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  • 121 The penny drops!

    Наконец-то дошло!

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  • 122 the penny drops

    дошло. (въехал.)

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  • 123 cost a pretty penny

    разг.
    стоить уйму денег, недёшево обходиться, обойтись в изрядную сумму; см. тж. a pretty penny

    There was Val going to the university, he never came to see him now. He would cost a pretty penny up there. It was an extravagant age. And all the pretty pennies that his four grandchildren would cost him danced before James's eyes. (J. Galsworthy, ‘In Chancery’, part I, ch. V) — Ну вот, Вэл поступит в университет; он теперь его совсем не навещает. А каких денег будет стоить это учение! Расточительный век. И перед глазами Джемса поплыли деньги, которые уйдут на внуков.

    It cost him a pretty penny that spree. (K. S. Prichard, ‘The Roaring Nineties’, ch. 7) — Это пиршество влетело ему в копеечку.

    Costin' us a pretty penny takin' the case from the Supreme Court; but Bronc Finley reckons we'll get a verdict. (K. S. Prichard, ‘Winged Seeds’, ch. XXII) — Передача дела по всем инстанциям из суда штата в федеральный здорово бьет по карману. Но Бронк Финли считает, что мы своего добьемся.

    Mine came from Mark Cross, and they were genuine cowhide and all that crap and I guess they cost quite a pretty penny. (J. Salinger, ‘The Catcher in the Rye’, ch. XV) — Мои-то чемоданы были куплены у Марка Кросса, настоящая кожа, со всякими штучками, и стоили они черт знает сколько.

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  • 124 spend a penny

    urinate:
    It's no good. I can't hold it in. I shall have to spend a penny.
    Spend a penny derives from the days when there were door locks on the outside of cubicles in public lavatories which could only be opened by inserting one old penny into the lock. This was not just the pre-euro era. It was the pre-decimal era. The expression is still in frequent use today.

    Англо-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > spend a penny

  • 125 a pretty penny

    разг.
    изрядная сумма, кругленькая сумма; см. тж. cost a pretty penny

    I forgot - Mr. Timothy's in consols; we shan't get more than two per cent with this income tax. To be on the safe side, say eight millions. Still, that's a pretty penny. (J. Galsworthy, ‘To Let’, part III, ch. XI) — Я забыл, мистер Тимоти поместил все в консоли; учитывая подоходный налог, мы должны считать не более двух процентов. Скажем, для верности - восемь миллионов. Тоже немалые денежки!

    I've got plenty... My Rosie will have a pretty penny to her name. (A. J. Cronin, ‘Three Loves’, book II, ch. 28) — Я человек не бедный... Моей дочке Рози достанется кругленький капиталец.

    ‘The Duke has put me at the head of the citizens commissioned to see to the provisioning of the troops.’ ‘You must be making a pretty penny out of it,’ said Machiavelli dryly. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Then and Now’, ch. X) — - Герцог поставил меня во главе гражданской комиссии, ведающей провиантским снабжением войск. - Должно быть, нагрели руки на этом, - сказал сухо Макиавелли.

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  • 126 not a penny the worse

    разг.
    1) ≈ не пострадав, не понеся убытка

    A: "...his motor accident must have caused him a pretty good sum." B: "It would have, had it not been for his insurance. Actually, he has come out of it not a penny the worse." (SPI) — А: "...автомобильная катастрофа, должно быть, дорого ему обошлась." Б: "Влетела бы в копеечку, но машина была застрахована, и он не потерял ни пенни."

    The world went on, and no one was a penny the worse for all that wretchedness. (W. S. Maugham, ‘The Moon and Sixpence’, ch. XLI) — Жизнь шла своим чередом, и мир не погиб от пережитой катастрофы.

    ...fortunately he wasn't hurt at all, and except for shock, he's not a penny the worse! (SPI) —...к счастью, он ничуть не пострадал. Просто отделался испугом.

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  • 127 in for a penny, in for a pound

    посл.
    "отдал пенни, придётся отдать и фунт" (ср. назвался груздём - полезай в кузов; взялся за гуж, не говори, что не дюж)

    Being in for a penny, I am ready, as the saying is, to be in for a pound. (Ch. Dickens, ‘The Old Curiosity Shop’, ch. LXVI) — Должен вам сказать, джентльмены, что я не из тех, кто останавливается на полдороге. Как говорится, конец венчает дело.

    ‘I'm so thirsty, do you mind if I have a glass of champagne?’ Julia was silent for a fraction of a second. It was his champagne and his compartment. Oh, well, in for a penny, in for a pound. ‘Of course not.’ (W. S. Maugham, ‘Theatre’, ch. XII) — - У меня пересохло горло. Вы не возражаете, если я выпью бокал шампанского? Джулия немного помолчала. Это ведь его шампанское и его купе. Была не была. Пусть пьет. - Конечно, не возражаю.

    ‘And they ran off in my car. That was about half an hour ago.’ ‘You hear that, Willy?’ cried Mrs. Tipstead. ‘In for a penny, in for a pound. Taking cars now! She goes and makes him take this lady's car right under her nose.’ (J. B. Priestley, ‘The Good Companions’, book I, ch. V) — - Они удрали в моей машине полчаса тому назад. - Ты это слышишь, Уилли? - воскликнула миссис Типстед. - Они пустились во все тяжкие. Докатились до того, что берут чужие машины! Эта женщина заставила моего мужа взять машину из-под самого носа ее владелицы.

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  • 128 turn up (again) like a bad penny

       пoявлятьcя тaм, гдe тeбя нe жeлaют видeть, (oпять) cвaлитьcя кoму-л. нa гoлoву, (cнoвa) пoявитьcя вoпpeки жeлaнию кoгo-л. (пpeим. o людяx)
        If the whole thing were not disposed of within the next few months the fellow would turn up again tike a bad penny (J. Galsworthy). The Home Office plan... has now turned up here like a bad penny (Daily Worker)

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