Словарь американских идиом: 8000 единиц

[sales check] or [sales slip] {n.} A paper which the clerk gives the person who bought something; a paper that shows what you bought in a store and how much you paid for it. •/Mrs. Smith checked the sales slip with what she bought./ •/Mary brought the sales check when she returned the dress so she could get her money back./

[sales talk]{n.} A speech made to point out all the good reasons why the sale would help someone who might buy the product. •/Mrs. Goldsmith gave the man a good sales talk about the new house./ •/The coach gave a sales talk on exercise in the school assembly./

[Salisbury steak]{n.} A broiled or fried hamburger patty sometimes containing eggs, milk, bread crumbs, and seasoning. •/James ordered a Salisbury steak for lunch./

[salt] See: BACK TO THE SALT MINES, TAKE WITH A GRAIN OF SALT also TAKE WITH A PINCH OF SALT, WORTH ONE’S SALT.

[salt away]{v.}, {informal} To save (money) for the future. •/Every week Joe salts away half of his pay./

[salt of the earth]{n. phr.}, {informal} One who helps to make society good and wholesome; a basically good or valuable person. •/Everyone here considers Syd and Susan the salt of the earth because they are so generous./

[salt pork]{n.} Very fat pork that has been packed in salt or dipped in brine for curing. •/Mother cooked beans with salt pork for supper./

[same] See: AT THE SAME TIME, ALL THE SAME, or JUST THE SAME, IN THE SAME BREATH, LIGHTNING NEVER STRIKES TWICE IN THE SAME PLACE, ONE AND THE SAME.

[same here]{informal} And it is the same with me; and the same for me. — Used only in speech. •/Mary ordered an ice cream soda, and Jill said, "Same here."/ •/Tom said he was too tired to run any further, and Bill said, "Same here."/

[sand] See: HIDE ONE’S HEAD IN THE SAND.

[sand lot]{n.} A field, vacant lot, or other open place used as a sports playing field, usually by younger teams or by amateurs who can’t afford to use anything better. •/Rogers Hornsby, who was National League baseball batting champion six times, first started playing on Texas sand lots./

[sand-lot]{adj.} Of the kind seen on sand lots; not professional. •/The professional football team was so confused by their opponents' fast play that they acted like a bunch of sand-lot amateurs./

[sand trap]{n.} A low place on a golf course that is filled with sand to stop the ball. •/The golfer lost four strokes trying to get the ball out of the sand trap./

[sandwich board]{n.} Two advertising signs worn by a man, one on his chest and the other on his back. •/The man walking along Main Street wore a sandwich board saying "Eat at Joe’s."/

[sauce] See: HIT THE SAUCE.