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1 pay the piper and call the tune
"платить волынщику и заказывать песни"; ≈ нести расходы и контролировать их [происходит от пословицы he who pays the piper calls the tune; см. he who pays the piper calls the tune]; см. тж. he who pays the piper calls the tuneUndershaft: "...I am the government of your country... Be off with you, my boy, and play with your caucuses and leading articles and historic parties and great leaders and burning questions and the rest of your toys. I am going back to my counting house to pay the piper and call the tune." (B. Shaw, ‘Major Barbara’, act III) — Андершафт: "...Я правительство твоей страны... Ступай, мой милый, играй в свои перевыборы, передовицы, приемы, имеющие историческое значение, в великих лидеров, в животрепещущие вопросы и в остальные твои игрушки! А я вернусь к себе в контору, заплачу музыкантам и закажу какую мне нужно музыку."
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2 he who pays the piper calls the tune
посл."кто платит волынщику, тот и заказывает песни", т. е. кто платит, тот и распоряжается; см. тж. pay the piper и call the tuneFinancially speaking, our big newspapers and popular magazines are today more dependent upon their advertizers than they are upon their readers... And of course the old saying holds that "he who pays the piper calls the tune". (U. Sinclair, ‘The Brass Check’, ch. XLIII) — Сегодня наши крупные газеты и популярные журналы в финансовом отношении зависят больше от рекламодателей, чем от читателей... Ну и, конечно, как говорит старая пословица, "кто платит музыканту, тот и заказывает музыку".
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