right and left

right and left
1) везде, повсюду; во все стороны; со всех сторон, отовсюду; направо и налево, без разбору

I have been borrowing money right and left. (U. Sinclair, ‘The Moneychangers’, ch. XXIII) — Я занимал деньги у кого только мог.

The trusts made enemies right and left... (W. Lippman, ‘Drift and Mastery’, ch. VII) — Тресты везде создавали себе врагов...

As for the big motor firms, they aim to put the entire burden of the crises on the soulders of the workers. They have made hundreds of millions of pounds in profits since the war. Yet at the first sign of difficulties they sack workers right and left. (‘Daily Worker’) — Что касается крупных автомобильных фирм, то они стремятся переложить все бремя кризисов на плечи рабочих. Владельцы этих фирм заработали после войны сотни миллионов фунтов. Тем не менее, как только возникают трудности, рабочих повсеместно увольняют.

2) направо и налево, безрассудно, не считаясь ни с кем и ни с чем, без зазрения совести

I've known you seven year [= years], and you've always seemed sensible till now. And now you're just letting them rob you right and left. (J. London, ‘Burning Daylight’, part I, ch. XI) — ...я тебя знал семь лет, и до сего дня ты мне всегда казался человеком разумным. А теперь ты даешь себя грабить всем, кому не лень.

But I found he was robbing us right and left, so I had to turn him out. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Complete Short Stories’, ‘A Man from Glasgow’) — Когда я узнал, что испанец без зазрения совести обкрадывал меня, мне пришлось его выставить.

Police made much of the fact that for the past eighteen months Arlene Duvall had been living a life of leisure, spending money right and left with carefree abandon, money which she certainly had not earned and the possession of which she ‘could not explain.’ (E. S. Gardner, ‘The Case of the Sunbather's Diary’, ch. 2) — Полиция придавала большое значение тому, что за последние полтора года Арлин Дюваль вела праздную жизнь, сорила деньгами направо и налево, хотя сама ничего не заработала и не могла объяснить, откуда у нее эти деньги.


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

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  • Right and left — Right Right (r[imac]t), a. [OE. right, riht, AS. riht; akin to D. regt, OS. & OHG. reht, G. recht, Dan. ret, Sw. r[ a]tt, Icel. r[ e]ttr, Goth. ra[ i]hts, L. rectus, p. p. of regere to guide, rule; cf. Skr. [.r]ju straight, right. [root]115. Cf.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • right and left — {adv. phr.} In or from every direction; all around; on all sides. * /The knight rode into battle striking at the enemy right and left with his broadsword./ * /When the talk ended, questions were thrown at the speaker right and left./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • right and left — {adv. phr.} In or from every direction; all around; on all sides. * /The knight rode into battle striking at the enemy right and left with his broadsword./ * /When the talk ended, questions were thrown at the speaker right and left./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • Right and Left Grand — also known as Grand Right and Left , is a square dance move in which all eight dancers in the set, moving in a circular fashion, execute a series of four alternating hand pull bies (right pull by, left pull by, right pull by, left pull by). Men …   Wikipedia

  • Right and left coupling — Right Right (r[imac]t), a. [OE. right, riht, AS. riht; akin to D. regt, OS. & OHG. reht, G. recht, Dan. ret, Sw. r[ a]tt, Icel. r[ e]ttr, Goth. ra[ i]hts, L. rectus, p. p. of regere to guide, rule; cf. Skr. [.r]ju straight, right. [root]115. Cf.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Right- and left-hand traffic —   countries with right hand traffic …   Wikipedia

  • Right and left screw — Screw Screw (skr[udd]), n. [OE. scrue, OF. escroue, escroe, female screw, F. [ e]crou, L. scrobis a ditch, trench, in LL., the hole made by swine in rooting; cf. D. schroef a screw, G. schraube, Icel. skr[=u]fa.] 1. A cylinder, or a cylindrical… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • grand right and left — a figure called in square dancing in which partners face each other, forming a small circle, and then advance around the circle by extending alternating right and left hands to pull past each new person until they reach their partners again. * *… …   Universalium

  • right and left — adverb Date: 1735 on both or all sides ; in every direction ; everywhere …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • right and left — adverb Frequently: on many occasions per timespan …   Wiktionary

  • Right-to-left shunt — A right to left shunt is a cardiac shunt which allows, or is designed to cause, blood to flow from the right heart to the left heart. [DorlandsDict|seven/000096626|right to left shunt] This terminology is used both for the abnormal state in… …   Wikipedia


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