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1 raise one's glass to smb.
(или smth.)пoднять бoкaл зa кoгo-л. (или зa чтo-л.)'Sherry?' she asked... He nodded; she poured each a glass... they raised the glasses to each other (G. Vidah. He told us he had just got a new job and we raised our glasses to wish him good luckConcise English-Russian phrasebook > raise one's glass to smb.
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2 have one's tongue in one's cheek
(have (speak with или put) one's tongue in one's cheek (тж. put one's tongue into one's cheek))говорить неискренно, иронически, насмешливо, издевательски; см. тж. a tongue in cheek‘I believe what I believe,’ retorted the porter, putting his tongue into his cheek with a most roguish air. (R. L. Stevenson, ‘New Arabian Nights’, ‘The Suicide Club’) — - Я верю в то, во что верю, - ответил швейцар насмешливо с самым плутовским видом.
Half an hour is surely enough, Lord Rosebery had said... time to sip a glass of sherry and nibble a biscuit. So the tale... sounded too perfectly aristocratic you felt the old fellow must have had his tongue in his cheek. (J. Lindsay, ‘A Local Habitation’, ch. 6) — - Тридцать минут вполне достаточно, чтобы выпить рюмку хереса и съесть бисквит, - сказал лорд Розбери... Это слова лорда были исполнены такого истового аристократизма, что в них могла бы почудиться и насмешка.
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