put back the clocks

put back the clocks
(put (set или turn) back the clocks (of history; тж. put, set или turn the clock back, stop the clock))
тормозить, задерживать развитие, (пытаться) повернуть вспять колесо истории

‘Anything else, grandfather?’ ‘I should have liked to ask you not to cheapen our name any more, but I suppose that would be putting the clock back. The spirit of the age is against me.’ (J. Galsworthy, ‘The Silver Spoon’, part III, ch. X) — - Что еще, дедушка? - Я бы тебя попросил больше не позорить наше имя, но, пожалуй, это старомодно. Дух времени против меня.

Eva: "Would you marry him over again if you could put the clock back?" Ethel: "Why, of course. He's been a wonderful husband." (W. S. Maugham, ‘For Services Rendered’, act 1) — Ева: "Вы опять вышли бы за него замуж, если бы могли вернуть прошлое?" Этель: "Ну конечно. Он был чудесным мужем."


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

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  • put the clocks back — (or forward) adjust clocks or watches backward (or forward) to take account of official changes in time * * * put the clocks forward/back idiom (BrE) (NAmE set/move the clocks ahead/back) to change the time shown by clocks, usually by one hour,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • put the clocks forward — put the clocks forward/back idiom (BrE) (NAmE set/move the clocks ahead/back) to change the time shown by clocks, usually by one hour, when the time changes officially, for example at the beginning and end of summer • Remember to put your clocks… …   Useful english dictionary

  • set the clocks back — put the clocks forward/back idiom (BrE) (NAmE set/move the clocks ahead/back) to change the time shown by clocks, usually by one hour, when the time changes officially, for example at the beginning and end of summer • Remember to put your clocks… …   Useful english dictionary

  • move the clocks back — put the clocks forward/back idiom (BrE) (NAmE set/move the clocks ahead/back) to change the time shown by clocks, usually by one hour, when the time changes officially, for example at the beginning and end of summer • Remember to put your clocks… …   Useful english dictionary

  • set the clocks ahead — put the clocks forward/back idiom (BrE) (NAmE set/move the clocks ahead/back) to change the time shown by clocks, usually by one hour, when the time changes officially, for example at the beginning and end of summer • Remember to put your clocks… …   Useful english dictionary

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