IN CONCIDERATION OF SOMETHING
She was given a fee (хонорар) in consideration of her services.
IN ALL AND ANY CASES
1. BEAR A STRIKING SIMILARITY
2. BEAR A FAINT RESEMBLANCE
CUT SOMEONE SHORT
He tried to explain, but Anita cut him short.
IN PARTICULAR
1. Are you going anywhere in particular?
2. ‘What are you doing tonight?’ ‘Nothing in particular.’
CUT TO THE CHASE
I haven't got all day! Will you just hurry up and cut to the chase?
THE STORY HAS BEEN PASSED DOWN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION
THE BULK OF
Women still do the bulk of domestic work in the home.
I do the bulk of my shopping online.
adjective: BULKY
BE TOAST
If she finds out, we’re toast.
HARDLY ANY
They sold hardly any books.
IN BROAD DAYLIGHT
It took thieves less than 15 minutes to steal the goods in broad daylight on a Saturday afternoon.
IN THE WAKE OF =
IN SOMETHING'S WAKE
In the wake of Prime Minister's resignation, we had general elections.
There will be a lot of rebuilding in the earthquake's wake.
DEATH STARE
DEATH GLARE
To give someone a death stare
To give a death stare to somebody
FAIRY TAIL
1. It's a fairy tale to think humans could live on Mars.
adj. FAIRY-TAIL
We've been together for over ten years now, and it's still a fairy-tali.
POUND THE STREETS
He is pounding the streets every morning - he is training for marathon.
SPELL TROUBLE
Artificial intelligence spells trouble for the jobs market
BLEED SOMEONE DRY
The builders bled me dry - I should have got a quote first.
LIFE EXPECTANCY
IN A BID OF
They raised tax of cigarettes in a bid of of stop people smoking.
In a bid to make children more active, schools increased the amount of sport.
IN DOUBT
The future of the company is still in doubt