- spinster = a woman who has never been married
- старая дева
[Bridgerton, 2022]

- ignorance is bliss = sometimes it is better for you if you do not know all the facts about a situation
- меньше знаешь – крепче спишь (счастье в неведении)
[Scrubs, 2009]

- trash talk/smack talk = in the course of a competitive situation putting down your opponent verbally or saying how good you think you are (involving talk of moms or sisters)
- наезд (оскорбление)
[The Office, 2007]

- pot calling the kettle black = said to mean that someone with a particular fault accuses someone else of having the same fault
- кто бы говорил
[Stranger Things, 2019]

- flesh and blood = someone from your family; people
- кровь и плоть (о родственниках или о людях в целом)
[The Crown, 2016]

- clean as a whistle = completely clean
- чистый как стёклышко
[Scrubs, 2006]

- freshman = a student in the first year of high school, college, or university
- первокурсник/ученик первого года старшей школы
[The Perks of Being a Wallflower, 2012]

- sophomore = a student studying in the second year of a course at a US college or high school
- второкурсник/ученик второго года старшей школы
[10 Things I Hate About You, 1999]

- junior = a student in the third year of a course that lasts for four years at a school or college
- третьекурсник/ученик третьего года старшей школы
[Twilight, 2008]

- senior = a student in their final year of high school or university
- четверокурсник/ученик четвертого (т.е. последнего) года старшей школы
[Stranger Things, 2019]

- chickens are coming home to roost = a person is about to pay for their mistakes or bad deeds
- что посеешь, то и пожнёшь
[House M.D., 2010]

- keg stand = a common party activity in which two people hold another person's feet while the person's hands hold onto the keg. another person holds the tap in their mouth until they give the signal to stop, and everyone else counts.
- стойка на кеге
[Stranger Things, 2017]

- carrot and stick = a system in which you are rewarded for some actions and threatened with punishment for others
- кнут и пряник
[The Young Pope, 2016]

- the more the merrier = an occasion will be more enjoyable if a lot of people are there
- чем больше, тем веселее/в тесноте, да не в обиде
[Bridgerton, 2022]

- screw you = fuck you (a nicer way to say it)
- да пошёл ты
[The Office, 2010]

- drink away (your guilt) = forget something by drinking
- запить (вину)
[Emily In Paris, 2021]

- chub-chub = the cute way of calling someone fat
- толстячок
[Fleabag, 2016]

- to slack = to work not as hard as you should
- сачковать
[House M.D., 2010]

- to be at a loss for words = be unable to speak
- потерять дар речи
[Don’t Look Up, 2021]

- to jinx = to cause a person or group to experience bad luck
- сглазить
[Fleabag, 2016]