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NINE Bowl over like ninepins - сразить наповал; легко побе¬ дить (сбить одним мячом все девять кеглей) Overcome with little or no resistance. Ninepins is a game, similar to skittles, which is played with nine "pins" which are set up at the end of an alley and which must be knocked down with a ball. Once they are hit, the ninepins fall down very easily: The unexpected results of the election bowled them over like ninepins. They all sat silent and dejected. Bring one's noble to ninepence - транжирить; пускать деньги на ветер (noble - старинная английская золотая монета) Cat o'nine tails - «кошка-девятихвостка», плеть из девяти ремней; до 1881 года официально применялась для на¬ казания в английской армии и во флоте A whip used as an instrument of punishment consisting of nine pieces of knotted line or cord fastened to a handle; formerly used to flog offenders on the bare back; called also "the cat". It was used in the British Navy to maintain discipline on board sailing ships. Called so from the resemblance of its scars to the scratches of a cat. Cat with nine lives - живучий человек; живуч как кошка (впервые использовано В. Шекспиром) Cats have nine lives (saying) // Have nine lives like a cat - кошки живучи; живуч как кошка Medieval Europe was a tough place to be a cat, and they were sometimes thrown from high towers. The origin of these rituals is obscure but the cats often survived the ordeal and seemed to walk away unscathed, much to the amazement of spectators. Legend has it that Baldwin I I I , Count of Ypres, threw 94