jump on

[find fault] {v. phr.} To find something wrong; complain; criticize. * /She tries to please him, but he always finds fault./ * /They found fault with every box I made./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

jump out of one's skin

[jump out of one's skin] {v. phr.}, {informal} To be badly frightened; be very much surprised. * /The lightning struck so close to Bill that he almost jumped out of […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

jump the track

[jump the track] {v. phr.} 1. To go off rails; go or run the wrong way. * /The train jumped the track and there was a terrible accident./ * /The […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

jump pass

[jump pass] {n.} A pass (as in football or basketball) made by a player while jumping. * /The Bruins scored when the quarterback tossed a jump pass to the left […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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обещать золотые горы

(на-, по-)обещать золотые горы {v. phr.} [naobe`zh'at' (poobe`zh'at') zolo`tyiye `goryi] ~promise the […]

Groucho Marx

(1890-1977) U.S. comedian Man does not control his own fate. The women in his life do that for him.

play second fiddle

[play second fiddle] {v. phr.}, {informal} To act a smaller part; follow another's lead; be less noticed. * /His wife had […]

ham actor

[ham actor] {n. phr.}, {slang} An untalented actor; someone who tries so hard to act that his performance becomes foolishly […]