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1 good-time Charlie
разг., неодобр.,гуляка, повеса, прожигатель жизниMaybe, in truth we were just the bund of good-time Charlies that we seemed to be as we buzzed around on the merry-go-round. (J. Duncan, ‘My Friend Muriel’, part 3) — А может, мы и в самом деле просто прожигатели жизни. Во всяком случае, вид у нас на карусели был именно такой.
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3 safe as a church
((as) safe as a church (as a house, as the bank, as the Bank of England, австрал. as Tatts))абсолютно надёжный, безопасный; ≈ как за каменной стеной [Tatts сокр. от Tattersalls (название популярной австралийской лотереи)]...good fellow, Charlie Battle, safe as the Bank of England. (W. S. Maugham, ‘The Bread-Winner’, sc. 2) —...хороший парень этот Чарли Бэттл. На него можно положиться как на каменную гору.
Jack was as safe as a church all the time he was in there as long as he was strong. (E. Hemingway, ‘The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories’, ‘Fifty Grand’) — Джеку ничего там не угрожало, пока он был полон сил.
They had a childlike confidence in him. He was "safe as a house", old Charley, they said. (K. S. Prichard, ‘Working Bullocks’, ch. XXV) — В безграничном доверии к Чарли ребят, работавших с ним, было даже что-то детское. На старину Чарли можно положиться как на самого себя, говорили они.
‘My wife and children - are they safe?’ ‘Safe as houses.’ (D. L. Sayers, ‘The Nine Tailors’, ‘A Full Peal of Kent Treble Bob Mafor’) — - Моя жена и дети в безопасности? - В полной безопасности.
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