shoes of swiftness

shoes of swiftness
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≈ сапоги-скороходы [выражение из сказки о Джеке - победителе великанов]

...surely also Punishment, this day, hitches... after Crime, with frightful shoes of swiftness. (Th. Carlyle, ‘The French Revolution’, book V, ch. V) — ...нет сомнения, что в наши дни Наказание гонится... за Преступлением в сапогах-скороходах.


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

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