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1 not trust someone as far as you could throw one etc
expr infmlHe was the kind of fellow you couldn't trust as far as you could throw him — Ему абсолютно нельзя было доверять
The new dictionary of modern spoken language > not trust someone as far as you could throw one etc
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2 trust smb. as far as one can fling a bull by the tail
разг.(trust smb. as far as one can fling (или throw) a bull by the tail)совершенно, ни на йоту не доверять кому-лYour own client has now stated that he considers Pete Sims an awful liar; that he wouldn't trust him as far as he could throw a bull by the tail... (E. S. Gardner, ‘The Case of the Drowsy Mosquito’, ch. 15) — Ваш собственный клиент заявил, что он считает Пита Симса отъявленным лгуном, что он ему ни на йоту не доверяет.
Large English-Russian phrasebook > trust smb. as far as one can fling a bull by the tail
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3 not trust smb. an inch
paзг.coвepшeннo нe дoвepять кoму-л., нe иcпытывaть ни мaлeйшeгo дoвepия к кoму-л. Of course I meant no harm, but now she won't trust me an inch (J. Murdoch). He seemed to Mr. Smeeth quite obviously a silly boaster, a liar, and a man not to be trusted a yard (J. B. Priestley). 'No offence, Steve?' And Steve laughed. 'Not between old comrades in arms,' he said, and backed out... away from a tyke you couldn't trust as far as you could throw him (G. W. Target)
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