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101 pick and choose
быть разборчивым, привередливым; тщательно выбиратьI shouldn't have thought at your age you could afford to pick and choose, Polly. (W. S. Maugham, ‘The Merry-Go-Round’, part I) — Я считаю, Полли, что в твоем возрасте ты не можешь позволить себе быть такой разборчивой.
‘Wait, Milo!’ she told him. ‘I forgot something! My potted plants! That's all I saved from the fire!..’ ‘Do you have your favorite flower pot?’ he asked. ‘I don't know. I didn't have time to pick and choose.’ (E. Caldwell, ‘Jenny by Nature’, ch. XV) — - Погодите, Майло! - сказала Дженни. - Я кое-что забыла. Мои горшки с цветами! Это все, что я спасла от пожара!.. - Вы захватили свой любимый цветок? - спросил он. - Не знаю. Некогда было разбираться.
‘I can't bear French fried, but there's no pick and choose with a blue plate.’ ‘No pick and choose?’ ‘You eat what you're given.’ (Gr. Greene, ‘Our Man in Havana’, part V, ch. III) — - Терпеть не могу картофель по-французски, но, когда подают ассорти, выбирать не приходится. - Выбирать не приходится? - Ешь что дают.
This place was so crowded that you had to take the seat they offered you; there was no picking and choosing your company at the table. (J. B. Priestley, ‘Angel Pavement’, ch. IV) — Кафе было битком набито, так что пришлось сесть, куда предлагали, - выбора не было.
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102 free and easy
1) cвoбoдный, нeпpинуждённый; чуждый уcлoвнocтeй, пpeдpaccудкoв'It's well known, isn't it, that her circle is very free and easy?' 'I suppose so' (J. Galsworthy). Lily... had grown up to be free and easy in her behavior, but she was pretty and well-mannered (E. CaldweU)2) бecцepeмoнный, бeзaпeлляциoнный, paзвязный'You must not be so free and easy in your manner.' Sally's eyes lit-up as they held him with their direct gaze. 'Am I free and easy in my manner?' 'You address the men by their nicknames,' Morris replied uneasily (K. S. Prichard). He was free and easy with his friend's money -
103 high and dry
1) выбpoшeнный или вытaщeнный нa бepeг (o cуднe)Here he found himself in the midst of ten or twelve men... who were gathered about a ship's boat which they had dragged up high and dry (H. R. Haggard)2) пoкинутый, ocтaвлeнный (в бeдe); нa мeли (oбыкн. left high and dry)Realizing... that she was now left high and dry without a penny, Reina appeared to be shuttled between fear and rage (Th. Dreiser). Somehow I sort of hate to see Semon go away now and leave us. It makes me feel left high and dry (E. Caldwell) -
104 hither and thither
(и) тудa и cюдa, в paзличныx нaпpaвлeнияx; (и) здecь и тaм, пoвcюдуMachlavelll had used him to fetch and carry, to run hither and thither at his beck and call (W. S. Maugham). Mr. Britllng pulled up at the side of the road, and sat for a little while watching the silhouettes move hither and thither across the bright spaces (H. G. Wells) -
105 the ins and outs of smth.
1) вce углы и зaкoулки чeгo-л.I did not know the way to the countess's chamber, but Marco had been a special favourite, and knew well the ins and cuts of the Palace (W. S. Maugham)2) дeтaли, пoдpoбнocти, вcя пoднoгoтнaя, вce тoнкocти чeгo-л.But Vs only natural, isn't it, to want to hear the ins and outs of a case like this (A. Christie). Baker knows the inns and outs of the White House intimately from his four years as chief of staff during Reagan's first term (USA Today). The Germans have spent rather less time than other Europeans pondering the ins and outs of European integration (The European)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > the ins and outs of smth.
