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41 cobweb
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42 kid-glove diplomacy
амер., разг."дипломатия в лайковых перчатках", тонкая дипломатияCome on, Mel! Brush the cobwebs away! This isn't kid-glove diplomacy. This is war. (M. West, ‘The Ambassador’, ch. III) — Бросьте, Мел! Откройте глаза пошире. Это вам не дипломатия в белых перчатках. Это война.
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43 laws catch flies, but let hornets go free
посл.(laws catch flies, but let hornets go free (тж. laws are like cobwebs which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through))"закон что паутина - шмель проскочит, а муха увязнет"Large English-Russian phrasebook > laws catch flies, but let hornets go free
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