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Take a bold action

  • 1 Хода нет, ходи с червей

    Take a bold action
    Var.: Не с чего ходить, так с бубен Cf: Nothing stake, nothing draw Br.). When in doubt, lead trumps (Am.)

    Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Хода нет, ходи с червей

  • 2 Б-256

    БРАТЬ/ВЗЯТЬ (ХВАТАТЬ/СХВАТИТЬ) БЫКА ЗА РОГА coll VP subj: human fixed WO
    to take bold, resolute action, immediately and bravely addressing the most essential, difficult aspects of the matter
    X взял быка за рога = X took the bull by the horns.
    «Сколько лет, сколько зим!» - «Вот гостя тебе из Москвы привез. - Шилов брал быка за рога. - Чем привечать будешь?» (Максимов 1). "Haven't seen you out here for ages!" "I've brought you a visitor from Moscow." Shilov took the bull by the horns: "What can you offer us?" (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > Б-256

  • 3 брать быка за рога

    • БРАТЬ/ВЗЯТЬ (ХВАТАТЬ/СХВАТИТЬ) БЫКА ЗА РОГА coll
    [VP; subj: human; fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ to take bold, resolute action, immediately and bravely addressing the most essential, difficult aspects of the matter:
    - X взял быка за рога≈ X took the bull by the horns.
         ♦ "Сколько лет, сколько зим!" - "Вот гостя тебе из Москвы привез. - Шилов брал быка за рога. - Чем привечать будешь?" (Максимов 1). "Haven't seen you out here for ages!" "I've brought you a visitor from Moscow." Shilov took the bull by the horns: "What can you offer us?" (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > брать быка за рога

  • 4 взять быка за рога

    • БРАТЬ/ВЗЯТЬ (ХВАТАТЬ/СХВАТИТЬ) БЫКА ЗА РОГА coll
    [VP; subj: human; fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ to take bold, resolute action, immediately and bravely addressing the most essential, difficult aspects of the matter:
    - X взял быка за рога≈ X took the bull by the horns.
         ♦ "Сколько лет, сколько зим!" - "Вот гостя тебе из Москвы привез. - Шилов брал быка за рога. - Чем привечать будешь?" (Максимов 1). "Haven't seen you out here for ages!" "I've brought you a visitor from Moscow." Shilov took the bull by the horns: "What can you offer us?" (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > взять быка за рога

  • 5 схватить быка за рога

    • БРАТЬ/ВЗЯТЬ (ХВАТАТЬ/СХВАТИТЬ) БЫКА ЗА РОГА coll
    [VP; subj: human; fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ to take bold, resolute action, immediately and bravely addressing the most essential, difficult aspects of the matter:
    - X взял быка за рога≈ X took the bull by the horns.
         ♦ "Сколько лет, сколько зим!" - "Вот гостя тебе из Москвы привез. - Шилов брал быка за рога. - Чем привечать будешь?" (Максимов 1). "Haven't seen you out here for ages!" "I've brought you a visitor from Moscow." Shilov took the bull by the horns: "What can you offer us?" (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > схватить быка за рога

  • 6 хватать быка за рога

    • БРАТЬ/ВЗЯТЬ (ХВАТАТЬ/СХВАТИТЬ) БЫКА ЗА РОГА coll
    [VP; subj: human; fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ to take bold, resolute action, immediately and bravely addressing the most essential, difficult aspects of the matter:
    - X взял быка за рога≈ X took the bull by the horns.
         ♦ "Сколько лет, сколько зим!" - "Вот гостя тебе из Москвы привез. - Шилов брал быка за рога. - Чем привечать будешь?" (Максимов 1). "Haven't seen you out here for ages!" "I've brought you a visitor from Moscow." Shilov took the bull by the horns: "What can you offer us?" (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > хватать быка за рога

См. также в других словарях:

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  • take the cake — {v. phr.}, {slang} 1. To take the first prize; be the best; rank first. * /Mr. Jones takes the cake as a storyteller./ 2. To be the limit; to be the worst; have a lot of nerve; be a very rude, bold, or surprising action. * /I let Jack borrow my… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • take the cake — {v. phr.}, {slang} 1. To take the first prize; be the best; rank first. * /Mr. Jones takes the cake as a storyteller./ 2. To be the limit; to be the worst; have a lot of nerve; be a very rude, bold, or surprising action. * /I let Jack borrow my… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • take\ the\ cake — v. phr. slang 1. To take the first prize; be the best; rank first. Mr. Jones takes the cake as a storyteller. 2. To be the limit; to be the worst; have a lot of nerve; be a very rude, bold, or surprising action. I let Jack borrow my baseball and… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • take the plunge — informal commit oneself to a bold course of action after consideration. → plunge …   English new terms dictionary

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