put stock in smth.

put stock in smth.: (put (или take) stock in smth.)

верить чему-л., относиться с доверием к чему-л., придавать значение чему-л. [первонач. амер.]

I don't take much stock in all their talk about anarchy. (Th. Dreiser, ‘Twelve Men’, ‘A Mayor and His People’) — Всем этим толкам об анархизме я не придаю серьезного значения.

Come, Larry! don't you put no stock in what that windjammer tells you. He jist [= just] talks to hear his head rattle. (J. Conroy, ‘The Disinherited’, part II, ch. VI) — Идем, Ларри. Ты не слушай, что болтает этот пустомеля. Его хлебом не корми, а дай потрепать языком.

‘I don't put much stock in stories like that, though.’ Warden said, careful casual. (J. Jones, ‘From Here to Eternity’, ch. XII) — - Я не очень верю таким разговорам, - сказал Уорден настороженно.

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put\ in — v 1. To add to what has been said; say (smth) in addition to what others say. While the boys were discussing the car accident, Ben put in that the road was icy. My father put in a word for me and I got the job. 2. To buy and keep in a store to… … Словарь американских идиом
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