rag, tag and bobtail

rag, tag and bobtail
(rag, tag and bobtail (тж. rag-tag или ragtag and bobtail, tagrag and bobtail))
всякий сброд, шантрапа

...Valentino's capital was crowded with... the members of his court, agents of other Italian states, merchants with necessities or luxuries to sell, solicitors of favours, sycophants, spies, actors, poets, loose women and all the rag, tag and bobtail that followed a victorious condottiere in the hope of making money by fair means or foul. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Then and Now’, ch. V) — ...столица Валентино переполнена... придворными, агентами других итальянских государств, всевозможными ходатаями, подхалимами, шпионами, актерами, поэтами, проститутками и всяким сбродом, следовавшим за победоносным кондотьером в надежде поживиться любыми средствами.


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

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  • Rag tag and bobtail — Bobtail Bob tail , n. [Bob + tail.] An animal (as a horse or dog) with a short tail. [1913 Webster] {Rag, tag, and bobtail}, the rabble. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • rag-tag and bobtail — Riff raff • • • Main Entry: ↑rag …   Useful english dictionary

  • Rag, Tag and Bobtail — Infobox British television show name = Rag, Tag and Bobtail size = caption = format = Childrens runtime = 13 min creators = Freda Lingstrom David Boisseau starring = channel = BBC One first aired = 1953 1965 last aired = num episodes = 24… …   Wikipedia

  • rag, tag, and bobtail — noun or ragtag and bobtail : rabble, riffraff the rag, tag, and bobtail of the city Kenneth Roberts a ragtag and bobtail army F.V.W.Mason …   Useful english dictionary

  • tag rag and bobtail — Rag tag and bobtail • • • Main Entry: ↑tag …   Useful english dictionary

  • tag and rag — noun : rag, tag, and bobtail shout of tag and rag, and march of rank and file Robert Southey …   Useful english dictionary

  • tag, rag, and bobtail — noun or tagrag and bobtail : a motley group : rabble, canaille all the tagrag and bobtail of the town J.G.Frazer …   Useful english dictionary

  • tag, rag, and bobtail — or tagrag and bobtail noun Date: 1645 rabble …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • ragtag and bobtail — noun disparaging terms for the common people • Syn: ↑rabble, ↑riffraff, ↑ragtag • Hypernyms: ↑folk, ↑folks, ↑common people • Hyponyms: ↑trash …   Useful english dictionary

  • ragtag and bobtail — the riffraff; rabble: The ragtag and bobtail of every nation poured into the frontier in search of gold. Also, rag, tag, and bobtail; tagrag and bobtail. [1810 20] * * * …   Universalium

  • ragtag and bobtail — rag′tag and bob′tail n. the riffraff or rabble • Etymology: 1810–20 …   From formal English to slang


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