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работать д о седьмого пота пустой номер // пустые хлопо­ ты a wild-goose chase пушечное мясо cannon fodder (n) W It's a wild-goose chase trying to discover who gave you this cold. W Every time I've gone to Rome to try to find out if the story could be true, it has turned out to be a wild-goose chase. путана/женщина легкого пове¬ дения a scarlet woman (old-fash) W Inexperienced troops were used as cannon fodder. «пчелка»/трудяга (энтузиаст) an eager beaver W The new assistant always works late - he's a real eager beaver. W Who's the eager beaver who came in at the weekend to finish this work off? пышные/цветистые фразы (витиеватый стиль в искусст¬ ве) purple patches/passages W She was labelled a scarlet woman and excluded from polite society. путать божий дар с яичницей not know one's arse from one's elbow // can't tell one's arse from one's elbow (very inf) W There are long purple passages which distract the reader from the real point of the argument. п я л и т ь с я // глазеть // тара¬ щить глаза gawp/gawk (v inf) W It's no good asking him to organize anything - he can't tell his arse from his elbow. путеводная звезда a guiding light/star W What I dislike about her is that she is so self-satisfied. She tries to set herself up as a guiding star to everyone she knows. W She was the founder of the company, and for forty years its guiding light. путы // оковы a ball and chain W The villagers had never seen a hovercraft before, and they stood around gawping at it. W Come along, girl! Don't just stand there gawking! пятое колесо в телеге // пятая спица в колеснице // сбоку при¬ пека/припеку a fifth/third wheel (Am) W Our national debt is an economic ball and chain dragging us down, keeping interest rates high. путь истинный // стезя добро¬ детели the straight and narrow (humor) W I don't have a role in the office any more - I feel like a fifth wheel. W They always invite me to join them, but since I don't have a partner, I feel like a fifth wheel. P работать до седьмого пота sweat blood (v) W That rogue left the straight and narrow a long time ago. W Have you ever been tempted to stray from the straight and narrow? W I sweat blood every week just to earn enough money to feed my family. W The work crew 199