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1 ходить по струнке
General subject: be on one's best behaviour, be reduced to servile obedience, toe the mark, toe the line -
2 ходить в шорах
walk in blinkers; be reduced to servile obedience; go about on tip-toe"Мы всё же наденем на тебя, голубчик, хорошую узду, будешь у нас ходить в шорах", - мысленно ухмылялся Алексеев, потирая руки. (А. Степанов, Порт-Артур) — 'We'll put a bridle on you yet, my boy! We'll make you walk in blinkers,' he said to himself, rubbing his hands gleefully.
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3 ходить по струнке
ходить по струнке (по ниточке) (у кого, перед кем)разг.be reduced to servile obedience; be obedient to the point of servility; be on one's best behaviour in smb.'s presence; cf. walk on tip-toe; walk the chalk; toe the line; dance to smb.'s pipingЭта генеральша, самое важное лицо во всём этом кружке и перед которой все ходили по струнке, была тощая и злая старуха, вся одетая в траур. (Ф. Достоевский, Село Степанчиково и его обитатели) — Madame la Generale, the most important person of the party, in whose presence all the others were on their best behaviour, was a lean spiteful old woman, dressed in mourning.
Василиса Перегриновна.
Я сама была помещица, у меня такие-то, как ты, пикнуть не смели, по ниточке ходили. Не давала я вашей сестре зазнаваться. (А. Островский, Воспитанница) — Vasilisa Peregrinovna. I once owned serfs myself; at my place, such people as you didn't dare peep, they walked the chalk. I didn't let your sort get highheaded!- По струнке ходить будете!.. Не таким рога обламывал! Разболтанной разгильдяйщины в батарее не допущу! (Ю. Бондарев, Горячий снег) — 'You'll be walking on tip-toe, my lad! I've broken in far worse than you before now. I won't allow sloppiness in my battery!'
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