drag race

[drag strip] {n.}, {slang} A place where drag races are held. * /Before the race Paul loaded his racer onto the trailer to take it out of town to the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

drag in

[drag in] {v.} To insist on bringing (another subject) into a discussion; begin talking about (something different.) * /No matter what we talk about, Jim drags in politics./ * /Whenever […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

drag on

[drag on] or [drag out] {v.} 1. To pass very slowly. * /The cold winter months dragged on until we thought spring would never come./ 2. To prolong; make longer. […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

main drag

[main drag] {n.}, {colloquial} 1. The most important street or thoroughfare in a town. * /Lincoln Avenue is the main drag of our town./ 2. The street where the dope […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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головная боль

[головная боль] {n. phr.} [golov`naya bol'] - sth. that needs to be done and is bothering your mind; - the […]

pass through one's mind

[pass through one's mind] See: [CROSS ONE'S MIND].

Ogden Nash

(1902-1971) U.S. poet A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the […]

common as an old shoe

[common as an old shoe] {adj. phr.}, {informal} Not showing off; not vain; modest; friendly to all. * /Although Mr. Jones […]