open the ball

open the ball
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You are the fifth Jolyon Forsyte, old man, and you open the ball of the new century! (J. Galsworthy, ‘In Chancery’, part II, ch. I) — Ты пятый Джолион Форсайт, старина, и ты открываешь бал нового столетия.

Keeping close to the window, he heard what was said between them. He heard Hunter opening the ball with, ‘Really, Mrs. Casside, your boy must be sent to school.’ (S. O'Casey, ‘I Knock at the Door’, ‘The Protestant Kid Thinks of Reformation’) — Стоя у самого окна, он слышал все, что они говорили. Начал разговор Хантер. - Уверяю вас, миссис Кэссиди, вашего мальчика нужно послать в школу.


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

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