wild horses wouldn't drag
- wild horses wouldn't drag
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1) кого-л. никакими силами не заставишь, не оторвёшь и т. п
Wild horses can't pull her away from him. (M. Twain, ‘The American Claimant’, ch. XXV) — Салли от Трейси и за уши не оттащишь.
I'll never go there again, never. You may say what you like. Wild horses wouldn't drag me. (D. L. Sayers, ‘Five Red Herrings’, ‘Strachan’) — я никогда туда больше не пойду, никогда. Можете говорить что угодно, а меня туда никакими коврижками не заманишь.
2) силой не вырвешь что-л. у кого-л.; ≈ это клещами из кого-л. не вытянешь
You cannot read Candida: you know very well that you have been strictly ordered not to read until your eyes are better. Wild horses shall not tear that script from me... (B. Shaw, ‘Ellen Terry and Bernard Shaw. A Correspondence’, Letter to E. Terry, 2 Oct., 1896) — Вам нельзя читать "Кандиду". Вы же хорошо знаете, что вам строго запрещено читать, пока ваше зрение не улучшится. Эту рукопись вы у меня и силой не отнимете.
‘I don't know,’ she answered hurriedly. ‘Nor does anybody know who the father was. Wild horses wouldn't drag his name out of her.’ (A. J. Cronin, ‘Three Loves’, book I, ch. 2) — - я не знаю этого, - поспешно ответила мисс О'Риган. - И никому не известно, кто отец ребенка. Его имя из Анны клещами не вытащишь.
Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа»..
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