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1 a rain check
амер.перенесение приглашения и т. п. на другой день; ≈ в другой раз (употр. преим. с гл. to give и to take) [rain check контрамарка на другой бейсбольный или футбольный матч, киносеанс на открытом воздухе и т. п. (в случае, если игра или показ фильма были отменены из-за плохой погоды)]‘You're very hospitable,’ he said. ‘Perhaps you'll give me a rain check,’ I said. ‘Why sure. Any time, honey!’ (F. Knebel, ‘Vanished’, ch. 5) — - Вы очень гостеприимный человек, - сказал он. - Может быть, вашим приглашением можно будет воспользоваться позднее? А я ответила, что, конечно, приходите в любое время.
‘Well, let's have supper,’ Ida said. Vitaldo and Eric looked at each other for the briefest of seconds. ‘You'll have to count me out,’ said Eric quickly... ‘I just got off a boat and I'm still vibrating.’ He stood up. ‘I'll take a rain check on it.’ (J. Baldwin, ‘Another Country’, book II, ch. II) — - Ну что ж, поужинаем, - сказала Ида. Витальдо и Эрик в какую-то долю секунды обменялись взглядами. - На меня не рассчитывайте, - сразу же сказал Эрик... - Я только что сошел с парохода, и у меня все качается под ногами. - Он встал. - Я воспользуюсь этим приглашением в другой раз.
There was hot water, and a drink made of milk mixed with the fresh blood of cattle, which I declined... mouse paws eaten with a kind of syrup, which I also took a rain check on. (S. Bellow, ‘Henderson the Rain King’, ch. XII) — Мне предложили горячую воду и напиток из молока, смешанного с кровью, от которого я отказался... дали мышиные лапки с каким-то сиропом, которые я обещал попробовать в самое ближайшее время, но не сейчас.
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