exempli gratia

- wet blanket = a person who says or does something that stops other people enjoying themselves - зануда/душнила (букв.: мокрое одеяло) [Saltburn, 2023]

- promised land = in the Bible, the land of Canaan, promised by God to Abraham and his race - земля обетованная [Doctor Who, 2014]

- to ground = to forbid a child or young person from going out as a punishment - посадить под домашний арест [Daria, 1997]

- meal ticket = someone or something that you use as a way of getting regular amounts of money - счастливый билет/кормушка/дойная корова [The Gilded Age, 2022]

- flight = a number of different types of wine, beer, etc. for tasting - сет напитков [The Killer, 2023]

- you and whose army? - used as a reply to someone who has said that they will do something, to express your opinion that they could not do it because they are not strong enough or it is too difficult - ну попробуй/кишка тонка/рискни etc. [Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2, 2011] ⚡️that’s all folks⚡️

- wicked = excellent (slang) - шикарный/крутой [Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 1, 2010]

- to gatecrash = to go to a party or other event when you have not been invited - приходить без приглашения/«зайцем» [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, 2009]

- bread-and-butter = basic and relating directly to most people's needs and interests - основной/существенный/важный [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 2007]

- loquacious = somebody who talks a lot - говорливый/словоохотливый/болтливый [Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, 2005]

- to lay it on thick = to exaggerate a statement, experience, or emotion in order to try to impress people - сгущать краски/хватить через край/преувеличивать [Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, 2004]

- to have a bee in your bonnet = to be so enthusiastic or worried about something that you keep mentioning it or thinking about it - зациклиться/иметь навязчивую идею/быть чем-то озабоченным [Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, 2002]

- five-o = police/law enforcement (from the TV show "Hawaii 5-0" about the 50th State's Police Department) - полиция [Eyes Wide Shut, 1999]

- from the horse's mouth = from the person who has direct personal knowledge of something - из первых уст [Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, 2004] https://t.me/for_instance_eng/304

- to give something a whirl = to attempt to do something, often for the first time - попробовать/дать шанс [Home Alone, 1990]

- to put someone on = to try to persuade someone that something is true when it is not, usually as a joke - разыгрывать/подшучивать [Eyes Wide Shut, 1999]

- bugger off = leave or go away, used especially as a rude way of telling someone to go away - пошёл вон/вали отсюда/выметайся [Love Actually, 2003]

- make-up exam = an exam that a student takes to make up for a missed or failed exam - пересдача [The Holdovers, 2023]

- no spring chicken = no longer young - уже не первой молодости [Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!, 1978]

- to steep = to cause to stay in a liquid, especially in order to become soft or clean, or to improve flavour - настаиваться [Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus, 2006]