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X gave Y a handicap (a head start)

  • 1 Ф-25

    ДАВАТЬ/ДАТЬ ФОРУ кому coll VP subj: human more often pfv)
    1. to give s.o. an advantage over o.s. (often in a game, competition etc)
    X дал Y-y фору - X gave Y a handicap (a head start)
    X let Y get a jump on X.
    Когда чемпион школы по шахматам играл с кем-либо из школьников, он обычно снимал с доски одну из своих пешек до начала партии - давал фору более слабому противнику. When the school chess champion played another student, he would usually take one of his pawns off the board before starting the game, thus giving his weaker opponent a handicap.
    (author's usage)...B самой глубине души мне хотелось, чтобы восторжествовала не убогая реальность действительности, а фантастическая реальность хотелось, чтобы жизнь была глубже, таинственней. Поэтому, признав первого владельца кабинета эндурцем, я как бы дал фору маловероятной мистике... (Искандер 5)...At the bottom of my heart I wanted a fantastical reality to triumph, not the squalid reality of daily life
    I wanted life to be deeper, more mysterious. That was why I had given the improbable mystique a head start, as it were, by identifying the owner of the first office as an Endursky (5a).
    2. ( usu. pfv) to be substantially superior to s.o. in some area
    X даст Y-y фору - X will (can) run circles (rings) around Y
    X will leave Y in the dust X will outclass (outshine etc) Y.
    По скорости чтения Петя давал фору всем своим одноклассникам. When it came to reading speed, Petya ran circles around all his classmates.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > Ф-25

  • 2 давать фору

    • ДАВАТЬ/ДАТЬ ФОРУ кому coll
    [VP; subj: human; more often pfv]
    =====
    1. to give s.o. an advantage over o.s. (often in a game, competition etc):
    - X let Y get a jump on X.
         ♦ Когда чемпион школы по шахматам играл с кем-либо из школьников, он обычно снимал с доски одну из своих пешек до начала партии - давал фору более слабому противнику. When the school chess champion played another student, he would usually take one of his pawns off the board before starting the game, thus giving his weaker opponent a handicap.
         ♦ [author's usage]...B самой глубине души мне хотелось, чтобы восторжествовала не убогая реальность действительности, а фантастическая реальность; хотелось, чтобы жизнь была глубже, таинственней. Поэтому, признав первого владельца кабинета эндурцем, я как бы дал фору маловероятной мистике... (Искандер 5)....At the bottom of my heart I wanted a fantastical reality to triumph, not the squalid reality of daily life; I wanted life to be deeper, more mysterious. That was why I had given the improbable mystique a head start, as it were, by identifying the owner of the first office as an Endursky (5a).
    2. [usu. pfv]
    ⇒ to be substantially superior to s.o. in some area:
    - X will outclass (outshine etc) Y.
         ♦ По скорости чтения Петя давал фору всем своим одноклассникам. When it came to reading speed, Petya ran circles around all his classmates.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > давать фору

  • 3 дать фору

    • ДАВАТЬ/ДАТЬ ФОРУ кому coll
    [VP; subj: human; more often pfv]
    =====
    1. to give s.o. an advantage over o.s. (often in a game, competition etc):
    - X let Y get a jump on X.
         ♦ Когда чемпион школы по шахматам играл с кем-либо из школьников, он обычно снимал с доски одну из своих пешек до начала партии - давал фору более слабому противнику. When the school chess champion played another student, he would usually take one of his pawns off the board before starting the game, thus giving his weaker opponent a handicap.
         ♦ [author's usage]...B самой глубине души мне хотелось, чтобы восторжествовала не убогая реальность действительности, а фантастическая реальность; хотелось, чтобы жизнь была глубже, таинственней. Поэтому, признав первого владельца кабинета эндурцем, я как бы дал фору маловероятной мистике... (Искандер 5)....At the bottom of my heart I wanted a fantastical reality to triumph, not the squalid reality of daily life; I wanted life to be deeper, more mysterious. That was why I had given the improbable mystique a head start, as it were, by identifying the owner of the first office as an Endursky (5a).
    2. [usu. pfv]
    ⇒ to be substantially superior to s.o. in some area:
    - X will outclass (outshine etc) Y.
         ♦ По скорости чтения Петя давал фору всем своим одноклассникам. When it came to reading speed, Petya ran circles around all his classmates.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > дать фору

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