69. eat one's leek, to див. Е-49.

70. Eat one's mutton with one, to див. C-1705.

71. eat one's own flesh, to ледарювати, лі- нувати, нічого не робити, ^ байдики бити [етим. бібл.]; див. тж. Е-61.

72. eat one's salt, to 1) див. C-1705; 2) залежати від когось, бути у когось на утриманні.

73. Eat one's terms, te див. Е-48.

74. eat one's toads, to бути чиїмсь нахліб­ ником, лизоблюдом, блюдолизом (звідси toad-eater — лизоблюд, нахлібник, підлабуз­ ник, toad-eating — підлабузництво, підлесли­ вість, низькопоклонство, лизоблюдство).

75. eat (або swallow, take back) one's words, to брати назад свої слова, зрікатися своїх слів [етим. to eat one's words бібл.];

I shouldn't have said what I did if I had known that; but I can't very well eat my words now (W. Norris).

76. eat (one) out of house and home, to

об'їсти когось, наїстися у когось без усяких церемоній; розорити когось [шекспірівський вираз; King Henry IV, ч. II, д. II, сц. 1];

Don't keep such a tribe eating them out of house and home (H. Beeclier Stowe).

77..eat out of one's hand, to беззаперечно коритися комусь, слухатися когось, бути зовсім ручним, -^ танцювати під чиюсь ДУДку;

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Топі Dowling eats out of his hand, and you know what that means (Tfi. Dreiser).

If they knew I was a reporter, they'd eat out of my hand (R. Davis).

78. eat out one's heart, to див. Е-68.

79. eat short, to розсипатися, танути в роті (про печиво, цукерки тощо).

80. eat sword, to див. Е-58.

81. eat the air, to заст. прорахуватися, підманутися на сподіванках [шєкспірівський вираз; King Henry IV, д. І, сц. 3];

It was my lord; who lined himself with hope, Eating Ihe air on promise of supply (W. Shake­speare).

82. eat Ше bread of affliction, to (тж. to sup sorrow; амер. to smell hell) зазнати горя, лиха, біди, ^ скуштувати лиха;

...The war could not be terminated, efficient relief could not be raised; there was no help then, so the unemployed underwent their destiny — ate the bread, and drank the waters of affliction (Ch. Bronte).

83. eat the bread of idleness, to ледарю­ вати, байдикувати, вести дозвільне життя, жити бездіяльне;

...Whoever is not in trade is accused of eating the bread of idleness, of passing a useless existence (Ch. Bronte)

84. eat the bread of luxury, to див. Е-86.

85. eat the calf in cow's belly, to ^ ділити шкуру неубитого ведмедя.

86. eat (або feed on, live on) the fat of the land, to [тж. to eat the bread of luxury; to live in a bed of roses; to be (або live) in clover; to live like a fighting cock; to live like a lord (або like a prince); to roll (або swim, wallow) in luxury] розкошувати, жи­ ти в розкошах, ^ жити на широку ногу, як сир у маслі [єтим. двох перших варіантів бібл.]; див. тж. С-1453; G-1442 та L-1002;

...They [і. е. the parsons] live on the fat of the land, and wear the best of everything, and they do nothing for it but talk a lot of twaddle two or three times a week (R. Tresselt).

Once he farmed his hundred acres, but he had stood surely for this man and surety for that man, and paid up the defalcations of both, and now, while they were eating the bread of luxury, he was dying as a homeless pauper (H. Caine).

The coarse food they had was still not so coarse but they did not think they were living "like fighting cocks" (H. Wells).

...I tasted all the varieties of fortune, sometimes flourishing in affluence, and at others being oblig­ed to struggle with almost incredible difficulties.

a ? wallowing in luxury, and to-morrow redu-^с,„ „. , ^tne coarsest and most homely fare CH. Fielding).

87. eat the fruit of one's own doings, to

[тж. to reap as (або that, what, which) one has sown] ^ пожинати плоди своєї праці [етим. усіх виразів бібл.]; див. тж. R-211; •

Cant phrases of childhood reminded her' one reaped as one has sown (E. Benson). j

The heads of the church and State reaped or that which they had sown (Th. Macaatay).

88. eat the ginger, to амер. сл. брати собі найкращу частину чогось, ^ знімати верш­ ки з чогось.

89. eat the leek, to див. Е-49.

90. eat the pie of humiliation, to див. Е-49,

91. eat (one) under the table, to з'їсти більше, ніж хтось інший; див. тж. D-862; .

"Shame on you, Anna," Dan said. "Keeping me up all night at-my agel"

"At your age! You can still eat two other men under the table, when it comes to flapjacks" (D. Carter).

92. eat well, to 1) любити добре поїсти; мати добрий апетит; 2) мати приємний смак (про страви).

93. ebb and flow (або tide) приплив та відплив; пєрєн. мінливість, зрадливість долі; зміни настрою.

94. ebb low, to значно, сильно спадати (про воду); перен. убувати, спадати, закін­ чуватися (про гроші тощо);

In the meantime the weeks were passing, his money was ebbing low, and there was no money coming in (1. London).

95. economic crisis економічна криза;

Was the rise in unemployment the first sign of>! an impending economic crisis? (D. Carter).

