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21 хоронить концы в воду
• ПРЯТАТЬ/СПРЯТАТЬ <ХОРОНИТЬ/СХОРОНИТЬ> КОНЦЫ (в ВОДУ) coll[VP; subj: human; often infin with уметь, пытаться, можно, надо etc; the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WO]=====⇒ to hide the traces, destroy the evidence of some reprehensible or criminal action:- X hides what he is doing.♦...За двадцать пять лет свидетель Икс присмирел, научился лукавить и прятать концы в воду (Эткинд 1)....Over twenty-five years witness X had quieted down and learned cunning and the art of covering his tracks (1a).♦ Боялся он погони, боялся, что через полчаса, через четверть часа уже выйдет, пожалуй, инструкция следить за ним; стало быть, во что бы ни стало, надо было... схоронить концы( Достоевский 3). He feared pursuit, he feared that in half an hour, or in a quarter of an hour, most likely, the order would go out for him to be followed; come what may, therefore, he had to destroy the traces... (3a).♦ Карда - деревня большая, и концы в воду там спрятать можно (Распутин 2). Karda was a big village, and it was easy to hide what you were doing (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > хоронить концы в воду
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22 палец в рот не клади
• ПАЛЬЦА < ПАЛЕЦ> В РОТ НЕ КЛАДИ кому coll[VPimper; these forms only; fixed WO]=====⇒ s o. should be dealt with very carefully (because he is cunning, quick to take advantage of another's negligence or gullibility, cannot be trusted etc):- X is not someone to mess around (to trifle, to fool) with;- X is not (a man < a woman>) to be trifled (messed) with;- you can't (I wouldn't etc) trust X an inch.♦ Меньшевикам очень хотелось к столу, но винтовки бросать не хотелось. Хозяина-то они не боялись, но уже поняли, что дяде Сандро пальца в рот не клади (Искандер 3). The Mensheviks very much wanted to sit down at the table but did not want to let go of their rifles. Although they were not afraid of the owner, they realized that Uncle Sandro was not to be trifled with (3a).♦ "Что вы скажете насчёт Сноудена?" - "Я скажу вам откровенно, - отвечала панама, - Сноудену пальца в рот не клади" (Ильф и Петров 2). "...What do you think of Snowden?" "I tell you straight," replied the Panama, "I wouldn't trust him an inch" (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > палец в рот не клади
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23 пальца в рот не клади
• ПАЛЬЦА < ПАЛЕЦ> В РОТ НЕ КЛАДИ кому coll[VPimper; these forms only; fixed WO]=====⇒ s o. should be dealt with very carefully (because he is cunning, quick to take advantage of another's negligence or gullibility, cannot be trusted etc):- X is not someone to mess around (to trifle, to fool) with;- X is not (a man < a woman>) to be trifled (messed) with;- you can't (I wouldn't etc) trust X an inch.♦ Меньшевикам очень хотелось к столу, но винтовки бросать не хотелось. Хозяина-то они не боялись, но уже поняли, что дяде Сандро пальца в рот не клади (Искандер 3). The Mensheviks very much wanted to sit down at the table but did not want to let go of their rifles. Although they were not afraid of the owner, they realized that Uncle Sandro was not to be trifled with (3a).♦ "Что вы скажете насчёт Сноудена?" - "Я скажу вам откровенно, - отвечала панама, - Сноудену пальца в рот не клади" (Ильф и Петров 2). "...What do you think of Snowden?" "I tell you straight," replied the Panama, "I wouldn't trust him an inch" (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > пальца в рот не клади
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