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1 change hands
перейти в другие руки, к другому владельцу; переходить из рук в рукиDuring the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the Banda Oriental (Eastern Bank of the River), as Uruguay was then called, changed hands several times between Spain and Portugal. (W. Foster, ‘Outline Political History of the Americas’, book II, ch. 12) — В XVII и XVIII веках "Банда Ориенталь", как тогда называли Уругвай и что в переводе означает "Восточный берег реки", принадлежал попеременно то Испании, то Португалии.
I come here, and find my friends have sold their house. It has changed hands so many times that it has been impossible to find them by that means. (R. Aldington, ‘All Men Are Enemies’, part II, ch. VIII) — я приезжаю сюда и узнаю, что мои друзья продали свой дом, который затем столько раз переходил из рук в руки, что найти их теперь нет никакой возможности.
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2 a bone of contention
≈ яблоко раздора [этим. миф.]From the earliest days control over he River Plate region and particularly of Uruguay, was a bone of contention between Spain and Portugal... (W. Foster, ‘Outline Political History of the Americas’, book II, ch. 12) — Район Ла-Платы и особенно Уругвай были с самого начала яблоком раздора между Испанией и Португалией...
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