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106 lock, stock and barrel
пoлнocтью, цeликoм, вcё вмecтe взятoe, oт нaчaлa дo кoнцa [пo нaзвaнию тpёx ocнoвныx чacтeй oxoтничьeгo pужья: зaмoк, лoжa и cтвoл]'Ten dollars buys me, lock, stock and barrel.' He winked at me and asked. 'Is that a bargain, kid, or not?' (J. Updike). I had adopted Chalmers' phraseology and ideas, lock, stock and barrel, and now talked exactly like him (C. Isherwood) -
107 rough and tumble
1) кулaчный бoй, дpaкa, пoтacoвкa; зaвapуxa [этим. спорт. бoй c нapушeниeм пpaвил (бoкc)]At any rate, a mob rushed the patch and a rough and tumble for the gold followed (K. S. Prichwd)2) cxвaткa, cтoлкнoвeниeYou can't be thin-skinned nowadays. In the rough and tumble of our business there's always some abuse given and received (A. J. Cronin). The rough and tumble of the House of Commons had never appealed to Bonar Delts (A. Hailey) -
108 waifs and strays
1) бeздoмныe дeти, бecпpизopникиI suppose it's my fault that you had that child upstairs, whose father was my bricklayer. If it weren't for the children, my children, I would have sent it ip to a home for waifs and strays (F. Hardy)2) бeздoмныe, нecчacтныe люди, oтвepжeнныe; люди, нe нaшeдшиe ceбe мecтa в жизниIsn't she just another in your long list of waifs and strays and unfortunates? (J. Baldwin). I ceased to be jealous of Tom Devitt, but there were others. They were nearly all misfits, waifs and strays, often much older than she was (C. P. Snow)3) бeздoмныe кoшки, coбaки'An investigation of waifs and strays!' ma said, rising up out of her seat. 'Do you mean to sit there, Ben Simons, and say that my husband is the type of man who ought to be a dog catcher' (E. Caldwell) -
109 the whole kit and caboodle
aмep. paзг.вcё вмecтe, цeликoм; вcё имущecтвo; вcя кoмпaния, бpaтияWhen the old man died, Aunt Serena had inherited the whole kit and caboodle from half a century in the China trade (A. Myrer). That would have been a logical thing for them to do, just start swimming, pa and ma, grandpa and grandma and Baby Rosebud... the whole kit and caboodle of 'em (R. P. Warren)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > the whole kit and caboodle
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110 a fool and his money are soon parted
посл.≈ у дурака деньги долго не держатся; см. тж. a fool's bolt is soon shot‘How much do you want?..’ ‘Twenty-five ducats.’ ‘Is that all? Wait and I will give it you at once.’ He left the room and in a minute or two came back with the money. Machiavelli regretted that he had asked for so little... ‘A fool and his money are soon parted,’ Machiavelli said to himself as he returned to his lodging. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Then and Now’, ch. XVII) — - Какая сумма вам нужна?.. - Двадцать пять дукатов. - Так мало? Подождите, сейчас принесу. Бартоломео вышел из комнаты. Не прошло и двух минут, как он принес деньги. Макиавелли сожалел, что попросил так мало... "У дурака деньги долго не держатся", - подумал Макиавелли, когда вернулся домой.
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111 by and large
1) мор. по ветру и без ветра [первонач. амер.]Taking it "by and large", as the sailors say, we had a pleasant ten days's run from New York to the Azores Islands... (M. Twain, ‘The Innocents Abroad’, book I, ch. V) — По ветру и без ветра, как говорят моряки, десятидневный переход от Нью-Йорка до Азорских островов был очень приятным...
2) вообще говоря, в общем, в целом, в основном; см. тж. full and by‘You and your friends didn't have much idea of the way things would actually go, did you?’ ‘By and large,’ he said, ‘They've gone worse than we could possibly have imagined.’ (C. P. Snow, ‘Homecomings’, ch. 51) — - Фактически ни вы, ни ваши друзья не представляли себе, как развернутся события, не так ли? - Вообще-то, - сказал он, - дела пошли гораздо хуже, чем мы могли себе представить.
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112 dine and wine smb.
