bow down in the house of Rimmon
- bow down in the house of Rimmon
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поступать вопреки своим принципам; поступиться своими убеждениями, принести свои убеждения в жертву необходимости 2 Kings V, 18; Риммон - ассирийское божество]
Avoiding... this false start our writer decides to launch off straight into the literary world. He will probably enter it full of high resolves not to bow down in the house of Rimmon. (C. D. Lewis, ‘Revolution in Writing’, Kenk) — Наш писатель решил вступить в мир литературы, не прибегая ни к каким обманным уловкам. Он, по всей вероятности, одушевлен благородным стремлением не поступаться своими принципами.
Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа»..
2006.
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