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41 off one's hands
(no longer needing to be looked after etc: You'll be glad to get the children off your hands for a couple of weeks.) fri for -
42 off one's hands
(no longer needing to be looked after etc: You'll be glad to get the children off your hands for a couple of weeks.) (non più a carico) -
43 off one's hands
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44 off one's hands
(no longer needing to be looked after etc: You'll be glad to get the children off your hands for a couple of weeks.) z głowy, spod opieki -
45 off one's hands
(no longer needing to be looked after etc: You'll be glad to get the children off your hands for a couple of weeks.) [] vaļā no kaut kā -
46 off one's hands
(no longer needing to be looked after etc: You'll be glad to get the children off your hands for a couple of weeks.) (atsikratyti) nuo savo galvos -
47 off one's hands
(no longer needing to be looked after etc: You'll be glad to get the children off your hands for a couple of weeks.) -
48 off one's hands
(no longer needing to be looked after etc: You'll be glad to get the children off your hands for a couple of weeks.) care nu mai este în grija cuiva -
49 off one's hands
(no longer needing to be looked after etc: You'll be glad to get the children off your hands for a couple of weeks.) στη φροντίδα κάποιου άλλου -
50 off one's hands
(no longer needing to be looked after etc: You'll be glad to get the children off your hands for a couple of weeks.) mít z krku -
51 off one's hands
(no longer needing to be looked after etc: You'll be glad to get the children off your hands for a couple of weeks.) mať z krku -
52 off one's hands
بعيد عن عناية، ليس بِحاجة إلى عنايَةYou'll be glad to get the children off your hands for a couple of weeks.
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53 off one's hands
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54 off one's hands
(no longer needing to be looked after etc: You'll be glad to get the children off your hands for a couple of weeks.) longe da responsabilidade de -
55 kick the bucket
inf сыграть в ящик; загнуться; отбросить копыта; дуба дать (умереть)They were all just waiting for the old man to kick the bucket so they could get their hands on his money.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > kick the bucket
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56 sit on one's hands
амер.1) не одобрять; не аплодировать; скупо аплодировать, встречать жидкими аплодисментамиJoyce: "Well, if I was good, don't just sit on your hands..." (The two men applaud.) (J. O'Hara, ‘The Champagne Pool’, act II, sc. 2) — Джойс: "Если то, что я сказала, вам понравилось, что же вы не хлопаете мне?.." (Оба мужчины аплодируют.)
Archie: "...While everyone else is sitting on their hands you're the Joe at the back cheering and making his hands hurt." (J. Osborne, ‘The Entertainer’, ‘Number Eight’) — Арчи: "...Никто не аплодировал. Один ты сидел в конце зала и так хлопал дочери, что отбил себе руки."
It was a lively show, but the audience sat on its hands. (RHD) — Хотя представление было веселое, зрители аплодировали скупо.
2) ничего не делать, бездействовать, сидеть сложа руки (особ. когда необходимо действовать)And those monkeys... just sit on their hands when we ask for the law to be enforced. (R. Chandler, ‘The Little Sister’, ch. 26) — А фараоны бездействуют, когда нужно, по нашему мнению, применить закон.
‘If anyone can get that airplane moved tonight,’ Mel conceded, ‘it'll be Joe. But meanwhile I don't want anybody sitting on their hands until he gets here.’ (A. Hailey, ‘Airport’, part I, ch. 2) — - Кроме Джо, никто не сумеет вытащить этот самолет сегодня вечером, - сказал Мел. - Но это не означает, что до того, как он приедет, команда должна сидеть сложа руки.
We asked Bill for help with our project, but he sat on his hands. (DAI) — Мы попросили Билла помочь в осуществлении нашего плана, а он и пальцем не шевельнул.
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57 carry one's life in one's hands
рисковать жизнью, пуститься в отчаянное предприятиеTo get it changed in a lodging-house would be to take his life in his hands - he would almost certainly be robbed and perhaps murdered, before morning. (U. Sinclair, ‘The Jungle’, ch. XXV) — Разменять такие деньги в ночлежном доме значило бы рисковать жизнью - его непременно к утру обобрали бы, а может быть, и убили.
