IN CONCIDERATION OF SOMETHING

She was given a fee (хонорар) in consideration of her services.

IN ALL AND ANY CASES

1. BEAR A STRIKING SIMILARITY

2. BEAR A FAINT RESEMBLANCE

CUT SOMEONE SHORT

He tried to explain, but Anita cut him short.

IN PARTICULAR

1. Are you going anywhere in particular?

2. ‘What are you doing tonight?’ ‘Nothing in particular.’

CUT TO THE CHASE

I haven't got all day! Will you just hurry up and cut to the chase?

THE STORY HAS BEEN PASSED DOWN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION

THE BULK OF

Women still do the bulk of domestic work in the home.
I do the bulk of my shopping online.

adjective: BULKY

BE TOAST

If she finds out, we’re toast.

HARDLY ANY

They sold hardly any books.

IN BROAD DAYLIGHT

It took thieves less than 15 minutes to steal the goods in broad daylight on a Saturday afternoon.

IN THE WAKE OF =
IN SOMETHING'S WAKE

In the wake of Prime Minister's resignation, we had general elections.
There will be a lot of rebuilding in the earthquake's wake.

DEATH STARE

DEATH GLARE

To give someone a death stare
To give a death stare to somebody

FAIRY TAIL
1. It's a fairy tale to think humans could live on Mars.

adj. FAIRY-TAIL
We've been together for over ten years now, and it's still a fairy-tali.

POUND THE STREETS

He is pounding the streets every morning - he is training for marathon.

SPELL TROUBLE

Artificial intelligence spells trouble for the jobs market

BLEED SOMEONE DRY

The builders bled me dry - I should have got a quote first.

LIFE EXPECTANCY

IN A BID OF

They raised tax of cigarettes in a bid of of stop people smoking.
In a bid to make children more active, schools increased the amount of sport.

IN DOUBT

The future of the company is still in doubt