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121 ask for the moon
«пpocить луну c нeбa», жeлaть, тpeбoвaть нeвoзмoжнoгoTo be safe in his job while he was fit for it, and after that to have a little place of his own, with a garden... that was not asking much, and yet for all the firm's increased turnover and its rises, he could not help thinking it was really like asking for the moon (J. B. Priestly). Crying for the moon had become a principle when he was already much too old for principles (J. Galsworthy) -
122 a good job
(a lucky or satisfactory state of affairs: It's a good job that she can't hear what you're saying; He has lost his trumpet, and a good job too!) det är tur,... och gudskelov för det -
123 all right for someone
adj infml1)That sort of bike may be all right for little kids, but now I'm twelve I want a proper racing model — Этот велосипед для детей, а мне нужна спортивная модель, ведь мне уже двенадцать
Working in a nine-to-five office job may be all right for some but it wouldn't suit me at all — Может, кому-то и нравится работать в учреждении "от" и "до", но мне это не подходит
2)It's all right for you, but it's not your car — Тебе-то хорошо, это не твоя машина
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124 up for grabs
1) Общая лексика: кто первый схватит (Available to anyone, as in Now that he's resigned, his job is up for grabs. This term alludes to something being thrown in the air for anyone to grasp or catch.)2) Американизм: available (This is a sale. Everything is \<b\>up for grabs\</b\>.), бери не хочу, гуляй-поле, бесхозный4) Сленг: бери - не хочу, доступный для всех, сумасшедший, хаотический5) Табуированная лексика: (о женщине) легко соглашающаяся на половую близость -
125 money for jam
разг.деньги, получаемые за пустяковую работу, ни за что, легко доставшиеся деньги‘Rough?’ ‘You get used to it. It's not money for jam, that's certain.’ (S. Chaplin, ‘The Day of the Sardine’, ch. 4) — - Трудно приходилось? - Помаленьку привык. Деньги, конечно, не легко доставались.
If you've had the job offered you, take it: It's money for jam. (ECI) — Если вам предложат эту работу, соглашайтесь: деньги верные и заработать их нетрудно.
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126 print job
"All of the information and the command that the printer needs from the computer to print. For example, the information about the layout, font, and spacing of a file is contained in the print job." -
127 try something for size
expr infml1)I don't think he'll stay long in this job - he's just trying it for size — Я не думаю, что он долго задержится на этой работе - он просто присматривается что к чему
Try that for size! — Посмотрите, может вам подойдет
2)Try this for size! — Вот тебе! На, получай!
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128 money for jam
(или for old rope)paзг.дeньги, пoлучaeмыe зa пуcтякoвую paбoту, ни зa чтo, лeгкo дocтaвшиecя дeньги'Rough?' 'You get used to it. It's not money for jam, that's certain' (S. Chaplin). If you've had the job offered you take it: it's money for jam
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