stock-in-trade 179

stone broke 68

stool pigeon 95

street Arab 71

strike me blind (if) 139

struggle for existence 103

suit (one's) book, to 61

206

sun's backstays (eyelashes) 68

Swan of Avon, the 85

swan song 172, 173, 178

swing a lead, to *94

take an examination to 104, 153

take a hair to draw a waggon, to 101

take a walk, to 113, 117, 118, 119

take in, to 134, 151, 187

take off, to 135

take the bull by the horns, to 187, 188

take the cake, to 79, 86 ,

take the gilt off the gingerbread, to 187

take (one's) time, to 141

take time by the forelock, to 78, 125

talk (smoke, laugh) away, to 132

talk through (one's) hat, to 148, 150

teach a bull to roar, to 99

teach a cock to crow, to 99

teach a dog to bark, to 99

teach a fish to bite, to 99

teach a hen to chuck, to 99

teach an old woman to dance 101

teach a pig to play on the flute, to

101

teach a serpent to hiss, to 99

teach iron to swim, to 101

tear a passion into rags (and tatters),

to 98

tell it to the marines 141

tempest in a teapot 166

thank you 107

that isn't (one's) cup of tea 145

the cat jumps 144

the fat is in the fire 144

there is no smoke without fire 144

the grey mare is the better horse 145

the odds are (that) 139

the tune the old cow died of 136

thick as thieves, as 172

thin edge of the wedge, the 79, 154, 214

though (one's) sins be as scarlet 136

throw (smth) into (smb's) face, to 80

ticket-of-leave 168

tied cottage 60

till then 128

time and again 124

tit for tat 74

to and' fro 87

to begin with 188

to be sure 151

Tom, Dick and Harry 123

tooth and nail 122

top_ dog 188

traveller s tale 68

true love knot 107

turn away, to 131

twenty and twenty 124

under the rose 127

up and doing 124

violent death (means, measures), 7(?

violent presumption 61

Virgin Queen, the 84

walking corpse 177

wander about, to 131

war baby 94

warm as abat, as 87

weigft aricriorVto 60, 93

welcome as flowers in May, as 149

well and good 124

Wellington boots 64, 66

when Queen Ann was alive 137, 17&

when Sundays come together 172

when the cows come home 136

white __aHoy 62

white day 60, 62

whited (painted) sepulchre 99

frffite eleahapt 171, 172, 187

white frost 62

white heat 62

white herring 62

wEite horse 97

white horses 97

white House 179

white lie 62

white meat 62

white night 62, 187, 190

white wine 62

white witch 62

wide awake 66, 67, 172

will-o'-the-wisp 169

wind wThich blows where it lists, a 136,

171

with a vengeance 156, 187, 188

with (one's) heart in (one's) throat

165

with might and main 172

without let or hindrance 108

working capital 68

work of art 104

write away (down), to 132

you can whistle for it 144

ОГЛАВЛЕНИЕ

Введение .... * i 3

Глава I. Переменный контекст

§ 1. Контекст и ситуация . 22

§ 2. Типы переменного контекста 34

Глава II. Постоянный контекст

§ 1. Фраземы 58

§ 2. Идиомы 72

-§ 3. Повторяемость и устойчивость контекста 103

§ 4. Границы фразеологического фонда языка 112

Глава III. Состав компонентов и строение фразеологических единиц

§ 1. Структурные типы фразеологических единиц 121

-§ 2. Границы и центр фразеологической единицы 147

A. Экзоэлементные фразеологические единицы .... —

Б. Фразеологические единицы с начальным глаголом to be . . 150

B. Начальные и конечные служебные элементы во

фразеологической единице 153

Г. О центре (или стержне) фразеологической единицы . . . 155

Глава IV. Внутренняя раздельнооформленность фразеологических единиц

'§ 1. Подвижный постоянный контекст 158

А. Синтаксические показатели —

Б. Морфологические показатели 166

§ 2. Неподвижный постоянный контекст 171

§ 3. Вопрос об эквивалентности фразеологической единицы слову . 179

Глава V. Классификация фразеоло] ических единиц

.Заключение 192

Источники и сокращения их названий 195

Библиография по английской фразеологии 197

.Указатель 201