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подстава поднять лапки кверху (при¬ знать поражение) throw in the towel (inf) W I f we cannot raise any money to carry on our campaign, we shall have to throw in the towel. поднять на смех l a u g h s m b / s m t h o u t of c o u r t (usually passive) W To the people's prosecutor the accused were 'the scum' of capitalist society. W People who abuse children are the scum of the earth. подопытный кролик a guinea pig W We'd like to use you as a guinea pig to test some of our theories. подписать себе смертный приговор sign one's own death warrant W A t the meeting, her proposal was laughed out of court. W They agreed that I had worked very hard, but I was laughed out of court when I asked for more money. поднять настроение lift up one's heart W The company signed its own death warrant by choosing to remain independent rather than going into partnership. п о д р е з а т ь к р ы л ь я (ограни¬ чить возможности) clip smb's wings W When the tired reader comes home at night, he wishes to read something that will lift up his heart. поднять руку на к-л (ударить) raise one's hand against/on smb (inf) W She never had kids. I guess she thought motherhood would clip her wings. W The king will have to clip his minister's wings in order to keep power himself. подсадная утка a stool pigeon/stool-pigeon (Am fig) W I would never raise my hand against a child. поднять хай (устроить скан¬ дал) raise Cain/hell W We've been on the housing list for three years: I'm sure the only way to get a flat is to raise hell at the housing office. W He will raise Cain when he sees the damage to his car. подняться (преуспеть) come/go up in the world W The police received information about the planned robbery from a stool-pigeon. подсластить пилюлю sweeten the pill // sugar-coat the pill (Am) W He has really come up in the world - he now owns a yacht. W Since Sarah married that rich industrialist, she's certainly gone up in the world. подонки // отбросы общества the scum of the earth (very inf) W The government have cut income tax to sweeten the pill of a tough budget. W The manager asked me not to sugarcoat anything and give him the real number of orders. подстава дело) a put-up job (подстроенное W Don't you see? It was a putup job to discredit me. I know 173