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121 in the nick of time
в самый последний моментMy father nearly missed his train; he was able to get into his carriage in the nick of time.English-Russian small dictionary of idioms > in the nick of time
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122 a little lower than the angels
"почти ангел", сущий ангел (о человеке необыкновенных достоинств) [этим. библ. Psalms VIII, 5]No man, not even one who was only a little lower than the angels, could live through the work that Shakespeare did, from Hamlet to Antony and Cleopatra, without paying for it in health. (W. Raleigh, ‘Shakespeare’, ch. IV) — Никто, даже небожитель, не смог бы проделать титанической работы Шекспира, начиная от создания "Гамлета" и кончая образами "Антония и Клеопатры", не поплатившись за это здоровьем.
...she refuses to leave her father for any one lower than an angel. (Kenk) — Она покинет отца только ради человека, который лишь ангелу уступит в благородстве и доброте.
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123 keep up with the Joneses
"равняться на Джонсов", стараться жить не хуже других, жить не по средствам, чтобы не отставать от других (особ. от своих соседей) [первонач. амер.; выражение вошло в язык после серии карикатур на тему "Как не отставать от Джонсов хотя бы по внешнему виду"]My father might have cared more than I did what the Joneses thought, but at least he was far from worrying himself sick trying to "keep up with the Joneses". (Suppl) — что думают о нас наши более состоятельные соседи, вероятно, беспокоило моего отца больше, чем меня, но он никогда не лез из кожи вон, чтобы угнаться за ними.
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124 against the grain
пpoтив жeлaния; нe пo душe, нe пo нутpу, пpoтив шepcти (oбыкн. упoтp. c гл. to go) [букв. тex. пpoтив (дpeвecнoгo) вoлoкнa]◘ But your father's advice was what I wanted to do, and Chestir Calthorp's... advice went against the grain (J. O'Hara). It ran against the grain of Dave's character to send another telegram home (D. Carter) -
125 drag smb. (or smth.) through the mire
(или mud)oблить кoгo-л. гpязью, cмeшaть кoгo-л. c гpязью; втoптaть чьё-л. дoбpoe имя в гpязьI don't know what's to become of our fine family name, after it's been dragged through the mire by a complete outsider (E. Caldwelh. She was a good, decent, honest person whom my father dragged through the mud (S. Hawatch)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > drag smb. (or smth.) through the mire
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126 all in the day's work
неприятный или плохой, но ожидаемыйне труднее чем обычноне являющийся необычнымWhen the car had a flat tire, Father said that it was all in a day's work.
Англо-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > all in the day's work
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127 pay twenty shillings in the pound
My first duty... was to save enough money to pay twenty shillings in the pound on my father's liabilities and so get him discharged from bankruptcy. (C. P. Snow, ‘Time of Hope’, ch. V) — Первейшая моя обязанность... накопить побольше денег, чтобы расплатиться полностью с долгами отца и восстановить его доброе имя.
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128 Daphne (In Greek mythology, the beautiful daughter of a river god. When the god Apollo pursued her, she prayed to the Earth or to her father to rescue her, whereupon she was transformed into a laurel)
Религия: ДафнаУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > Daphne (In Greek mythology, the beautiful daughter of a river god. When the god Apollo pursued her, she prayed to the Earth or to her father to rescue her, whereupon she was transformed into a laurel)
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