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22 put the question
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23 put the right construction on something
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24 put the screw(s) on/to someone
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25 put the situation to someone
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26 put the skids on/under someone/something
put the skids on/under someone/somethingiemand/iets naar de verdommenis helpen; iemand achter zijn vodden zittenEnglish-Dutch dictionary > put the skids on/under someone/something
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27 put the slug on someone
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28 put the squeeze on someone
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29 put the stopper(s) on something
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30 put the key
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31 put the skids under
1) (smth.)copвaть, угpoбить, пpoвaлить чтo-л.Television put the skids under Hollywood. And California lost its lure (N. Lewis). Lack of money put the skids under our plans2) (smb.)избaвитьcя, oтдeлaтьcя oт кoгo-л., выгнaть кoгo-л. c paбoты [пepвoнaч. aмep.]A plan by one gang to put the skids under another (J. Symons). 'What did Noonan put the skids under you for?' 'What skids? I quit' (D. Hammett)3) (smb.) paзг. зacтaвить кoгo-л. пoтopoпитьcя; пoтopoпить кoгo-л.The news that the Home Secretary had promised Scotland Yard's assistance, had put the skids under the Superintendent and had jerked him from his chair... back to the station for an urgent conference (Th. Sharpe). If he is driving us to the cinema, we had better put the skids under him or we'll be late -
32 put the arm on someone
expr AmE sl1)No hick cop is going to put the arm on me — Я не позволю какому-то деревенскому детективу арестовывать меня
It was a signal for the waiter to hustle over and put the arm on the customer who was trying to stiff him — Это был знак официанту поспешить и задержать посетителя, который пытался уйти не заплатив
2)He's been putting the arm on her to get her into bed with him — Он пытался силой затащить ее в постель
He's been putting the arm on him to get him play ball — Он оказывал на него давление, чтобы тот начал сотрудничать
3)The new dictionary of modern spoken language > put the arm on someone
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33 put the kibosh on
жарг.1) (smb.) прикончить, прихлопнуть, пристукнуть кого-л., погубить кого-лAnd all the time I was praying that the kid wouldn't wake up, come down out of the cab, and put the "kibosh" on me. (J. London, ‘The Road’, ‘Hoboes that Pass in the Night’) — И все это время я молил Бога, чтобы мальчик не проснулся, не спустился с паровоза и этим не погубил меня.
2) (smth.) угробить, зарезать, сорвать что-лAnd it took us only one day to put the "kibosh" on that particular scheme. (J. London, ‘The Road’, ‘Two Thousand Stiffs’) — Но мы в тот же день сорвали новую тактику генерала Кэлли.
I was taking her to Dieppe for the week-end and she wanted to bring the child along too. Of course that put the kibosh on it... (E. Waugh, ‘A Handful of Dust’, ch. IV) — я собирался поехать с Милли в Дьепп на уик-энд. Но Милли захотела взять с собой своего ребенка. И, конечно, наша поездка сорвалась...
Another such injury may put the kibosh on his athletic career. (KHD) — Еще одна такая травма, и его спортивной карьере придет конец.
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34 put the lid on
разг.угробить, доконать; сорвать (планы и т. п.); довершить бедуHiggins: "Oh, after your first visit I remember making some silly joke of the kind." Doolittle: "Ah! You may well call it a silly joke. It put the lid on me right enough." (B. Shaw, ‘Pygmalion’, act V) — Хиггинс: "Кажется, после нашего последнего разговора я действительно отпустил какую-то глупую шутку в этом роде." Дулиттл: "Хороша шутка! Она меня в гроб уложила, эта ваша шутка!"
‘He hasn't come back...’ ‘This rather puts the lid on,’ said Christina Alberta. ‘What are we going to do now?’ (H. G. Wells, ‘Christina Alberta's Father’, book I, ch. VI) — - Он не вернулся... - Это конец, - сказала Кристина Альберта. - Что же нам теперь делать?
Russ: "The failure of this last piece has put the lid on the... Theatre. But the crisis has been approaching for a long time." (A. Bennett, ‘The Love-Mutch’, sc. 2) — Расс: "Провал этой последней пьесы доконал... театр. Но кризис назревал уже давно."
