926. Drop off the hooks, to див. В-725.

926. drop of something, а жарт, ковтоет спиртного.

927. drop one's bundle, to австр. сл. зда-І тися; скоритися своїй долі;

Shirley had said that Mrs, Myers had "dropped her bundle" when they put her on silence, and had never made any fight since (D. Cusack).

929. Drop one's eyes,.To див. С-299.

929. drop one's g's, to не вимовляти звук [rj] там, де треба;

Where on earth did Aunt Em learn to drop hefl g's? {7. Galsworthy).

931. drop one's h's (або aitches), to не вимовляти звук fh] там, де треба (одна з особливостей лондонської говірки Cockney);

"Не drops his aitches like anything."

"No, E doesn't," said I, in ihe heat of the mo-j

ment.

"There you go!" he cried. "E, he says, Е! ЕЯ

Е!" (Н. Wells).

932. Drop out of the clouds, to див. D-919.

933. drop (060 pass) out of the picture, to

(тж. to pass from the picture) вийти з моди, "стати непопулярним, зійти зі сцени; див. тж. С-992;

All the fancy trimmings of the Pleven Plan, the "European Defence Community" and the rest o! it, begin to drop out of the picture or retain only a ghostly fictional existence (D. W. L., Dec. 5, 1951).

934. Drop out of the skies, to див, d-919.

934. Drop short of something, to dun. C-1045,

935. drop the curtain, to спускати, спусти- \ ти завісу.

936. drop the flag, to спорт, (по) дати сиг­ нал (роз)почати або закінчити змагання.

937. drop the handkerchief (to), to див. T-1476.

938. drop the pilot, to мор. відпустити лоц­ мана; -перен. відмовитися від вірного порад-, пика [вираз виник в зв'язку з карикатурою,.- яку було вміщено в англійському гумори­ стичному журналі "Punch" 20 березня 1890 р. На вимогу Вільгельма II Бісмарк подав у відставку. На карикатурі, зробленій Дж. Тениієлем (J. Tenniel), Бісмарк зобра­ жений у формі лоцмана].

939. drop the reins, to попустити повойЯ залишити справу напризволяще.

940. drop the reins of government, to віді­ йти від влади; див. тж. А-704 та R-321.

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942. Drop the subject, to див. С-529.

943. drown care, to див. D-946.

944. drown (one, something) in blood, to потопити .в крові, залити кров'ю (когось, щось).

945. drowning man catches (або plucks, snatches) at a straw, a [тж. a drowning man wili catch (або clutch, pluck, snatch) at a straw; when one is drowning one catches {або plucks, snatches) at a straw] присл. потопаючий хапається за соломинку; c^l І за соломинку вхопиться, хто топиться; як топишся, то й за бритву вхопишся;

"You will never understand how a drowning man catches at straws." said Doreen (E. Lyall).

When one is drowning one clutches at straws (W. N orris).

946. drown one's sorrow (або sorrows), to (тж. to drown care) утопити горе в вині, залити горе;

The boys led him off to the nearest pub to •drown his sorrow in champagne (K.. S. Prichard).

947. drown the miller, to жарт, розбавити вино водою, долити багато води в вино [походить від прислів'я too much water drowned the miller].

948. drug fiend (тж. амер. dope fiend) нар­ коман.

949. drug habit, the наркоманія.

950. drug in (або on) the market, а нехо­ довий, залежалий товар;

The old type managers, who had acquired all their knowledge of mine-management from work on the field, were being shoved aside: becoming a drug on the market (K. S. Prichard).

951. drugstore (або drug-store) cowboy амер. сл. гульвіса, не'роба.

_ 952. drumhead (або drum-head) court mar­tial воєнпо-польовий суд (що відбувається біля перевернутого барабана в воєнний час);

Many militia officers were murdered, and many militiamen were executed by drumhead court martial (J. London).

953. drum one's fingers, to відбивати паль­ цями дріб;

Johnson waited drumming his fingers on his knees, in a high, dim lit room (A. Doyle),

954. drunk and disorderly «п'яний і пору­ шує порядок» (офіційна формула обвину­ вачення в п'янстві та дебоші);

Oh, is there no way you can express it without being "drunk and disorderly"? (K. Mansfield).

955. (as) drunk as a fiddler [тж. blind drunk; dead drunk; blind (або dead) to the world; (as) drunk as a lord; (as) drunk as an owl; (as) drunk as a wheelbarrow; (as) drunk as David's sow; (as) drunk as muck; drunk to glory; рідк. (as) drunk as a fish; (as) tipsy as a thrush in a vineyard; заст. (as) drunk as a piper; амер. (as) tight as a brick (або drum); амер. сл. (as) drunk as a boiled owl] ^ п'яний як хлющ або ніч; див. тж. S-1453, 1);

And toward daylight he crawled out again, drunk as a fiddler (M. Twain).

I Judged he would be blind drunk in about an hour (M. Twain).

Y'ou may get as drunk as a lord every day in the week, if you choose, in Paris (W. Ainsworth).

Roman brought a bottle of whiskey, got himself drunk as an owl (A. Saxton).

You're as drunk as muck (H. Came).

He came home drunk as a piper (M. Twain).