Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - lid

n. 1 a hinged or removable cover, esp. for the top of a container. 2 = EYELID. 3 the operculum of a shell or a plant. 4 sl. a hat. Phrases and idioms put the lid (or tin lid) on Brit. colloq. 1 be the culmination of. 2 put a stop to. take the lid off colloq. expose (a scandal etc.). Derivatives lidded adj. (also in comb.). lidless adj. Etymology: OE hlid f. Gmc