change hands

change hands
перейти в другие руки, к другому владельцу; переходить из рук в руки

During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the Banda Oriental (Eastern Bank of the River), as Uruguay was then called, changed hands several times between Spain and Portugal. (W. Foster, ‘Outline Political History of the Americas’, book II, ch. 12) — В XVII и XVIII веках "Банда Ориенталь", как тогда называли Уругвай и что в переводе означает "Восточный берег реки", принадлежал попеременно то Испании, то Португалии.

I come here, and find my friends have sold their house. It has changed hands so many times that it has been impossible to find them by that means. (R. Aldington, ‘All Men Are Enemies’, part II, ch. VIII) — я приезжаю сюда и узнаю, что мои друзья продали свой дом, который затем столько раз переходил из рук в руки, что найти их теперь нет никакой возможности.


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

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  • change hands — {v. phr.} To change or transfer ownership. * /Ever since our apartment building changed hands, things are working a lot better./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • change hands — {v. phr.} To change or transfer ownership. * /Ever since our apartment building changed hands, things are working a lot better./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • change hands — ► to pass from one owner to another: »More than 30 million shares changed hands in the first hour of business. Main Entry: ↑change …   Financial and business terms

  • change hands — ► change hands 1) (of a business or building) pass to a different owner. 2) (of money) pass to another person in the course of a business transaction. Main Entry: ↑change …   English terms dictionary

  • change hands — index bequeath, circulate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • change hands — verb be transferred to another owner This restaurant changed hands twice last year • Syn: ↑change owners • Hypernyms: ↑move, ↑displace • Hyponyms: ↑vest, ↑fall, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • change hands — change owners, be sold or traded    That condo changed hands three times in one year three owners! …   English idioms

  • change hands — change ownership, be passed between people …   English contemporary dictionary

  • change hands — Change owners …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • change hands — 1) if something changes hands, it gets a new owner The house has changed hands several times in the last few years. 2) if money changes hands, one person gives it to another as payment, sometimes in a dishonest way No money actually changed hands …   English dictionary

  • change\ hands — v. phr. To change or transfer ownership. Ever since our apartment building changed hands, things are working a lot better …   Словарь американских идиом


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