have an ax to grind

have an ax to grind
(have (got) an ax(e) to grind)
преследовать личные, корыстные цели, быть заинтересованным лицом (в Англии написание ах вышло из употребления) [первонач. амер.; из рассказа Ч. Майнера (Ch. Miner); см. цитату]; см. тж. with an ax to grind

When I see a merchant over-polite to his customers... thinks I, that man has an axe to grind. (Ch. Miner, ‘Who'll Turn the Grindstone’, 1815, OED) — Когда я вижу, что торговец чрезмерно любезен со своими покупателями... то, думается мне, он делает это из корыстных соображений.

Don't you think it's foolish for you to stay here? Don't think it's anything to me whether you go or stay. I haven't any ax to grind, but I really wonder why you stay. (Th. Dreiser, ‘A Book about Myself’, ch. LXX) — Не кажется ли вам, что вы делаете глупость, оставаясь здесь? Не думайте, что для меня имеет какое-либо значение, останетесь вы или нет. Я лицо незаинтересованное. Я просто хотел бы знать, почему вы решили остаться.

‘I gather you Don't think much of amateurs, inspector?’ ‘You've hardly the same resources at your command, have you, Mr Clarke?’ ‘We've got a personal axe to grind - and that's something.’ (A. Christie, ‘The ABC Murders’, ch. XXI) — - Я полагаю, инспектор, вы невысокого мнения о детективах-любителях? - Вы, мистер Кларк, вряд ли располагаете нашими возможностями. - Но зато нас подстегивает личная заинтересованность, а это уже кое-что.


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

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  • have an axe to grind — ► have an axe to grind have a private reason for doing something. Main Entry: ↑axe …   English terms dictionary

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  • have an axe to grind — verb To have a dispute, resentment, or grudge, sometimes with a disposition to act on that resentment covertly; to have a bias; to take issue with something. There is not the least doubt, Gen. Cary said, that Mr. Cleveland is the most popular man …   Wiktionary

  • have an ax to grind — have a self serving reason for doing or being involved in something she joined the board because she had an ax to grind with the school system …   Useful english dictionary

  • have an axe to grind — have a private reason for doing something. → axe …   English new terms dictionary

  • have an axe to grind — to have a strong opinion about something, which you are often trying to persuade other people is correct. As a novelist, he has no political axe to grind …   New idioms dictionary

  • have an axe to grind — to have an opinion or aim that influences your decisions and that you want other people to accept or consider an angry young man with an axe to grind …   English dictionary

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