on the down grade

on the down grade
под гору, на спаде; см. тж. on the up grade

...that little chap married a star... and I fancy she died not long after. Perhaps that started him on the down grade. (J. B. Priestley, ‘Let the People Sing’, ch. IV) — ....этот маленький Тимми Тивертон женился на звезде театра... она умерла, кажется, сразу после свадьбы. Он и покатился по наклонной плоскости.

They wouldn't want the job if they weren't on the down grade... (J. B. Priestley, ‘Let the People Sing’, ch. IV) — Они не взялись бы за эту работу, если бы их дела шли хорошо.

In the years since 1929 the country has learned to tolerate a deficit in recession periods, understanding that to balance the conventional budget when the economy is on the down grade is to push it down later. (‘The New Republic’) — После 1929 года страна привыкла к дефициту в периоды экономического спада, понимая, что сбалансировать бюджет в такое время можно только ценой еще большего дефицита в будущем.


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

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