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to have a millstone around one's neck

  • 1 петля

    жен.
    1) loop;
    eye;
    mesh;
    noose перен.
    2) buttonhole;
    eye
    3) stitch спустить петлю метать петли
    4) hinge
    5) авиац. loop делать петлю ∙ надеть/накидывать петлю на шею ≈ to attach/hang a millstone about one's neck, to put a noose around one's neck лезть в петлю ≈ to run one's head into the noose оказаться в петле ≈ to have a noose around one's neck хоть в петлю лезь ≈ one may as well go (and) hang
    петл|я - ж.
    1. loop;

    2. (в вязании) stitch;

    3. (круговое движение) meander;
    дорога ~ями шла по склону the road snaked/meandered down the slope;

    4. ав. loop;
    делать петлю loop the loop;

    5. спорт. somersault( in mid-air) ;

    6. мн. охот. (следы зверя) winding/meandering track sg. ;

    7. (для пуговицы) buttonhole;
    (для крючка) eye;

    8. (дверей, окон) hinge;
    дверь соскочила с петель the door is off its hinges;

    9. ~ кинофильма кино film loop;
    ~ магнитной плёнки magnetic tape loop;
    влезть в петлю put* one`s head in the noose;
    хоть в петлю лезь it`s enough to drive one mad.

    Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > петля

  • 2 responsibility

    [rɪˌspɔnsɪ'bɪlɪtɪ]
    n

    That's not my responsibility. — Это не входит в круг моих обязанностей.

    He has many responsibilities. — У него много обязанностей.

    - great responsibility
    - collective responsibility
    - grave responsibility
    - on one's own responsibility
    - accept a responsibility
    - take the responsibility for the consequences
    - admit responsibility
    - bear responsibility
    - disclaim responsibility
    - dodge responsibility
    - evade responsibility
    - share responsibility
    ASSOCIATIONS AND IMAGERY:
    Значение существительного responsibility ассоциируется с тяжелой ношей или грузом, который надо нести или который может давить. Этот образ в явном виде проявляется в ряде слов и словосочетаний: His arrival took a load off my mind. Когда он приехал, у меня, как груз с плеч свалился. /Его приезд освободил меня от ответственности. I don't want to be a burden to you; you have your hands full without me. Я не хочу быть вам обузой, у вас и без меня дел по горло. It was a great weight/load off my mind. Тяжелый груз свалился у меня с плеч. He laid down his duties of/as a President. Он сложил свои обязанности президента. I have been saddled with a lot of extra work. Я был загружен массой дополнительной работы. The house was a millstone around my neck. Дом висел на мне тяжелым грузом. I have been left holding the baby. Ответственность за ребенка осталась за мной. We well have our crosses to bear. Нам придется нести свой крест. Everyone has to bear/to carry his cross. Каждый должен нести свой крест

    English-Russian combinatory dictionary > responsibility

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