on guard

on guard
(on (one's) guard)
настороже, начеку; см. тж. off guard

‘I am sorry to grieve you,’ pursued the widow; ‘but you are so young, and so little acquainted with men, I wished to put you on your guard.’ (Ch. Brontë, ‘Jane Eyre’, ch. XXIV) — - Мне не хочется огорчать вас, - продолжала вдова, - но вы молоды и мало знаете мужчин, а потому я обязана предостеречь вас.

After all, she had heard enough about Mr. Frisco Jo Murphy to be on her guard against him. (K. S. Prichard, ‘The Roaring Nineties’, ch. 36) — В конце концов, она достаточно наслышалась о мистере Фриско Джо Мэрфи и должна быть все время настороже.

Bob had a hunch that pinprickling tactics were soon to give way to outright attack; and he was keenly on guard. (J. Lindsay, ‘A Local Habitation’, ch. 2) — Боб предчувствовал, что тактика булавочных уколов вскоре уступит место открытой атаке, и держал ухо востро.


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