Словарь американских идиом: 8000 единиц

[red eye]{adj. phr.} Bloodshot eyes that are strained from too much reading. •/Poor Tim has a red eye; he must have been studying too late again./

[red eye]{n. phr.}, {informal} A night flight. •/The company refused to pay for him to take a more expensive daytime flight, so he had to come in on the red eye./

[red-handed]{adj.} In the very act; while committing a crime or evil action. •/The criminal was caught red-handed while holding up the neighborhood bank at gunpoint./

[red herring]{n. phr.} A false scent laid down in order to deceive; a phony or misleading story designed to cause confusion. •/That story about the president having an affair was a red herring created by the opposition in order to discredit him./

[red-letter day]{n. phr.} A holiday; memorable day (usually printed in red on calendars). •/The Fourth of July is a red-letter day./ •/It was a red-letter day for Felix, when he won the lottery./

[red-light district]{n. phr.} A district of brothels or where prostitutes hang out. •/Most unwisely, the young sailor decided to spend his leave on shore by haunting the red-light districts of the port of call./

[red tape]{n. phr.} Unnecessary bureaucratic routine; needless but official delays. •/If you want to get anything accomplished in a hurry, you have to find someone in power who can cut through all that red tape./

[reel off] See: RATTLE OFF.

[reference] See: IN REFERENCE TO or WITH REFERENCE TO.

[refine on] or [refine upon]{v.} 1. To make better; improve. •/Mary was asked to refine on her first outline to make it clearer and more exact./ 2. To be better than; surpass. •/Modern medical techniques refine on those of the past./

[regain one’s feet]{v. phr.} To get back up again after falling down. •/Tom fell while he skied down the hill but he regained his feet quickly./ Compare: TO ONE’S FEET.

[regard] See: IN REFERENCE TO or IN REGARD TO or WITH REGARD TO.

[regular guy] or [regular fellow]{n.}, {informal} A friendly person who is easy to get along with; a good sport. •/You’ll like Tom. He’s a regular guy./ Syn.: GOOD EGG.

[rein] See: FREE REIN, GIVE REIN TO or GIVE FREE REIN TO.

[relation] See: IN RELATION TO or WITH RELATION TO.

[relative to] 1. On the subject of; about. •/Relative to school athletics, the principal said the students should not allow athletics to interfere with homework./ 2. In comparison with; in proportion to. •/Relative to the size of an ant, a blade of grass is as tall as a tree./

[repeat oneself]{v. phr.} To say the same thing over again, often in the same words; repeat ideas because you forget what you said or because you want to stress their importance. •/Grandfather is forgetful and often repeats himself when he tells a story./ •/A teacher often has to repeat herself several times before her pupils remember what she tells them./

[resign oneself]{v. phr.} To stop arguing; accept something which cannot be changed. •/When Jane’s father explained that he could not afford to buy her a new bicycle, she finally resigned herself to riding the old one./ Compare: GIVE UP.

[resistance] See: LINE OF LEAST RESISTANCE.

[rest] See: LAY TO REST, PARADE REST.