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Appeal from Philip drunk to Philip sober
holes in it before it could touch the ground, while using a .22 caliber rifle, at 90 feet. She would throw six glass balls and shoot them before they fell to the ground. She was phenomenal! A musical called Annie, Get Your Gun, the story of her life, was later produced on Broadway.
Another Richmond in the field – «Ещё один Ричмонд на поле боя» (о неожиданно появившемся, нежданном человеке; иногда о конкуренте) The phrase alludes to Henry of Richmond (later Henry VII of England), chronicled in Shakespeare’s “Richard III” (Act V, Sc. 4): I think there be six Richmonds in the field; five have I slain today. Whatever the origin, today it simply refers to an unforeseen participant or attendant. Any Tom, Dick or Harry – обычные, заурядные люди; первый встречный, всякий, каждый, все без разбора, каждый встречный и поперечный (ср. Иванов, Петров, Сидоров) If something could be done by any Tom, Dick or Harry, it could be done by absolutely anyone. The phrase Tom, Dick and Harry is a placeholder for multiple unspecified people or it plays the same role for one unspecified person. The phrase most commonly occurs as every Tom, Dick and Harry, meaning everyone, and any Tom, Dick or Harry, meaning anyone. Sometimes, the name Harry is replaced by the name of the person being spoken to, for the sake of implying that said person is not a cut above the rest or doesn’t deserve something that is being talked about: Football scholarships aren’t awarded to just any Tom, Dick or Matthew (“Matthew” being the person spoken to). Appeal from Philip drunk to Philip sober – просить кого-л. о пересмотре принятого им необдуманного решения When Philip became the king of Macedonia, he soon showed that he was a wise ruler. He treated his people with fairness, and they became very fond of him. One day, after he had been drinking, he was acting as a judge and gave a
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