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1 lay it on the line
преим.; амер.(lay (или put) it on the line (тж. lay или put smth. on the line))1) разг. заплатить, истратить, выложить‘A Million? They tell me it takes that to elect a Governor today.’ ‘They tell you low. It took two million to elect this one and a little more besides. That's a lot of money to lay on the line for a thirty-thousand-a-year job.’ (E. O'Connor, ‘All in the Family’, ch. XI) — - Миллион долларов? Говорят, для того, чтобы стать губернатором штата, нужно потратить не меньше миллиона. - Гораздо больше. Выборы теперешнего губернатора обошлись в два с лишним миллиона долларов. Какая огромная сумма! А ведь губернатор получает тысяч тридцать в год.
2) разг. говорить прямо, откровенно, выложить всёI'll lay it on the line-I thought you had double-crossed me in a particularly unpleasant way. (M. Wilson, ‘Meeting at a Far Meridian’, ch. 2) — Говоря откровенно, я считал, что вы обманули меня, и притом довольно подло...
Look, Charlie, let me lay it on the line... You're on the spot. (F. Knebel and Ch. Bailey, ‘Convention’, ch. 2) — Послушайте, Чарли, если хотите знать мое откровенное мнение... вы попали в трудное положение.
Yam: "A real attack... put it right on the line... and let 'em have it!" (E. Albee, ‘Fain and Yam’) — Ям: "Эта статья откроет наступление... В ней будут приведены только факты... Пусть попробуют опровергнуть их."
3) подвергать что-л. опасности, рисковать чем-л., поставить что-л. под угрозу, под ударLeppert might demand all kinds of medical proof... before he'd lay his own reputation as a doctor on the line. (P. Knebel, ‘Night of Camp David’, ch. 19) — Лепперту потребуются многочисленные медицинские справки доказательства безумия президента... прежде чем он рискнет своей репутацией врача.
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