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121 carry one’s (own) weight / pull one’s (own) weight
Carry one’s (own) weight / pull one’s (own) weightделать свою часть работыTom, you must be more helpful around the house. We all have to carry our own weight.English-Russian small dictionary of idioms > carry one’s (own) weight / pull one’s (own) weight
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122 carry one’s (own) weight / pull one’s (own) weight
Carry one’s (own) weight / pull one’s (own) weightделать свою часть работыTom, you must be more helpful around the house. We all have to carry our own weight.English-Russian small dictionary of idioms > carry one’s (own) weight / pull one’s (own) weight
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123 carry one’s (own) weight / pull one’s (own) weight
Carry one’s (own) weight / pull one’s (own) weightделать свою часть работыTom, you must be more helpful around the house. We all have to carry our own weight.English-Russian small dictionary of idioms > carry one’s (own) weight / pull one’s (own) weight
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124 have more something in one's little finger than someone has in his whole body
expr infmlIf you had as much courage in your whole body as she has in her little finger, you'd have followed her — Если бы у тебя было хоть чуть-чуть того мужества, сколько у нее, ты бы последовал за ней
I have met women with more attraction in their little finger than she has in her whole body — Я встречал женщин, которые гораздо привлекательнее ее
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125 be as good as one's word
(be as good as one's word (тж. be better than one's word))держать слово, быть хозяином своего слова; см. тж. be worse than one's wordScrooge was better than his word. He did it all, and infinitely more. (Ch. Dickens, ‘A Christmas Carol’, stave V) — И Скрудж сдержал слово. Он сделал все, что обещал Бобу, и даже больше, куда больше.
He had faithfully promised to stay where he was, and we had not a doubt that he would be as good as his word. (A. C. Doyle, ‘The Lost World’, ch. XIV) — Самбо твердо обещал не бросать нас, и мы верили ему: этот человек - хозяин своего слова.
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126 be no longer in one's first youth
Four years was a considerable stretch in anyone's life, the more so when one was not in one's first youth. (C. P. Snow, ‘In Their Wisdom’, ch. 14) — Четыре года - это немалый срок, особенно если речь идет о человеке далеко не первой молодости.
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127 bite off more than one can chew
"откусить больше, чем можешь проглотить", взяться за непосильное дело, за непосильную работу; зарваться, не рассчитать своих сил, переоценить свои силы; ≈ орешек не по зубам; дело не по плечу [первонач. амер.]Billy: "...He's going to come a cropper I'm afraid. And pretty soon too. He's bitten off more than he can chew." (J. Osborne, ‘The Entertainer’, sc. I) — Билли: "...Боюсь, что твой отец потерпит фиаско, и притом скоро. Он явно взялся за дело, которое ему не но плечу."
Don't bite off more than you can chew. — Руби дерево по себе.
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128 get more than one bargained for
разг.просчитаться, ошибиться в расчётах, предположениях‘You keep a quiet tongue in your head, my girl,’ he warned her, ‘or you'll get more than you bargain for.’ (D. Cusack and F. James, ‘Come in Spinner’, ‘Monday V’) — - Ты, девушка, попридержала бы язык, - предупредил ее полицейский, - а то и не заметишь, как влипнешь в историю.
...I'm sure that she got more than she had bargained for, too. (S. Bellow, ‘Henderson the Rain King’, ch. III) —...Я уверен, что для Лили прелести супружеской жизни оказались полным сюрпризом.
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