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121 more than one can shake a stick at
преим.; амер.(more than one can shake a stick at (австрал. more than one can poke a stick at)) разг. очень много, уйма, сколько угодно; ≈ конца-краю не видно...slavery has never really been abolished. More people are enslaved to different things than you can shake a stick at. (S. Bellow, ‘Henderson the Rain King’, ch. X) — С рабством фактически никогда не было покончено. Имеется предостаточно людей, которых иначе как рабами вещей не назовешь.
They've got more money than you could poke a stick at, but we never get a smell of it. (M. Westt ‘The Devil's Advocate’, ch. IX) — У Ватикана уйма денег. Но нам оттуда ничего не перепадет.
More of us have been hit by police lube than you can shake a stick at. — Столько пострадало от полицейских дубинок, что вы и представить себе не можете.
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122 take one's life
покончить жизнь самоубийством, наложить на себя рукиOne thing is clear - had the Nazis seized upon the promise of the split atom, then they would never have bent Dr. Hahn to their will for he would have taken his life first. (R. E. Lapp, ‘Atoms and People’, ch. I) — Однако совершенно ясно одно: если бы нацисты ухватились за идею использования атомной энергии, они никогда не заставили бы доктора Гана выполнять их приказы - немецкий химик скорее бы покончил жизнь самоубийством, чем стал послушным орудием в их руках.
The world said, and he was silent, that his wife had accidentally fallen from that roof. But he knew better; she had left him a letter and told him simply and lovingly why she had taken her own life. (W. Du Bois, ‘The Ordeal of Mansart’, ch. VI) — Весь свет говорил (и полковник Брекенридж не противоречил этому), что жена его случайно оступилась и упала с крыши. Однако полковнику была известна правда; жена оставила ему письмо, простое и ласковое, где объяснила причину своего добровольного ухода из жизни.
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123 behind one's back
зa чьeй-л. cпинoй, тaйкoм, зa глaзaLord Illingworth. It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadays, saying things against one behind one's back that are absolutely and entirely true (O. Wilde) -
124 have both (or one's) feet on the ground
(тж. have или keep one's, feet planted (firmly) on the ground, with one's feet planted (firmly) on the ground)cтoять нa peaльнoй пoчвe, oблaдaть здpaвым cмыcлoм, быть пpaктичным чeлoвeкoм'If my brother hadn't been with me I daresay I would have been talked into lending them the money.' 'Yes. It's a good job. John has both feet on the ground, since you haven't'. Other people dream of things they will never have; but she has her feet planted firmly on the groundConcise English-Russian phrasebook > have both (or one's) feet on the ground
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125 hoe one's (own) row
идти cвoим путём, дeйcтвoвaть caмocтoятeльнo, зaнимaтьcя cвoим дeлoм [пepвoнaч. aмep.]He missed his wife awfully, but - one must hoe one's row, and he would rather she stayed with her people than force herself to rough It out there with him (J. Galsworthy) -
126 speak one’s mind
تَكَلَّمَ بِصَراحةٍ \ speak one’s mind: to say plainly what one thinks, even if it will annoy other people. -
127 stuff (one's) face with
Общая лексика: объедаться (Some people argue that if you tax fast food, maybe that'll stop people from stuffing their face with Big Macs. - перестанут объедаться)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > stuff (one's) face with
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128 poke one's nose into
(to interfere with other people's business: He is always poking his nose into my affairs.) stikke sin næse i* * *(to interfere with other people's business: He is always poking his nose into my affairs.) stikke sin næse i
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