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2 one's cup is filled
(one's cup is filled (full, full to he brim, overflowing или running over))1) его (её и т. д.) чаша (терпения, страдания) переполнилась [one's cup is running over этим. библ. Psalms XXIII, 5]; см. тж. make the cup run overThe bishop sighed deeply. It seemed to him that his cup of bitterness was filled to the brim. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Catalina’, ch. 16) — Епископ глубоко вздохнул. Ему казалось, что он испил чашу горести до дна.
She had learned a good deal - almost as much as she wanted to learn. Her cup had been full. It was still as full as she could carry. On the whole, she would not be sorry when he was gone. (D. H. Lawrence, ‘Sons and Lovers’, part II, ch. XIV) — Клара многое узнала, почти столько, сколько хотела узнать. Чаша ее терпения переполнилась. Больше она не могла выдержать. В общем, если Поль уедет, она не будет сожалеть.
In 1884 Prince Leopold died prematurely, shortly after his marriage. Victoria's cup of sorrows was indeed overflowing... (L. Strachey, ‘Queen Victoria’, ch. IX) — Вскоре после свадьбы, в 1884 году неожиданно скончался принц Леопольд. Горе Виктории было безгранично...
2) его (её и т. д.) счастье безмерно (обыкн. of или with happiness)Your cup is running over with happiness. (Th. Dreiser, ‘A Gallery of Women’, ‘Giff’) — Ваше счастье безмерно.
My secret hope was that one day I should become as good a speaker as he. So when one Sunday night I was asked to take the chair for him outside the Gransmoor Hotel in Openshaw, my cup of happiness was overflowing. (H. Pollitt, ‘Serving My Time’, ch. 2) — Я втайне надеялся стать когда-нибудь таким же хорошим оратором. Поэтому, когда мне однажды предложили председательствовать во время его выступления перед отелем "Грансмур" в Опеншо, меня буквально распирало от счастья.
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