Don’t take it literally! Задачки по фразеологии - стр. 3

A quack doctor was lecturing about his famous herb tonic to a rural audience.

“Yes, gentlemen,” he said, “I have sold this tonic for twenty-five years and never heard a word of complaint. Now, what does that prove?”

“It proves that ________________,” came from the crowd.

Варианты:

1. man does not live by bread alone;

2. there is no fool like an old fool;

3. dead men tell no tales;

4. murder will out.

quack врач-шарлатан; lecture читать лекцию; herb целебная трава, лекарственное растение; rural сельский; audience аудитория; complaint жалоба; nowздесьиспользуетсякаквводноесловодляпривлечениявниманиеслушателей; prove доказывать; crowd толпа

Ключ:

Голос из толпы сказал: “Dead men tell no tales.” – «Мертвые молчат; Мертвые уносят свою тайну в могилу». Tell tales – это «рассказывать истории, небылицы».

Остальные идиомы означают:

1. Man does not live by bread alone. – Не хлебом единым жив человек.

2. There is no fool like an old fool. – Старого дурака ничем не исправишь; «Седина в бороду бес в ребро».

4. Murder will out. – Убийство рано или поздно выйдет наружу; «Шила в мешке не утаишь».

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THE ABSENTMINDED ADMIRAL

An old admiral was famous in the navy for his bad temper, so everyone tried hard not to annoy him. One week, his ships were going to take part in a big international exercise, so he came on board in the evening, had his dinner and then went to bed. In the morning he had his breakfast early, came up to the bridge and examined the ships in his group carefully. Then he said angrily, “There should be two cruisers in this group, but I can only see one. Where’s the other?”

No one dared to answer, and this made the admiral even angrier. His face became redder and redder.

“Well?” he shouted. “What are you fools hiding from me? Where’s the second cruiser? What’s happened to it? Answer me!”

At last, a young sailor __________ and said:

“Please, Sir, you are on it.”

Варианты:

1. put his foot down

2. hung out his shingle

3. turned tail

4. plucked up his courage

navy военно-морской флот; temper характер, нрав; try hard очень стараться; annoy раздражать, сердить; exerciseздесь: маневры; cruiserздесь: крейсер; well?здесь: ну? (выражение нетерпения)

Ключ:

Правильный ответ: plucked up his courage – собрался с духом, набрался храбрости.

Остальные идиомы означают:

1. put one’s foot down – занять твердую позицию; принять твердое решение; решительно воспротивиться чему-либо. Например: “He put his foot down and didn’t let her go out on a date.” – «Он проявил твердость и запретил ей идти на свидание».