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121 damn(ed) sight better
Сленг: намного лучше (This one is a damned sight better than the old one. Этот намного лучше чем старый.), значительно лучше -
122 damn sight better
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123 six of one and half a dozen of the other
((it is) six of one and half a dozen of the other (тж. сокр. six and half a dozen))это одно и то же, разница только в названии; ≈ что в лоб, что по лбу; один другого стоит; одного поля ягодаHis brother... is known to be no better than himself in inclination... In the old phrase it is six of one and half a dozen of the other... (R. L. Stevenson, ‘The Master of Ballantrae’, ch. IX) — Что касается склонностей, то его брат... ничуть не лучше, чем он сам... Они, как говорит старая пословица, одного поля ягода...
‘I know I can be jolly irritating. My mother always tells me that I'm the most annoying man she's ever met, bar my father.’ ‘I dare say it's six of one and half a dozen of the other,’ said Mrs North... (M. Dickens, ‘The Happy Prisoner’, ch. 8) — - Я знаю, что могу раздражать людей. Мать всегда говорила мне, что в этом отношении я уступаю только моему отцу. - Вы друг друга стоите, - заметила миссис Норт.
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124 the council of many is better
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125 hang up one's fiddle
редк.оставить работу, уйти на покой; выйти в отставку [первонач. амер.]Well, if I couldn't make out better'n [= better than] she does, I'd hang up my fiddle - that's all. (DAP) — Да, если я не справлюсь с делом лучше, чем она, придется все бросить. Так-то вот.
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126 have one's work cut out
разг.иметь много дел, много забот; оказаться перед трудной задачей; ≈ работы по горлоIrene, 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.
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127 four eyes see more than two
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128 take off one's hat to smb.
разг.(take off one's (или the) hat to smb.)снимать шляпу, преклоняться перед кем-л., восхищаться кем-лThat's a real idea you have, Cowperwood. I take off my hat to you. (Th. Dreiser, ‘The Titan’, ch. XXI) — Прекрасная мысль, Каупервуд! Снимаю шляпу перед вами.
...I take off my hat to you. I thought you were wrong from the very first, but I guess you know this game better than I do. (Fr. Norris, ‘The Pit’, ch. VII) —...я восхищаюсь вами. В самом начале я думал, что вы ошибаетесь, но теперь я вижу, что вы это дело знаете лучше меня.
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