on the spot

on the spot
1) сразу, немедленно, тут же, без промедления

I apologized on the spot, but she wouldn't listen to me. (W. Saroyan, ‘Peace It's Wonderful’, ‘The Love Kick’) — Я сразу же извинился, но жена и слушать меня не захотела.

There was only one thing for me to do. I wanted to do it and, by God, it gave me some satisfaction. I resigned on the spot. (A. J. Cronin, ‘A Thing of Beauty’, part V, ch. IV) — Мне оставалось только одно: немедленно заявить, что подаю в отставку. Что я и сделал по доброй воле и, клянусь, с величайшим удовлетворением.

I fired Newkirk on the spot. Nobody slugs a foreman around here and gets away with it. (A. Hailey, ‘Wheels’, ch. 2) — Я уволил Ньюкерка тут же, на месте. Поднять руку на мастера - такое еще никому не сходило с рук.

2) на месте (часто о местном жителе или о человеке, находящемся в данном месте и являющемся очевидцем чего-л.)

Unless he was on the spot nothing was done. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Complete Short Stories’, ‘Virtue’) — Когда Мортона не было на месте, строительство дороги прекращалось.

The reporter is the man on the spot, or he is nothing. (J. B. Priestley, ‘Midnight on the Desert’, ch. 1) — Репортер - это человек, являющийся очевидцем событий. В противном случае он ничего не стоит.

The foreigners were all for reinforcing the police and even for having a corps of militia on the spot. (K. S. Prichard, ‘The Roaring Nineties’, ch. 59) — Иностранцы были за то, чтобы усилить полицейские части и даже создать местную охрану на Болдеровских рудниках.

Shake... always contrived to be on the spot when anything was doing in the way of a gamble. (K. S. Prichard, ‘Potch and Colour’, ‘The Mayor of Bardie Creek’) — Шейк... всегда был тут как тут, когда затевалась какая-нибудь азартная игра.


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

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