Let's enjoy some of the English idioms!

[DAS]

Heart

Have one's heart in one's mouth ........to feel strongly emotional about someone or something
Heart in my mouth when I heard the national anthem.

Out of heart..........discouraged (в унынии, в подавленном настроении) She was out of heart after her failure at final exams

Take heart....(мужаться, не унывать; воспрянуть духом) When we had troubles, Grandpa said, "Take heart, my children."

Have one's heart on one's sleeve.(выставлять свои чувства на показ; душа нараспашку). To display one's feelings openly and habitually, rather than keep them private. "John always has his heart on his sleeve so that everyone knows how he feels".

Hearts and flowers.........излишняя сентиментальность (maudlin sentimentality)
The play is a period piece, full of innocence abused and hearts and flowers.

[DAS]

DAS, your reply to Ann is so poetic! You must be Shakespeare
Let's have a whale of time on Friday again 

You are so ironical!) Of course, we will! And not only on Friday 

[Arsenovna]

DAS, your reply to Ann is so poetic! You must be Shakespeare
Let's have a whale of time on Friday again 

Ann, it actually is both an example and a real situation. Indeed, I was invited to a party and we had a great time together with my friends! In my opinion, our mood and world perception depend not only on the circumstances of our life, but also on our attitude to them. Wherever I am, I always apply а positive approach when communicating with different people and handling various life challenges, which are  frequent in our complicated and fast-moving world. Therefore, I constantly try to make the most out of my life and Have a whale of time, no matter what!

[DAS]

     To DAS.

     I went to my friend's birthday party last night and had a whale of a time.

     Is it just an example? Or did you really go to your friend's birthday party where you had a whale of a time?
     By the way, where and when do you usually have а whale of a time?

Ann, it actually is both an example and a real situation. Indeed, I was invited to a party and we had a great time together with my friends! In my opinion, our mood and world perception depend not only on the circumstances of our life, but also on our attitude to them. Wherever I am, I always apply а positive approach when communicating with different people and handling various life challenges, which are  frequent in our complicated and fast-moving world. Therefore, I constantly try to make the most out of my life and Have a whale of time, no matter what!

[Ann]

     To DAS.

     I went to my friend's birthday party last night and had a whale of a time.

     Is it just an example? Or did you really go to your friend's birthday party where you had a whale of a time?
     By the way, where and when do you usually have а whale of a time?

[DAS]

have a whale of a time

хорошо провести время

I went to my friend's birthday party last night and had a whale of a time.

[Arsenovna]

 
 


Идиома: on the fence

Перевод: в нерешительности (обычно используется с глаголами be, sit)

[DAS]

Ear.
To do it on one's ear ..... Проще простого; пара пустяков; в два счета
Be all ears ....................слушать с напряженным вниманием
By ears.............................................................. В ссоре; на ножах.
For smb's ear only.............................................по секрету; на ушко

[DAS]

Идиома: on pins and needles
Перевод: как на иголках; взволнованный, беспокойный

Пример:

The girl has been on pins and needles all day waiting for the contest to begin.
Девушка весь день была как на иголках, пока ждала начала конкурса.

[Meerkat]

Вот такой текст:

Yesterday White House National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice testified in public before the commission investigating the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. She told the panel there was no silver bullet that could have prevented the attacks.

Silver bullet - легкий метод решения проблемы, волшебная палочка. Этимология, думаю, понятна. Как предполагалось, серебряной пулей можно было наверняка убить оборотня.

[yemi]

Here are some more interesting idioms:
- To get ones wires crossed- means getting the wrong info( for example getting information mixed up, say 6 am and 6 pm)
- To talk at cross purposes - means talking about different things ( for example: one person is talking about sales figures, while the other goes on about cost price)
- to give the cold shoulder- to simply but deliberately ignore somebody.

[DAS]

Some more idioms:

Hold one's tongue..... Не откровенничать, держать язык за зубами
Skating on thin ice...... Игра с огнем
By trial and error..........Путем проб и ошибок

[DAS]

An old head on young shoulders. Мудр не по годам.

Once in a blue moon. В кои-то веки.

A carrot and a stick. - Кнут и пряник

It's not my cup of tea. .....не по вкусу

 I wouldn't do it for all the tea in China. ...ни за какие коврижки

[Andrei1]

The first thing that comes to mind is something like "спокойный как удав". LOL

"Невозмутимый как Будда" is another alternative

[Meerkat]

You're absolutely right, it's just the most neutral variant of translation taken from the dictionary. I wonder what would be a good and appropriate Russian equivalent

The first thing that comes to mind is something like "спокойный как удав". LOL