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1 carry across the footlights
имeть уcпex, пoнpaвитьcя публикe (o пьece, cпeктaклe и т п.)It is very unlikely that the dramatist who is lucky enough to have been born with the faculty of putting things so that they carry across the footlights will also be an original thinker (W. S. Maugham)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > carry across the footlights
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2 carry across the footlights
иметь успех, понравиться публике (о пьесе, спектакле и т. п.)It is very unlikely that the dramatist who is lucky enough to have been born with the faculty of putting things so that they carry across the footlight will also be an original thinker. (W. S. Maugham, ‘The Summing Up’, ch. XXXVII) — Трудно предположить, что драматург, которому посчастливилось родиться со способностью доносить свои пьесы до зрительного зала, окажется, кроме того, оригинальным мыслителем.
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3 come across the footlights
Concise English-Russian phrasebook > come across the footlights
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4 footlights
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5 иметь успех
1) General subject: answer, (большой) be a hit, be successful, click, get over the footlights (о пьесе, спектакле), get the breaks, (большой) make a hit, make mark, ring the bell with (у кого-л.), score, take, take on, (большой) to be (make) a (big) hit, to be a success, carry the world before one, come home, get across the footlights, get away with, get over the footlights, strike home, succeed, touch home, meet with success, prove a success, be on the high horse2) Colloquial: ring the bell3) American: go big4) Military: make gains5) Mathematics: have a success6) Australian slang: be on a roll7) Jargon: go places, make a hit, make headway, swim, make out8) Business: be prosperous9) Makarov: be a success, get home, make( one's) mark, come off, curl the mo, enjoy success
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