quench the smoking flax

quench the smoking flax
книжн.
≈ заглушать, не давать развернуться таланту [этим. библ. Isaiah XLII, 3]

We shall not quench the smoking flax. Clever and delightful poets, both of them... (S. O'Casey, ‘Sunset and Evening Star’, ‘Sunset’) — Они оба умные, тонкие поэты... И мы не должны мешать их таланту.


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

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