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precarious life

  • 1 необеспеченная жизнь

    Русско-английский большой базовый словарь > необеспеченная жизнь

  • 2 жертвовать жизнью

    1. sacrifice the life
    2. sacrificing the life

    жизнь на море, жизнь морякаlife afloat

    жизнь, полная опасностиprecarious life

    размеренная, спокойная жизньlevel life

    Русско-английский военно-политический словарь > жертвовать жизнью

  • 3 улучшение жизни

    Русско-английский военно-политический словарь > улучшение жизни

  • 4 жизнь, полная опасности

    General subject: precarious life

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > жизнь, полная опасности

  • 5 жизнь, полная риска

    General subject: precarious life

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > жизнь, полная риска

  • 6 непрочный

    1) General subject: built on sand, cardboard, crumbly, deformable, destroyable, destructible, explodable, feeble, flimsy, frail, fugitive, haywire, incompetent (о пласте), insecure, instable, insubstantial, one off, one-off, pasteboard, perishable, rickety, rotten, sandy, shakey, short life, short-life, skittish, sleazo, sleazy, sleezy, slimpsy, tickle, ticklish, tickly, unserviceable, unsolid, unstable, unsteadfast, unsubstantial, wasty, undurable, (достигнутое равновесие, напр.) precarious
    2) Medicine: fugative, precarious
    3) Colloquial: groggy, sketchy
    4) American: slimsy
    5) Engineering: unreliable, unstable
    6) Construction: brittle
    8) Textile: nondurable
    9) Physics: unfast
    10) Ecology: transient
    11) Business: fragile
    12) Polymers: loose, tender, weak
    13) Quality control: tenuous
    14) Paint work: not fast
    16) Gold mining: poor competency
    17) Cement: loosely bound

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > непрочный

  • 7 жизнь

    Русско-английский большой базовый словарь > жизнь

  • 8 В-239

    ВИСЕТЬ (ДЕРЖАТЬСЯ)/ПОВИСНУТЬ НА ВОЛОСКЕ (НА НИТОЧКЕ, НА НИТКЕ) VP subj: human or abstr, often жизнь if subj: human, usu. one's life or career is involved) to be in a perilous position or condition, be threatened by imminent danger, ruin, or death
    X висит на волоске = X is hanging by a thread
    person X is within a hairbreadth (a hairsbreadth etc) of death person X is on the brink of death (in limited contexts) X is within a hairbreadth of disaster (ruin) X is on the brink of disaster (ruin) thing X is touch and go.
    Долгое время жизнь князя висела на волоске (Окуджава 2). His (the prince's) life hung by a thread for a long time (2a).
    «Жить в городе стало невозможно, скажите спасибо вашему Голему -кстати, вы знаете, что Голем - скрытый коммунист?.. Да-да, уверяю вас, есть материалы... он на ниточке висит, ваш Голем...» (Стругацкие 1). "It's impossible to live in this town, for which you can say thank you to your buddy Golem-incidentally, are you aware of his Communist leanings? Yes, I assure you, we have evidence, he's hanging by a thread, your Golem" (1a).
    (Елена Федотовна:) Ты обострил с ним отношения?.. Ах, молчишь... Ты повис на волоске! (Салынский 1). (Е.Е:) You've spoilt your relations with him? Why don't you answer?...You are on the brink of disaster! (1a).
    Мне претила ложь и скука старой семьи, и я участвовала в её разрушении. Выход я нашла в свободном союзе. Случайно мой опыт удался, но всё всегда висело на волоске (Мандельштам 2)....Repelled by the hypocrisy and tedium of conventional family life, I helped to undermine it...by seeking my own solution in a free union based on love, not marriage. It so happens that in my particular case it succeeded-though it was very much always touch and go (2a).
    From the story of Damocles, courtier of the Syracusan tyrant Dionysius in classical mythology. At a banquet, Dionysius had Damocles seated under a sword suspended by a single hair to show him how precarious power and the ruler's happiness were.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > В-239

