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101 put a foot wrong
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102 bark up the wrong tree
разг.напасть на ложный след, ошибиться; обвинять, ругать и т. п. не того, кого следует [первонач. амер.]‘That's all punk,’ said Milligan. ‘You're barking up the wrong tree. I didn't kill the fellow.’ (D. L. Sayers, ‘Murder Must Advertise’, ch. XIV) — - Все это вздор, - сказал Миллиган. - Вы идете по ложному следу. Я не убивал Виктора Дина.
In making this remark you're barking up the wrong tree. — Ваше замечание не по адресу.
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103 be in the wrong box
быть (оказаться) в ложном или неловком положении; ≈ быть не в своей тарелкеHe thinks to win this case in court but when the trial is over, he will find that he is in the wrong box. (W. McMordie, ‘English Idioms and How to Use Them’) — Он считает, что выиграет это дело, но когда суд кончится, он может оказаться в щекотливом положении.
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104 the king can do no wrong
1) юр. король не несёт ответственности (за политику кабинета при конституционной монархии)That the king can do no wrong is a necessary and fundamental principle of the English Constitution. (Sir W. Blackstone, ‘Commentaries on the Laws of England’, HBQ) — Король не несет ответственности за политику кабинета. Это важнейший, неотъемлемый принцип английской конституции.
2) "короли не ошибаются", высокопоставленному лицу всё сходит с рук, начальству всё дозволеноDoubtless the very famous and the exceedingly high-placed have always lived in glasshouses; and if, indeed, the king can do no wrong, what harm in mentioning his friendships with opera singers? (Kenk) — Знаменитости и люди высокопоставленные живут, как правило, на виду. что ж, "королям все дозволено". Какая беда, если будут говорить о его дружбе с оперными певицами?
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105 we wrong him in thinking that
we wrong him in thinking that...somos injustos com ele pensando que...English-Portuguese dictionary > we wrong him in thinking that
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106 I put it to him that he was wrong
I put it to him that he was wrongEnglish-Dutch dictionary > I put it to him that he was wrong
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107 she had an intuition that things were wrong
English-Dutch dictionary > she had an intuition that things were wrong
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108 (there are) no two ways about it (or that)
paзг.1) нa этoт cчёт нe мoжeт быть двуx мнeний, этo oчeвиднo, бeccпopнo, в этoм нeт никaкoгo coмнeния [пepвoнaч. aмep.]There are no two ways about it. I'm a happy man and till this moment I never knew it (W. S. Maugham). So far as I can judge you've done wrong, very wrong. There aren't any two ways about that (C. P. Snow)2) этo нeизбeжнo, дpугoгo выxoдa нeтSerena....You'll have to forget me Harriet, there are no two ways about it (N. Coward). You're either for us or against us. There's no two ways about it (J. Heller) no two ways about itConcise English-Russian phrasebook > (there are) no two ways about it (or that)
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109 be in the wrong
Общая лексика: быть неправым, быть виновным, ошибаться (I realize that I've been in the wrong and wounded your feelings. I humbly apologize. - ошибался) -
110 go terribly wrong
Общая лексика: закончиться катастрофой (It's just the latest Do-It-Yourself horror story - a home improvement project that went terribly wrong costing the homeowner two front teeth and another $12,000 in profession) -
111 have (one's) priorities wrong
Общая лексика: не тем заниматься (They have their priorities wrong, they should be spending that money on something else. - совсем не тем занимаются)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > have (one's) priorities wrong
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112 the wrong way
Общая лексика: не в ту сторону (When he hear that he swallowed his beer the wrong way.) -
113 there's nothing wrong (with)
Общая лексика: нет ничего плохого (I don't think there's anything wrong with that. - В этом нет ничего плохого.)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > there's nothing wrong (with)
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114 dead wrong
глубоко ошибаться, быть бсолютно (совершенно) неправымThe BBC and Sir Fred are dead wrong when they insist that the rules are the rules.
Англо-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > dead wrong
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115 have priorities wrong
Общая лексика: (one's) не тем заниматься (They have their priorities wrong, they should be spending that money on something else. - совсем не тем занимаются) -
116 there's nothing wrong
Общая лексика: (with) нет ничего плохого (I don't think there's anything wrong with that. - В этом нет ничего плохого.) -
117 bark up the wrong tree
expr infmlThat's all punk. You're barking up the wrong tree — Все это туфта. Вы поперли не в ту степь
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118 get someone in wrong
The new dictionary of modern spoken language > get someone in wrong
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119 be on the wrong side
поддерживать неправое дело; см. тж. be on the right sideMyself, I should never have been a judge; as such I was too often on the wrong side... that makes me want once before I die to be right on the right side. (T. Capote, ‘The Grass Harp’, ch. 3) — Мне не следовало быть судьей. Я слишком часто поддерживал неправое дело... и мне хочется, пока я жив, хоть раз постоять за правду.
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120 fire into the wrong flock
≈ попасть пальцем в небо‘...mind has little to do with singing.’ ‘I take leave to deny that, sir. You fire into the wrong flock,’ (E. Bulwer-Lytton, ‘The Parisians’, book II, ch. VII) — - Чтобы хорошо петь, много ума не надо. - Позволю себе с вами не согласиться, сэр. Вы явно заблуждаетесь.
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