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1 отвесить поклон
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2 почтительно поклониться
General subject: make a low obeisance, make obedienceУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > почтительно поклониться
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3 гнуть в бараний рог
разг.reduce smb. to servile obedience; cf. make smb. lick the dust (eat dirt, humple-pie); make smb. knuckle under (down); wring smb.'s neck; bend smb. to one's bow; turn the screws"Это неблагодарная женщина, - воскликнул он, - она зла и неблагодарна! Она осрамила семью! Если б здесь были законы, я бы её в бараний рог согнул!" (Ф. Достоевский, Игрок) — 'That ungrateful woman!' he exclaimed. 'She is wicked and ungrateful! She has disgraced the family! If there were any law here I would make her lick the dust!'
- А! Так вот как! - скрежетал он, - так мои записки в окно швырять! А! Она в торги не вступает, - так я вступлю! И увидим! За мной ещё много... увидим!.. В бараний рог сверну! (Ф. Достоевский, Идиот) — 'Ah, so that's how it is!' he cried, grinding his teeth. 'So my letters are thrown out of the window! And she does not enter into transactions! Well, I do, and I'm going to! We shall see! I'll show her! I'll make her knuckle under!'
Бляхин бушевал, грозил скрутить их в бараний рог. А один раз даже бросился с кулаками. (Ф. Гладков, Вольница) — Blyakhin stormed and raged and threatened to wring their necks. And once he actually rushed at them, waving his fists.
- Да, - устало согласился Анисимов, - ты права. Иногда нужно и отступить. Но не с Дерюгиным. Ему только дай почувствовать слабину - скрутит в бараний рог и подомнёт. (П. Проскурин, Судьба) — 'Yes,' Anisimov agreed in a tired voice. 'You're right. Sometimes you have to retreat. But not with Zakhar Deryugin. Just let him feel your weakness, he'll turn the screws and make short work of you...'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > гнуть в бараний рог
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4 присяга присяг·а
oath; swear разг.давать присягу — to make a vow, to make / to take / to swear an oath
нарушать присягу — to break / to violate an oath
подтверждать письменное показание присягой — to make / to swear an affidavit
приводить к присяге — to tender an oath, to adjure, to put on oath; (при вступлении в должность) to swear in; (присяжного заседателя) to swear in (a juror); to administer the oath (to), to put (smb.) on oath, to swear smb. in
принести присягу на повиновение — to take / to tender an oath of obedience
принять служебную присягу (напр, о члене кабинета) — to swear into office
ложная присяга юр. — perjury
принесение присяги, приведение к присяге — adjuration
присяга на верность (правительству) — loyalty oath, oath of allegiance
под присягой — under / on oath
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5 гнуть в три погибели
( кого)разг.reduce smb. to obedience; get smb. under one's thumb; make smb. slaveЗавязавши под мышки передник, / Перетянешь уродливо грудь, / Будет бить тебя муж-привередник / И свекровь в три погибели гнуть. (Н. Некрасов, Тройка) — With an apron tied under your armpits, / You'll toil on till you're winsome no more, / You'll be thrashed by your hard-to-please husband, / And you'll slave for your mother-in-law.
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > гнуть в три погибели
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6 ходить в шорах
walk in blinkers; be reduced to servile obedience; go about on tip-toe"Мы всё же наденем на тебя, голубчик, хорошую узду, будешь у нас ходить в шорах", - мысленно ухмылялся Алексеев, потирая руки. (А. Степанов, Порт-Артур) — 'We'll put a bridle on you yet, my boy! We'll make you walk in blinkers,' he said to himself, rubbing his hands gleefully.
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