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41 get off the hook
expr infml esp AmEI went to see the local fuzz and got off the hook by explaining that the accident wasn't my fault — Я пошел в местную полицию и смог выкрутиться, объяснив, что авария произошла не по моей вине
The new dictionary of modern spoken language > get off the hook
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42 ring off the hook
раскалиться (о телефоне); разрываться от звонковThe box office phones were ringing off the hook all day.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > ring off the hook
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43 be off the hook
Общая лексика: выйти сухим из воды -
44 get off the hook
1) Общая лексика: снять с крючка -
45 let off the hook
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46 ring off the hook
Сленг: постоянно звонить, трезвонить -
47 be off the hook
להיחלץ מצרה, "לצאת מזה"* * *◙ "הזמ תאצל",הרצמ ץלחיהל◄ -
48 be off the hook
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51 get off the hook
вы́йти (вывести кого-л.) из затрудни́тельного положе́нияThe Americanisms. English-Russian dictionary. > get off the hook
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52 there was nobody to get him off the hook - не нашлось никого, кто бы вызволил его из беды
American: off the hookУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > there was nobody to get him off the hook - не нашлось никого, кто бы вызволил его из беды
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53 get smb. off the hook
амер.; разг.(get (или let) smb. off the hook)"снять кого-л. с крючка" вызволить, выручить кого-л. из беды; освободить от ответственности за что-лShuttling from Boston to Washington twice a week was too much for him... and I finally had to let him off the hook. (P. Knebel, ‘Trespass’, ch. 8) — Поездки из Бостона в Вашингтон и обратно два раза в неделю сильно утомляли Николета... и в конце концов мне пришлось освободить его от этого задания.
‘I'm going to get you off the hook,’ Mason told him. ‘How?’ ‘By letting you tell me everything you know.’ (E. S. Gardner, ‘The Case of the Daring Decoy’, ch. 8) — - я вызволю тебя из беды, - сказал Мейсон Дрейку. - Каким образом? - Вызволю, если ты расскажешь мне все, что тебе известно.
...Norma Logan will be let off the hook if she gets on the stand and tells her story. (E. S. Gardner, ‘The Case of the Screaming Woman’, ch. 14) —...с Нормы Логан снимут обвинение, если она даст правдивые показания.
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54 let someone off the hook
expr infml1)That lets me off the hook — Таким образом, с меня взятки гладки
She will be let off the hook if she gets on the stand and tells everything — Ее отпустят на свободу, если она даст правдивые показания в суде
2)Please, let me off the hook for Saturday — Разрешите мне не приходить в субботу
That task was too much for him and finally I had to let him off the hook — Задание было явно ему не по силам, поэтому я его освободил от него
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55 get someone off the hook
expr infml esp AmEThanks for getting me off the hook — Спасибо, что ты меня отмазал
Jesus gave his life to get us off the hook — Иисус отдал свою жизнь, чтобы спасти наши души
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56 let smb. off the hook
paзг."cнять кoгo-л. c кpючкa", вызвoлить, выpучить кoгo-л. из бeды, пoмoчь кoму-л. в тpуднoм пoлoжeнии; ocвoбoдить кoгo-л. oт oтвeтcтвeннocти, oбязaннocти и т. п.'If you love her, you should marry her. If you don't, tell her so and let her off the hook' (J. H. Chase). Shuttling from Boston to Washington twice a week was too much for him... and I finally had to let him off the hook (F. Knebet) -
57 to take the phone off the hook
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58 to take the phone off the hook
to take the phone off the hooktirar o telefone do gancho.English-Portuguese dictionary > to take the phone off the hook
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59 phones are ringing off the hook
Общая лексика: телефоны обрываются (already phones at the firm are ringing off the hook as headhunters trawl for talented investment bankers)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > phones are ringing off the hook
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60 get s.o. off the hook
get s.o. off the hookexpr.• sacar a alguien del atolladero expr.
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