- to skim = to read or consider something quickly in order to understand the main points, without studying it in detail
- бегло просмотреть/пролистать/пробежаться глазами
[Sex Education, 2021]

- pinko = a person who supports socialist ideas and principles
- коммуняка (подозреваемый в сочувствии коммунистам)
[Fallout, 2024]

- to drink someone under the table = to drink a lot more alcohol than someone else
- перепить (кого-нибудь)
[Husbands, 1970]

- coup = a sudden illegal, often violent, taking of government power, especially by part of an army
- государственный переворот
[Emily in Paris, 2022]

- to bludgeon = to hit someone hard and repeatedly with a heavy weapon
- забить/ударить (тупым предметом)
[Ripley, 2024]

- for good = for ever; permanently
- навсегда/совсем/окончательно
[Sex Education, 2021]

https://news.1rj.ru/str/for_instance_eng/338

- to set someone up (with) = to pair a person with someone else for a date or the possibility of a romantic relationship
- познакомить/свести кого-то с кем-то
[Fremont, 2023]

- under someone's thumb = under someone's control
- под контролем/каблуком/влиянием кого-либо (букв.: под большим пальцем)
[Suspiria, 1977]

- as pure as the driven snow = morally completely good
- невинен как младенец/чистый/непорочный
[The Gilded Age, 2022]

- prerequisite = something that must exist or happen before something else can exist or happen
- предварительное условие или требование/предпосылка
[Fallout, 2024]

- to call it even = to agree with someone that a debt has been paid and that no one owes anything more
- быть в расчёте/квиты
[Emily In Paris, 2021]

- to give someone a run for their money = to put up a very strong challenge in a contest which someone else is expected to win fairly easily
- составить конкуренцию/посоревноваться
[Emily, 2022]

https://news.1rj.ru/str/for_instance_eng/201

- out of/from whole cloth = completely invented by someone, without anything to base it on
- полностью сфабриковано/чистейшая выдумка/высосано из пальца/шито белыми нитками etc.
[12 Years a Slave, 2013]

- can of worms = a situation that causes a lot of problems for you when you start to deal with it
- нервотрёпка/щекотливый вопрос/сложная проблема/ящик Пандоры/куча неприятностей etc.
[Big Little Lies, 2017]

- silver-tongued = good at persuading people to do things
- сладкоречивый/с хорошо подвешенным языком
[Baby Reindeer, 2024]

- off the table = no longer being considered
- снятый с обсуждения/повестки дня
[Sex Education, 2021]

- cranky = easily annoyed or upset
- сердитый/раздражительный/капризный
[In Bruges, 2008]

https://news.1rj.ru/str/for_instance_eng/274

- to cut the deck = to split the deck into two packets by lifting one packet from the top and placing it face down
- снять колоду
[13 Reasons Why, 2017]

- hustle and bustle = noise and activity
- суматоха/шум и суета/сумбур etc.
[Baby Reindeer, 2024]

- buff = a person who knows a lot about and is very interested in a particular subject
- знаток/фанат/любитель
[Sugar, 2024]

- neat = (of a strong alcoholic drink) without anything, such as water or ice or another drink, added to it
- чистый/неразбавленный
[Emily in Paris, 2022]