place oneself beyond the pale

place oneself beyond the pale
(place oneself beyond (out of или outside) the pale (of smth.))
лишиться чьего-л. расположения; стать изгоем, парией

Without one overt act of hostility, one upbraiding word, he contrived to impress me momently with the conviction that I was put beyond the pale of his favour. (Ch. Brontë, ‘Jane Eyre’, ch. XXXV) — Без проявления враждебности, без единого слова укоризны Сентджон все же дал мне ясно понять, что я лишилась его расположения.

And, in his mood of savage bitterness, he was tempted momentarily by an impulse to accept this offering of herself, to revenge himself on Geoffrey, to justify the ill opinions he had earned and place himself beyond the pale. (A. J. Cronin, ‘A Thing of Beauty’, part IV, ch. XI) — Душа его была полна такой горечи, что на минуту ему захотелось принять ее жертву, отомстить Джеффри, оправдать дурное мнение о себе и окончательно стать изгоем.


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

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