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  • 121 caviare to the general

    слишком тонкое блюдо для грубого вкуса (ср. метать бисер перед свиньями) [шекспировское выражение; см. цитату; слово general употр. здесь в значении широкая публика]

    Hamlet: "...the play I remember, pleased not the million; 't was caviare to the general..." (W. Shakespeare, ‘Hamlet’, act II, sc. 2) — Гамлет: "...пьеса, я помню, не понравилась широкой публике; для большинства это было слишком тонкое блюдо."

    ...both I and Elizabeth were astonished by its sales... ‘I'm no longer caviar to the general, it seems...’ (C. Isherwood, ‘The World in the Evening’, part II) —...мы с Элизабет были поражены тем, как раскупали ее роман... - Похоже, я начинаю нравиться широкой публике.

    One hundred years ago America's narrative masterpiece, ‘Moby-Dick’, was printed by Harper and Brothers in New York City. The book proved caviar to the general, and Melville had to derive his satisfaction from but three or four discerning reviews... (‘New York Times Book Review’) — Сто лет тому назад нью-йоркским издательством "Харпер энд бразерз" был выпущен роман "Моби-Дик" - настоящий литературный шедевр. Книга оказалась слишком тонким блюдом для широкой публики, и Мелвиллу пришлось удовольствоваться всего тремя или четырьмя положительными рецензиями...

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  • 122 three sheets in the wind

    жарг.
    вдрызг пьяный; см. тж. a sheet in the wind

    Red was three sheets in the wind, the evening he stumbled after Barney into the dining-room of Mrs. Pennyfather's boarding-house. (K. S. Prichard, ‘Working Bullocks’, ch. XXIII) — Ред в тот вечер, когда вместе с Барни ввалился в столовую миссис Пеннифадер, был вдребезги пьян.

    After that, somehow me [= my] nerves went all to pieces and Dad started spendin' too much on beer, half the time comin' home three sheets in the wind. (D. Cusack, ‘Southern Steel’, ch. XII) — После этого у меня совершенно расшатались нервы, а отец стал тратить слишком много денег на пиво и часто приходил домой в сильном подпитии.

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  • 123 early in the day

    early in the day (in the evening, in the morning, in the spring, in the summer) в начале дня (вечера, утра, весны, лета)

    English-Russian combinatory dictionary > early in the day

  • 124 castles in the air

    castles in the air/in Spain воздушные за́мки; за́мки на песке

    She tells me she's planned out her whole career; but as far as I can see it's all just castles in Spain.

    I really like to sit on the porch in the evening, just building castles in the air.

    Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > castles in the air

  • 125 build castles in the air / build castles in spain

    Build castles in the air / build castles in Spain
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     I really like to sit on the porch in the evening, just building castles in the air.

    English-Russian small dictionary of idioms > build castles in the air / build castles in spain

  • 126 good evening!

    разг.
    2) до свидания!, всего хорошего! ( при расставании вечером)

    ‘You refuse to withdraw?’ ‘Absolutely.’ ‘Good evening, then!’ ‘Good evening!’ (J. Galsworthy, ‘The Silver Spoon’, part I, ch. VIII) — - Вы отказываетесь взять свои слова обратно? - Категорически. - В таком случае, до свидания! - До свидания!

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  • 127 give smb. the rough side of one's tongue

    (give smb. (a lick with) the rough side of one's tongue)
    дать нагоняй, задать взбучку кому-л.; поговорить с кем-л. как следует, отругать, отчитать кого-л.; ≈ намылить кому-л. шею; см. тж. give smb. the edge of one's tongue

    I would... give him a lick with the rough side of my tongue. (W. Scott, ‘The Abbot’, ch. IV) — Я бы... поговорил с ним как следует.

    After dinner that evening there was a battle royal. Freddy was a quick-tempered man, unused to opposition, and he gave George the tough side of his tongue. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Six Stories Written in the First Person Singular’, ‘The Alien Corn’) — После обеда разгорелся бой. Фредди - человек вспыльчивый и не привыкший к возражениям - принялся разносить Джорджа.

    Alex Fontaine went over to see what was the matter, but Suellen gave him the rough side of her tongue and told him to mind his own business... (M. Mitchell, ‘Gone with the Wind’, ch. XXXIX) — Алекс Фонтен отправился выяснить, что происходит, и ему здорово попало от Суэллин за то, что он сует нос в чужие дела...

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  • 128 on the side

    adv infml
    1)

    My sister has affairs on the side that her husband doesn't know about — У моей сестры есть романы на стороне, о которых ее муж ничего не знает

    He is married but also has a fancy woman on the side — Он женат, но также имеет любовницу на стороне

    2) esp AmE
    3) BrE

    He makes a little money on the side by not reporting all his income to the taxman — Ему удается немного урвать, не сообщая о своих доходах фининспектору

    What's more, you can get in a little fishing on the side — Кроме того, здесь можно втихаря половить рыбку

    The new dictionary of modern spoken language > on the side

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