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ЗУБАМИ ДЕРЖАТЬСЯ за что highly coll VP subj: human fixed WOto value sth. very highly and do everything possible not to lose itX зубами держится заУ ' X hangs on to Y for dear life (for all X is worth)X holds fast to Y.Бондарев этой должности долго добивался, и теперь он за нее зубами держится. Bondarev worked long and hard to get this position and now he hangs on to it for dear life. -
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• ЗУБАМИ ДЕРЖАТЬСЯ за что highly coll[VP; subj: human; fixed WO]=====⇒ to value sth. very highly and do everything possible not to lose it:- X holds fast to Y.♦ Бондарев этой должности долго добивался, и теперь он за неё зубами держится. Bondarev worked long and hard to get this position and now he hangs on to it for dear life.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > зубами держаться
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