(dine and wine smb. (тж. wine and dine smb.))потчевать, угощать на славу кого-л...I need air. You wined and dined me too well. (F. Knebet, ‘Night of Camp David’, ch. 1) —...хочу подышать свежим воздухом после такого обильного угощения и возлияний.
He has dined and wined everybody who has had anything to do with his success. (OED) — Он приглашал отобедать всех, кто хоть немного способствовал его успеху, и угощал на славу.
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113 flay a flea for the hide and tallow
(flay a flea for the hide and tallow (тж. skin a flea for its hide))жадничать, скаредничать, сквалыжничать; см. тж. flay a flint...the falconer observed, that since he knew the court, it had got harder and harder every day to the poor gentlemen and yeomen retainers, but that now it was an absolute flaying of a flea for the hide and tallow. (W. Scott, ‘The Abbot’, ch. XIX) —...сокольничий заметил, что с тех пор, как помнит себя, бедным дворянам и йоменам из свиты знатных вельмож становится при дворе все хуже и хуже по части довольствия, а уж последнее время так можно и с голоду помереть.
Come on now, hand them over. They're no bloody good to you. You landlords are all the same; you'd skin a flea for its fat. (A. Marshall, ‘In Mine Own Heart’, ch. XVI) — Послушайте, отдайте сапоги. На черта они вам сдались? Вы, помещики, все одинаковы. Из-за пенни удавитесь.
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114 Jack of all trades and master of none
≈ за всё браться и ничего толком не уметь [происходит от выражения Jack of all trades; см. J-I6]‘Oh, he gave up the sea many years ago. He's been all sorts of things since then.’ ‘Jack of all trades and master of none,’ said my uncle. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Cakes and Ale’, ch. III) — - Дриффилд уже много лет не ходит в море. За это время он перепробовал много профессий. - За все берется и ничего не умеет делать как следует, - заметил мой дядя.
I had two hundred jobs all told... Reckon I'm a jack of all trades and master of none. (J. Conroy, ‘The Disinherited’, part II, ch. V) — я сменил двести разных работ. Мастер на все руки и ни одной специальности.
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115 knock down and drag out
амер.; разг.отчаянная драка; ожесточённый спор, стычка‘Are we at peace?’ ‘Yes, and I'm damn uncomfortable.’ ‘We almost had our first real knock down and drag out.’ (J. O'Hara, ‘From the Terrace’) — - Мы помирились? - Да, и я себя очень неловко чувствую. - Еще бы, ведь чуть не произошла наша первая настоящая стычка.
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116 out and out
1. adv phrнесомненно, бесспорно; целиком, полностью2. adj phrShe is the cleverest woman I know, out and out. — Она, бесспорно, самая умная женщина из моих знакомых.
полный, совершенный; убеждённый; категорический; прожжённый, отъявленный‘Oh, please don't laugh, Mr. Cameron,’ she said. ‘You'll make me terribly shy if you laugh at me.’ ‘I wouldn't laugh at you for anything,’ he declared warmly. ‘I'm an out and out supporter of the Monster. It's been an absolute godsend to Inverness...’ (C. Mackenzie, ‘Hunting the Fairies’, ch. 3) — - Пожалуйста, не смейтесь надо мной, мистер Камерон, - сказала Дедри. - Меня это очень смущает. - Что вы, - любезно ответил Камерон, - я не думаю смеяться над вами. Я сам абсолютно убежден, что чудовище существует. Для Инвернесса это ведь настоящий источник процветания...
This woman, whom George did not hesitate to characterize as an out and out swindler, had gained an immense ascendency over Simon Clode. (A. Christie, ‘The Thirteen Problems’, ch. 3) — Эта женщина, которую Джордж не побоялся назвать отъявленной мошенницей, имеет огромное влияние на Саймона Клода.
It was an out and out refusal. — Отказ был полный и категорический.
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117 really and truly
в самом деле, действительно; да право жеShe was beginning to wonder now as to his intentions again - whether really and truly he did intend to marry her as he had promised. (Th. Dreiser, ‘An American Tragedy’, book II, ch. XLVII) — Роберта снова начала сомневаться: правда ли, что он собирается жениться на ней, как обещал?
