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1 fall by the wayside
терпеть неудачу словосочетание: -
2 fall by the wayside
эвф.потерпеть неудачу, бросить на полдороге, выйти из строя раньше времени; спорт. не дойти до финиша [этим. библ. Luke VIII, 5, Matthew XIII, 4]We have started the course with twenty-five studentes, but that does not mean that they will all complete it; we always expect a certain number to fall by the wayside. (EVI) — Мы организовали курс лекций для двадцати пяти студентов, но это не означает, что они все прослушают его. Всегда можно ожидать, что часть студентов отсеется.
The boys tried to make a 50-mile hike, but most of them fell by the wayside. (DAI) — Мальчики отправились в пятидесятимильный туристский поход, но большинство с полдороги вернулись обратно.
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3 fall by the wayside
пoтepпeть нeудaчу, выйти из cтpoя; cпopт, нe дoйти дo финaлa [этим. библ.]We have started the course with twenty-five students, but that does not mean that they will all complete it; we always expect a certain number to fall by the wayside. Royal Road [имя лoшaди] fell entirely by the wayside, the winner was number twelve (D. Francis) -
4 fall by the wayside
1) Общая лексика: оказаться нереальным, пускать побоку, отойти на второй план (e.g. With so many domestic problems, foreign policy issues tended to fall by the wayside), выйти из строя, не дойти до финала, выбывать из строя, выбыть из строя2) Макаров: выйти из строя раньше времени, потерпеть неудачу -
5 fall by the wayside
выйти из строя раньше времени, потерпеть неудачу -
6 fall by the wayside / drop by the wayside
Fall by the wayside / drop by the waysideостановиться на полпутиMany people start out to train for a career in medicine, but some of them drop by the wayside.English-Russian small dictionary of idioms > fall by the wayside / drop by the wayside
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7 wayside
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8 wayside
The wayside — это придорожная полоса, обочина дороги (особенно в деревне). To fall by the wayside (свалиться на краю дороги) значит утратить энтузиазм, потерпеть неудачу, не суметь закончить начатое. Это из Библии:'A sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell by the wayside; and it was trodden down and the fowls of the air devoured in'. — «Вышел сеятель сеять семя своё; и когда он сеял, иное упало при дороге и было потоптано, и птицы небесные поклевали его»
(От Луки 8:5).She started to learn English in order to get a place at university, but she found it too difficult and fell by the wayside. — Она стала учить английский, чтобы получить место в университете, но это оказалось слишком трудным для неё, и она сдалась, не доведя дело до конца.
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9 wayside
wayside [ˊweɪsaɪd]1. n1) придоро́жная полоса́; обо́чина2) pl ж.-д. полоса́ отчужде́ния◊to fall by the wayside потерпе́ть неуда́чу; вы́йти из стро́я ра́ньше вре́мени
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10 go to the wall
обанкротиться словосочетание: -
11 get the cheese
терпеть неудачу словосочетание: -
12 draw a blank
терпеть неудачу словосочетание:терпеть неудачу (meet with failure, draw a blank, fall by the wayside, go phut, get the cheese, come cropper)глагол: -
13 go phut
лопнуть словосочетание: -
14 meet with failure
терпеть неудачу словосочетание:терпеть неудачу (meet with failure, draw a blank, fall by the wayside, go phut, get the cheese, come cropper) -
15 come cropper
терпеть неудачу словосочетание:терпеть крах (come cropper)
См. также в других словарях:
fall\ by\ the\ wayside — • fall by the wayside • drop by the wayside v. phr. To give up or fail before the finish. The boys tried to make a 50 mile hike, but most of them fell by the wayside. George, Harry, and John entered college to become teachers, but Harry and John… … Словарь американских идиом
fall by the wayside — To fall by the wayside is to give up or fail before completion … The small dictionary of idiomes
fall by the wayside — ► fall by the wayside fail to persist in an undertaking. [ORIGIN: with biblical allusion to the Gospel of Luke, chapter 8.] Main Entry: ↑wayside … English terms dictionary
fall by the wayside — verb give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat In the second round, the challenger gave up • Syn: ↑drop out, ↑give up, ↑drop by the wayside, ↑throw in, ↑throw in the towel, ↑quit, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
fall by the wayside — also[drop by the wayside] {v. phr.} To give up or fail before the finish. * /The boys tried to make a 50 mile hike, but most of them fell by the wayside./ * /George, Harry, and John entered college to become teachers, but Harry and John fell by… … Dictionary of American idioms
fall by the wayside — also[drop by the wayside] {v. phr.} To give up or fail before the finish. * /The boys tried to make a 50 mile hike, but most of them fell by the wayside./ * /George, Harry, and John entered college to become teachers, but Harry and John fell by… … Dictionary of American idioms
fall by the wayside — 1. if someone falls by the wayside, they fail to finish an activity. A lot of students fall by the wayside during their first year at university. 2. if something falls by the wayside, people stop doing it, making it, or using it. Many new drugs… … New idioms dictionary
fall by the wayside (to) — Decide not to continue; fail. ► “Economists can so dislike the conclusions of an article that they comb through the article with the sole hope of refuting its logic. . . . They focus on minor points in the hope that more major issues will fall… … American business jargon
fall by the wayside — If a plan or project falls by the wayside, it remains unfinished or people stop trying to do it. Local residents protested so strongly that plans for a new motorway fell by the wayside … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
fall by the wayside — give up or fail before the finish He had a good chance of winning the competition but he fell by the wayside near the end … Idioms and examples
fall by the wayside — fail to persist in an undertaking. [with biblical allusion to Luke 8:5.] → wayside … English new terms dictionary