at one swoop

at one swoop
(at one (fell) swoop (редк. at a swoop))
одним ударом, одним махом, в один момент, сразу [at one fell swoop шекспировское выражение, см. цитату]

Macduff. : ".All my pretty ones? Did you say all? - O hell-kite! - All? What, all my pretty chickens and their dam At one fell swoop? " (W. Shakespeare, ‘Macbeth’, act IV, sc. 3) — Макдуф: "...Всех малышей моих. - Не так ли? Всех? О адский коршун! Всех моих цыпляток С наседкой вместе - всех одним налетом. " (перевод Ю. Корнеева)

Here the huffing of Miss Bella and the loss of three of her men at a swoop, aggravated by the coronation of an opponent, led to that young lady's jerking the draughtboard and pieces off the table. (Ch. Dickens, ‘Our Mutual Friend’, book I, ch. IV) — Тут мисс Белла, потеряв сразу три пешки, что грозило ей проигрышем, вдруг толкнула шахматную доску, и все фигуры покатились со стола на пол.

Whereupon, fate instantly intervened to overthrow this prudent resolve, and very nearly ruined the whole effect of Miss Climpson's diplomacy at one fell swoop. (D. L. Sayers, ‘Unnatural Death’, ch. V) — Мисс Климпсон приняла было это благоразумное решение; но судьба не преминула вмешаться, и вся ее дипломатия чуть в один миг не пошла прахом.


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

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  • swoop — I. verb Etymology: alteration of Middle English swopen to sweep, from Old English swāpan more at sweep Date: 1566 intransitive verb to move with a sweep transitive verb to gain or carry off in or as if in a swoop usually used with up • swooper… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • swoop — v. & n. v. 1 intr. (often foll. by down) descend rapidly like a bird of prey. 2 intr. (often foll. by on) make a sudden attack from a distance. 3 tr. (often foll. by up) colloq. snatch the whole of at one swoop. n. a swooping or snatching… …   Useful english dictionary

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  • swoop — ► VERB 1) move rapidly downwards through the air. 2) carry out a sudden raid. 3) (often swoop up) informal seize with a sweeping motion. ► NOUN ▪ an act of swooping. ● at (or in) one fell swoop Cf. ↑ …   English terms dictionary

  • one fell swoop — If something is done at one fell swoop, it is done in a single period of activity, usually swiftly and ruthlessly …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • swoop — (v.) 1560s, to move or walk in a stately manner, apparently from a dialectal survival of O.E. swapan to sweep, brandish, dash, from P.Gmc. *swaipanan, from PIE root *swei to swing, bend, to turn. Meaning pounce upon with a sweeping movement first …   Etymology dictionary

  • one fell swoop — see under swoop ● fell …   Useful english dictionary

  • swoop — I UK [swuːp] / US [swup] verb [intransitive] Word forms swoop : present tense I/you/we/they swoop he/she/it swoops present participle swooping past tense swooped past participle swooped 1) to move quickly and suddenly downwards through the air,… …   English dictionary

  • swoop — swoop1 [ swup ] verb intransitive 1. ) to move quickly and suddenly downward through the air, especially in order to attack or catch someone or something: The aircraft swooped down over the fields in search of its target. We watched the hawk… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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