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121 at the end of one's rope
at the end of one's rope/tether на пределе (эмоциональном)I'm at the end of my tether, and if the phone rings once more, I'll scream!
He's out of work, hanging around the house all day and at the end of his rope.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > at the end of one's rope
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122 at the end of one's tether
at the end of one's rope/tether на пределе (эмоциональном)I'm at the end of my tether, and if the phone rings once more, I'll scream!
He's out of work, hanging around the house all day and at the end of his rope.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > at the end of one's tether
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123 on the map
adj infml1)He wouldn't admit that the other fellow was on the map at all — Он делал вид, что этот парень для него вроде бы не существует
2)3)This pop festival is increasingly on the map - largely because of TV coverage — Благодаря телевидению этот фестиваль современной музыки становится все более популярным
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124 a sheet in the wind
жарг.(a sheet in the wind (или уст. in the wind's eye))подвыпивший, навеселе, под мухой; см. тж. three sheets in the windThough Snow pére might be a thought tipsy - a sheet or so in the wind, as folks say, he was not more tipsy than was customary with him... (A. Trollope, ‘Orley Farm’, ch. LVII) — Хотя папаша Сноу немного подвыпил и, как говорится, был под мухой, он был не более пьян, чем обычно...
Maybe you think we were all a sheet in the wind's eye. But I'll tell you I was sober... (R. L. Stevenson, ‘Treasure Island’, ch. XX) — Вы, вероятно, думаете, что мы все крепко поддали? Поверьте, я был трезв как стеклышко...
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125 irons in the fire
дела, заботы; см. тж. have many irons in the fireErnest is as fond of music as ever, perhaps more so, and of late years has added musical composition to the other irons in his fire. (S. Butler, ‘The Way of All Flesh’, ch. LXXXVI) — Эрнест по-прежнему увлечен музыкой, пожалуй, даже больше, чем раньше. В последние годы, помимо всего прочего, он стал заниматься сочинением музыкальных произведений.
...Meyricke must have a large income, but light come, light go, like most of those big counsel with irons in many fires and the certainty of a judgeship. (J. Galsworthy, ‘The White Monkey’, part II, ch. I) — У Мейрика, верно, большие доходы, но при больших доходах и расходы большие, как у всех этих крупных адвокатов, которые ведут сразу несколько дел и уверены, что их ждет должность судьи.
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126 there's as good fish in the sea
≈ недостатка опасаться не приходится; хоть пруд пруди, полным-полно; свет не клином сошёлсяMrs. Dot: "...I came to the conclusion that there were as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it... After all, you're not really very good-looking, are you?" (W. S. Maugham, ‘Mrs. Dot’, act II) — Миссис Дот: "...Я пришла к выводу, что таких людей, как вы, полным-полно. И красотой вы не блещете, верно ведь?"
He looked... a broken man, and since he had lost Nancy his disintegration had progressed at a more rapid pace. At first he had told himself fiercely that there were other fish in the sea as good as, and indeed, better than she... (A. J. Cronin, ‘Hatter's Castle’, book III, ch. 7) —...Броуди имел вид человека, сломленного судьбой, и с тех пор, как его бросила Нэнси, опускался все больше и больше. В первое время он упорно твердил себе, что на Нэнси свет клином не сошелся, что есть другие женщины, не хуже, а то и лучше ее...
Large English-Russian phrasebook > there's as good fish in the sea
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127 free-for-all
[ˏfri:fə(r)`ɔ:l] сущ.1) мероприятие (выставка, дискуссия и т.д.), в котором может участвовать любой желающий2) общая свалка, потасовка, дракаThe event used to be more of a free-for-all, and it's also seen periods of tight restriction.
Англо-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > free-for-all
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128 a pat on the back
paзг.oдoбpeниe, пooщpeниe, пoxвaлa; пoздpaвлeниeFor what Charlie had been up to all along was nothing more than a pat on the back. A special pat on the back, to be sure: a pat on the back from my dead father (E. OConnor)
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