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1 take a back seat
(take a back seat (for или to smb.))оказаться на последнем месте, отойти на задний план; уступать (кому-л.) [первонач. амер.]I always thought I was joking folks... but I take a back seat for you. (W. Faulkner, ‘Collected Short Stories’, ‘A Bear Hunt’) — Мне всегда казалось, что я умею отменно шутить... но перед тобой я пасую.
Now we don't take a back seat for anybody, here in this shop... (J. O'Hara, ‘A Rase to Live’, book II) — Нашу фирму никому не заткнуть за пояс...
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3 take a back seat
отойти на задний план словосочетание:отойти на задний план (take a BACK seat)стушеваться (take a back seat, draw in one's horns)занимать скромное положение (take a back seat) -
4 take a back seat
( for или to smb.)oтoйти нa зaдний плaн, уcтупить (кoму-л.), cпacoвaть (пepeд кeм-л.), cтушeвaтьcя [пepвoнaч. aмep.]Rock'n'roll may have been taking a back seat... But it's redefining itself (Time). I always thought I was joking folks... but I take a back seat for you (W. Faulkner). Even in the th, he had to take a back seat to Bethoven in both popularity and critical esteem. Now Mozart has come into his own (Time) -
5 take a back seat to someone or something
expr infmlIt just goes to show how glamour has taken a back seat to the wheeling and dealing — Это лишний раз доказывает, что блеск славы был принесен в жертву обыкновенному делячеству
The new dictionary of modern spoken language > take a back seat to someone or something
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6 take a back seat
уйти в тень/на вторые роли/на задний планI had done the best I could, but it was time to take a back seat and let someone else run things.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > take a back seat
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7 take a back seat
(to take an unimportant position: At these discussions he always takes a back seat and listens to others talking.) holde sig i baggrunden; holde lav profil* * *(to take an unimportant position: At these discussions he always takes a back seat and listens to others talking.) holde sig i baggrunden; holde lav profil -
8 take a back seat
(to take an unimportant position: At these discussions he always takes a back seat and listens to others talking.) situarse en un segundo plano -
9 take a back seat
(to take an unimportant position: At these discussions he always takes a back seat and listens to others talking.) láta lítið á sér bera, halda sig til baka -
10 take a back seat
(to take an unimportant position: At these discussions he always takes a back seat and listens to others talking.) háttérbe húzódik -
11 take a back seat
(to take an unimportant position: At these discussions he always takes a back seat and listens to others talking.) ficar calado -
12 take a back seat
arka plânda kalmak, önemini yitirmek, ön plâna çıkmamak* * *(to take an unimportant position: At these discussions he always takes a back seat and listens to others talking.) kendini göstermemek -
13 take a back seat
(to take an unimportant position: At these discussions he always takes a back seat and listens to others talking.) umakniti se -
14 take a back seat
(to take an unimportant position: At these discussions he always takes a back seat and listens to others talking.) vetäytyä taka-alalle -
15 take a back seat
(to take an unimportant position: At these discussions he always takes a back seat and listens to others talking.) holde seg i bakgrunnen, holde en lav profil -
16 take a back seat
(to take an unimportant position: At these discussions he always takes a back seat and listens to others talking.) accontentarsi di un posto in sottordine -
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18 take a back seat
(to take an unimportant position: At these discussions he always takes a back seat and listens to others talking.) grać drugie skrzypce -
19 take a back seat
(to take an unimportant position: At these discussions he always takes a back seat and listens to others talking.) ieņemt nenozīmīgu amatu / nostāju -
20 take a back seat
(to take an unimportant position: At these discussions he always takes a back seat and listens to others talking.) kukliai laikytis, nesikišti
См. также в других словарях:
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