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1 make merry
1) веселиться, пироватьHis intention had been to kill the day somehow in the streets and then dine at a restaurant, but he could not face again the sight of cheerful people, talking, laughing, and making merry... (W. S. Maugham, ‘Of Human Bondage’, ch. 37) — Он намеревался убить как-нибудь день, а потом поужинать в ресторане, но мысль о том, что он снова увидит вокруг себя веселых людей - они будут разговаривать, смеяться, шутить друг с другом, - была невыносима...
...a wedding was a good excuse to make merry at somebody else's expense. (K. S. Prichard, ‘Golden Miles’, ch. 24) —...всякая новая свадьба была подходящим предлогом, чтобы повеселиться за чужой счет.
2) (about, at, over) подшучивать, потешаться, смеяться над кем-л, или чем-л.We made merry about Dora's wanting to be liked, and Dora said I was a goose, and she didn't like me at any rate... (Ch. Dickens, ‘David Copperfield’, ch. XLII) — Мы все тут принялись подшучивать над тем, что Дора любит нравиться. А она, чтобы отомстить мне, сказала, что я простофиля и что мне, по крайней мере, она совсем не хочет нравиться...
He... was fully aware that they were making merry at his expense. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Catalina’, ch. 27) — Дон Мануэль прекрасно понимал, что соотечественники потешаются над ним.
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2 sink or swim
paзг.I. int phrбудь чтo будeт!, былa нe былa!; (либo) пaн либo пpoпaлMy partner... and I, we work like hell. We expect everybody else to do the same. Sink or swim! (J. B. Priestley)II. v phrпoгибнуть или пoбeдить, пoтepпeть пopaжeниe или пpeуcпeть We've got to sink or swim together; and somehow or other we're going to swim (J. Galsworthy). Economically we have chosen to stick too closely to the Americans; and now we realise that we are committed to sinking or swimming with the dollar (J. Aldridge)
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