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1 get smb. off the hook
амер.; разг.(get (или let) smb. off the hook)"снять кого-л. с крючка" вызволить, выручить кого-л. из беды; освободить от ответственности за что-лShuttling from Boston to Washington twice a week was too much for him... and I finally had to let him off the hook. (P. Knebel, ‘Trespass’, ch. 8) — Поездки из Бостона в Вашингтон и обратно два раза в неделю сильно утомляли Николета... и в конце концов мне пришлось освободить его от этого задания.
‘I'm going to get you off the hook,’ Mason told him. ‘How?’ ‘By letting you tell me everything you know.’ (E. S. Gardner, ‘The Case of the Daring Decoy’, ch. 8) — - я вызволю тебя из беды, - сказал Мейсон Дрейку. - Каким образом? - Вызволю, если ты расскажешь мне все, что тебе известно.
...Norma Logan will be let off the hook if she gets on the stand and tells her story. (E. S. Gardner, ‘The Case of the Screaming Woman’, ch. 14) —...с Нормы Логан снимут обвинение, если она даст правдивые показания.
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2 get someone off the hook
expr infml esp AmEThanks for getting me off the hook — Спасибо, что ты меня отмазал
Jesus gave his life to get us off the hook — Иисус отдал свою жизнь, чтобы спасти наши души
The new dictionary of modern spoken language > get someone off the hook
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3 get (someone) off the hook
Сленг: спасать от ошибки, удерживать от неприятностиУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > get (someone) off the hook
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4 get someone off the hook
Сленг: "отмазать"Универсальный англо-русский словарь > get someone off the hook
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5 to get someone off the hook
to get someone off the hookajudar alguém a sair de uma situação difícil. -
6 to get sb off the hook
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7 there was nobody to get him off the hook - не нашлось никого, кто бы вызволил его из беды
American: off the hookУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > there was nobody to get him off the hook - не нашлось никого, кто бы вызволил его из беды
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8 there was nobody to get him off the hook
Общая лексика: не нашлось никого, кто бы вызволил его из бедыУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > there was nobody to get him off the hook
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9 get s.o. off the hook
get s.o. off the hookexpr.• sacar a alguien del atolladero expr. -
10 get/let someone off the hook
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11 off the hook
(free from some difficulty or problem: If he couldn't keep the terms of the contract, he shouldn't have signed it - I don't see how we can get him off the hook now.) (få) af krogen; slippe af med* * *(free from some difficulty or problem: If he couldn't keep the terms of the contract, he shouldn't have signed it - I don't see how we can get him off the hook now.) (få) af krogen; slippe af med -
12 off the hook
1) Общая лексика: как сумасшедший (амер. разг.), как оглашённый, как с цепи сорвавшийся2) Американизм: there was nobody to get him off the hook - не нашлось никого, кто бы вызволил его из беды, избавившийся от неприятностей, избавленный от неприятностей, освободившийся от неприятностей, готовый (об одежде)3) Сленг: беззаботный, безответственный, потрясный (That party was off the hook! - Это была потрясная вечеринка!), классный, отпадный4) Макаров: избавившийся от неприятностей амер., избавленный от неприятностей амер., освободившийся от неприятностей амер. -
13 off the hook
(free from some difficulty or problem: If he couldn't keep the terms of the contract, he shouldn't have signed it - I don't see how we can get him off the hook now.) libre de problemas -
14 off the hook
(free from some difficulty or problem: If he couldn't keep the terms of the contract, he shouldn't have signed it - I don't see how we can get him off the hook now.) losa úr klípu -
15 off the hook
(free from some difficulty or problem: If he couldn't keep the terms of the contract, he shouldn't have signed it - I don't see how we can get him off the hook now.) kimászik vmiből -
16 off the hook
(free from some difficulty or problem: If he couldn't keep the terms of the contract, he shouldn't have signed it - I don't see how we can get him off the hook now.) livre de problemas -
17 off the hook
paçayı sıyırmış, zor durumdan kurtulmuş* * *(free from some difficulty or problem: If he couldn't keep the terms of the contract, he shouldn't have signed it - I don't see how we can get him off the hook now.) kurtulma, ferahlama -
18 off the hook
(free from some difficulty or problem: If he couldn't keep the terms of the contract, he shouldn't have signed it - I don't see how we can get him off the hook now.) iz godlje -
19 off the hook
(free from some difficulty or problem: If he couldn't keep the terms of the contract, he shouldn't have signed it - I don't see how we can get him off the hook now.) kiikistä -
20 off the hook
(free from some difficulty or problem: If he couldn't keep the terms of the contract, he shouldn't have signed it - I don't see how we can get him off the hook now.) (redde) ut av en knipe
См. также в других словарях:
get (somebody) off the hook — get (sb) off the ˈhook | let sb off the ˈhook idiom to free yourself or sb else from a difficult situation or a punishment Main entry: ↑hookidiom … Useful english dictionary
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