lead smb. a dance

lead smb. a dance
(lead smb. a (pretty) dance)
помучить кого-л.; ≈ водить кого-л. за нос

She was not so facile as he had expected. In fact, she led him a dance, and it was not till the eve of his departure for Rome that she consented to receive him in her apartment early one morning. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Ten Novels and Their Authors’, ch. IV) — Графиня оказалась не такой покладистой, как он предполагал, и долго водила его за нос. Только накануне его отъезда в Рим она согласилась принять его у себя рано утром.

He looked at the bronze face; and the philosopher looked back from his hollow eyes, as if saying: ‘What do you know of human heart, my boy..? A pretty dance the heart will lead you yet!’ (J. Galsworthy, ‘Beyond’, part IV, ch. IV) — Он взглянул на бронзовое лицо, и философ также посмотрел на него пустыми орбитами глаз, как бы говоря: "Что вам известно о человеческом сердце, молодой человек..? Вы еще попадете в беду из-за сердечных дел"


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

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