on the run

on the run
1. adv phr
в спешке, второпях

The waitress who brought Rowe's toast and coffee looked jumpy and pallid, as if she had lived too much on the run... (Gr. Greene, ‘The Ministry of Fear’, book I, ch. VI) — Официантка, которая принесла Роу поджаренный хлеб и кофе, была такая бледная, нервная, задерганная. Казалось, что она не знает ни минуты отдыха.

2. adj phr
1) спасающийся бегством, в бегах

I'm charged with murder and on the run. (J. D. Carr, ‘Fear is the Same’, ch. XI) — Я вынужден скрываться, меня ведь обвиняют в убийстве.

She was very pretty and she was on the run from a Puritanical upbringing. That meant she wanted to enjoy herself all the time, without stopping. (J. Wain, ‘A Winter in the Hills’, part II) — Марго была очень хорошенькая. Воспитывали ее в пуританском духе, и вот она взбунтовалась. Ей захотелось веселиться все время, развлекаться, - словом, наслаждаться жизнью.

2) спешащий, торопящийся

I've been on the run all day. — Я в бегах целый день.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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