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разг.(cook one's (own) (или smb.'s) goose)погубить себя, пострадать от собственных козней; ≈ вырыть себе самому яму (убить, извести, погубить кого-л., расправиться с кем-л.)If you worry or excite your brain... you will cook your own goose by a quick fire. (Ch. Reade, ‘Hard Cash’, ch. XIV) — Если вы будете нервничать или волноваться... вы сгорите как свеча.
Dawker: "...Besides it's got out that there's a scandal: common talk in the village but quite enough to cook their goose here. They'll have to go." (J. Galsworthy, ‘The Skin Game’, act III, sc. 2) — Доукер: "...Кроме того, скандал выплыл наружу. О нем говорят в деревне, и этого вполне достаточно, чтобы им житья не стало здесь. Им придется уехать."
Thought I'd cooked his goose, but he let me have a blast from his tommy gun as I was gettin' away. (K. S. Prichard, ‘Winged Seeds’, ch. XXXVIII) — я думал, что прикончил его, и пошел прочь, а он пустил мне вдогонку очередь из автомата.
Among the reporters and lawyers at Fort Penn it was not difficult to find several men who were willing to be that Baum's goose was cooked, and that the best he could hope for was life imprisonment. (J. O'Hara, ‘A Rage to Live’, book I, ch. III) — Среди репортеров и юристов Форт-Пенна нашлось, конечно, несколько человек, которые готовы были биться об заклад, что песенка Баума спета и что пожизненное заключение - это самое лучшее, на что он может надеяться.
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122 on one's head
на чьей-л. ответственности, на чьей-л. совести; ≈ на свой страх и рискBecause of his reckless driving he now has the deaths of three persons on his head. (RHD) — Он вел машину с безрассудным лихачеством, что стоило жизни трем его пассажирам.
On your head be it. (ALD) — Это падет на вашу голову.
If you insist, well, it will be on your own head. — Если вы настаиваете, ну что ж, делайте это на свой страх и риск.
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[͵fri:ʹwıl]1. свобода волиof one's own free will - добровольно, по доброй воле
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of one's own will — phrasal or of one s own free will : of one s own accord : voluntarily … Useful english dictionary
one's own sweet will — phrasal : one s own wish or intention disposing of it in the fullness of time at his own sweet will Edward Sapir … Useful english dictionary
of one's own free will — VOLUNTARILY, willingly, readily, freely, without reluctance, without compulsion, of one s own accord, of one s own volition, of one s own choosing. → free will * * * phrasal see of one s own will … Useful english dictionary
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of one's own accord — or[of one s own free will] {adv. phr.} Without suggestion or help from anyone else; without being told; voluntarily. * /On her mother s birthday, Betsy did the dishes of her own accord./ * /But Johnny hates baths. I can t believe he would take… … Dictionary of American idioms
of one's own accord — or[of one s own free will] {adv. phr.} Without suggestion or help from anyone else; without being told; voluntarily. * /On her mother s birthday, Betsy did the dishes of her own accord./ * /But Johnny hates baths. I can t believe he would take… … Dictionary of American idioms
To take one's own course — Take Take, v. t. [imp. {Took} (t[oo^]k); p. p. {Taken} (t[=a]k n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Taking}.] [Icel. taka; akin to Sw. taga, Dan. tage, Goth. t[=e]kan to touch; of uncertain origin.] 1. In an active sense; To lay hold of; to seize with the hands … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
of one's own free will — See: OF ONE S OWN ACCORD … Dictionary of American idioms
of one's own free will — See: OF ONE S OWN ACCORD … Dictionary of American idioms
of\ one's\ own\ free\ will — • of one s own accord • of one s own free will adv. phr. Without suggestion or help from anyone else; without being told; voluntarily. On her mother s birthday, Betsy did the dishes of her own accord. But Johnny hates baths. I can t believe he… … Словарь американских идиом
To hold one's own — Hold Hold, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Held}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Holding}. {Holden}, p. p., is obs. in elegant writing, though still used in legal language.] [OE. haldan, D. houden, OHG. hoten, Icel. halda, Dan. holde, Sw. h[*a]lla, Goth. haldan to feed,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