  • 9 висеть на волоске

    ВИСЕТЬ < ДЕРЖАТЬСЯ>/ПОВИСНУТЬ НА ВОЛОСКЕ <НА НИТОЧКЕ, НА НИТКЕ>
    [VP; subj: human or abstr, often жизнь; if subj: human, usu. one's life or career is involved]
    =====
    to be in a perilous position or condition, be threatened by imminent danger, ruin, or death:
    - X висит на волоске X is hanging by a thread;
    - person X is within a hairbreadth (a hairsbreadth etc) of death;
    - thing X is touch and go.
         ♦ Долгое время жизнь князя висела на волоске (Окуджава 2). His [the prince's] life hung by a thread for a long time (2a).
         ♦ "Жить в городе стало невозможно, скажите спасибо вашему Голему - кстати, вы знаете, что Голем - скрытый коммунист?.. Да-да, уверяю вас, есть материалы... он на ниточке висит, ваш Голем..." (Стругацкие 1). "It's impossible to live in this town, for which you can say thank you to your buddy Golem - incidentally, are you aware of his Communist leanings? Yes, I assure you, we have evidence; he's hanging by a thread, your Golem" (1a).
         ♦ [Елена Федотовна:] Ты обострил с ним отношения?.. Ах, молчишь... Ты повис на волоске! (Салынский 1). [E.F:] You've spoilt your relations with him? Why don't you answer?...You are on the brink of disaster! (1a).
         ♦...Мне претила ложь и скука старой семьи, и я участвовала в её разрушении. Выход я нашла в свободном союзе. Случайно мой опыт удался, но всё всегда висело на волоске (Мандельштам 2)....Repelled by the hypocrisy and tedium of conventional family life, I helped to undermine it...by seeking my own solution in a free union based on love, not marriage. It so happens that in my particular case it succeeded - though it was very much always touch and go (2a).
    —————
    ← From the story of Damocles, courtier of the Syracusan tyrant Dionysius in classical mythology. At a banquet, Dionysius had Damocles seated under a sword suspended by a single hair to show him how precarious power and the ruler's happiness were.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > висеть на волоске

  • 10 висеть на нитке

    ВИСЕТЬ < ДЕРЖАТЬСЯ>/ПОВИСНУТЬ НА ВОЛОСКЕ <НА НИТОЧКЕ, НА НИТКЕ>
    [VP; subj: human or abstr, often жизнь; if subj: human, usu. one's life or career is involved]
    =====
    to be in a perilous position or condition, be threatened by imminent danger, ruin, or death:
    - X висит на волоске X is hanging by a thread;
    - person X is within a hairbreadth (a hairsbreadth etc) of death;
    - thing X is touch and go.
         ♦ Долгое время жизнь князя висела на волоске (Окуджава 2). His [the prince's] life hung by a thread for a long time (2a).
         ♦ "Жить в городе стало невозможно, скажите спасибо вашему Голему - кстати, вы знаете, что Голем - скрытый коммунист?.. Да-да, уверяю вас, есть материалы... он на ниточке висит, ваш Голем..." (Стругацкие 1). "It's impossible to live in this town, for which you can say thank you to your buddy Golem - incidentally, are you aware of his Communist leanings? Yes, I assure you, we have evidence; he's hanging by a thread, your Golem" (1a).
         ♦ [Елена Федотовна:] Ты обострил с ним отношения?.. Ах, молчишь... Ты повис на волоске! (Салынский 1). [E.F:] You've spoilt your relations with him? Why don't you answer?...You are on the brink of disaster! (1a).
         ♦...Мне претила ложь и скука старой семьи, и я участвовала в её разрушении. Выход я нашла в свободном союзе. Случайно мой опыт удался, но всё всегда висело на волоске (Мандельштам 2)....Repelled by the hypocrisy and tedium of conventional family life, I helped to undermine it...by seeking my own solution in a free union based on love, not marriage. It so happens that in my particular case it succeeded - though it was very much always touch and go (2a).
    —————
    ← From the story of Damocles, courtier of the Syracusan tyrant Dionysius in classical mythology. At a banquet, Dionysius had Damocles seated under a sword suspended by a single hair to show him how precarious power and the ruler's happiness were.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > висеть на нитке

