a citizen of no mean city

a citizen of no mean city
достопочтенный гражданин [этим. библ. Acts XXI, 39]

Cobbett was... a citizen of no mean city. (G. K. Chesterton, ‘The Victorian Age in Literature’, ch. I) — Коббет был... весьма достопочтенным гражданином.


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

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