at a moment's notice

at a moment's notice
в любой момент, в любую минуту, по первому требованию; без (всякого) предупреждения

‘Is Tom there, with the cake and wine?’ asked Mr. Mould. ‘Ready to come in at a moment's notice, sir,’ said Tacker. (Ch. Dickens, ‘Martin Chuzzlewit’, ch. XIX) — - Том уже там с вином и кексом? - спросил мистер Моулд. - Готов появиться хоть сейчас, сэр, - ответил Тэккер.

All the public buildings were organized so as to be turned into forts at a moment's notice. (J. Lindsay, ‘Men of Forty-Eight’, ch. III) — Были приняты меры, чтобы по первому сигналу превратить каждое общественное здание в крепость.

And she would see that the books were all carefully dusted and make him a catalogue so that he could find any book he wanted at a moment's notice. (R. Aldington, ‘The Colonel's Daughter’, part III, ch. 4) — А она бы следила за тем, чтобы со всех книг была тщательно вытерта пыль, и составила бы каталог, чтобы он легко мог найти любую книгу, которая ему понадобится.

I asked him how Catholic employers could pay starvation wages to workmen and dismiss them at a moment's notice without protest from the prelates of the South. (M. West, ‘Children of the Sun’, part I, ch. 4) — Я спросил дона Арнальдо, как могли предприниматели-католики платить рабочим нищенскую зарплату и увольнять их без всякого предупреждения и почему это не вызывало никаких протестов со стороны прелатов Юга.


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

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  • at a moment's notice — ► at short (or a moment s) notice with little warning. Main Entry: ↑notice …   English terms dictionary

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  • at/on a moment's notice — see ↑notice, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑moment …   Useful english dictionary

  • at (or N. Amer. on) short (or a moment's) notice — with little warning. → notice …   English new terms dictionary

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