  • 11 висеть на ниточке

    ВИСЕТЬ < ДЕРЖАТЬСЯ>/ПОВИСНУТЬ НА ВОЛОСКЕ <НА НИТОЧКЕ, НА НИТКЕ>
    [VP; subj: human or abstr, often жизнь; if subj: human, usu. one's life or career is involved]
    =====
    to be in a perilous position or condition, be threatened by imminent danger, ruin, or death:
    - X висит на волоске X is hanging by a thread;
    - person X is within a hairbreadth (a hairsbreadth etc) of death;
    - thing X is touch and go.
         ♦ Долгое время жизнь князя висела на волоске (Окуджава 2). His [the prince's] life hung by a thread for a long time (2a).
         ♦ "Жить в городе стало невозможно, скажите спасибо вашему Голему - кстати, вы знаете, что Голем - скрытый коммунист?.. Да-да, уверяю вас, есть материалы... он на ниточке висит, ваш Голем..." (Стругацкие 1). "It's impossible to live in this town, for which you can say thank you to your buddy Golem - incidentally, are you aware of his Communist leanings? Yes, I assure you, we have evidence; he's hanging by a thread, your Golem" (1a).
         ♦ [Елена Федотовна:] Ты обострил с ним отношения?.. Ах, молчишь... Ты повис на волоске! (Салынский 1). [E.F:] You've spoilt your relations with him? Why don't you answer?...You are on the brink of disaster! (1a).
         ♦...Мне претила ложь и скука старой семьи, и я участвовала в её разрушении. Выход я нашла в свободном союзе. Случайно мой опыт удался, но всё всегда висело на волоске (Мандельштам 2)....Repelled by the hypocrisy and tedium of conventional family life, I helped to undermine it...by seeking my own solution in a free union based on love, not marriage. It so happens that in my particular case it succeeded - though it was very much always touch and go (2a).
    —————
    ← From the story of Damocles, courtier of the Syracusan tyrant Dionysius in classical mythology. At a banquet, Dionysius had Damocles seated under a sword suspended by a single hair to show him how precarious power and the ruler's happiness were.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > висеть на ниточке

  • 12 держаться на волоске

    ВИСЕТЬ < ДЕРЖАТЬСЯ>/ПОВИСНУТЬ НА ВОЛОСКЕ <НА НИТОЧКЕ, НА НИТКЕ>
    [VP; subj: human or abstr, often жизнь; if subj: human, usu. one's life or career is involved]
    =====
    to be in a perilous position or condition, be threatened by imminent danger, ruin, or death:
    - X висит на волоске X is hanging by a thread;
    - person X is within a hairbreadth (a hairsbreadth etc) of death;
    - thing X is touch and go.
         ♦ Долгое время жизнь князя висела на волоске (Окуджава 2). His [the prince's] life hung by a thread for a long time (2a).
         ♦ "Жить в городе стало невозможно, скажите спасибо вашему Голему - кстати, вы знаете, что Голем - скрытый коммунист?.. Да-да, уверяю вас, есть материалы... он на ниточке висит, ваш Голем..." (Стругацкие 1). "It's impossible to live in this town, for which you can say thank you to your buddy Golem - incidentally, are you aware of his Communist leanings? Yes, I assure you, we have evidence; he's hanging by a thread, your Golem" (1a).
         ♦ [Елена Федотовна:] Ты обострил с ним отношения?.. Ах, молчишь... Ты повис на волоске! (Салынский 1). [E.F:] You've spoilt your relations with him? Why don't you answer?...You are on the brink of disaster! (1a).
         ♦...Мне претила ложь и скука старой семьи, и я участвовала в её разрушении. Выход я нашла в свободном союзе. Случайно мой опыт удался, но всё всегда висело на волоске (Мандельштам 2)....Repelled by the hypocrisy and tedium of conventional family life, I helped to undermine it...by seeking my own solution in a free union based on love, not marriage. It so happens that in my particular case it succeeded - though it was very much always touch and go (2a).
    —————
    ← From the story of Damocles, courtier of the Syracusan tyrant Dionysius in classical mythology. At a banquet, Dionysius had Damocles seated under a sword suspended by a single hair to show him how precarious power and the ruler's happiness were.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > держаться на волоске

