Bernard De Voto

[get on one's nerves] {v. phr.} To make you nervous. * /John's noisy eating habits get on your nerves./ * /Children get on their parents' nerves by asking so many […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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pour oil on troubled waters

[pour oil on troubled waters] {v. phr.} To quiet a quarrel; say something to lessen anger and bring peace. * /The troops […]

убивать время

[убивать время] [u`b'ivat' `vr'em'ya] ~to kill (the) time. To do smth. of no great importance to make the time […]

Charles Schulz

(1922-2000) U.S. cartoonist, "Peanuts" Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in […]

through thick and thin

[through thick and thin] {adv. phr.} Through all difficulties and troubles; through good times and bad times. * /The friends […]