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  • 121 dip into one's pocket

       pacкoшeлитьcя
        When you have children you will find that you are always having to dip your hand into your pocket. The big powers that pay for the UN's work are quicker to say thanks than to put their hands in their pockets (The Economist)

    Concise English-Russian phrasebook > dip into one's pocket

  • 122 have one's work cut out

    разг.
    иметь много дел, много забот; оказаться перед трудной задачей; ≈ работы по горло

    Irene, looking at him again with that intent look, said quietly: ‘Something he wanted me to do for him!’ ‘Humph!’ said Soames. ‘Commissions! You'll have your work cut out if you begin that sort of thing!’ (J. Galsworthy, ‘The Man of Property’, part II, ch. III) — Ирэн посмотрела на него все тем же пристальным взглядом и спокойно ответила: - Он просил меня кое-что сделать для него. - Гм! - сказал Сомс. - Поручения! В таком случае тебе придется скоро забросить свои дела.

    He will have his work cut out to do better than the man who had the job before him. — Перед ним стоит нелегкая задача: проявить себя на работе лучше, чем его предшественник.

    Large English-Russian phrasebook > have one's work cut out

  • 123 take one's life

    покончить жизнь самоубийством, наложить на себя руки

    One thing is clear - had the Nazis seized upon the promise of the split atom, then they would never have bent Dr. Hahn to their will for he would have taken his life first. (R. E. Lapp, ‘Atoms and People’, ch. I) — Однако совершенно ясно одно: если бы нацисты ухватились за идею использования атомной энергии, они никогда не заставили бы доктора Гана выполнять их приказы - немецкий химик скорее бы покончил жизнь самоубийством, чем стал послушным орудием в их руках.

    The world said, and he was silent, that his wife had accidentally fallen from that roof. But he knew better; she had left him a letter and told him simply and lovingly why she had taken her own life. (W. Du Bois, ‘The Ordeal of Mansart’, ch. VI) — Весь свет говорил (и полковник Брекенридж не противоречил этому), что жена его случайно оступилась и упала с крыши. Однако полковнику была известна правда; жена оставила ему письмо, простое и ласковое, где объяснила причину своего добровольного ухода из жизни.

    Large English-Russian phrasebook > take one's life

  • 124 cash in one's chips

    амер.; жарг.
    покончить счёты с жизнью, умереть

    But we kept alive, and we learned afterwards that we had been lucky, for several cowboys passed in their chips in that snowstorm. (DA) — Нам очень повезло: мы остались живы. Лишь позднее мы узнали, что несколько ковбоев погибло во время бурана.

    When she finally hands in her chips, she will have it to her credit that her courage didn't fail her when the call came. (‘Daily Worker’) — Когда этот пароход отдаст наконец богу душу, о нем можно будет с гордостью сказать, что он до конца не сдавался.

    Large English-Russian phrasebook > cash in one's chips

  • 125 cook one's goose

    разг.
    (cook one's (own) (или smb.'s) goose)
    погубить себя, пострадать от собственных козней; ≈ вырыть себе самому яму (убить, извести, погубить кого-л., расправиться с кем-л.)

    If you worry or excite your brain... you will cook your own goose by a quick fire. (Ch. Reade, ‘Hard Cash’, ch. XIV) — Если вы будете нервничать или волноваться... вы сгорите как свеча.

    Dawker: "...Besides it's got out that there's a scandal: common talk in the village but quite enough to cook their goose here. They'll have to go." (J. Galsworthy, ‘The Skin Game’, act III, sc. 2) — Доукер: "...Кроме того, скандал выплыл наружу. О нем говорят в деревне, и этого вполне достаточно, чтобы им житья не стало здесь. Им придется уехать."

    Thought I'd cooked his goose, but he let me have a blast from his tommy gun as I was gettin' away. (K. S. Prichard, ‘Winged Seeds’, ch. XXXVIII) — я думал, что прикончил его, и пошел прочь, а он пустил мне вдогонку очередь из автомата.

    Among the reporters and lawyers at Fort Penn it was not difficult to find several men who were willing to be that Baum's goose was cooked, and that the best he could hope for was life imprisonment. (J. O'Hara, ‘A Rage to Live’, book I, ch. III) — Среди репортеров и юристов Форт-Пенна нашлось, конечно, несколько человек, которые готовы были биться об заклад, что песенка Баума спета и что пожизненное заключение - это самое лучшее, на что он может надеяться.

    Large English-Russian phrasebook > cook one's goose

  • 126 get one's teeth into smth.

    или sink one's teeth into smth.
       гopячo, вcepьёз взятьcя зa чтo-л., вгpызтьcя вo чтo-л.
        The old chap should find that Charles V. was not to be defied that when he got his teeth into a thing he did not let it go (J. Galsworthy). For the first time in years they'll have a real live issue to get their teeth into, and Deitz and company will make the most of it (A. Hailey). Frank chose a subject for his report that he could sink his teeth into

    Concise English-Russian phrasebook > get one's teeth into smth.

  • 127 number one

       paзг.
      I. n phr
       coбcтвeннaя пepcoнa, cвoё "я" (oбыкн. look after или take care of number one)
        Take myself - I choose that example because after all number one is what I know most about (J. Lindsay). When shall I learn to look after number one and not fritter away my energy on altruistic crusades? (R. Aldington)
      II. adj phr
       1) глaвный, пepвый, caмый вaжный
        It took him a long time, but now he's Number One man in Rodnik (S. Heym). President Roosevelt had called the South "the nation's economic problem number one" (W. Foster)
       2) пepвoклaccный, пepвocopтный
        'I have spoken to Bing...' 'I don't like him personally. He thinks he knows a lot. But he will turn out an A Number One job' (S. Heym)

    Concise English-Russian phrasebook > number one

  • 128 he that will steal a pin will steal a better thing

    1) Пословица: коготок увяз - всей птичке пропасть (one reprehensible step leads to many more with no way of getting out of it at all)
    2) Макаров: коготок увяз-всей птичке пропасть (one reprehensible step leads to many more with no way of getting out of it at all)

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > he that will steal a pin will steal a better thing

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