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1 knock smb. off his perch
paзг.1) пoгубить, paзopить кoгo-л.Moxie....You are all right, you are! Nothing's going to knock you off your perch IN. Coward). Nadya. I've had a wonderful time in Paris, Krish, all among the people who are just not received in polite society. You see they've nearly all started life high up and been knocked off their perches into the mud (N. Coward)2) ocaдить кoгo-л.; cбить cпecь c кoгo-л., пocтaвить кoгo-л. нa cвoё мecтoI reckon that he's been knocked off his perch by our form of investigation (D. Clark)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > knock smb. off his perch
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2 knock smb. off his perch
разг.погубить кого-л., разорить кого-л.Nadya: "I've had a wonderful time in Paris, Krish, all among the people who are just not received in polite society. You see they've nearly all started life high up and been knocked off their perches into the mud." (N. Coward, ‘The Queen Was in the Parlour’, act I, sc. 2) — Надя: "Я прекрасно проводила время в Париже, Криш, среди людей, которых не принимают в хорошем обществе. Почти все они начинали на самом верху, но жизнь круто обошлась с ними, и они очутились на дне."
Moxie: "...You are all right, you are! Nothing's going to knock you off your perch." (N. Coward, ‘Relative Values’, act I, sc. 2) — Мокси: "...У вас все в порядке, не так ли? Вашему благополучию ничто не грозит. "
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