  • 13 держаться на нитке

    ВИСЕТЬ < ДЕРЖАТЬСЯ>/ПОВИСНУТЬ НА ВОЛОСКЕ <НА НИТОЧКЕ, НА НИТКЕ>
    [VP; subj: human or abstr, often жизнь; if subj: human, usu. one's life or career is involved]
    =====
    to be in a perilous position or condition, be threatened by imminent danger, ruin, or death:
    - X висит на волоске X is hanging by a thread;
    - person X is within a hairbreadth (a hairsbreadth etc) of death;
    - thing X is touch and go.
         ♦ Долгое время жизнь князя висела на волоске (Окуджава 2). His [the prince's] life hung by a thread for a long time (2a).
         ♦ "Жить в городе стало невозможно, скажите спасибо вашему Голему - кстати, вы знаете, что Голем - скрытый коммунист?.. Да-да, уверяю вас, есть материалы... он на ниточке висит, ваш Голем..." (Стругацкие 1). "It's impossible to live in this town, for which you can say thank you to your buddy Golem - incidentally, are you aware of his Communist leanings? Yes, I assure you, we have evidence; he's hanging by a thread, your Golem" (1a).
         ♦ [Елена Федотовна:] Ты обострил с ним отношения?.. Ах, молчишь... Ты повис на волоске! (Салынский 1). [E.F:] You've spoilt your relations with him? Why don't you answer?...You are on the brink of disaster! (1a).
         ♦...Мне претила ложь и скука старой семьи, и я участвовала в её разрушении. Выход я нашла в свободном союзе. Случайно мой опыт удался, но всё всегда висело на волоске (Мандельштам 2)....Repelled by the hypocrisy and tedium of conventional family life, I helped to undermine it...by seeking my own solution in a free union based on love, not marriage. It so happens that in my particular case it succeeded - though it was very much always touch and go (2a).
    —————
    ← From the story of Damocles, courtier of the Syracusan tyrant Dionysius in classical mythology. At a banquet, Dionysius had Damocles seated under a sword suspended by a single hair to show him how precarious power and the ruler's happiness were.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > держаться на нитке

  • 14 держаться на ниточке

    ВИСЕТЬ < ДЕРЖАТЬСЯ>/ПОВИСНУТЬ НА ВОЛОСКЕ <НА НИТОЧКЕ, НА НИТКЕ>
    [VP; subj: human or abstr, often жизнь; if subj: human, usu. one's life or career is involved]
    =====
    to be in a perilous position or condition, be threatened by imminent danger, ruin, or death:
    - X висит на волоске X is hanging by a thread;
    - person X is within a hairbreadth (a hairsbreadth etc) of death;
    - thing X is touch and go.
         ♦ Долгое время жизнь князя висела на волоске (Окуджава 2). His [the prince's] life hung by a thread for a long time (2a).
         ♦ "Жить в городе стало невозможно, скажите спасибо вашему Голему - кстати, вы знаете, что Голем - скрытый коммунист?.. Да-да, уверяю вас, есть материалы... он на ниточке висит, ваш Голем..." (Стругацкие 1). "It's impossible to live in this town, for which you can say thank you to your buddy Golem - incidentally, are you aware of his Communist leanings? Yes, I assure you, we have evidence; he's hanging by a thread, your Golem" (1a).
         ♦ [Елена Федотовна:] Ты обострил с ним отношения?.. Ах, молчишь... Ты повис на волоске! (Салынский 1). [E.F:] You've spoilt your relations with him? Why don't you answer?...You are on the brink of disaster! (1a).
         ♦...Мне претила ложь и скука старой семьи, и я участвовала в её разрушении. Выход я нашла в свободном союзе. Случайно мой опыт удался, но всё всегда висело на волоске (Мандельштам 2)....Repelled by the hypocrisy and tedium of conventional family life, I helped to undermine it...by seeking my own solution in a free union based on love, not marriage. It so happens that in my particular case it succeeded - though it was very much always touch and go (2a).
    —————
    ← From the story of Damocles, courtier of the Syracusan tyrant Dionysius in classical mythology. At a banquet, Dionysius had Damocles seated under a sword suspended by a single hair to show him how precarious power and the ruler's happiness were.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > держаться на ниточке

