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1 he must needs go whom the devil drives
посл.(he must needs go whom the devil drives (тж. needs must when the devil drives))"приходится идти, когда чёрт гонит", т. е. чего не сделаешь, когда нужда заставит; ≈ против рожна не попрёшь, плетью обуха не перешибёшь; см. тж. needs mustI'll probably bum my way South, stay in Nice for a while, try my luck at the tables. At any rate I shall certainly see you sooner or later. Frightfully sorry and all that... but needs must when the devil drives. Yours, Harry. (A. J. Cronin, ‘A Thing of Beauty’, part II, ch. I) — Думаю пошататься по югу немного - загляну в Ниццу, попытаю счастья за игорным столом. Так или иначе, мы еще, разумеется, свидимся. Прими и прочее... Ничего, брат, не попишешь, обстоятельства сильнее нас. Твой Гарри.
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2 needs must
(needs must (тж. must needs))необходимо, по необходимости, непременно, обязательно; см. тж. he must needs go whom the devil drivesI... would have no more of these follies than needs must. (W. Scott, ‘Kenilworth’, ch. XVI) — Если уж совсем нельзя без глупостей, я... согласен их терпеть только в крайнем случае.
It was an occasion when everyone needs must act, however trivially disproportionate his action may be to the danger. (H. G. Wells, ‘The Passionate Friends’, ch. XI) — В этой обстановке каждому непременно нужно было действовать, сколь бы незначительны ни были его действия перед лицом грозящей опасности.
Mountain etiquette is very strict, and Lan, being without weapons, must needs obey the rules. (E. Seton-Thompson, ‘Lobo: the King of Currumpaw and Other Stories’, ‘Monarch, the Big Bear of Tallac’) — Горцы строго соблюдают этикет, и безоружному Лэну не оставалось ничего другого, как подчиниться.
...if Cowperwood were convicted, Stener must needs be also. (Th. Dreiser, ‘The Financier’, ch. XLIII) —...если Каупервуд будет осужден, то и Стенеру наверняка несдобровать.
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