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1 поджимать хвост
прост.put one's tail between one's legs; cf. show the white feather- Больно спесив Кирила Петрович! а небось поджал хвост, когда Гришка мой закричал ему: вон, старый пёс! - долой со двора! (А. Пушкин, Дубровский) — 'Kirila Petrovich is too proud; and yet he did put his tail between his legs when my Grishka cried out to him: 'Be off, you old cur! Clear out of the place!''
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > поджимать хвост
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2 поджать хвост
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3 хвост
м.1) (животного, птицы) tail; (павлина тж.) train; ( лисицы) brush; (кролика, оленя) scutобре́занный хвост — docked tail, bobtail
бить хвосто́м — lash / swish / whisk its tail
2) ( длинная оконечность чего-л) tailхвост коме́ты — tail / train of a comet ['kɒ-]
3) ( концевая часть) end, tailхвост проце́ссии — tail [back end] of the procession
хвост по́езда — rear of train
плести́сь в хвосте́ — lag / drag behind; be at the tail / rear end; trail along at the back
4) разг. ( очередь) queue [kjuː] брит.; line амер.стоя́ть в хвосте́ [выстра́иваться в хвост] (за тв.) — queue брит. / line амер. up (for)
5) разг. ( несданный экзамен) failed test / examination6) разг. (сыщик, преследователь) tail; shadowза мной (увяза́лся) хвост — they have put a tail on me; I've got company (i.e. there's a spy following me)
7) мн. тех. (отходы, отвалы) tails, tailing, rejectsхвосты́ флота́ции — slime
••(и) в хвост и в гри́ву разг. — ≈ with might and main; like nobody's business
верте́ть хвосто́м (говорить уклончиво) — hedge; beat about the bush
виля́ть хвосто́м — 1) ( о собаке) wag [wæg] its tail 2) (пе́ред; заискивать) kiss up (to)
вильну́ть хвосто́м (уклониться от каких-л обязанностей) — skip out; do a disappearing act
хвост виля́ет соба́кой — it's a case of a tail wagging the dog
держа́ть хвост морко́вкой / пистоле́том — см. пистолет
задра́ть хвост (заважничать) прост. — stick one's nose in the air
ко́нский хвост (причёска) — ponytail
накрути́ть хвост (дт.) прост. — 1) ( отчитать кого-л) chew / bawl (d) out 2) ( настроить кого-л в своих интересах) put ideas into smb's head
наступа́ть на хвост кому́-л, сиде́ть на хвосте́ у кого́-л разг. (близко следовать за кем-л) — be / sit on smb's tail
наступи́ть на хвост кому́-л разг. (ущемить чьи-л интересы) — step on smb's toes
поджа́ть хвост — have one's tail between one's legs
поджа́в хвост (прям. и перен.) — with one's tail between one's legs
псу / коту́ / ко́шке под хвост — см. пёс
распусти́ть хвост — 1) ( о павлине) spread one's tail 2) разг. неодобр. ( о человеке) strut like a peacock, strut one's stuff
соро́ка на хвосте́ принесла́ шутл. — ≈ a little bird told me
схвати́ть за хвост (вн.; успеть поймать) шутл. — catch (d) by the tail
укороти́ть / прищеми́ть хвост (дт.; поставить кого-л на место) разг. — bring (d) in line [to heel]; take (d) down a peg / notch or two
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4 поджимать
несов. - поджима́ть, сов. - поджа́ть; (вн.)1) ( подбирать под себя) tuck up (d)сиде́ть, поджа́в но́ги — sit with one's legs tucked up beneath one
поджа́ть хвост — have one's tail between one's legs
2) (напрягать, втягивать в себя) tuck in (d)подожми́ живо́т — tuck in your stomach ['stʌmək]
3) разг. (прижимать, зажимать) press (d)ло́дку поджа́ло к бе́регу безл. — the boat was pressed / pushed close [-s] to the bank
поджима́ть га́йку — tighten a nut on the bolt
5) (оказывать нажим, требовать чего-л) put / exert pressure (on), press (d), put the screws (on)поставщики́ нас поджима́ют — the suppliers are putting pressure on us
••поджа́ть гу́бы (в знак обиды и т.п.) — purse [press up] one's lips
поджа́в хвост (униженно, заискивающе) — with one's tail between one's legs
сро́ки поджима́ют — time presses
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5 поджимать
поджатьподжать хвост — put* the tail between the legs; have one's tail between one's legs (тж. перен.)
сидеть, поджав ноги — sit* cross-legged
сроки поджимают — time presses sg.
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6 поджимать хвост
to draw in one's tail; to put the tail between the legs; to have one's tail between one's legs перен. тж.Русско-английский словарь по общей лексике > поджимать хвост
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7 струсить
1) General subject: be in a funk, have cold feet, have heart at heels, have heart in boots, have heart in mouth, lose nerve, mount the white feather, put tail between legs, quail, show the white feather, to be in a funk, turn yellow, have heart in boot, have heart in boots, lose nerves, wimp out2) Colloquial: bottle it (If you “bottle” something, either you don’t have the nerve or courage to go through with it or you fail at it.)3) Australian slang: turn to jelly4) Jargon: chicken out, get cold feet, get the wind up, poop out, punk out, tuck tail, sell out5) Makarov: shoot the pit, turn coward, crap out, cry craven, fly the pit, fly the white feather -
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