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1 a fly on the wheel
человек, сильно преувеличивающий своё значение, влияние или участие в каком-л. деле; ≈ он много мнит о себе; от скромности он не умрёт [из басни Лафонтена (La Fontaine, 1621-95) "Дилижанс и муха" (‘Le Coche et la Mouche’), в основу которой положена басня Эзопа; ср.; фр. la mouche du coche]Franklyn: "Come! Confess, both of you! You were only flies on the wheel." (B. Shaw, ‘Back to Methuselah’, part II) — Франклин: "Послушайте! Признайте же наконец вы оба, что вы слишком много о себе возомнили."
The world grinds on: we are a fly on the wheel. (W. Lippmann, ‘A Preface to Politics’, ch. I) — Мир идет вперед, и нам не следует преувеличивать своих заслуг в этом.
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