The boys made themselves scarce when they saw the principal coming to stop their noise.
A wise mouse makes himself scarce when a cat is nearby.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
make oneself scarce — {v. phr.}, {slang} To leave quickly; go away. * /The boys made themselves scarce when they saw the principal coming to stop their noise./ * /A wise mouse makes himself scarce when a cat is nearby./ … Dictionary of American idioms
make oneself scarce — {v. phr.}, {slang} To leave quickly; go away. * /The boys made themselves scarce when they saw the principal coming to stop their noise./ * /A wise mouse makes himself scarce when a cat is nearby./ … Dictionary of American idioms
make oneself scarce — ► make oneself scarce informal leave a place, especially so as to avoid a difficult situation. Main Entry: ↑scarce … English terms dictionary
make oneself scarce — (informal) To leave quickly, unobtrusively, for reasons of prudence, tact, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑scarce * * * informal leave a place, esp. so as to avoid a difficult situation … Useful english dictionary
make oneself scarce — index retreat Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
make oneself scarce — tv. to leave; to be in a place less frequently. □ Here come the boys in blue. I’d better make myself scarce. □ I suggest that you make yourself scarce before she returns … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
make oneself scarce — verb To leave or depart, or to avoid or stay away. Perhaps I should make myself scarce before he finds any more miserable tasks to assign to me … Wiktionary
make oneself scarce — leave quickly, go away I think that I will make myself scarce and go to the beach for the day … Idioms and examples
make oneself scarce — informal leave a place. → scarce … English new terms dictionary
make oneself scarce — go away, depart, leave … English contemporary dictionary
