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1 take a back seat
(take a back seat (for или to smb.))оказаться на последнем месте, отойти на задний план; уступать (кому-л.) [первонач. амер.]I always thought I was joking folks... but I take a back seat for you. (W. Faulkner, ‘Collected Short Stories’, ‘A Bear Hunt’) — Мне всегда казалось, что я умею отменно шутить... но перед тобой я пасую.
Now we don't take a back seat for anybody, here in this shop... (J. O'Hara, ‘A Rase to Live’, book II) — Нашу фирму никому не заткнуть за пояс...
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2 take a back seat
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3 take a back seat
отойти на задний план словосочетание:отойти на задний план (take a BACK seat)стушеваться (take a back seat, draw in one's horns)занимать скромное положение (take a back seat) -
4 take a back seat
( for или to smb.)oтoйти нa зaдний плaн, уcтупить (кoму-л.), cпacoвaть (пepeд кeм-л.), cтушeвaтьcя [пepвoнaч. aмep.]Rock'n'roll may have been taking a back seat... But it's redefining itself (Time). I always thought I was joking folks... but I take a back seat for you (W. Faulkner). Even in the th, he had to take a back seat to Bethoven in both popularity and critical esteem. Now Mozart has come into his own (Time) -
5 take a back seat to someone or something
expr infmlIt just goes to show how glamour has taken a back seat to the wheeling and dealing — Это лишний раз доказывает, что блеск славы был принесен в жертву обыкновенному делячеству
The new dictionary of modern spoken language > take a back seat to someone or something
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6 take a back seat
уйти в тень/на вторые роли/на задний планI had done the best I could, but it was time to take a back seat and let someone else run things.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > take a back seat
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7 take a back seat
(to take an unimportant position: At these discussions he always takes a back seat and listens to others talking.) holde sig i baggrunden; holde lav profil* * *(to take an unimportant position: At these discussions he always takes a back seat and listens to others talking.) holde sig i baggrunden; holde lav profil -
8 take a back seat
(to take an unimportant position: At these discussions he always takes a back seat and listens to others talking.) situarse en un segundo plano -
9 take a back seat
(to take an unimportant position: At these discussions he always takes a back seat and listens to others talking.) láta lítið á sér bera, halda sig til baka -
10 take a back seat
(to take an unimportant position: At these discussions he always takes a back seat and listens to others talking.) háttérbe húzódik -
11 take a back seat
(to take an unimportant position: At these discussions he always takes a back seat and listens to others talking.) ficar calado -
12 take a back seat
arka plânda kalmak, önemini yitirmek, ön plâna çıkmamak* * *(to take an unimportant position: At these discussions he always takes a back seat and listens to others talking.) kendini göstermemek -
13 take a back seat
(to take an unimportant position: At these discussions he always takes a back seat and listens to others talking.) umakniti se -
14 take a back seat
(to take an unimportant position: At these discussions he always takes a back seat and listens to others talking.) vetäytyä taka-alalle -
15 take a back seat
(to take an unimportant position: At these discussions he always takes a back seat and listens to others talking.) holde seg i bakgrunnen, holde en lav profil -
16 take a back seat
(to take an unimportant position: At these discussions he always takes a back seat and listens to others talking.) accontentarsi di un posto in sottordine -
17 take a back seat
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18 take a back seat
(to take an unimportant position: At these discussions he always takes a back seat and listens to others talking.) grać drugie skrzypce -
19 take a back seat
(to take an unimportant position: At these discussions he always takes a back seat and listens to others talking.) ieņemt nenozīmīgu amatu / nostāju -
20 take a back seat
(to take an unimportant position: At these discussions he always takes a back seat and listens to others talking.) kukliai laikytis, nesikišti
См. также в других словарях:
take a back seat — To withdraw into an inconspicuous or subordinate position • • • Main Entry: ↑back take a back seat To adopt a passive or subordinate role • • • Main Entry: ↑seat * * * take or be given a less important position or role printed words will take a… … Useful english dictionary
take a back seat — ► to become less important (than something else): »Agriculture, which generates only about $50 million a year in revenue, takes a back seat to other industries like oil and gas that bring in billions of dollars. »Environmental issues take a back… … Financial and business terms
take a back seat — If you take a back seat to something or someone, you are surbordinate … The small dictionary of idiomes
take a back seat — 1. if an activity takes a back seat, you spend less time doing that than other things. He s been putting all his energies into house hunting recently so his studies have had to take a back seat. In my early twenties, politics very much took a… … New idioms dictionary
take a back seat — 1) to deliberately become less active, and give up trying to control things I ll be happy to take a back seat when Robin takes over. 2) to become less important take a back seat to: Other issues must take a back seat to this crisis … English dictionary
take a back seat — {v. phr.}, {informal} To accept a poorer or lower position; be second to something or someone else. * /During the war all manufacturing had to take a back seat to military needs./ * /She does not have to take a back seat to any singer alive./… … Dictionary of American idioms
take a back seat — {v. phr.}, {informal} To accept a poorer or lower position; be second to something or someone else. * /During the war all manufacturing had to take a back seat to military needs./ * /She does not have to take a back seat to any singer alive./… … Dictionary of American idioms
take\ a\ back\ seat — v. phr. informal To accept a poorer or lower position; be second to something or someone else. During the war all manufacturing had to take a back seat to military needs. She does not have to take a back seat to any singer alive. Compare: play… … Словарь американских идиом
take a back seat — If you take a back seat you choose to have a less important function and become less involved in something. He decided it was time to take a back seat and let someone younger run the club … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
take a back seat — say you are not as good, play second fiddle You are good at chess. Don t take a back seat to anyone! … English idioms
take a back seat — accept a poorer or lower position, be second to something or someone I had to take a back seat to my partner when we went on the business trip … Idioms and examples