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FEAR AND FRUSTRATION kitten-440379 - Coggle Diagram
FEAR AND FRUSTRATION
AT THE END OF YOUR TETHER=to be so worried, tired etc that you feel you can no longer deal with a difficult or upsetting situation
I had no money, my husband was sick, and I couldn't get a job. I was at the end of my tether.
A BUNDLE OF NERVES=комок нервов.
Harry was a bundle of nerves the whole time his wife was in the hospital.
FRIGHTEN THE LIFE OUT OF SOMEONE/SCARE THE LIFE OUT OF SOMEONE=НАПУГАТЬ КОГО-ТО ДО СМЕРТИ
Don’t do that! You scared the life out of me!
GET COLD FEET/HAVE COLD FEET
He gets cold feet and phones his bank manager asking him to stop the cheque.
They later got cold feet and canceled the order.
NOT GET A WORD IN EDGEWAYS=НЕ УСПЕВАЕТ ВСТАВИТЬ НИ СЛОВА
Let someone else get a word in edgeways..
GIVE SOMEONE THE CREEPS
I hate being left alone in the office with Graham - he gives me the creeps.
THE LAST STRAW/THE FINAL STRAW
=ПОСЛЕДНЯЯ КАПЛЯ
Making me work late on Friday was the last straw.
RED TAPE=ВОЛОКИТА
The new rules should help cut the red tape for farmers.
But red tape is not the only or even the main problem.
SCARE SOMEONE OUT OF THEIR WITS=НАПУГАТЬ ДО ПОЛУСМЕРТИ
t's a wonder the coyotes didn't scare him to death.
UNTIL YOU ARE BLUE IN THE FACE=до посинения
The divers searched the lake until you're blue in the face.