Словарь американских идиом: 8000 единиц

[ring up]{v.} 1. To add and record on a cash register. •/The supermarket clerk rang up Mrs. Smith’s purchases and told her she owed $33./ •/Business was bad Tuesday; we didn’t ring up a sale all morning./ 2. {informal} To telephone. •/Sally rang up Sue and told her the news./

[riot] See: READ THE RIOT ACT, RUN RIOT.

[ripe] See: TIME IS RIPE.

[rip into] or [tear into]{v.}, {informal} 1. To start a fight with; attack. •/The puppy is tearing into the big dog./ Syn.: PITCH INTO. 2. To quarrel with; scold. •/Mrs. Brown ripped into her daughter for coming home late./ Syn.: BAWL OUT, LACE INTO, LAY OUT, LET HAVE IT.

[rip off]{v.}, {slang} (Stress on "off") Steal. •/The hippies ripped off the grocery store./

[rip-off]{n.}, {slang} (Stress on "rip") An act of stealing or burglary. •/Those food prices are so high, it’s almost a rip-off./

[rise] See: GET A RISE OUT OF, GIVE RISE TO.

[rise from the ashes]{v. phr.} To rise from ruin; start anew. •/A year after flunking out of medical school, Don rose from the ashes and passed his qualifying exams for the M.D. with honors./

[rise in the world] See: COME UP IN THE WORLD.

[rise to]{v.} To succeed in doing what is expected by trying especially hard in or on; show that you are able to do or say what is needed or proper in or on. •/Jane was surprised when the principal handed her the prize, but she rose to the occasion with a speech of thanks./ •/When Michael became sick on the day before the program, Paul rose to the need and learned Michael’s part./

[rise up]{v. phr.} To stage a rebellion; revolt. •/The people finally rose up and communism came to an end in Eastern Europe./

[risk] See: CALCULATED RISK, RUN A RISK.

[road] See: ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROME, BURN UP THE ROAD, END OF THE ROAD, GET THE SHOW ON THE ROAD, HIT THE ROAD, HUG THE ROAD, MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, ON THE ROAD.

[road gang]{n.} A group of men who work at road construction. •/Football players often work with road gangs during summer vacations./

[road hog]{n.}, {informal} A car driver who takes more than his share of the road. •/A road hog forced John’s car into the ditch./

[road show]{n.} A theatrical play that is performed for a few days in one town and then moves to other towns. •/Many actors get their start in road shows./ •/The road show is often not as good as the original play on Broadway./

[road sign]{n.} A sign on which there is information about a road or places; a sign with directions to drivers. •/The road sign read, "25 MPH LIMIT" but Jack drove along at fifty miles an hour./ •/The road sign said Westwood was four miles away./

[road test]{n.} 1. A test to see if you can drive a car. •/Jim took the road test and got his driver’s license last week./ 2. A test to see if a car works all right on the road. •/Most new cars are given road tests before they are put on the market./ •/After he repaired the car, the mechanic gave it a road test./

[roast] See: WEINER ROAST or HOT DOG ROAST.

[roasting ear]{n.} An ear of corn young and tender enough to be cooked and eaten; also corn cooked on the cob. •/The scouts buried the roasting ears in the coals of their campfire./ •/At the Fourth of July picnic we had fried chicken and roasting ears./

[robbery] See: HIGHWAY ROBBERY.

[robin] See: ROUND ROBIN.