pick one's steps

pick one's steps
(pick one's steps (или way))
медленно пробираться, осторожно продвигаться вперёд, идти, выбирая дорогу

But the nearer he came to the center of the town, the more difficult it was to walk - the road was strewn with stones and bricks and rubble; he had to pick his way and often stumbled. (S. Heym, ‘The Crusaders’, book I, ch. 7) — Но чем ближе он подходил к центру города, тем труднее становилось идти: улица была усеяна щебнем, битым кирпичом, обломками. Хотя он шел осторожно, но то и дело спотыкался.

Like tired flies, people picked their way among the debris. (S. Heym, ‘The Crusaders’, book VI, ch. 1) — Среди развалин, словно сонные мухи, устало копошились люди.

The children were playing in their dozens and a cart, rumbling along the streets, had to pick its way among them with care. (G. Gordon, ‘Let the Day Perish’, part I, ch. II) — Множество детей играло на улице, и повозка тряслась по мостовой, с трудом прокладывая себе путь.


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

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