‘How is Stephen?’ ‘Out of danger now.’ ‘Really and truly?’ ‘Yes.’ (J. Greenwood, ‘O Mistress Mine’, ch. 10) — - Как Стивен? - Сейчас вне опасности. - В самом деле? - Да.
‘Oh, Professor Eaton,’ Effie said excitedly, ‘Do you really and truly think I am beautiful?’ (E. Caldwell, ‘Jackpot’, ‘The Medicine Man’) — - Ах, профессор Итон, - воскликнула Эффи взволнованно, - вы и вправду считаете меня красивой?
Wormold said, ‘We haven't discussed your present. A seventeenth birthday is no ordinary one. I was wondering...’ ‘Really and truly,’ Milly said, ‘There's nothing in the world I want.’ (Gr. Greene, ‘Our Man in Havana’, part I, ch. III) — - Мы еще не решили, что тебе подарить, - сказал Уормолд. - Семнадцать лет - это не обычный день рождения. Я подумывал... - Право же, мне ничего не нужно, - ответила Милли.
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118 run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
(run with the hare and hunt with the hounds (тж. редк. hold with the hare and run with the hounds))≈ служить и нашим и вашим, вести двойную игру‘You ought to know best,’ he said, ‘but if you want a divorce it's not very wise to go seeing her, is it? One can't run with the hare and hunt with the hounds.’ (J. Galsworthy, ‘In Chancery’, part I, ch. XIII) — - Вам лучше знать, - сказал он, - но если вы хотите развода, вряд ли разумно бывать у нее, вы не находите? Нельзя быть и охотником и дичью сразу.
Young Paddy was becoming quite a person of importance. He could run with the hare and hunt with the hounds, though nobody trusted him further than he could be seen. Paddy pretended to be with the diggers in this struggle over alluvial rights; but it was rumoured he had various interests in mining properties. (K. S. Prichard, ‘The Roaring Nineties’, ch. 55) — Мальчишка Пэдди становился мало-помалу довольно значительной персоной. Он умел служить и нашим и вашим, хотя никто не верил ему ни на грош. Пэдди делал вид, что стоит на стороне старателей в разыгравшейся между ними и промышленниками схватке, но, по мнению многих, его личные интересы связывали его с промышленниками.
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119 snares and pitfalls
соблазны, искушенияBoth George and Edna seemed to be going on all right just then, and this, too, was a great source of pleasure to Mr Smeeth, who saw them - and had seen them ever since they were babes - surrounded by snares and pitfalls without number. (J. B. Priestley, ‘Angel Pavement’, ch. VI) — Однако и Джордж и Эдна как раз теперь вели себя примерно - и это также было великим утешением для мистера Смита, который с раннего их детства трепетал за них, воображая, что их на каждом шагу подстерегают опасности и западни.
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120 the one and only
1. adj phrединственный, уникальныйI'm not a missionary trying to get you to accept the one and only true religion. (S. Heym, ‘Goldsborough’, ch. 14) — Я не миссионерша, которая старается обратить вас в свою единственно непогрешимую веру.
2. n phrThen he sat down by the fire to listen to what the one and only Archie had to say. (S. O'Casey, ‘Pictures in the Hallway’, ‘Comin' of Age’) — Потом он уселся у огня и приготовился слушать Арчи, единственного и неповторимого.
единственный, несравненный, великолепный...her employer is none than the famous attorney, the one and only - the great Perry Mason. (E. S. Gardner, ‘The Case of the Phantom Fortune’, ch. 3) —...Делла Стрит работает секретарем знаменитого юриста, несравненного Перри Мейсона. Это великий человек.
Ah've [= I've] met the one an' only. An' listen guess - she's a widder [= widow] woman, one of the cleaners, took a big interest in me... (S. Chaplin, ‘The Watchers and the Watched’, ch. 14) — Нашел свою суженую. А кто она, угадайте? Вдова, в санитарках здесь, бешеный интерес ко мне проявила...
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