#идиомадня

out of sorts — не в духе.

Leave him alone, he's out of sorts today.
Оставь его, он сегодня не в духе.

Learn by heart.

There is a place where the sidewalk ends
And before the street begins,
And there the grass grows soft and white,
And there the sun burns crimson bright,
And there the moon-bird rests from his flight
To cool in the peppermint wind.

Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black
And the dark street winds and bends.
Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow
We shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And watch where the chalk-white arrows go
To the place where the sidewalk ends.

Yes we’ll walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And we’ll go where the chalk-white arrows go,
For the children, they mark, and the children, they know
The place where the sidewalk ends.

Shel Silverstein (1930-1999)

#идиомадня

as mad as a wet hen — взбешённый.

Peter suspected that Joanna had deceived him and was as mad as a wet hen.
Питер подозревал, что Джоанна обманула его и был очень взбешен.

Learn by heart.

Take this kiss upon the brow!
And, in parting from you now,
Thus much let me avow —

You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been a dream;
Yet if hope has flown away
In a night, or in a day,
In a vision, or in none,
Is it therefore the less gone?

All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.

I stand amid the roar
Of a surf-tormented shore,
And I hold within my hand
Grains of the golden sand —

How few! yet how they creep
Through my fingers to the deep,
While I weep–while I weep!
O God! can I not grasp
Them with a tighter clasp?

O God! can I not save
One from the pitiless wave?
Is all that we see or seem
But a dream within a dream?


Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)

#идиомадня

as happy as a clam — счастливый и довольный (как двустворчатый моллюск).

The little boy was as happy as a clam when he was given a new bicycle.
Маленький мальчик был счастливым и довольным, когда ему дали новый велосипед.

Использование quite, pretty в английском языке

Quite, pretty - довольно, вполне, весьма. Данные слова имеют одинаковое значение, и какое из них употребить в предложении, решать вам.

Примеры:

She has quite a good car. - У неё вполне хорошая машина.
This film is pretty interesting. - Этот фильм довольно интересный.
My apartment is quite large. - Моя квартира довольно большая.
He has quite a good job. - У него вполне хороша работа.