its hat.

She pulled a rabbit out of the hat and planned a spectacular event in very little time.

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