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121 overplay one's hand
перестараться, переусердствовать; переоценить свои возможности; зайти слишком далеко [этим. карт.]Martin was the last man to overplay his hand. (C. P. Snow, ‘The New Men’, part IV, ch. 34) — Мартин никогда не переоценивал свои возможности.
They never overplayed their hand; they knew just how to take the opinion of the college after they had settled a question in private. (C. P. Snow, ‘The Masters’, part I, ch. 4) — Браун и Кристл никогда не заходили слишком далеко. Хотя они сначала и решали вопрос сами, но потом умели согласовать решение с мнением преподавателей колледжа.
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122 a bird in the hand
нeчтo peaльнoe, нaдёжнoe, вepнoe дeлo [чacть пocлoвицы a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush; см. a bird in the bush]Mrs. Parker-Jennings....When I wanted Ethel to marry him, she wouldn't so much as look at him, and now that she can have some one else for the asking, she's with 'im all day. Vincent. Well, I'm for the bird in the hand, mater (W. S. Maugham) -
123 to reach out one's hand for the money
to reach out one's hand for the money (for the book) протянуть руку за деньгами (за книгой)/протянуть руку, чтобы взять деньги (книгу)English-Russian combinatory dictionary > to reach out one's hand for the money
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124 to scratch one's hand on the nail
to scratch one's hand on the nail (on the wire) поцарапать руку о гвоздь (о проволоку)English-Russian combinatory dictionary > to scratch one's hand on the nail
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125 every man's hand against one
все против кого-л. одного [этим. библ. Genesis XVI, 12]They are all against me. The police - every one - all against me. Everyone's hand had been against me - always. (A. Christie, ‘The ABC Murders’, ch. XXXIII) — И они, и полиция - все против меня. Так всегда было. Все всегда были против меня.
Large English-Russian phrasebook > every man's hand against one
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126 under one's hand
собственноручно; за собственноручной подписью (и с приложением печати), за подписью (и печатью)...pocket-handkerchiefs being decided articles of luxury, had been, for all future times and ages, removed from the noses of paupers by the express order of he board, in council assembled: solemnly given and pronounced under their hands and seals. (Ch. Dickens, ‘Oliver Twist’, ch. III) —...носовые платки, отнесенные к предметам роскоши, были на все грядущие века отторгнуты от носов бедняков по специальному приказу приходского совета, собравшегося в полном составе, - по приказу, который был скреплен соответствующей подписью и печатью и торжественно обнародован.
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127 bite the hand that feeds one
«куcaть pуку, кoтopaя кopмит», oтплaтить кoму-л. чёpнoй нeблaгoдapнocтьюNo one should say that Cornelius Carrington had bit the hand that fed him (Th. Sharpe)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > bite the hand that feeds one
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128 on the spot
на месте словосочетание:немедленно (right off, on the spot, at short notice, out of hand, Down on the nail, straight off the ice)
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