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1 cash in one's checks
(cash (hand, pass или send) in one's checks)1) сдаться, признать себя побеждённым; ≈ сложить оружие [термин в покере, означающий произвести расчёт по окончании игры; первонач. амер.]‘Dear me,’ said Mr Parker Pyne, ‘This is all very illuminating. In a general sense I mean. It hardly helps us in our particular inquiry.’ ‘You're not going to hand in your checks?’ ‘No, no.’ (A. Christie, ‘Mr. Parker Pyne, Detective’, ‘The Pearl of Price’) — - Ей-богу, все это очень интересно, - сказал мистер Паркер Пайн. - Интересно, так сказать, вообще, но вряд ли поможет в данном расследовании. - Не собираетесь ли вы сложить оружие и прекратить расследование? - Конечно, нет.
An American salesman - I'm talking about a real hundred per center, mind, a go-getter - he doesn't worry whether people want his stuff or not. Fact, if they do, he gets bored and hands his checks in. (R. Greenwood, ‘Mr. Bunting’, ch. XII) — Американский коммивояжер - я говорю о настоящем, стопроцентном знатоке своего дела - не беспокоится о том, хотят покупать его товар или нет. Даже наоборот, если покупатели хотят купить, ему скучно иметь с ними дело, и он поскорей заканчивает сделку.
Hands up, gentlemen! Hands up! Pass in your checks. (DAE) — Руки вверх, джентльмены! Руки вверх! Сдавайтесь.
2) преим.; амер. покончить счёты с жизнью, отправиться на тот светYou see, one of the boys has passed in his checks and we want to give him a good send-off... (M. Twain, ‘The Innocents at Home’, ch. II) — Видите ли, один из наших ребят покончил счеты с жизнью, и мы хотим достойно проводить его в последний путь...
Ivy's promised me that when I hand in my checks she'll come back here. She knows the people and she won't be so lonely. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Creatures of Circumstance’, ‘Sanatorium’) — Айви обещала мне, что, когда меня не станет, она вернется сюда. Она многих знает здесь и не будет чувствовать себя такой одинокой.
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