96. edge (або elbow, force, push, shoulder, squeeze, thread, work, worm) one's way, to [тж. to find one's (або the) way] протиска-^:І тися, прокладати собі шлях (через натовп, перешкоди тощо);

They pushed into all foreign courts, and elbowed their way into the halls of ambassadors (W. Thack­eray).

Towards Soho, therefore, Mr. Stryver shouldered his way from the Temple (Ch. Dickens),

The timber .clustered thick in the sheltered bot­tom, and through this they threaded their way (J. London).

Only Corporal Slane, rifle in hand, threw Himself down on the ground, and wormed his v;l> towards the well (R. Kipling),

97. effect (або gain, make) a footing, to

1) знайти Точку опори, закріпитися на неве­ликому просторі;

Mr. Moore looked as if he felt he had at last gained some footing in this difficult path (Ch. BroatS).

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2) зайняти становище (в суспільстві);

They are incorrigible these doctors! Once let them gain a footing in your house and you may be sure that they will hasten to exaggerate every­thing, lest you should discover how well you can get on without them (W. Norris).

98. egg dance [тою. egg-dance; hard (або long, stiff) row to hoe; hard (або rough) sledding] амер. дуже складне завдання, щось дуже важке, ^ міцний горішок; див. тж. Е-310; Н-218 та S-1419;

But did he want to jump in, at this stage of the game, arid begin a running fight on his father's old organization? Moreover, it would be a hard row to hoe (Th. Dreiser).

In the meantime the- organization which Mr._ Gilgan had planned with Mr. Tiernam, Mr. Ker-' rigan, and Mr. Edstrora was encountering what might be called rough sledding (Th. Dreiser).

99. eggs are all in one basket, one's усім рискує, поставив усе на карту [похо­ дить від прислів'я don't put all your eggs in one basket];

You'll hurt her any way; her eggs are all in one basket (J Galsworthy).

100. egg-shell china найтонший фарфор;

The china was delicate egg-shell; the old-fash­ioned silver glittered with polishing (E. Gaskell).

101. Egyptian darkness пітьма єгипетська [етиж. бібя.].

102. eighteen carat lie амер. кричуща, на­ хабна, зухвала брехня.

103. either... of або... або;

104. either win the saddle or lose the horse див. М-575.

105. elbow grease (тж. elbow-grease) розм. ретельна чистка; важка робота; старанність, ретельність;

Not a speck ої dust is visible; it is clear that there are at least two house-maids and a parlor­maid downstairs, and a housekeeper upstairs who does not let them spare elbow-grease (B. Shaw).

Come on now, put some elbow grease in that job (J. Steelt).

106. elbow grease gives the- best polish див. Е-327.

107. elbow one's way, to див. Е-96.

108. elbow room (тж. elbow-room) 1) про­ стір, багато місця;

Martin had a wonderful capacity for creating eibow-raom. His sturdy body plowed through with­out being inconsiderate (S. Heym).

2) перен. свобода дій.

109. elbows away [тж. (there is) mud in your eye] жарт, перехилимо чарки, будьмо (жартівливі тости);

"Mud in your eye!" "Elbows away!" (D, Carter).

110. elder hand, the карт, гравець, що хо­ дить першим (у грі для двох); див. тж. Е-І11; Y-137 та Y-138.

111. eldest hand, the карт, гравець, що хо­ дить першим; право ходити першим; див. тж. Е-110; Y-137 та Y-138.

112. elevate one's hopes, to збуджувати чиїсь надії.

113. eleventh hour, the (attr. eleventh-hour) остання, вирішальна година [етим. бібл.]; див. тж. А-976.

114. eleventh-hour agreement угода, укла­ дена в останню годину; див. тж. Е-ПЗ.

115. embalmed (амер. monkey) meat військ, жарг. м'ясні консерви.

116. embalm (або enshrine, treasure up) (something) in one's memory, to свято збе­ рігати в пам'яті (щось).

117. embark on a policy of, to починати політику, вдатися до політики...;

Now .that the Government has again embarked on a policy of restriction the rise in industrial output is likely to be slowed down (D. W. L., April 39, I960).

118. embeded in one's memory (або mind, recollection) що врізався в пам'ять;

It may be that she is embeded in my mind as a friend, and nothing but a friend (G. Meredith).

119. embrace а (або the) lie, to побачити, зрозуміти брехню;

What had given these men their benign innocence, he decided, was that although they knew the verdict pronounced on them was the opposite to justice, they had come to embrace the lie (ЛІ. Wilson).

120. embrace an offer, to прийняти пропо­ зицію, ухопитися за пропозицію;

"...І will gladly entertain you with the sight of some very line prospects which I believe you have not seen."

Jones very readily embraced this offer, and they immediately set forward together from the cottage (H. Fielding).

121. embrace (або take) an opportunity

(of), to (тж. to seize one's opportunity) ско­ристатися нагодою, не пропустити, викори­стати нагоду; див. тж. С-406;

Squire therefore, embraced this opportunity 01 injuring Jones in the tendercst part, by giving a very bad turn to all these before mentioned occuren-ces" (H, Fielding).

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122. embrace а (або the) proposal, to при­ йняти пропозицію, план;

My aunt embracing the proposal, /we were all three going out together (Ck. Dickens).