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1 bless one's stars
(bless (или thank) one's stars (тж. thank one's lucky stars))благодарить свою (счастливую) звезду, благословлять, благодарить судьбу [этим. см. be born under a lucky star]I... blessed my stars that I was a bachelor. (W. Irving, ‘Salmagundi’, ch. I) — Я: ". благословлял судьбу за то, что остался холостяком."
He thanked his stars that he did not have to confront that proposition just now when he needed to think so much. (Th. Dreiser, ‘Sister Carrie’, ch. XXIV) — Управляющий баром мысленно возблагодарил судьбу за то, что ему ничего не надо было решать сейчас, когда приходилось о стольком подумать.
Don't thank me. Thank your stars I was there to hear it and warn you. (P. Abrahams, ‘The Path of Thunder’, book III, ch. 2) — Меня благодарить нечего. Свою звезду благодарите, что я слышала этот разговор и предупредила вас.
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2 to cut a long story short
короче говоря, одним словомSo to make a long story short, when it were all o'er eh' lecturer thanked me... (E. Gaskell, ‘Mary Barton’, ch. 8) — Короче говоря, когда все кончилось, лектор меня благодарил...
It was a beautiful afternoon. The sky was blue, the sun yellow, butterflies flitted, birds tooted, bees bussed and, to cut a long story short, all Nature smiled. (P. G. Wodehouse, ‘Plum Pie’, ch. 8) — Был чудесный день. Небо голубое, солнце оранжевое, в воздухе порхали бабочки, щебетали птицы, жужжали пчелы. Одним словом, природа улыбалась нам.
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