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1 like taking candy from a baby
(like taking candy from a baby (тж. from a blind man или from a child))"всё равно что отнять конфету у ребёнка" (о низком, подлом поступке) [первонач. амер.]I'm not a good liar. Wish I were! And then, too, it doesn't. Seem fair with him; like taking candy from a child. (S. Lewis, ‘Ann Vickers’, ch. XL) — Я не умею лгать. А жаль. Потом это как-то нечестно по отношению к нему - все равно что ребенка обидеть.
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2 the grand finale
славный конец [выражение взято из концертных программ]...it doesn't seem fair that I should miss the grand finale when you consider all that I put up with before. (E. Lathen, ‘Accounting for Murder’, ch. 20) —...право же, будет несправедливо, если после всего, что мне пришлось перенести, я не увижу блестящего завершения этого дела.
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3 a lot etc to ask
n infmlA chance to earn a fair living doesn't seem a lot to ask — Я хочу зарабатывать и жить прилично. Что тут такого?
Would it be too much to ask what you feel like? — Тебе что, трудно мне сказать, как ты себя чувствуешь?
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