  • 15 повиснуть на волоске

    ВИСЕТЬ < ДЕРЖАТЬСЯ>/ПОВИСНУТЬ НА ВОЛОСКЕ <НА НИТОЧКЕ, НА НИТКЕ>
    [VP; subj: human or abstr, often жизнь; if subj: human, usu. one's life or career is involved]
    =====
    to be in a perilous position or condition, be threatened by imminent danger, ruin, or death:
    - X висит на волоске X is hanging by a thread;
    - person X is within a hairbreadth (a hairsbreadth etc) of death;
    - thing X is touch and go.
         ♦ Долгое время жизнь князя висела на волоске (Окуджава 2). His [the prince's] life hung by a thread for a long time (2a).
         ♦ "Жить в городе стало невозможно, скажите спасибо вашему Голему - кстати, вы знаете, что Голем - скрытый коммунист?.. Да-да, уверяю вас, есть материалы... он на ниточке висит, ваш Голем..." (Стругацкие 1). "It's impossible to live in this town, for which you can say thank you to your buddy Golem - incidentally, are you aware of his Communist leanings? Yes, I assure you, we have evidence; he's hanging by a thread, your Golem" (1a).
         ♦ [Елена Федотовна:] Ты обострил с ним отношения?.. Ах, молчишь... Ты повис на волоске! (Салынский 1). [E.F:] You've spoilt your relations with him? Why don't you answer?...You are on the brink of disaster! (1a).
         ♦...Мне претила ложь и скука старой семьи, и я участвовала в её разрушении. Выход я нашла в свободном союзе. Случайно мой опыт удался, но всё всегда висело на волоске (Мандельштам 2)....Repelled by the hypocrisy and tedium of conventional family life, I helped to undermine it...by seeking my own solution in a free union based on love, not marriage. It so happens that in my particular case it succeeded - though it was very much always touch and go (2a).
    —————
    ← From the story of Damocles, courtier of the Syracusan tyrant Dionysius in classical mythology. At a banquet, Dionysius had Damocles seated under a sword suspended by a single hair to show him how precarious power and the ruler's happiness were.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > повиснуть на волоске

  • 16 повиснуть на нитке

    ВИСЕТЬ < ДЕРЖАТЬСЯ>/ПОВИСНУТЬ НА ВОЛОСКЕ <НА НИТОЧКЕ, НА НИТКЕ>
    [VP; subj: human or abstr, often жизнь; if subj: human, usu. one's life or career is involved]
    =====
    to be in a perilous position or condition, be threatened by imminent danger, ruin, or death:
    - X висит на волоске X is hanging by a thread;
    - person X is within a hairbreadth (a hairsbreadth etc) of death;
    - thing X is touch and go.
         ♦ Долгое время жизнь князя висела на волоске (Окуджава 2). His [the prince's] life hung by a thread for a long time (2a).
         ♦ "Жить в городе стало невозможно, скажите спасибо вашему Голему - кстати, вы знаете, что Голем - скрытый коммунист?.. Да-да, уверяю вас, есть материалы... он на ниточке висит, ваш Голем..." (Стругацкие 1). "It's impossible to live in this town, for which you can say thank you to your buddy Golem - incidentally, are you aware of his Communist leanings? Yes, I assure you, we have evidence; he's hanging by a thread, your Golem" (1a).
         ♦ [Елена Федотовна:] Ты обострил с ним отношения?.. Ах, молчишь... Ты повис на волоске! (Салынский 1). [E.F:] You've spoilt your relations with him? Why don't you answer?...You are on the brink of disaster! (1a).
         ♦...Мне претила ложь и скука старой семьи, и я участвовала в её разрушении. Выход я нашла в свободном союзе. Случайно мой опыт удался, но всё всегда висело на волоске (Мандельштам 2)....Repelled by the hypocrisy and tedium of conventional family life, I helped to undermine it...by seeking my own solution in a free union based on love, not marriage. It so happens that in my particular case it succeeded - though it was very much always touch and go (2a).
    —————
    ← From the story of Damocles, courtier of the Syracusan tyrant Dionysius in classical mythology. At a banquet, Dionysius had Damocles seated under a sword suspended by a single hair to show him how precarious power and the ruler's happiness were.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > повиснуть на нитке

