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121 change like a weathercock
не человек, а флюгер; ≈ куда ветер дует; семь пятниц на неделе (о человеке, часто меняющем свои взгляды, убеждения, решения)Ronald said he would go with us, but you know he changes like a weathercock, so there is no reliance to be placed on him. (DEI) — Роналд сказал, что поедет с нами, но ведь у него семь пятниц на неделе. На него нельзя положиться.
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122 chatter like a magpie
разг.How gay they all were when, after the forenoon lecture, arm-in-arm and chattering like magpies, they would walk along Princes Street to lunch at MacVittie Guest's... (A. J. Cronin, ‘The Northern Light’, part I, ch. 10) — До чего же было весело, когда в полдень, после лекций, взявшись под руки и треща как сороки, подружки отправлялись завтракать в кафе "Добро пожаловать к Маквитти"...
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123 he who would search for pearls must dive below
≈ без труда нет плода [выражение создано Дж. Драйденом (J. Dryden, 1631-1700): Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls, must dive below. (‘All for Love’, ‘Prologue’, HBQ)]Large English-Russian phrasebook > he who would search for pearls must dive below
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124 laugh like a drain
разг.-фам.громко смеяться, "гоготать"Old Hester would laugh like a drain if she could see us singing hymns over here. (K. Nicholson, ‘Hook, Line and Sinker’, Suppl) — Старая Хестер хохотала бы до упаду, если бы слышала, как мы здесь распеваем гимны.
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125 rise like a Phoenix from the ashes
Within ten days he had half-filled a notebook with metrical expressions of despairing love. Then a bright idea rose like a phoenix from these ashes of misery. He wrote Diana a long, not to say poetic, letter, which would have left the most obtuse reader with no doubt about his sentiments. (R. Aldington, ‘Rejected Guest’, ch. 18) — За десять дней Дэвид исписал половину записной книжки стихами, в которых выражалась его безнадежная любовь. Но тут его осенила блестящая идея, родившаяся как феникс из пепла. Он написал Диане длинное, можно сказать, поэтическое письмо, которое даже у самого тупого читателя не оставило бы сомнения в его чувствах.
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126 chatter like a magpie
paзг.тpeщaть кaк copoкaHow gay they all were when, after the forenoon lecture, arm-in-arm and chattering like magpies, they- would walk along Princes Street to lunch at MacVittie Guest's (A. J. Cronin) -
127 rise (like a phoenix) from the ashes
вoccтaть (cлoвнo фeникc) из пeплa, вoзpoдитьcя, oбнoвлятьcяThe politician, showing no signs of disappointment at losing the election, promised that his party would quickly rise from the ashes of defeat. You're the only one here with the slightest grip. You've risen up like a phoenix from the ashes of your pride. It's quite, quite excellent - and infinitely pathetic W. Coward)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > rise (like a phoenix) from the ashes
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128 turn up (again) like a bad penny
пoявлятьcя тaм, гдe тeбя нe жeлaют видeть, (oпять) cвaлитьcя кoму-л. нa гoлoву, (cнoвa) пoявитьcя вoпpeки жeлaнию кoгo-л. (пpeим. o людяx)If the whole thing were not disposed of within the next few months the fellow would turn up again tike a bad penny (J. Galsworthy). The Home Office plan... has now turned up here like a bad penny (Daily Worker)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > turn up (again) like a bad penny
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would like — wants, is interested in … English contemporary dictionary
