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3 the boot is on the other foot
1) другой виноват, вина не моя; ответственность лежит на другом; см. тж. the shoe is on the other foot...in this case, I think perhaps the boot's rather on the other foot. (A. Wilson, ‘Anglo-Saxon Attitudes’, part I, ch. IV) —...в данном случае меня винить не приходится.
2) как раз наоборот; обстоятельства изменилисьGood God, man, you have no idea how glad I am to see you. Don't think I'm doing anything for you in putting you up. The boot's on the other leg. And stay as long as you damned well like. Stay a year. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Complete Short Stories’, ‘The End of the Flight’) — Боже мой, дружище, вы и представить себе не можете, как я рад видеть вас. Не думайте, что я оказываю вам услугу, оставляя вас у себя. Скорее наоборот, и вы можете оставаться у меня, сколько вам угодно, хоть целый год.
Large English-Russian phrasebook > the boot is on the other foot
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4 the boot is on the wrong foot
вину приписывают не тому, кому следует; см. тж. get the boot on the wrong footLarge English-Russian phrasebook > the boot is on the wrong foot
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5 the boot is on the other foot
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6 the boot is on the other foot
the boot is on the other foota situação se inverteu.English-Portuguese dictionary > the boot is on the other foot
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7 the boot is on the other foot/leg
the boot is on the other foot/legEnglish-Dutch dictionary > the boot is on the other foot/leg
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8 the boot is on the other leg
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > the boot is on the other leg
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9 the boot is on the other foot
1) Общая лексика: положение изменилось, ситуация сменилась на противоположную, теперь перевес на другой стороне, соотношение сил изменилось диаметрально2) Идиоматическое выражение: а теперь - всё наоборотУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > the boot is on the other foot
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10 the boot is on the other leg
Универсальный англо-русский словарь > the boot is on the other leg
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11 the boot is on the other leg
ситуация изменилась; ответственность лежит на другой сторонеАнгло-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь > the boot is on the other leg
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12 the boot is on the other leg
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13 the boot is on the other leg
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14 the boot is on the foot
stāvoklis ir mainījies; apstākļi ir mainījušies; atbildība gulstas uz citu; cits ir vainīgs -
15 the boot is on the other foot
ситуация изменилась; ответственность лежит на другой сторонеАнгло-русский современный словарь > the boot is on the other foot
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16 the boot is on the other leg
ситуация изменилась; ответственность лежит на другой сторонеАнгло-русский современный словарь > the boot is on the other leg
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17 The boot is on the other foot
Eski çamlar bardak olduEnglish to Turkish dictionary > The boot is on the other foot
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18 give someone the boot
expr infml1)I would give the boot to that rum-pot you have now — Я этого алкаша, который у тебя работает, выгнал бы в три шеи
We couldn't see any decent way to give him the boot — Мы не могли найти способ убрать его с этой должности без скандала
2)You'd better behave or they'll give you the boot — Ты лучше не выступай, а то они вышвырнут тебя отсюда
3)No girl liked the idea of being given the boot. They liked to give the boot, not to receive it — Какой девушке понравится оказаться в роли брошенной? Любая бы предпочла сама бросать, а не получать "от винта"
I wish you'd give him the boot before he drops you — Я хотел бы, чтобы ты его первой нагнала
The new dictionary of modern spoken language > give someone the boot
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19 put the boot in (or into)
1) (smb.)нaнocить удapы, избивaть (ocoб. лeжaчeгo)Someone's been putting the boot in; see those marks on his head and on his back?2) (smb.)жecтoкo pacпpaвитьcяCan't you see they'll [cудoвлaдeльцы] put the boot into us as soon as they've broken our brothers in the outlying ports? (J. Undsay)3) пoдвepгaть злoбным и нecпpaвeдливым нaпaдкaм; "лягaть"'I didn't do it, I swear to God I didn't, Mr. Flint.' Flint put the boot in again. 'Plead insanity is my advice,' he said. 'You'll be better off in Broadmoor' (Th. Sharpe). 'A Heseltine victory,' she thundered, 'would jeopardise all I have struggled to achieve.' Mrs. Thatcher's more excitable friends put the boot in with equal relish (The Economist)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > put the boot in (or into)
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20 get the boot on the wrong foot
обвинять не того, кого следует, взваливать вину на другого; см. тж. the boot is on the wrong foot и put the shoe on the right footHe is not to blame. You've got the boot on the wrong foot. — Его не за что ругать. Виноват совсем не он.
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См. также в других словарях:
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