...who do you suppose will ever employ a professional man, when they see his boy... flying the garter in the horse-road? (Ch. Dickens, ‘Pickwick Papers’, ch. XXXVIII) — ...кто, как ты полагаешь, прибегнет к помощи врача, чей мальчишка только и делает, что... играет в чехарду на мостовой?
Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.
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