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2 go farther and fare worse
попасть в ещё более скверное положение; ≈ чем дальше, тем хуже‘You cannot but feel already that it is useless staying here... You will have to go farther.’ ‘And to fare worse?’ said Martin, pursuing the old adage. (Ch. Dickens, ‘Martin Chuzzlewit’, ch. XVII) — - Вы уже и сейчас, должно быть, чувствуете, что оставаться здесь - значит попусту терять время... Надо ехать дальше. - Где будет хуже? - спросил Мартин, вспомнив старую поговорку.
...he might nave gone farther and fared worse; he was very well with his wife. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Then and Now’, ‘Epilogue’) —...он мог сделать и плохую партию, но женился удачно и прекрасно ладит со своей женой.
I hope you think well of her talent, sir. You might go further and fare worse, I believe. (J. Galsworthy, ‘Beyond’, part III, ch. IX) — я надеюсь, что вы оценили талант моей дочери, сэр. Вам могла попасться балерина значительно менее одаренная.
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пoпacть в eщё бoлee cквepнoe пoлoжeниe; чeм дaльшe, тeм xужeHe might have gone farther and fared worse; he was very well with his wife (W. S. Maugham). I hope you think well of her talent, sir. You might go further and fare worse, I believe (J. Galsworthy)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > go farther and fare worse
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