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expr slHe'll knock all the other competitors into a cocked hat — Он заткнет за пояс всех других участников соревнования
My mother is such a good cook she knocks anyone else into a cocked hat — Моя мать великолепно готовит и может любому утереть нос по этой части
As a model she knocks any girl into a cocked hat — Как манекенщица она любую девушку заткнет за пояс
This painting knocks all the others into a cocked hat — Эта картина по своим художественным достоинствам несомненно превосходит все остальные
The new dictionary of modern spoken language > knock someone or something into a cocked hat
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to go off HALF-COCKED to go off at half-cock (half-cock)* * *{'ha:fkъkt} a неподготвен; to go off half-cocked to go off at half-* * *1. a неподготвен 2. to go off half-cocked to go off at half-cock (half-cock) -
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разг.разбить наголову, вдребезги, разгромить; ≈ разнести в пух и прах; не оставить камня на камнеFrank: "...I'll tell you one thing. As a mouser, Archie knocks poor old Percy into a cocked hat!" (N. Coward, ‘This Happy Breed’, act III, sc. 1) — Фрэнк: "...Скажу тебе одно: по части ловли мышей Арчи заткнул за пояс старину Перси."
‘I'll tell you exactly what's on my mind,’ he said quietly. ‘I'd hoped to finish up by the fall. Your plans for the summer have knocked my plans into a cocked hat.’ (M. Wilson, ‘Live with Lightning’, ch. VII) — - я могу вам совершенно точно сказать, что со мной такое, - невозмутимо сказал он. - я надеялся к осени закончить диссертацию. Но ваши планы на лето вдребезги разбили мои собственные.
I don't think I'll play tennis with you. Last time I tried it, you knocked me into a cocked hat. (DEI) — Не буду больше играть с тобой в теннис. Прошлый раз ты меня разбил наголову.
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'hæf'kɑːkt, ˌhɑːf'kɒktto go off half-cocked — (AmE) hacer* algo a la ligera
[ˌhɑːf'kɒkt]ADJ [gun] con el seguro echado; [plan, scheme] mal concebido* * *['hæf'kɑːkt, ˌhɑːf'kɒkt]to go off half-cocked — (AmE) hacer* algo a la ligera
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expr infml1)I waited because I didn't want to go off half-cocked — Я выжидал, поскольку не хотел действовать наобум
2)The new dictionary of modern spoken language > go off half-cocked
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