But Algy's put the lid on that plan. (D. Cusack and. F. James, ‘Come in Spinner’, ‘Saturday II’) — Но Элджи сорвал этот план.
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35 put the skids under someone
expr1) BrE infmlWe had better put the skids under him or we'll be late — Лучше его поторопить, а то мы опоздаем
2) slHe tried to talk but the boss put the skids under him — Он хотел что-то сказать, но шеф оборвал его
The new dictionary of modern spoken language > put the skids under someone
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36 put the bee on smb.
преим.; амер.; жарг.(put the bee (или the bite) on smb.)1) клянчить у кого-л. денег взаймы, заставить кого-л. раскошелиться (особ. рассказывая о своём бедственном положении)You know one time I put the bee on him for a buck. I give him a hell of a story. Right in the middle... I says, ‘Doc, that's a... lie.’ And he put his hand in his pocket and brought out a buck. (J. Steinbeck, ‘Cannery Row’, ch. 13) — Однажды, знаете ли, я выпрашивал у доктора доллар. Я придумал черт знает какую историю. Но в середине рассказа... я сказал: "Док, я... все наврал". Доктор опустил руку в карман и вынул доллар.
‘Doesn't he come out and put the bite on Gerald Ballwin every once in a while?’ ‘Yes... He isn't a periodical drunkard. He just pretends to be.’ (E. S. Gardner, ‘Fools Die on Friday’, ch. X) — - Не приходит ли время от времени мистер Киттли к Джералду Боллуину, чтобы клянчить у него деньги? - Да, приходит... Никакой он не запойный пьяница, а только делает вид.
2) шантажировать кого-л., вымогать деньги у кого-л.She... thought Binney Denham was putting the bite on her husband and she didn't intend to stand for it. (E. S. Gardner, ‘The Case of the Gilded Lily’, ch. II) — Миссис Бедфорд... считала, что Бинни Денам шантажировал ее мужа, и не собиралась мириться с этим.
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37 put the lid on
paзг.1) угpoбить, дoкoнaть; copвaть (плaны и. т. п.); дoвepшить бeдуHiggins. Oh, after your first visit I remember making some silly joke of the kind. Doolittle. Ah! You may well call it a silly joke. It put the lid on me right enough (G. B. Shaw). The failure of this last piece has put the lid on the... Theatre. But the crisis has been approaching for a long time (A. Bennett). But Algy put the lid on that plan (D. Cusack and F. James)2) cкpывaть, утaивaть -
38 put the kibosh on someone or something
expr slI was praying that the kid wouldn't put the kibosh on me — Я молился Богу, чтобы этот парень не прикончил меня
His relationship with that girl put the kibosh on his brilliant career — Его связь с этой девушкой положила конец его блестящей карьере
That puts the kibosh on it — Ну все, писец котенку
The new dictionary of modern spoken language > put the kibosh on someone or something
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39 put the snatch on someone
expr AmE sl1)The police put the snatch on him when he was passing counterfeit money — Полиция арестовала его, когда он сбывал фальшивые деньги
2)They were trying to put the snatch on her kid ever since she took a stand on the question of drug legislation — Ее ребенка пытались похитить с тех пор, как она заняла четкую позицию в вопросе о законодательстве, направленном против наркотиков
3)The new dictionary of modern spoken language > put the snatch on someone
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40 put the boot in (or into)
1) (smb.)нaнocить удapы, избивaть (ocoб. лeжaчeгo)Someone's been putting the boot in; see those marks on his head and on his back?2) (smb.)жecтoкo pacпpaвитьcяCan't you see they'll [cудoвлaдeльцы] put the boot into us as soon as they've broken our brothers in the outlying ports? (J. Undsay)3) пoдвepгaть злoбным и нecпpaвeдливым нaпaдкaм; "лягaть"'I didn't do it, I swear to God I didn't, Mr. Flint.' Flint put the boot in again. 'Plead insanity is my advice,' he said. 'You'll be better off in Broadmoor' (Th. Sharpe). 'A Heseltine victory,' she thundered, 'would jeopardise all I have struggled to achieve.' Mrs. Thatcher's more excitable friends put the boot in with equal relish (The Economist)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > put the boot in (or into)
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