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121 stump the country
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122 stump of the umbilical cord
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123 whip the devil round the post
разг.(whip the devil round the post (амер. round или around the stump))добиваться своего окольным путём, обходить правила; пытаться выкрутиться‘Rigdon wants to speak!’ a man cried. ‘Will you hear him!’ Some shouted ‘No’, but a strong voice rose above the din. ‘Let him whip the devil around the stump! Let him speak!’ (V. Fisher, ‘Children of God’, part I, ch. XVIII) — - Ригдон хочет сказать что-то, - крикнул один из присутствующих. - Выслушайте его! Некоторые закричали "нет!". Но сильный голос заглушил шум: - Пусть попробует выкрутиться! Дайте ему сказать!
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124 be up a stump
1) находиться в растерянности, растеряться, не знать, как поступить, что делать [первонач. амер.]...I gave up the idea of a circus, and concluded he was from an asylum. But we never came to an asylum - so I was up a stump... (M. Twain, ‘A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court’, ‘A Word of Explanation’) —...скоро я понял, что незнакомец не из цирка, и пришел к выводу, что он сбежал из сумасшедшего дома. Но никакого сумасшедшего дома поблизости не оказалось, и я стал в тупик...
Look here, Uncle Soames, I'm up a stump. (J. Galsworthy, ‘The White Monkey’, part I, ch. XII) — Знаете, дядя Сомс, я вылетел в трубу.
If I'm up a stump I'll take care of it myself. (S. Bellow, ‘The Adventure of Augte March’, ch. XI) — Если я попаду в беду, то сама и выпутаюсь из нее как-нибудь.
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125 this side of the black stump
австрал.; разг.в (этом) мире, на (белом) свете; см. тж. the other side of the black stumpYer [= you] know, I reckon my missus'd be about the cunnin'est dame this side of the black stump. (N. Culotta, ‘Cop This Lot’, ch. 13) — Я, знаете, считаю, что хитрее моей жены нет никого во всем свете.
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126 Black Stump
фольк. Чёрный знак (символизирует границу всего сущего с потусторонним миром; якобы существует в глубине континента в виде чёрного обуглившегося ствола обгоревшего дерева) <букв. чёрный, обуглившийся пень>this side of the Black Stump – по «эту сторону» (там, где вода, деревья, жизнь); near (beyond, the other side of) the Black Stump – по «ту сторону» (там, где нет жизни и простирается бесконечная, выжженная солнцем пустыня)
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127 to stump the country
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128 bowl smb. middle stump
разг.одержать полную победу над кем-л. [этим. спорт. (крикет)]Nor had he ever been in love, until last year, during her first season, Barbara had, as he might have expressed it - in the case of another - "bowled him middle stump". (J. Galsworthy, ‘The Patrician’, part. 1, ch. XX) — Влюблен он тоже никогда не был, и только в прошлом году впервые начавшая выезжать в свет Барбара "положила его на обе лопатки" (как выразился бы он, если бы речь шла не о нем самом).
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take the stump — or[take to the stump] {v. phr.} To travel around to different places making political speeches. * /The men running for president took to the stump to attract votes./ … Dictionary of American idioms
take the stump — or[take to the stump] {v. phr.} To travel around to different places making political speeches. * /The men running for president took to the stump to attract votes./ … Dictionary of American idioms
