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1 have the wall
1) держаться у стены, ближе к стене [чтобы не упасть в сточную канаву - в старину, когда тротуаров не было, сточные канавы тянулись по обочинам дороги]...the parlour window... is so close upon the foot-way that the passenger who takes the wall brushes the dim glass with his coat sleeve. (Ch. Dickens, ‘The Old Curiosity Shop’, ch. XXXIII) —...домишко... выдвинулся на самый тротуар, так что прохожие, державшиеся ближе к стене, задевали мутное стекло окна рукавом.
2) (of smb.) не уступать кому-л. дороги, иметь преимущество перед кем-л., взять верх над кем-л.Sampson: "A dog of that house shall move me to stand. I will take the wall of any man or maid of Montague's." (W. Shakespeare, ‘Romeo and Juliet’, act I, sc. 1) — Самсон: "Нет уж, ни от одной собаки из этого дома не побегу! На стену полезу и возьму верх над любым мужчиной, над любой девкой из дома Монтекки." (перевод Т. Щепкиной-Куперник)
The Spaniards... had... no room, in that narrow path, to use their pikes. The English had the wall of them; and to have the wall there, was to have the foe's life at their mercy. (Ch. Kingsley, ‘Westward Hol’, ch. 25) — Испанцам... негде... было повернуться на этой узкой дороге и пустить в ход пики. Англичане были господами положения, а это означало, что жизнь противника была в их руках.
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