- with/against the fur = in/against the direction of hair growth
- по/против шерсти
[The 10th Kingdom, 1999]

- to keep someone/something at bay = to prevent someone or something unpleasant from harming you
- удерживать/сдерживать/держать на расстоянии/не подпускать etc.
[You, 2025]

- peer pressure = the strong influence of a group, especially of children, on members of that group to behave as everyone else does
- давление со стороны сверстников/общественное воздействие
[Sex Education, 2019]

- to give something/someone a wide berth = to avoid a person or place
- держаться подальше/обходить за километр/избегать
[Black Mirror, 2017]

- wash = an event or situation in which positive and negative things balance each other
- то на то (и выходит)/ничья
[The Last of Us, 2025]

- at loose ends = not knowing what to do, especially because of an upsetting change
- без дела/незанятой/неприкаянный/без определенных планов
[The 10th Kingdom, 1999]

https://news.1rj.ru/str/for_instance_eng/423

- to knock something on the head = to prevent something from happening, or to finally finish something
- покончить с чем-то/положить конец
[Black Mirror, 2017]

- to scarf down = to eat something quickly (informal)
- уплетать/лопать/уминать
[You, 2025]

- the birds and the bees = the basic facts about sex and how babies are produced
- пестики и тычинки/откуда дети берутся
[The Last of Us, 2025]

https://news.1rj.ru/str/for_instance_eng/900

- a leopard can't/doesn't change its spots = a person's character, especially if it is bad, will not change, even if they pretend that it will
- горбатого могила исправит/сколько волка ни корми, он всё в лес смотрит/чёрного кобеля не отмоешь добела
[The 10th Kingdom, 1999]

🐆 букв.: леопард не может изменить свои пятна

- snafu = a situation in which nothing has happened as planned
- неразбериха/путаница
[You, 2025]

acronym from situation normal: all fouled (or fucked) up

- knob - a way of addressing or referring to a person that you think is very stupid or unpleasant, usually a man
- кретин/придурок/болван/олух/осёл etc.
[Sweetpea, 2024]

- square = just, fair
- честный/прямой
[The Bear, 2024]

- dinky = attractively small
- миниатюрный/кукольный/махонький
[Black Mirror, 2017]

- tie-in = something that ties in, relates, or connects especially in a promotional campaign
- сопутствующие товары/реклама
[The Bear, 2022]

- to learn/know the ropes = to learn/know how to do a job or activity
- быть в курсе дела/разбираться, что к чему/постичь азы/осваивать
[Black Mirror, 2017]

⚓️ а здесь про show/teach someone the ropes и о том, при чём тут верёвки

- to take someone for a ride = to deceive or cheat someone
- обвести вокруг пальца/обмануть/провести/подставить/обдурить etc.
[You, 2025]

- WASP = White Anglo-Saxon Protestant: a white American whose family originally came from northern Europe, and is therefore part of a group often considered as having the most influence and the most money in American society
- белый протестант англосаксонского происхождения (о белых американцах из высших слоёв общества)
[Sex and the City, 2002]

- a dime a dozen = so plentiful or commonplace as to be of little esteem or slight value
- пруд пруди/как грязи/навалом/вагон
[You, 2025]

- game face = a serious or determined expression that you put on when you are going to try to win or achieve something
- серьёзная мина/боевой настрой/решительное выражение лица
[Big Little Lies, 2017]

- kangaroo court = an unofficial court set up by a group of people, especially in a prison, trade union, or other organization, to deal with a disagreement or with a member of the group who is considered to have broken the rules
- постановочный суд/пародия на суд/суд на скорую руку/расправа под видом суда
[The Handmaid’s Tale, 2025]