down to the ground

down to the ground
разг.
вполне, совершенно, во всех отношениях, полностью (обыкн. употр. с гл. to suit)

‘Then - suppose I had asked you to marry me?’ ‘If you had, I should have said "Yes", and you would have married a woman who loved you!’’ ‘Really!’ ‘Down to the ground!’ she whispered vehemently. (Th. Hardy, ‘Tess of the d'Urbervilles’, ch. XL) — - Ну а если бы я попросил вас быть моей женой? - Я бы вам ответила "да", и вы женились бы на женщине, которая вас любит. - Неужели? - Любит всей душой, - пылко прошептала Изз.

Ubiquitous. That describes Pongo down to the ground. (A. Christie, ‘The Seven Dials Mystery’, ch. XXVIII) — "Вездесущий" - этот эпитет исчерпывающе характеризует Понго.

Geoffrey said at once that she looked most awfully well, tweeds suited her down to the ground. (R. Aldington, ‘The Colonel's Daughter’, part V, ch. 2) — Джеффри не задумываясь выпалил, что Джорджи выглядит чертовски здорово и что костюм из твида ей очень идет.

He looks as if he could be trusted down to the ground. — Он производит впечатление человека, которому можно полностью доверять.


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

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