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1 as someone goes
expr infmlHe's quite a nice fellow as men go — Он, в общем, неплохой парень по сравнению с другими
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2 draw the line
1) ( between) провести границу, разграничить (тж. draw a line between)But I'll warn you. If I catch anybody around here again looking for that boy, I'll shoot on sight next time. And I ain't drawing a line between them who work for me and them who don't. (E. Caldwell, ‘Trouble in July’, ch. XII) — Но предупреждаю вас: если еще раз поймаю того, кто ищет этого парнишку, пристрелю на месте. Учтите, мне все равно, работаете вы у меня или нет.
It is difficult to draw a line between the meanings of these two words. — Значение этих двух слов трудно разграничить.
2) установить границу дозволенного, знать меру; положить конец чему-л. (обыкн. употр. с предлогом at)My loyalty to their husbands and their hearths and their happiness obliges me to draw a line and not overstep it. (B. Shaw, ‘Overruled’, ‘Preface’) — Моя преданность мужьям этих очаровательных дам и уважение к их семейному очагу не позволяет мне перейти границу дозволенного.
I don't mind sitting down to burnt steak... but I do draw the line at having to sympathise with Zilla because she's so rotten bad-tempered that the cook has quit... (S. Lewis, ‘Babbitt’, ch. V) — Могу съесть и пережаренный бифштекс... Но всему есть предел, и я не могу сочувствовать Зилле, ведь это из-за ее скверного характера у нас ни одна кухарка не живет...
He did not buy a programme - they were asking a shilling each for them, and a man must draw a line somewhere... (J. B. Priestley, ‘Angel Pavement’, ch. VI) — Программу мистер Смит не купил - она стоила шиллинг, и он сказал себе, что человек должен во всем знать меру...
don't you think I had to draw the line at his "drinking wine at my expense"? (Gr. Greene, ‘Loser Takes All’, part II, ch. 2) — Этот парень любил выпить за мой счет. Я просто должен был положить конец этому.
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