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1 be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth
1) ≈ родиться в сорочке, родиться под счастливой звездойShe was born with a silver spoon in her mouth; she thinks she can do what she likes. (J. Galsworthy, ‘The Silver Spoon’, part I, ch. IX) — Флер родилась в сорочке; она уверена, что может делать все, что ей вздумается.
He was careless about money, because it had always come to him easily... Men born with a silver spoon in the mouth were like that. (K. S. Prichard, ‘The Roaring Nineties’, ch. 2) — Моррис потому не знал счета деньгам, что они всегда давались ему слишком легко... Таковы все, кто родился с серебряной ложкой во рту.
The sewing-girl was dismissed to the kitehen, for the rigid etiquette of the British Samurai forbids the presence at the sacred tea ceremony of all who were not born with a silver spoon in their mouths. (R. Aldington, ‘Very Heaven’, part I, ch. VII) — Белошвейку отправили на кухню, ибо строгий этикет британских самураев не допускает к священной церемонии чаепития никого из тех, кто родился бедняком.
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2 be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth
1) poдитьcя в copoчкe, poдитьcя пoд cчacтливoй звeздoйShe was born with a silver spoon in her mouth: she thinks she can do what she likes (J. Galsworthy)2) poдитьcя в бoгaтoй ceмьeThe sewing-girl was dismissed to the kitchen for the rigid etiquette of the British Samurai forbids the presence at the sacred tea ceremony of all who were not born with a silver spoon in their mouths (R. Aldington). 'I wasn't born with any silver spoon in my mouth,' she told us not once but many times. 'Many was the day we didn't know where the next meal was coming from,' she said (K. Vonnegut)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth
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3 make a point of smth.
(make a point of (doing) smth.)1) считать что-л. важным, существенным; обратить особое внимание на что-л.; подчеркнуть важность чего-л.; считать что-л. обязательным для себя, считать своим долгом; поставить себе за правило [этим. фр. faire un point de]Blackberries tasted of rain. Soames made a point of eating one every year and by the flavour could tell what sort of year it had been. (J. Galsworthy, ‘The Silver Spoon’, part I, ch. II) — Ежевика поспела водянистая. Сомс имел обыкновение каждый год съедать одну ягодку; он утверждал, что по ее вкусу можно определить, дождливый ли был год.
She grinned and I saw why she made a point of not laughing. With her mouth closed she was a rather pretty girl. (E. Hemingway, ‘The Sun Also Rises’, ch. III) — Девушка ухмыльнулась, и я понял, почему она упорно не хочет смеяться. С закрытым ртом она очень недурна собой.
‘Is there much of a flap at Corps?’ ‘Yes, there's a certain amount of it, but you can never tell with Major Bane, he always makes a point of laughing a thing off.’ (C. MacInnes, ‘To the Victors the Spoils’, ‘The Rehearsal’) — - Нет ли панических настроений в войсках? - Кое у кого есть, но ведь от Бейна толку не добьешься. Он старается все обратить в шутку.
Mary isn't even New Baytown born. She came from a family of Irish extraction but not Catholic. She always makes a point of that. (J. Steinbeck, ‘The Winter of Our Discontent’, part I, ch. III) — Мэри даже не уроженка Нью-Бейтауна. Ее родные ирландского происхождения, но не католики. Последнее обстоятельство она всегда подчёркивает.
2) настаивать на чём-л.However, there is my card since you make a point of having it. (Fl. Marryat, ‘Under the Lilies and Roses’, ch. XXX) — Хорошо, вот моя визитная карточка, если вы так настаиваете.
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