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временно обезвредить [шекспировское выражение; см. цитату]Macbeth: "We have scotch'd the snake, not kill'd it: She'll close and be herself; whilst our poor malice Remains in danger of her former tooth." (W. Shakespeare, ‘Macbeth’, act III, sc. 2) — Макбет: "Мы ранили змею, но не убили; Она срастется, чтобы нам грозить Все тем же зубом." (перевод М. Лозинского)
He produced the Treaty of Versailles, whose motto should have been: ‘We have scotch'd the snake, not killed it.’ (R. Aldington, ‘Life for Life's Sake’, ch. 14) — Президент Вильсон был вдохновителем Версальского договора, девизом которого могла быть фраза: "Враг разгромлен, но не уничтожен".
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