They were terrible gimcrack planes we flew in then, and you practically took your life in your hands each time you went up. (W. S. Maugham, ‘The Razor's Edge’, ch. VI) — Мы летали тогда на ужасных самолетах. Так что каждый полет был связан с большим риском.
‘My boy, remember you're taking your life in your hands,’ said Mrs. Morel. ‘Nothing is as bad as a marriage that's a hopeless failure...’ (D. H. Lawrence, ‘Sons and Lovers’, part I, ch. VI) — - Мой мальчик, не забывай, что ты рискуешь всем в жизни, - сказала миссис Морел. - Нет ничего хуже несчастного брака...
...every man knew that he carried his life in his hands, prospecting in the back country these days. (K. S. Prichard, ‘The Roaring Nineties’, ch. 26) —...всем было известно, что он пустился в отчаянное предприятие, отправившись в эту пору искать золото в отдаленном районе страны.
Large English-Russian phrasebook > carry one's life in one's hands
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58 sit on one's hands
paзг.1) нe aплoдиpoвaть, xoлoднo пpинятьJoyce. Well, if I was good, don't just sit on your hands... (The two men applaud) (J. O'Hara). Archie.... While everyone else is sitting on their hands you're the Joe at the back cheering and making his hands hurt (J. Osborne)2) ничeгo нe дeлaть, бeздeйcтвoвaть, cидeть cлoжa pуки (ocoб. кoгдa нeoбxoдимo дeйcтвoвaть)And those monkeys... just sit on their hands when we ask for the law to be enforced CR. Chandler). 'If anyone can get that airplane moved tonight,' Mel concluded, 'it'll be Joe. But meanwhile I don't want anybody sitting on their hands until he gets here' (A. HaUey) -
59 on all hands
(on all hands (тж. on every hand))1) везде, повсюду; отовсюду, со всех сторонGentlemen and ladies alike had quitted their beds; and ‘Oh! what is it?’ - ‘Who is hurt?’ - ‘What has happened?..’ was demanded confusedly on all hands. (Ch. Brontë, ‘Jane Eyre’, ch. XX) — Мужчины и женщины в смятении повскакали с постелей. "что же это?.. Кто пострадал?.. что случилось?.." - доносилось отовсюду.
Debts there were on every hand. They haunted him, robbed him of his sleep. (Th. Dreiser, ‘Twelve Men’, ‘De Maupassant, Junior’) — Он был должен всем. Долги преследовали его, лишали сна.
It was a fearsome region, with engines snorting and darting here and there, cars banging and moving about on every hand. (J. Conroy, ‘The Disinherited’, part I, ch. X) — Это было очень опасное место. Повсюду пыхтели паровозы и вдруг, неожиданно, начинали двигаться; со всех сторон раздавался лязг передвигавшихся вагонов.
2) всеми; по общему мнениюHe... was declared on all hands to be one of the happiest men imaginable. (S. Butler, ‘The Way of All Flesh’, ch. XIII) — По общему мнению, Теобальд был счастливейшим человеком на свете.
I was assured on every hand that he had a lot of money buried somewhere, but of course - could get nothing out of him. (J. Conrad, ‘Lord Jim’, ch. 29) — Меня все уверяли, что Корнелиус зарыл где-то много денег, но от него я, конечно, ничего не мог добиться.
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60 on all hands
(тж. on every hand)1) вeздe, пoвcюду; oтoвcюду, co вcex cтopoн'What was happening,' was demanded on all hands (Ch. Bronte). Debts there were on every hand. They haunted him, robbed him of his sleep (Th. Dreiser). From the top of the hill on the island we could see the blue sea on every hand2) пo oбщeму мнeнию, вceмиHe... was declared on all hands to be one of the happiest men imaginable (S. Butler). 1 was assured on every hand that he had a lot of money buried somewhere, but of course could get nothing out of him (J. Conrad)
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