put up a fine show

put up a fine show
(put up a fine (good. etc.) show)
1) отлично показать себя в бою

The fighting was furious. By afternoon the ammunition had run low... and a withdrawal was ordered. Roger... shook hands with the commander. ‘You've put up a grand show,’ he said. (W. S. Maugham, ‘The Hour before the Dawn’, ch. XII) — Бой был ожесточенный. К полудню стали иссякать боеприпасы... и был отдан приказ отходить. Роджер... пожал руку командиру. - Вы отлично показали себя в этом бою, - сказал он.

2) добиться хороших результатов; ≈ не ударить лицом в грязь, показать товар лицом; см. тж. put up a poor show

‘A fine show young Don put up,’ said Tim Burke. (I. Murdoch, ‘The Sandcastle’, ch. X) — - А Дон отлично сыграл, - заметил Тим Берк.


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

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