- to lionize = to make someone famous, or to treat someone as if they were famous
- превозносить/восхвалять/носиться с кем-либо
[Severance, 2022]

🦁 подробнее про lionize:

to lionize means to treat someone as a celebrity or to give them excessive admiration and attention, often elevating their status or importance to an exaggerated level. The lion represents a symbol of pride, strength, courage, and nobility, so when you lionize someone, you attribute to them all those traits. Many people are uncomfortable with being lionized, since being made to seem important comes with responsibilities that are sometimes a burden.

After the shooting, the bystander resisted people's efforts to lionize him. He was only doing what any person would do, he protested. "Don't make me into a hero. I don't want to be lionized."

- kickback = an amount of money that is paid to someone illegally in exchange for secret help or work
- откат/взятка/«комиссионные»
[The Penguin, 2024]

- to chip in = to give some money when several people are giving money to pay for something together
- скинуться
[The Substance, 2024]

https://news.1rj.ru/str/for_instance_eng/718

- laid-back = relaxed in manner and character; not usually worried about other people's behaviour or things that need to be done
- непринуждённый/спокойный/ненапряжённый/безмятежный
[Gone Girl, 2014]

- buff - if a man is buff, he has a body that is a good shape, and looks as if he has done a lot of exercise
- качок
[The Twilight Saga: New Moon, 2009]

другое значение buff: https://news.1rj.ru/str/for_instance_eng/775

- peachy = very good (informal)
- обалденно/шикарно/в шоколаде/превосходно etc.
[Severance, 2022]

- to cupcake = to flirt (slang)
- приударять/подкатывать/клеить
[Nobody Wants This, 2024]

- B-grade = sneakers with manufacturing flaws usually available at outlet stores at cheaper prices
- уценка (по причине дефекта)
[The Penguin, 2024]

- to poach = to persuade someone who works for someone else to come and work for you
- переманивать чужих сотрудников
[The Office, 2007]

🐾 другое значение слова — заниматься браконьерством

- to pull your weight = to do your fair share of work that a group of people is doing together
- вносить свой вклад в общее дело/справляться со своими обязанностями/вносить свою лепту
[What We Do in the Shadows, 2014]

🎃 Happy Halloween

- call it a night = to stop what you have been doing in the evening or night, often in order to go to bed
- закругляться/расходиться по домам/идти спать
[Her, 2013]

https://news.1rj.ru/str/for_instance_eng/705

- skeleton key = a key that will open several doors
- ключ от всех замков/мастер-ключ/отмычка
[Beetlejuice, 1988]

🦴 название такого ключа объясняется его простым устройством: шейка (shank) и одна бородка (bit)

- to open up = to allow wine to become more intense and enjoyable
- раскрыться (о вкусе и запахе вина)
[Blink Twice, 2024]

- couch potato = a person who watches a lot of television and does not have an active life
- приросший к дивану/бездельник/лентяй/домосед
[Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, 2024]

🥔 буквально «диванная картошка»

- sleuth = someone whose job is to discover information about crimes and find out who is responsible for them
- сыщик/детектив
[A Murder at the End of the World, 2023]

🕵️ в современном понимании слова sleuth — непрофессиональный детектив, который делает расследование онлайн

- single and ready to mingle = single and keen on dating
- в активном поиске
[The Office, 2007]

https://news.1rj.ru/str/for_instance_eng/443

- to come off = to give a particular impression
- создавать впечатление/казаться/сойти за кого-то
[The Perfect Couple, 2024]

- cradle-snatcher = a person whose sexual partner is much younger than they are (humorous or disapproving)
- тот, кто любит молоденьких мужчин/женщин (букв. «похититель колыбелей»)
[What We Do in the Shadows, 2014]