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101 back-seat driver
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102 take a back seat
отойти на задний план словосочетание:отойти на задний план (take a BACK seat)стушеваться (take a back seat, draw in one's horns)занимать скромное положение (take a back seat) -
103 take a back seat
(take a back seat (for или to smb.))оказаться на последнем месте, отойти на задний план; уступать (кому-л.) [первонач. амер.]I always thought I was joking folks... but I take a back seat for you. (W. Faulkner, ‘Collected Short Stories’, ‘A Bear Hunt’) — Мне всегда казалось, что я умею отменно шутить... но перед тобой я пасую.
Now we don't take a back seat for anybody, here in this shop... (J. O'Hara, ‘A Rase to Live’, book II) — Нашу фирму никому не заткнуть за пояс...
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104 take a back seat
( for или to smb.)oтoйти нa зaдний плaн, уcтупить (кoму-л.), cпacoвaть (пepeд кeм-л.), cтушeвaтьcя [пepвoнaч. aмep.]Rock'n'roll may have been taking a back seat... But it's redefining itself (Time). I always thought I was joking folks... but I take a back seat for you (W. Faulkner). Even in the th, he had to take a back seat to Bethoven in both popularity and critical esteem. Now Mozart has come into his own (Time) -
105 take a back seat
(to take an unimportant position: At these discussions he always takes a back seat and listens to others talking.) holde sig i baggrunden; holde lav profil* * *(to take an unimportant position: At these discussions he always takes a back seat and listens to others talking.) holde sig i baggrunden; holde lav profil -
106 take a back seat to someone or something
expr infmlIt just goes to show how glamour has taken a back seat to the wheeling and dealing — Это лишний раз доказывает, что блеск славы был принесен в жертву обыкновенному делячеству
The new dictionary of modern spoken language > take a back seat to someone or something
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107 a back-seat driver
разг.; неодобр.1) пассажир, дающий советы водителю, как вести машинуQuite suddenly... the car... stopped in its tracks... The back-seat drivers gave tongue. ‘What's the matter? What has happened?’ (P. G. Wodehouse, ‘Very Good, Jeeves!’, ch. IX) — Внезапно... машина... остановилась... Пассажиры сразу же стали тормошить водителя: - В чем дело? Что случилось?
2) непрошеный советчик, критикан3) человек, стоящий в тени, но старающийся влиять на ход событий; закулисный боссHe replied that it was contrary to democracy for elected members to consult "pressure groups" and "back-seat drivers" — Он сказал, что консультации выборных политических деятелей с закулисными боссами и группами обработки общественного мнения противоречат принципам демократии.
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108 take a back seat
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109 in the back seat
Общая лексика: на заднем сидении (The officers found the 15-month-old sitting in the back seat of the truck.) -
110 take a back seat
идиом.отойти на задний планзанимать скромное положение|| His takes a back seat. — Его влияние уменьшилось.
Англо-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > take a back seat
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111 to take a back seat
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112 to take a back-seat
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113 take a back seat
(to take an unimportant position: At these discussions he always takes a back seat and listens to others talking.) situarse en un segundo plano -
114 take a back seat
(to take an unimportant position: At these discussions he always takes a back seat and listens to others talking.) láta lítið á sér bera, halda sig til baka -
115 take a back seat
(to take an unimportant position: At these discussions he always takes a back seat and listens to others talking.) háttérbe húzódik -
116 to take a back seat
to take a back seatdeixar-se suplantar, aceitar ou receber lugar inferior, ser demasiado modesto. -
117 take a back seat
(to take an unimportant position: At these discussions he always takes a back seat and listens to others talking.) ficar calado -
118 take a back seat
arka plânda kalmak, önemini yitirmek, ön plâna çıkmamak* * *(to take an unimportant position: At these discussions he always takes a back seat and listens to others talking.) kendini göstermemek -
119 take a back seat
(to take an unimportant position: At these discussions he always takes a back seat and listens to others talking.) umakniti se -
120 take a back seat
(to take an unimportant position: At these discussions he always takes a back seat and listens to others talking.) vetäytyä taka-alalle
См. также в других словарях:
back seat — n 1.) a seat at the back of a car, behind where the driver sits 2.) back seat driver informal a) a passenger in the back of a car who gives unwanted advice to the driver about how to drive b) someone in business or politics who tries to control… … Dictionary of contemporary English
back seat — noun count a seat behind the driver of a car take a back seat 1. ) to become less important: take a back seat to: Other issues must take a back seat to this crisis. 2. ) to deliberately become less active, and give up trying to control things: I… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
back seat — also back seat, 1832, originally of coaches, from BACK (Cf. back) (adj.) + SEAT (Cf. seat) (n.). Back seat driver first attested 1926 … Etymology dictionary
back seat — UK US noun [countable] [singular back seat plural back seats] a seat behind the driver of a car Thesaurus: internal parts of cars and other road vehiclesmeronym makes of car … Useful english dictionary
back seat — a secondary or inconspicuous position: also written backseat n. * * * … Universalium
back seat — a secondary or inconspicuous position: also written backseat n … English World dictionary
back seat — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms back seat : singular back seat plural back seats a seat behind the driver of a car • take a back seat … English dictionary
ˌback ˈseat — noun [C] a seat behind the driver of a car • take a back seat to have a less important position than someone or something else[/ex] take a back seat to deliberately become less active, and give up trying to control things[/ex] … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
back seat — noun 1 (C) a seat at the back of a car, behind where the driver sits 2 back seat driver a) a passenger in the back of a car who gives unwanted advice to the driver about how to drive b) especially AmE someone in business or politics who tries to… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
back seat — /bæk ˈsit/ (say bak seet) noun 1. a seat at the back. –phrase 2. take a back seat, to retire into obscurity, or into an insignificant or subordinate position …
back seat — See: TAKE A BACK SEAT … Dictionary of American idioms