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141 make ducks and drakes of smth.
(make ducks and drakes of smth. (тж. play ducks and drakes with smth.))проматывать, растрачивать, разбазаривать что-л., транжирить; ≈ пускать по ветру что-л. [этим. см. ducks and drakes]...it was no longer her property, and therefore her husband could not make ducks and drakes of it. (B. Shaw, ‘The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism and Capitalism’, ch. XLVIII) —...эта собственность теперь уже ей не принадлежала, мужу не удастся промотать ее.
If only the past had been different - if only Irene had loved him instead of Gerard! He would have husbanded his life, instead of playing ducks and drakes with it as he was doing. (W. Locke, ‘Idols’, ch. II) — Если бы прошлое было иным, если бы Ирэн любила его, а не Жерара, то он бы дорожил жизнью, а не растрачивал ее попусту.
With all your faults, you've never played ducks and drakes with your work. (S. Chaplin, ‘Sam in the Morning’, ch. 15) — Какие бы у тебя ни были недостатки, наплевательское отношение к работе в их число не входит.
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