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Общая лексика: достойный противник, достойный соперникУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > foeman worthy of someone's steel
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достойный противник, соперник [выражение создано В. Скоттом: And the stern joy which warriors feel in foemen worthy of their steel. (‘The Lady of the Lake’, canto V)]For years Disraeli, afterwards Lord Beaconsfield, dominated the House of Commons, though in Gladstone he subsequently found a foeman worthy of his steel. (SPI) — Дизраэли, будущий лорд Биконсфилд, годами был лидером палаты общин, но в конце концов встретил достойного противника в лице Гладстона.
Large English-Russian phrasebook > a foeman worthy of smb.'s steel
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дocтoйный пpoтивник, coпepник кoгo-л. [выpaжeниe coздaнo B. Cкoттoм]For years Disraeli, afterwards Lord Beaconsfield, dominated the House of Commons, though in Gladstone he subsequently found a foeman worthy of his steelConcise English-Russian phrasebook > a foeman worthy of smb.'s steel
См. также в других словарях:
Foeman — Foe man (f[=o] man), n.; pl. {Foemen} ( men). [AS. f[=a]hman.] An enemy in war. [1913 Webster] And the stern joy which warriors feel In foemen worthy of their steel. Sir W. Scott [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
foeman — index foe Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
foeman — [fō′mən] n. pl. foemen [fō′mən] [ME foman < OE fahmann, lit., hostile person] Archaic an enemy in war; foe … English World dictionary
foeman — noun Date: before 12th century foe 2 … New Collegiate Dictionary
foeman — /foh meuhn/, n., pl. foemen. Literary. an enemy in war. [bef. 1000; ME foman, OE fahman. See FOE, MAN1] * * * … Universalium
foeman — noun /ˈfəʊmən/ An enemy. a snaggy Oke, which he had torne / Out of his mothers bowelles, and it made / His mortall mace, wherewith his foemen he dismayde … Wiktionary
foeman — sb. Wright’s L. P. p. 104 … Oldest English Words
foeman — n. enemy in war … English contemporary dictionary
foeman — n. (Poetical.) Enemy, foe … New dictionary of synonyms
foeman — foe·man … English syllables
foeman — foe•man [[t]ˈfoʊ mən[/t]] n. pl. men a foe in war • Etymology: bef. 1000 … From formal English to slang