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X was stringing Y along

  • 1 Н-209

    ВОДИТЬ ЗА HOC кого coll, disapprov VP subj: human to deceive, delude s.o. intentionally, often by promising sth. and then not keeping one's promise
    X водил Y-a за нос = X was leading Y on
    X was leading Y up X was stringing Y along X was taking Y for a ride X was giving Y the runaround X was misleading Y.
    (Ипполит:) Сегодня, Надя, в последний час старого года, я намерен поставить вопрос ребром. Хватить водить меня за нос! (Надя:) Чем ты недоволен? (Ипполит:) Своим холостым положением. И я предлагаю... (Надя (перебивает):) Сядь! (Брагинский и Рязанов 1). (I.:) Today, Nadya, in the last hour of the old year, I intend to put the question squarely. No more leading me on like this! (N.:) What's wrong? (I.:) My bachelor status. And I propose... (N. (interrupting):) Please, sit down (1a).
    О разведке у нас знают из кинофильмов. Служит под боком у Гитлера наш смельчак, одет с иголочки, побрит, надушен, водит за нос и Гиммлера, и Бормана, и Кальтенбруннера... (Рыбаков 1). People only know about intelligence from what they've seen in the movies. Our daring agent is operating right under Hitler's nose, dressed immaculately, clean-shaven and perfumed, leading Himmler, Bormann and Kaltenbrunner up the garden path... (1a).
    Если он скажет правду... тогда спросят: почему раньше увиливал? Чему верить? Зачем водите суд и следствие за нос? (Тендряков 1). If he were to tell the truth...then they would ask: Why did you deny this earlier? What are we to believe? Why are you trying to mislead the court? (1a).

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  • 2 водить за нос

    ВОДИТЬ ЗА НОС кого coll, disapprov
    [VP; subj: human]
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    to deceive, delude s.o. intentionally, often by promising sth. and then not keeping one's promise:
    - X was leading Y up < down> the garden path;
    - X was misleading Y.
         ♦ [Ипполит:] Сегодня, Надя, в последний час старого года, я намерен поставить вопрос ребром. Хватить водить меня за нос! [Надя:] Чем ты недоволен? [Ипполит:] Своим холостым положением. И я предлагаю... [Надя (перебивает):] Сядь! (Брагинский и Рязанов 1). [I.:] Today, Nadya, in the last hour of the old year, I intend to put the question squarely No more leading me on like this! [N.:] What's wrong? [I.:] My bachelor status. And I propose... [N. (interrupting):] Please, sit down (1a).
         ♦ О разведке у нас знают из кинофильмов. Служит под боком у Гитлера наш смельчак, одет с иголочки, побрит, надушен, водит за нос и Гиммлера, и Бормана, и Кальтеноруннера... (Рыбаков 1). People only know about intelligence from what they've seen in the movies. Our daring agent is operating right under Hitler's nose, dressed immaculately, clean-shaven and perfumed, leading Himmler, Bormann and Kaltenbrunner up the garden path... (1a).
         ♦ Если он скажет правду... тогда спросят: почему раньше увиливал? Чему верить? Зачем водите суд и следствие за нос? (Тендряков 1). If he were to tell the truth...then they would ask: Why did you deny this earlier? What are we to believe? Why are you trying to mislead the court? (1a).

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