Словарь американских идиом: 8000 единиц

[stone] See: CAST THE FIRST STONE, HAVE A HEART OF STONE, KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE, LEAVE NO STONE UNTURNED, PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES SHOULD NOT THROW STONES, ROLLING STONE GATHERS NO MOSS.

[stone-blind]{adj. phr.} 1. Completely blind. •/Poor Al is stone-blind and needs help to get across the street carefully./ 2. Highly intoxicated. •/George drank too much and got stone-blind at the office party./ See: GET STONED, THREE SHEETS TO THE WIND.

[stone-broke] or [dead broke] or [flat broke]{adj.}, {informal} Having no money; penniless. •/Jill wanted to go to the movies but she was stone-broke./ •/The man gambled and was soon flat broke./

[stone-cold]{adj.} Having no warmth; completely cold. — Used to describe things that are better when warm. •/The boys who got up late found their breakfast stone-cold./ •/The furnace went off and the radiators were stone-cold./

[stone-dead]{adj.}, {informal} Showing no signs of life; completely dead. •/Barry tried to revive the frozen robin but it was stone-dead./

[stone-deaf]{adj. phr.} Completely deaf. •/Sam is stone-deaf so let him read your lips if you know no sign language./

[stone wall] or [brick wall]{adj.} Something hard to overcome; an idea or belief that is hard to change. •/The students ran into a brick wall when they asked the principal to put off the examination./ •/Dick tried to change Father’s mind about letting him use the car Saturday night, but he was up against a stone wall./

[stone’s throw] or [within a stone’s throw]{adv. phr.} Within a very short distance. •/They live across the street from us, just within a stone’s throw./ See: HOP, SKIP AND A JUMP.

[stool pigeon]{n.} A criminal who informs on his associates. •/The detective was able to solve the crime mainly through information obtained from a stool pigeon./

[stop] See: PUT AN END TO(1), or PUT A STOP TO.

[stop at nothing]{v. phr.} To be unscrupulous. •/Al will stop at nothing to get Nancy to go out with him./

[stop by] See: DROP BY.

[stop cold] or [stop dead] or [stop in one’s tracks]{v. phr.}, {informal} To stop very quickly or with great force. •/The hunter pulled the trigger and stopped the deer cold./ •/When I saw Mary on the street, I was so surprised I stopped dead./ •/The deer heard a noise and he stopped in his tracks./

[stop off]{v.} To stop at a place for a short time while going somewhere. •/We stopped off after school at the soda fountain before going home./ •/On our trip to California we stopped off in Las Vegas for two days./

[stop over]{v.} To stay at a place overnight or for some other short time while on a trip elsewhere. •/When we came back from California, we stopped over one night near the Grand Canyon./

[stop short]{v. phr.} To suddenly stop. •/Jake stopped short when he heard somebody yell out his name loud but there was no one in sight./

[stop street]{n.} A street where cars must come to a full stop before crossing another street. •/Johnny was late because he traveled on a stop street./ Contrast: THROUGH STREET.