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121 (that's) a horse of a different (or another) colour
paзг.(этo) coвceм дpугoe дeлo; (этo) coвceм дpугoй кoлeнкop [измeнённoe шeкcпиpoвcкoe выpaжeниe]But, of course, if Edith Barclay, was really in love with him, that made it different... and a horse of a different color (J. Jones). It was one thing to have a reputation for being partial to women, but a horse of quite another colour to have his honest concern about Mrs. Gough being regarded as a pretext for amorous purposes (K. S. Prichard)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > (that's) a horse of a different (or another) colour
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122 (that's) a horse of another colour
paзг.(этo) coвceм дpугoe дeлo; (этo) coвceм дpугoй кoлeнкop [измeнённoe шeкcпиpoвcкoe выpaжeниe]But, of course, if Edith Barclay, was really in love with him, that made it different... and a horse of a different color (J. Jones). It was one thing to have a reputation for being partial to women, but a horse of quite another colour to have his honest concern about Mrs. Gough being regarded as a pretext for amorous purposes (K. S. Prichard)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > (that's) a horse of another colour
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123 taking one thing with another
paзг.пpинимaя вcё вo внимaниe, в oбщeмTaking one thing with another, I suppose we have been luckyConcise English-Russian phrasebook > taking one thing with another
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124 ten to one
разг.десять против одного, почти навернякаHere's a man, an army officer, in such rotten shape that if I sent a good horse after him now it's ten to one he couldn't get on him. (Th. Dreiser, ‘Twelve Men’, ‘Culhane, the Solid Man’) — Вот мужчина, офицер, в таком ужасном состоянии, что если я пошлю за ним лошадь, то он почти наверняка не сможет сесть на нее верхом.
...nearly every girl here has the wrong job, I mean, if you like one kind of thing, then it's ten to one you have to work in a place where it's all another kind of thing. (J. B. Priestley, ‘Angel Pavement’, ch. VIII) —...почти все девушки нашего клуба служат не там, где бы им хотелось. В девяти случаях из десяти они вынуждены заниматься делом, которое им не по душе.
it's ten to one that she's going to this party on the off-chance that Rey Calvert will be there. (C. P. Snow, ‘The Masters’, part II, ch. 13) — Ставлю десять против одного, что Джоанн пойдет на этот вечер в надежде встретить там Роя Калверта.
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125 alter one's mind
передумать, изменить свои намеренияI began to cherish hopes I had no right to conceive: that the match was broken off; that rumour had been mistaken; that one or both parties had changed their minds. (Ch. Brontë, ‘Jane Eyre’, ch. XXII) — И я уже лелеяла надежду, для которой не было никаких оснований: может быть, дело расстроилось? Или слухи были неверны? А может быть, невеста разонравилась жениху или жених невесте?
We shall be married in two years, and we've known one another much too long to change our minds. (W. S. Maugham, ‘The Magician’, ch. II) — Мы поженимся через два года. Мы очень давно знаем друг друга, и наше решение не может измениться.
‘I should like to inform you that if you carry out your present intention, it will have a considerable effect on my happiness...’ ‘I wish it were not so,’ said Charles. ‘But I can't alter my mind.’ (C. P. Snow, ‘The Conscience of the Rich’, ch. XIX) — - я хочу сказать тебе, что если ты исполнишь свое намерение и оставишь юридическое поприще, то сделаешь меня несчастным... - я и сам этому не рад, - сказал Чарльз. - Но я не могу изменить принятое решение.
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126 the have and the have-nots
имущие и неимущиеIn several countries there appear to be two kinds of justice — one for the haves and another for the have-nots.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > the have and the have-nots
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127 hold one's nose to the grindstone
(hold (keep или put) one's (или smb.'s) nose to the grindstone)не давать себе (или кому-л.) ни отдыху ни сроку, заставлять себя (или кого-л.) работать без отдыха, без передышки; см. тж. with one's nose at the grindstoneI can see as far into a grindstone as another man; further than a good many, perhaps, because I had my nose well kept to it when I was young. (Ch. Dickens, ‘Hard Times’, book I, ch. XI) — Я вижу, чем тут пахнет, не хуже всякого другого, даже, может быть, лучше, чем многие, потому что мне самому достаточно доставалось в молодости.
Then, too, keeping your nose to the grindstone prevented other things from plaguing you. (K. S. Prichard, ‘Coonardoo’, ch. XXVIII) —...К тому же если заставляешь себя работать без отдыха, то это не дает всяким вздорным мыслям лезть в голову и терзать тебя.
Mr. Baker... kept all our noses to the grindstone, being - as he once remarked - paid for doing that very thing. (J. Conrad, ‘The Nigger of the Narcissus’, ch. II) — Мистер Бейкер... заставлял нас всех работать до изнеможения, так как ему, как он однажды выразился, именно за это и платили деньги.
Old hypocrite, muttered Tony to himself, don't think you'll succeed in keeping my nose to the grindstone. (R. Aldington, ‘All Men Are Enemies’, part III, ch. III) — - Старый ханжа, - пробормотал про себя Тони, - не воображай, что тебе удастся запрячь меня в ярмо.
Hullo, Bundle. Heard you'd got here. Been kept with my nose to the grindstone all the blessed afternoon or I'd have seen you before. (A. Christie, ‘The Seven Dials Mystery’, ch. XVI) — Приветствую вас, Бандл. Слышал о вашем приезде. Но так заработался сегодня, что не мог раньше с вами встретиться.
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128 measure another man's foot by one's own last
судить о других по себе; ≈ мерить всё на свой аршинYou may have been ready to condemn the man, but Richard was not, and you mustn't measure another's foot by your own last. (DEI) — Может, вы и собирались порицать этого человека, но Роберт не собирался. Не следует судить о других по себе.
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