Словарь американских идиом: 8000 единиц

[smack one’s lips]{v. phr.} To reveal an appetite for; show enjoyment of. •/Eleanor smacked her lips over the dessert of strawberries and whipped cream./

[small] See: BIG FROG IN A SMALL POND.

[small frog in a big pond] See: LITTLE FROG IN A BIG POND.

[small fry]{n.} 1. Young children. •/In the park, a sandbox is provided for the small fry./ 2. Something or someone of little importance. •/Large dairies ignore the competition from the small fry who make only a few hundred pounds of cheese a year./

[small] or [wee hours]{n. phr.} The very early hours of the morning between 1 and 4 A.M. •/My brother was in trouble for coming home in the small hours./ See: WEE HOURS.

[small talk]{n. phr.} General idle conversation. •/At the party there was the usual kind of small talk about the cost of living increase and the war in Africa./

[small-time]{adj.}, {informal} Unimportant; minor; with little power or importance. •/He has a job as a drummer with a small-time band./ •/It is a small-time business, but it may grow./ Contrast: BIG-TIME.

[small wonder] See: NO WONDER.

[smash hit]{n.}, {informal} A very successful play, movie or opera. •/The school play was a smash hit./

[smell a rat]{v. phr.}, {informal} To be suspicious; feel that something is wrong. •/Every time Tom visits me, one of my ashtrays disappears. I’m beginning to smell a rat./ •/When the policeman saw a light go on in the store at midnight, he smelled a rat./

[smell out] See: FERRET OUT.

[smell up]{v.}, {informal} To make a bad smell. •/A skunk smelled up our yard last night./ •/Mr. Brodsky’s cigar smelled up the living room./

[smile] See: CRACK A SMILE.

[smoke] See: CHAIN-SMOKE, GO UP IN FLAMES or GO UP IN SMOKE, PUT THAT IN YOUR PIPE AND SMOKE IT, WATCH ONE’S DUST or WATCH ONE’S SMOKE.

[smoke like a chimney]{v. phr.}, {informal} To smoke very heavily and continuously. •/"If you continue smoking like a chimney" the doctor told my uncle, "you’ll wind up in the hospital with lung cancer."/

[smoke out]{v. phr.} 1. To force out with smoke. •/The boys smoked a squirrel out of a hollow tree./ •/The farmer tried to smoke some gophers out of their burrows./ 2. {informal} To find out the facts about. •/It took the reporter three weeks to smoke out the whole story./

[smoke-out]{n.} A successful conclusion of an act of investigative journalism revealing some long-kept secrets. •/Journalist Bob Woodward was the hero of the Watergate smoke-out./

[smoke screen]{n. phr.} A camouflage; a veil; something used to cover or hide something. •/June hides her commercial interests behind a smoke screen of religious piety./

[Smokey Bear] or [Smokey-the-Bear] or [the Smokies]{n.}, {slang}, {citizen’s band radio jargon} A policeman; a patrol car; frequently abbreviated as Smokey. •/Slow down, Smokey’s ahead!/ •/A Smokey is on the move, heading east./

[smooth away]{v.} To remove; (unpleasant feelings) take away. •/Mr. Jones' new job smoothed away his worry about money./

[smooth down]{v.} To make calm; calm down. •/Mrs. Smith’s feelings were hurt and we couldn’t smooth her down./