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ДОРОГО ЗАПЛАТИТЬ за что VP subj: human fixed WO1. ( usu. subjunctive, often foil. by за то, чтобы...) to (be willing to) sacrifice sth. of great value in order to get sth. one really wants or make some desired event happenX дорого бы заплатил - X would give (pay, do) anythingwhat X wouldn't give (pay, do).Дорого бы я заплатил за то, чтобы хоть на несколько минут увидеть родителей. What I wouldn't give to see my parents, even if only for a few minutes.2. to suffer grave consequences as a result of sth. (some reprehensible action, wrongdoing, mistake etc)X дорого заплатил за Y - X paid dearly for YX paid a high price for Y X had hell (the devil) to pay for Y Y cost X dearly.Иван Петрович дорого заплатил за свое легкомыслие: жена, узнав, что он провел ночь со своей секретаршей, ушла от него и забрала с собой ребенка. Ivan Petrovich paid dearly for his foolishness: his wife, having found out that he spent the night with his secretary, left him and took their child with her. -
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[VP; subj: human; fixed WO]=====1. [usu. subjunctive, often foll. by за то, чтобы...]⇒ to (be willing to) sacrifice sth. of great value in order to get sth. one really wants or make some desired event happen:- X дорого бы заплатил≈ X would give (pay, do) anything;- what X wouldn't give (pay, do).♦ Дорого бы я заплатил за то, чтобы хоть на несколько минут увидеть родителей. What I wouldn't give to see my parents, even if only for a few minutes.2. to suffer grave consequences as a result of sth. (some reprehensible action, wrongdoing, mistake etc):- Y cost X dearly.♦ Иван Петрович дорого заплатил за свое легкомыслие: жена, узнав, что он провел ночь со своей секретаршей, ушла от него и забрала с собой ребенка. Ivan Petrovich paid dearly for his foolishness: his wife, having found out that he spent the night with his secretary, left him and took their child with her.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > дорого заплатить
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