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1 take the rag off the bush
expr AmE infmlIf this don't take the rag off the bush! — Нет, вы видели такое?!
The new dictionary of modern spoken language > take the rag off the bush
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2 bang the bush
амер.; разг.(bang the bush (тж. уст. drag the bush up или take the rag off the bush))превзойти все ожидания; затмить всех; быть вне конкуренции, заткнуть за пояс; отличиться, добиться прекрасных результатов (выражения обыкн. употр. с местоимениями, напр., it или that bangs the bush это превосходит всё, это невероятно, непостижимо)...if this don't take the rag off the bush! Cousin Mary's got to gadding about so much, that she has to send round word when she is going to stay at home one evening. (DA) —...ну уж это чересчур! Кузина Мэри так загуляла, что предупреждает домашних, когда собирается провести вечер дома.
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