one's head off

one's head off
разг.
без конца, сколько влезет, сколько душе угодно; вовсю, напропалую; как безумный; ужасно, отчаянно

You can talk your heads off about Edward Driffield, but I shall be able to get away when I'm fed up with you. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Cakes and Ale’, ch. XI) — Вы можете до одурения говорить об Эдуарде Дриффилде, но я лично уйду, когда разговор этот мне надоест.

He tells me - say, you'd laugh your head off. (S. Lewis, ‘Ann Vickers’, ch. XXVI) — Он мне отвечает. Ну, знаете, со смеху лопнуть можно.

Anyway, when he was finished, and everybody was clapping their heads off, old Ernie turned around on his stool and gave this very phony, humble bow. (J. Salinger, ‘The Catcher in the Rye’, ch. XII) — А когда Эрни кончил и все стали хлопать как одержимые, он повернулся на табурете и поклонился этаким деланным, смиренным поклоном.

She made me so nervous, I just kept on lying my head off. ‘I'm still recuperating,’ I told her. (J. Salinger, ‘The Catcher in the Rye’, ch. XIII) — я ужасно нервничал из-за нее. Врал вовсю. Говорил, что еще не совсем поправился.

The phone's been ringing its head off. (D. Cusack and F. James, ‘Come in Spinner’, ‘Wednesday I’) — Телефон звонил беспрерывно.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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  • laugh one's head off — {v. phr.}, {informal} To laugh very hard; be unable to stop laughing. * /Paul s stories are so wildly funny that I laugh my head off whenever he starts telling one of them./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • eat one's head off — phrasal 1. : to eat excessively or gluttonously 2. slang : to nag or grumble at one : scold or pick at one she ate his head off when he came in late * * * eat one s head off (esp of an animal) to cost more for food than one is worth • • • Main… …   Useful english dictionary

  • yell one’s head off — AND yell one’s guts out 1. tv. to yell loud and long. □ I was yelling my head off at the game. □ Stop yelling your guts out and listen to me. 2. tv. to complain bitterly and loudly. □ Some lady is yelling …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • talk one’s head off — tv. to talk endlessly; to argue persuasively or vigorously. □ I talked my head off trying to convince them. □ Don’t waste time talking your head off to them …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • laugh\ one's\ head\ off — v. phr. informal To laugh very hard; be unable to stop laughing. Paul s stories are so wildly funny that I laugh my head off whenever he starts telling one of them …   Словарь американских идиом

  • talk one's head off — phrasal : to talk to one volubly and unremittingly are shy at first, but once they get to know you, they ll talk your head off …   Useful english dictionary

  • bite one's head off — {v. phr.} To answer someone in great anger; answer furiously. * /I m sorry to tell you that I lost my job, but that s no reason to bite my head off!/ …   Dictionary of American idioms


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