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работать как вол
were sweating blood to clean up the mess from the hurricane before tourist season began.
работать как вол work like a horse
рабочая лошадка a willing/work horse
W I've been working like a horse all day, trying to finish the roof repairs.
работать на два фронта // дву¬ личный человек // и нашим и вашим (обманщик) be a double-crosser/dealer (n)
W Poor Helen is a willing horse and seems to do three-quarters of the work of the whole committee.
рад-радешенек be as pleased as Punch
W Milla is (as) pleased as Punch with her birthday present.
радоваться как ребенок be tickled pink/to death
W Following the arrest, the underground resistance began to suspect that one of their own members had been a doublecrosser. W Judy proved to be a double-crosser. She was working for us but sharing information w i t h another company.
работать от звонка до звонка a nine-to-five job
W Nancy was tickled pink with her new dress. W His parents were tickled to death when he decided to marry her.
раз в сто лет once in a blue moon
W I seldom go to a movie maybe once in a blue moon.
раз и навсегда once and for all (adv)
W I wouldn't want a nine-tofive job. I like the freedom I have as my own boss.
работать спустя рукава/с про¬ хладцей lie down on the job
W I'm telling you once and for all. N o , I won't lend you another fifty pounds.
разбиться в лепешку // из кожи вон лезть bend over backward(s) // go out of one's way
W Sorry, I was lying down on the job in English class.
работать, не разгибая спины/ не поднимая головы keep one's nose to the grindstone
W Y o u ' l l have to keep your nose to the grindstone i f you intend to finish all this paperwork before you go on holiday.
работать/играть на публику play to the gallery
W I bent over backwards to be nice to him because he was a stranger, but he wasn't at all grateful. W We went out of our way to please the visitor. W They really went out of their way to make us feel welcome.
разбор полетов post-mortem (Lat fig)
W I f she were there now, no one would call and burden her with post-mortems about last night.
разборка // перестрелка a shoot-out (Am n inf)
W Politicians these days are more interested in playing to the gallery than exercising real influence on world events.
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W He was wounded during a shoot-out with the police.