on the jump

on the jump
(on (или upon) the jump)
1) в спешке; в движении, на ногах

He was annoyed at what he thought the boy's indolence and found a hundred little tasks for him to do... ‘We will have to keep the big lazy fellow on the jump...’ he said to his wife. (Sh. Anderson, ‘Poor White’, ch. I) — Генри Шепард считал Хью бездельником. Это его раздражало, и он старался найти для Хью уйму дел... - Этот здоровенный парень такой лентяй. Его надо завалить работой... - говорил он своей жене.

Her lively youngsters keep her on the jump. (RHD) — Детки у нее очень резвые. С такими на месте не посидишь.

2) с большой скоростью, во весь опор, сломя голову; поспешно, в спешке, стремительно (тж. (at a) full jump)

We heard it coming and coming on the jump, too. (M. Twain, ‘A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court’, ch. XXXIV) — Мы тоже слышали, как погоня быстро приближалась.

Send five hundred picked knights with Launcelot in the lead; and send them on the jump. (M. Twain, ‘A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court’, ch. XXXVII) — Вышли пятьсот отборных рыцарей с Ланселотом во главе; вышли их немедленно.

Truly, the new generation was traveling fast, and their elders had to "keep on the jump". (U. Sinclair, ‘Boston’, vol. I, part XII) — Да, действительно, новое поколение быстро идет вперед, старикам за ним не угнаться.


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

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