‘But if you haven't dropped a parcel over the race,’ I said, ‘why are you looking so rattled?’ (P. G. Wodehouse, ‘The Inimitable Jeeves’, ch. XII) — - Но если вы не проиграли на скачках, почему же у вас такой несчастный вид? - спросил я.
Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.
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