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и волки сыты, и овцы целы
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и волки сыты, и овцы целы have one's cake and eat it (too)
better local services, you have to pay more taxes.
и речи быть не может // это исключено be out of the question
W He wants to have his cake and eat it. He wants the security of marriage and the excitement of affair.
и все такое прочее // и тому подобное and all that jazz (inf) // and stuff
W You can't go to Florida this spring. We can't afford it. It's out of the question.
и смех и грех be as funny as a crutch
W They sell televisions and all that jazz. W Gina studies botany, you know - plants and stuff.
и глазом не моргнуть // и бро вью не повести (не выказать эмоций) not bat an eyelash/an eyelid // not turn a hair
W The well-dressed lady slipped and fell in the gutter, which was funny as a crutch.
«Иванушка-дурачок»/глупыш(ка) a Silly-Billy/silly-billy (n)
W Phil was just teasing you. Now stop crying and don't be such a silly-billy.
игра в «кошки-мышки» a cat and mouse game
W He didn't bat an eyelid when I told him he was sacked. W He didn't turn a hair when the madman ran towards him waving a knife.
и нашим и вашим // сидеть между двух стульев run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
W It's just the latest maneuver in the eternal cat and mouse game between the police and drug runners.
игра слов a play on words
W You've got to decide where you stand on this issue. You can't run with the hare and hunt with the hounds.
и невинность соблюсти, и ка¬ питал приобрести // и на елку влезть, и не уколоться // и вол¬ ки сыты, и овцы целы have it both ways // have one's cake and eat it
W In every culture, children laugh at jokes that are a play on words.
играть в «кошки-мышки» play a cat and mouse game
W She seems to be playing a cat and mouse game with W i l l ; does she really like him or is she just teasing him?
играть вторую скрипку play second fiddle to smb
W John wants the security of marriage and the freedom of being single. He wants to have it both ways. W You can't have your cake and eat it. If you want
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W I won't play second fiddle to Dr Barnes on this expedition.
играть мускулами flex one's muscle(s)
W Women in this region are starting to flex their political muscle and insist on equal rights.