  • 17 повиснуть на ниточке

    ВИСЕТЬ < ДЕРЖАТЬСЯ>/ПОВИСНУТЬ НА ВОЛОСКЕ <НА НИТОЧКЕ, НА НИТКЕ>
    [VP; subj: human or abstr, often жизнь; if subj: human, usu. one's life or career is involved]
    =====
    to be in a perilous position or condition, be threatened by imminent danger, ruin, or death:
    - X висит на волоске X is hanging by a thread;
    - person X is within a hairbreadth (a hairsbreadth etc) of death;
    - thing X is touch and go.
         ♦ Долгое время жизнь князя висела на волоске (Окуджава 2). His [the prince's] life hung by a thread for a long time (2a).
         ♦ "Жить в городе стало невозможно, скажите спасибо вашему Голему - кстати, вы знаете, что Голем - скрытый коммунист?.. Да-да, уверяю вас, есть материалы... он на ниточке висит, ваш Голем..." (Стругацкие 1). "It's impossible to live in this town, for which you can say thank you to your buddy Golem - incidentally, are you aware of his Communist leanings? Yes, I assure you, we have evidence; he's hanging by a thread, your Golem" (1a).
         ♦ [Елена Федотовна:] Ты обострил с ним отношения?.. Ах, молчишь... Ты повис на волоске! (Салынский 1). [E.F:] You've spoilt your relations with him? Why don't you answer?...You are on the brink of disaster! (1a).
         ♦...Мне претила ложь и скука старой семьи, и я участвовала в её разрушении. Выход я нашла в свободном союзе. Случайно мой опыт удался, но всё всегда висело на волоске (Мандельштам 2)....Repelled by the hypocrisy and tedium of conventional family life, I helped to undermine it...by seeking my own solution in a free union based on love, not marriage. It so happens that in my particular case it succeeded - though it was very much always touch and go (2a).
    —————
    ← From the story of Damocles, courtier of the Syracusan tyrant Dionysius in classical mythology. At a banquet, Dionysius had Damocles seated under a sword suspended by a single hair to show him how precarious power and the ruler's happiness were.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > повиснуть на ниточке

  • 18 П-451

    ВЫБИВАТЬ/ВЫБИТЬ (ВЫШИБАТЬ/ВЫШИБИТЬ) ПОЧВУ ИЗ-ПОД НОГ чьих, (у) кого VP subj: human or, less often, abstr) to undermine s.o. 's sense of security, undercut s.o. 's plans, arguments etc, make precarious s.o. 's position in life or in some situation etc: X выбил у Y-a почву из-под ног - X cut the ground (out) from under Y ( Y's feet) (often in refer, to withholding or withdrawing support from s.o.) X pulled the rug out from under Y ( usu. in refer, to undercutting s.o. 's arguments in a debate, negotiations etc) X left Y without a leg to stand on.
    Разрешив банкам обмен денег, правительство выбило почву из-под ног спекулянтов валютой. By permitting banks to change money, the government cut the ground out from under speculators in hard currency.

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  • 19 выбивать почву из-под ног

    ВЫБИВАТЬ/ВЫБИТЬ (ВЫШИБАТЬ/ВЫШИБИТЬ) ПОЧВУ ИЗ-ПОД НОГ чьих, (у) кого
    [VP; subj: human or, less often, abstr]
    =====
    to undermine s.o.'s sense of security, undercut s.o.'s plans, arguments etc, make precarious s.o.'s position in life or in some situation etc:
    - X выбил у Y-а почву из-под ног X cut the ground (out) from under Y ( Y's feet);
    - [often in refer, to withholding or withdrawing support from s.o.] X pulled the rug out from under Y;
    - [usu. in refer, to undercutting s.o.'s arguments in a debate, negotiations etc] X left Y without a leg to stand on.
         ♦ Разрешив банкам обмен денег, правительство выбило почву из-под ног спекулянтов валютой. By permitting banks to change money, the government cut the ground out from under speculators in hard currency.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > выбивать почву из-под ног

  • 20 выбить почву из-под ног

    ВЫБИВАТЬ/ВЫБИТЬ (ВЫШИБАТЬ/ВЫШИБИТЬ) ПОЧВУ ИЗ-ПОД НОГ чьих, (у) кого
    [VP; subj: human or, less often, abstr]
    =====
    to undermine s.o.'s sense of security, undercut s.o.'s plans, arguments etc, make precarious s.o.'s position in life or in some situation etc:
    - X выбил у Y-а почву из-под ног X cut the ground (out) from under Y ( Y's feet);
    - [often in refer, to withholding or withdrawing support from s.o.] X pulled the rug out from under Y;
    - [usu. in refer, to undercutting s.o.'s arguments in a debate, negotiations etc] X left Y without a leg to stand on.
         ♦ Разрешив банкам обмен денег, правительство выбило почву из-под ног спекулянтов валютой. By permitting banks to change money, the government cut the ground out from under speculators in hard currency.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > выбить почву из-под ног

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