Idiomatron

[Avaddon]

Достаточно сложная, как по мне, фраза:

Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View: Born in the Storm by Daniel José Older

TD-4445’s guys were around somewhere, so we had to go in and see what we could, lest another unit g.. t.. d... o. us and deliver the droids instead.
“Look lively, boys,” Commander 110 said, and Crag just chuckled.

[Juliemiracle]

Avaddon,

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get the drop on us?

[Avaddon]

Juliemiracle,
Sure!

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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms 2nd Ed
get the drop on
Also, get or have the jump on.
Achieve a distinct advantage over someone, especially through early or quick action; get a head start. For example,
Their book on electronic communication has the drop on all the others,
or
We really got the jump on the competition.
The first of these slangy expressions dates from the mid-1800s and originally alluded to pointing one’s gun at someone before he pointed his at you. It was transferred to more general use by about 1900. The second, which uses jump in the sense of “start,” dates from about 1900.

Longman Idioms Dictionary (En-En)
get the drop on sb
AmE
if you get the drop on someone who you are competing or fighting with, you do something before they do or better than they do
● Armed robbers got the drop on an air freight company employee, police say, and even used his forklift to help them cart $400,000 worth of CDs into their truck.
● The way it goes in this business is, if you don't get the drop on them, they'll get the drop on you.

[Yety]

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get the drop on
Also, get or have the jump on.

There's another one with a similar meaning and cultural reference:
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/get+the+draw+on

get the draw on someone
Fig. to be faster than one's opponent in a fight. (Alludes originally to an Old West gunfight.)
The sheriff got the draw on Arizona Slim and shot him in the arm.
Bill's competitor got the draw on him. She was the first one in town to start selling those popular new shoes.

It even fitted the puzzle.)

[Avaddon]

И кое-что попроще:

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

Bod had been told to keep away from that corner of the world by Mrs. Owens as far back as he could remember.
“Why?” he asked.
“T’aint healthy for a living body,” said Mrs. Owens. “There’s damp down that end of things. It’s practically a marsh. You’ll c.... y... d.... .”

[Роман Молти]

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catch your death

[Avaddon]

Роман Молти,

Sure!

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Longman Idioms Dictionary (En-En)
catch your death (of cold)

OLD-FASHIONED used in order to warn someone that they will get very cold and ill
● Don't go outside without a hat, you'll catch your death.

[Avaddon]

Нил-то Гейман наш курил! И крепко! И вот он рассказывает о том, как это занятие его подвело:



А вот он отвечает на вопрос в блоге (2003 год) - с идиомой:

Do you smoke? I've never seen you mention it in the blog, as far as I know, and you don't especially seem like the smoking type, but I just recently bought a copy of 'Violent Cases' (which, yes, I enjoyed thoroughly) and the narrator (who looks and talks an awful lot like you) smokes. And smokes rather obviously, too, as it opens with him lighting up.

I realize there's a distinction to be made between Neil Gaiman the person and Neil Gaiman the semi-fictional narrator, but I would very much like this to be cleared up. Thanks very much,
Ted

I used to smoke. I was a really good smoker, and I smoked well, and enjoyed it n. e.. . I gave up smoking almost ten years ago now, and still have the dreams where I'm smoking again. "Oh dear," I think in the dreams, "if I'm smoking again, it means I'm hooked forever." And then I'm relieved when I wake up to discover I still don't smoke. You'd think after nearly ten years the dreams would stop, but they don't, quite.

[Yety]

and enjoyed it n. e..

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no end
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/no+end It seems to have originated from no end in sight to something
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/no+end+in+sight

[Avaddon]

Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book

“Everyone in the Old Town gets a flower,” said the small man. “Man, woman, and child.” Then he said, slowly, as if he were trying to remember something he had learned a very long time ago, “One to leave and one to stay and all to dance the Macabray.”
Mrs. Caraway sniffed. “S.... a.. n....... ,” she said, and kept on snipping the blossoms.

[Mary May]

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sweet and nostalgic?
collocation?

[Avaddon]

Astonished I am: it is the first time Mary May has failed to guess the answer right from the first try.

Well, the woman says to her companion that his words are absurd.

[tourist]

at least MM is not cheating )

[Mary May]

Was distracted by Сен-Санс, Мусоргский et al. ))

Nobody's cheating here.

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STUFF AND NONSENSE ?

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https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictio ... d-nonsense

[tourist]

T.. h... y.. s..)

[Роман Молти]

I encountered this expression when I was reading "The Invisible Man". Moreover, it's easy to guess after Avadon's hint.

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Stuff and nonsense

'—And circumstances certainly point
—Stuff and nonsense!' said the Invisible Man.'

[Avaddon]

Sure!

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Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary 8th Ed.
ˌstuff and ˈnonsense

exclamation (old-fashioned, informal) used to describe sth that is stupid or not true
...
The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms 2nd Ed
stuff and nonsense
Utter foolishness or absurdity, as in Stuff and nonsense, of course I can pack a suitcase. Often used as an interjection, this idiom employs stuff in the sense of “rubbish.” It was first recorded in 1749.

[Mary May]

tourist

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On second thoughts, it's just the phrase synonymous to
''stuff and nonsense"
(at first, thought you implied my words are stupid)

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define. ... 0you%20say

[tourist]

I meant a more polite interpretation , sorry

[Роман Молти]

Avaddon, I think Mary beat me to it. I did not see her answer, though.

[Avaddon]

Well, consider my gratitude as appreciation of your having read The Invisible Man. When I'm done with Gaiman, Chandler, Hammett, Ross Macdonald, Jim Thompson, James M. Cain and a bunch of other writers, I'll definitely read all SF novels and short stories by H. G. Wells.

[Mary May]

Well, we're not competing here, are we?
It's all just... educational?

[Avaddon]

Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View: The Kloo Horn Cantina Caper by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Matt Fraction

Myo mentally adds forty to the price he’ll extract from the little Chadra-Fan who sleeps in the tunnels below them—which, again, as thinking is not his s..... s... , takes awhile, which only makes Myo more mad, which, as it happens, is Myo’s s..... s... .

[Роман Молти]

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strong suit

[Avaddon]

Роман Молти,

Sure!

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strong point
Also, strong suit. An area in which someone or something excels, as in That beautiful lobby is the building's strong point, or Writing is her strong suit. The first term was first recorded in 1840; the variant alludes to various card games, in which it signifies the suit with the highest or most cards.