yeoman service

yeoman service
(yeoman('s) service)
1) добрая услуга, поддержка, помощь [шекспировское выражение; см. цитату]

Hamlet: "...I once did hold it, as our statists do, A baseness to write fair, and labour'd much How to forget that learning; but, sir, now It did me yeoman's service... " (W. Shakespeare, ‘Hamlet’, act V, sc. 2) — Гамлет: "...Когда-то я считал со всею знатью Хороший почерк пошлою чертой, Мечтая, как бы мне его испортить. А как он выручил меня в беде!" (перевод Б. Пастернака)

This has done me yeoman's service in the hour of necessity. (W. Scott, ‘Letters’, Aug. 11, 1807, OED) — Этот закон сослужил мне добрую службу в трудный час.

2) долгая и безупречная служба

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

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  • yeoman service — or yeoman s service noun Powerful aid, such as came from the yeomen in the English armies of early times • • • Main Entry: ↑yeoman * * * yeoman s service or yeoman service, good, efficient, or useful service, such as is rendered by a… …   Useful english dictionary

  • yeoman service — n. exceptionally good, useful, or loyal service or assistance: also yeoman s service * * * …   Universalium

  • yeoman service — n. exceptionally good, useful, or loyal service or assistance: also yeoman s service …   English World dictionary

  • yeoman service — ► yeoman service efficient help. Main Entry: ↑yeoman …   English terms dictionary

  • yeoman service — {n. phr.} Help in time of need; serviceable and good assistance. * /Sam was pressed into yeoman service in organizing our annual fundraiser for cerebral palsy victims./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • yeoman service — {n. phr.} Help in time of need; serviceable and good assistance. * /Sam was pressed into yeoman service in organizing our annual fundraiser for cerebral palsy victims./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • yeoman\ service — n. phr. Help in time of need; serviceable and good assistance. Sam was pressed into yeoman service in organizing our annual fundraiser for cerebral palsy victims …   Словарь американских идиом

  • yeoman service — /joʊmən ˈsɜvəs/ (say yohmuhn servuhs) noun good, useful, or substantial service. Also, yeoman s service …  

  • yeoman service — efficient help. → yeoman …   English new terms dictionary

  • yeoman service — noun (U) BrE informal long and loyal service, help and support …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • Yeoman — is noun used to indicate a variety of positions or social classes. In the 16th century, a yeoman was also a farmer of middling social status who owned his own land and often farmed it himself; an equivalent in Germany is Freibauer ( freehold… …   Wikipedia


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