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61 DAI
Boatner M. T., Gates J. E. A Dictionary of American Idioms. Rev. ed. New York, 1975. -
62 DEI
Henderson B. L. K. A Dictionary of English Idioms. London, 1954-1964. P. 1-2. -
63 DI
Vizetelly F. H, De Bekker L. J. A Desk Book of Idioms and Idiomatic Phrases. New York; London 1926. -
64 ECI
Wood F. T. English Colloquial Idioms. London and Basingstoke, 1970. -
65 EI
Dixon J. M. English Idioms. London, etc., 1927. -
66 EIFS
Worral A. J. English Idioms for Foreign Students. London, 1944. -
67 EPI
Wood F. T. English Prepositional Idioms. London; New York, 1967. -
68 EVI
Wood F. T. English Verbal Idioms. New York, 1967. -
69 find favour in smb.'s eyes
(find favour in smb.'s eyes ( реже sight; тж. find favour in the eyes или sight of smb., find favour with smb.))заслужить, снискать чьё-л. расположение, заслужить благосклонность, любовь кого-л., понравиться, угодить кому-л. [find favour in the sight of smb. этим. библ. Esther V, 8; find favour with smb. этим. библ. Luke I, 30]He found favour in the eyes of Miss Sally Brass. (Ch. Dickens, ‘The Old Curiosity Shop’, ch. XXXVI) — Он снискал благосклонность мисс Салли Брасс.
The kneeling little Fanny found favour in his sight. There must have been something attractive about her, in spite of Laura's opinion. (W. Thackeray, ‘Pendennis’, vol. II, ch. XXXVI) — Маленькая Фанни, стоявшая на коленях, понравилась ему. Надо полагать, что в ней все же было что-то привлекательное, вопреки мнению Лауры.
Spenser made use of words from Lancashire and the North, but it does not seem that his dialect introductions found much favour with his contemporaries. (L. P. Smith, ‘Words and Idioms’, ‘Popular Speech’) — Спенсер употреблял слова из ланкаширского и северного диалектов. Однако это его обращение к диалектам не имело успеха у современников.
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70 game as a cockerel
"смел, как бойцовый петух", отчаянно смелый, безрассудно храбрыйThat boxer is as game as a cockerel, although he knows he's beaten. (A. J. Worrall, ‘English Idioms for Foreign Students’) — Этот боксер держится стойко, как бойцовый петух, хотя и понимает, что проиграл бой.
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71 HAI
Whitford H. C., Dixon R. A Handbook of American, Idioms and Idiomatic Usage. New York, 1973. -
72 Kenk
The Kenkyusha Dictionary of Current English Idioms. Tokyo, 1969. -
73 loose as a rope of sand
очень неопределённый, крайне расплывчатый; см. тж. a rope of sandThe lawyer's speech, instead of being a continuous argument firmly knit together, was loose as a rope of sand. (W. McMordie, ‘English Idioms and How to Use Them’) — Речь защитника должна быть стройной цепью доводов, крепко между собой увязанных. Этот же защитник говорил вяло и неубедительно.
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74 make out a case against smb.
(make out a case (или put the case) against (или for) smb. (или smth.))выступать против ( или за) кого-л. (или чего-л.); приводить доводы против ( или в защиту) кого-л. (или чего-л.)There has been a heavy shower of letters in The Times about the mistakes made by famous novelists... The correspondence was extremely interesting, but as one read it, one became more and more astonished at the weakness of the case made out against the novelists... (Kenk) — В "Таймс" хлынул поток писем об ошибках, допущенных великими романистами... Письма были чрезвычайно интересны, но, читая их, я все больше удивлялся, как ничтожна, в сущности, эта критика в адрес великих писателей...
If, as I think, we are still... subconsciously a little prejudiced against the use of idiom, I should like to put the case for it as emphatically as I can (L. P. Smith, ‘Words and Idioms’) — Так как мы, я полагаю, все еще... подсознательно предубеждены против идиом, то мне хотелось бы самым решительным образом выступить в их защиту.
I must say he put the case for me rather well; I couldn't have done better myself. (E. O'Connor, ‘The Last Hurrah’, part II, ch. VIII) — Надо сказать, что Джон очень хорошо изложил мою позицию в этом вопросе. Я бы и сам лучше не смог.
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75 Передача идиом
♦ ( ENG communication of idioms)см. Передача свойств.Westminster dictionary of theological terms > Передача идиом
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