chum around with

[go through hell and high water] {v. phr.}, {informal} To go through danger, or trouble. * /John is ready to go through hell and high water to help his chum./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

all the time

[all the time] {adv. phr.} 1. or [all the while] During the whole period; through the whole time. * /Mary went to college in her home town and lived at […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

daylight saving time

[daylight saving time] also [daylight saving] or [daylight time] or [fast time] {n.} A way of keeping time in summer that is one or two hours ahead of standard time. […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

in time

[in time] {adv.} or {adj. phr.} 1. Soon enough. * /We got to Washington in time for the cherry blossoms./ * /We got to the station just in time to […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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диву даваться

[диву даваться] {v. phr.} [`divu da`vat's'ya] {literary} to wonder, to marvel. * /Nowadays swimmers are able to […]

Robert Reich [1946]

U.S. Labor Secretary There are only two kinds of people who predict the [stock] market on a day-to-day basis. Those who don't […]

clifihanger

[clifihanger] {n.}, {informal} A sports event or a movie in which the outcome is uncertain to the very end keeping the […]

on the rocks

[on the rocks] {adj. phr.} 1. {informal} Wrecked or ruined. * /Mr. Jones' business and marriage were both on the rocks./ […]