Terms for subject Idiomatic containing rails | all forms
| English | Russian |
| almost went off the rails | чуть не сорвалось (The deal almost went off the rails. – Сделка чуть не сорвалась. ART Vancouver) |
| as thin as a rail | худой как велосипед (The expression "skinny/thin as a rail" comes from the fact that all rail species can laterally compress their bodies and walk through the marsh without moving a blade of grass. The Virginia Rail is a reclusive bird of fresh and saltwater marshes, and is usually seen only when it comes out to feed on mudflats. (tn.gov/twra/wildlife/birds/waterbirds/virginia-rail) • He eats like a horse, and yet he's as thin as a rail. (Cambridge Dictionary) • Она худая как лисапет, хочется накормить. (из рус. источника) ART Vancouver) |
| be back on the rails | вернуться в строй (источник – рубрика "Фраза дня" на сайте  yandex.ru teejointohee) |
| go off the rails | слететь с катушек (to start behaving strangely or in a way that is not acceptable to society: "She went off the rails in her early teens after she moved in with her 25-year-old boyfriend and started smoking pot, soon she living on the streets and got involved in sex trade." ART Vancouver) |