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121 заводить амуры
прост., шутл.have an affair with smb.; romance (flirt) with smb.; make love to smb.; go (walk) out with smb.; run round with smb.; cf. bill and coo with smb.- Ещё один к тебе вопросик, Алексей. Ты, того-этого, не амуры ли крутишь с Зинаидой Павловной? Не серчай, по-отцовски спрашиваю. (В. Кочетов, Журбины) — 'And here's one other little question for you, Alexei. You're not romancing there with Zinaida Pavlovna, are you? Don't get angry, it's just a fatherly inquiry.'
- Красота, а не работа! Сидишь себе в Париже, крутишь амуры с парижанками... (В. Черняк, Час пробил) — 'It's play, not work! You hang out in Paris making love to all the Parisian gals...'
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122 оставлять на бобах
( кого)разг., ирон.not give smb. what he expected (hoped) to get; dupe smb.; make a fool of smb.; leave smb. in squalor; cf. leave smb. high and dry; leave smb. standing; give (leave) smb. the bag to hold...молодой человек-то и говорит: "А давайтека удерём такую штуку: оба мы с вами молоды, впереди ещё для нас может быть много хорошего, давайте-ка оставим Квашнина на бобах". (А. Куприн, Молох) —...then the young man says to her, 'Let's play a trick, shall we? We're both of us young, and there may yet be good luck in store for us, so let's leave Kvashnin standing.'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > оставлять на бобах
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123 обязательство
1. debtдолг из игры, обязательство из игры — play debt
2. promise3. ties4. bond5. liabilities6. pledge7. promis8. obligations9. obligation; liability; engagementусловное обязательство; условный долг — contingent liability
10. commitment11. committal12. liability13. undertakingСинонимический ряд:обещание (сущ.) обещание
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make a play for — (someone) to try to start a romantic relationship with someone. If I wasn t happily married, I might make a play for him myself … New idioms dictionary
make a play for — (something) to try to get something. It was rumoured that he would make a play for the director s post … New idioms dictionary
make a play for — ► make a play for informal attempt to attract or attain. Main Entry: ↑play … English terms dictionary
make a play for — phrasal : to attempt to capture make a play for the tourist trade with performances of native dances Time * * * make a play for (informal) 1. To try to get 2. To attempt to seduce • • • Main Entry: ↑play * * * … Useful english dictionary
make a play for — American (of a male) to seek to engage heterosexually One of the moves in football and see play: Don t make a play for me, Peter. I wasn t planning to. (Sanders, 1983) … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
make a play for something — phrase to try and get something such as an important job or position Jim made a play for head of department, but didn’t succeed. Thesaurus: to try hard to do or get somethingsynonym Main entry: play * * * make a ˈplay for sb/sth idiom … Useful english dictionary
make a play for someone — make a play for (someone) to try to start a romantic relationship with someone. If I wasn t happily married, I might make a play for him myself … New idioms dictionary
make a play for something — make a play for (something) to try to get something. It was rumoured that he would make a play for the director s post … New idioms dictionary
make a play for sth — ► to try to get control of something: »The government has been accused of making a play for online betting tax revenues. Main Entry: ↑play … Financial and business terms
make a play for somebody — make a ˈplay for sb/sth idiom to try to obtain sth; to do things that are intended to produce a particular result • She was making a play for the sales manager s job. Main entry: ↑playidiom … Useful english dictionary
make a play for someone — phrase to try to begin a romantic or sexual relationship with someone by making them notice you Thesaurus: to start a romantic or sexual relationshipsynonym Main entry: play … Useful english dictionary