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1 lick smb.'s boots
(lick smb.'s boots (или shoes; тж. lick the boots или shoes of smb.))лизать пятки кому-л., подхалимничать (отсюда to bootlick амер.; жарг. в том же значении и bootlicker подхалим, подлиза)You'll give up everything to him, You'll lick his shoes; and You'll never play anything but second fiddle in his life. (J. Galsworthy, ‘Villa Rubein’, ch. XIX) — Ради него ты пожертвуешь всем, будешь ему ботинки чистить, но первой скрипки в его жизни тебе никогда не играть.
You disliked me from the first moment I came here. You've done everything you could to make the place impossible for me because I wouldn't lick your boots for you. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Complete Short Stories’, ‘The Outstation’) — Вы меня сразу невзлюбили, не успел я сюда приехать. Уж как вы старались чтобы мне стало невмоготу здесь работать, а все потому, что я не желал лизать вам пятки.
These young fellers had no respect for the land, splashing everything they made on expensive cars, on trips abroad on luxury and liquor. When the slump came they'd be licking the bank's, boots for overdrafts as their kind had done inrtermittently fifty, twenty years before. (D. Cusack, ‘Picnic Races’, ch. 7) — Эти молодчики не уважают собственную страну; транжирят все деньги на покупку дорогих машин, на поездки за границу, на предметы роскоши и выпивку. А разразись кризис, и они начнут пресмыкаться перед управляющим банком, умолять его открыть им новый кредит. Так они поступали и пятьдесят, и двадцать лет тому назад.
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2 lick smb.'s boots
lick smb.'s boots подхалимничать, пресмыкаться перед кем-л. -
3 lick someone's boots
iemands hielen likken, iemand vleien -
4 Lick somebody's boots
• Lick somebody's boots [feet, shoes] Лизать пятки кому-либо. Пресмыкаться перед кем-либоDifficulties of the English language (lexical reference) English-Russian dictionary > Lick somebody's boots
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5 lick smb.'s boots
(или the boots of smb.)лизaть пятки кoму-л., пoдxaлимничaть, пpecмыкaтьcя пepeд кeм-л.You disliked me from the first moment I came here. You've done everything you could to make the place impossible for me because I wouldn't lick your boots for you (W. S. Maugham) -
6 lick somebody's boots
лизать пятки/сапоги (лакействовать, подхалимничать)She will not join in our campaign for higher wages — she is always too anxious to lick the boss's boots.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > lick somebody's boots
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7 lick somebody's boots
Общая лексика: подхалимничать, пресмыкаться перед кем-либо -
8 lick smb's boots
пресмыкаться, раболепствоватьАнгло-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь > lick smb's boots
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9 lick smb.'s boots
yaltaklanmak, dalkavukluk etmek, yağcılık etmek -
10 lick smb.'s boots
yaltaklanmak, dalkavukluk etmek, yağcılık etmek -
11 lick sb's boots
му ги лиже некому нозете, му се улизува некому -
12 lick someone's boots
подхалимничать, пресмыкаться -
13 lick\ sy's\ boots
talpát nyalja vkinek, megalázkodik vki előtt -
14 lick smb's boots
подхали́мничатьThe Americanisms. English-Russian dictionary. > lick smb's boots
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15 lick sb's boots
yag çekmek, dalkavukluk etmek -
16 to lick somebody's boots
dar coba a alguien————————hacer la pelota a alguien -
17 to lick someone’s boots
to lick someone’s bootsbajular, puxar o saco. -
18 to lick sb's boots
* hacer la pelota or dar coba a algn *; hacer la pelotilla a algn * -
19 to lick so.´s boots
fam. lécher les bottes ou cirer les pompes de qqnEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > to lick so.´s boots
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20 to lick somebody's boots
zemoties kāda priekšā
См. также в других словарях:
lick someone's boots — To try to ingratiate oneself with someone by obsequious behaviour • • • Main Entry: ↑boot lick someone s boots To toady • • • Main Entry: ↑lick * * * lick someone’s boots informal phrase to try too hard to p … Useful english dictionary
lick someone's boots — lick (someone s) boots informal to try too hard to please someone important. I m not prepared to lick someone s boots to get a promotion … New idioms dictionary
lick someone's boots — If you lick someone s boots, you behave in a very servile manner and try to please someone … The small dictionary of idiomes
lick someone's boots — ► lick someone s boots (or vulgar slang arse) be excessively obsequious towards someone. Main Entry: ↑lick … English terms dictionary
lick somebody's boots — lick sb s ˈboots idiom (also taboo, slang lick sb s ˈarse) (disapproving) to show too much respect for sb in authority because you want to please t … Useful english dictionary
lick someone's boots (or vulgar slang arse) — be excessively obsequious towards someone. → lick … English new terms dictionary
lick someone's boots — lick someone s shoes nobody licks the boss s boots with more finesse than Little Miss Syn: suck up to, toady to, be servile to, be obsequious to, fawn over, flatter, butter up, ingratiate oneself with, brown nose with/to … Thesaurus of popular words
lick one's boots — {v. phr.} To flatter or act like a slave; do anything to please another. * /She wanted her boyfriend to lick her boots all the time./ * /A wise king would not want his friends and officials to lick his boots./ … Dictionary of American idioms
lick one's boots — {v. phr.} To flatter or act like a slave; do anything to please another. * /She wanted her boyfriend to lick her boots all the time./ * /A wise king would not want his friends and officials to lick his boots./ … Dictionary of American idioms
lick\ one's\ boots — v. phr. To flatter or act like a slave; do anything to please another. She wanted her boyfriend to lick her boots all the time. A wise king would not want his friends and officials to lick his boots … Словарь американских идиом
lick somebody's boots — To say that one person licks another person s boots means that they are trying to please that person, often in order to obtain something. There s no need to lick the manager s boots. Just do your job! … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
