round the corner

round the corner
1) рядом, поблизости; в самое ближайшее время; ≈ не за горами (тж. преим. амер. around the corner)

Since I had already had my first poem printed in a London periodical that week I naturally began to feel as if the Nobel prize were just around the corner. (R. Aldington, ‘Life for Life's Sake’, ch. 5) — Лондонская газета напечатала на этой неделе мое первое стихотворение, и я, естественно, считал, что Нобелевская премия мне уже обеспечена.

Romantic and sentimental, they liked to think happiness was just round the corner for him to grab. (K. S. Prichard, ‘Winged Seeds’, ch. XXIII) — Сентиментальные романтики, они тешили себя мыслью, что счастье рядом - стоит только протянуть руку.

We were of course a long way from the Huck Finn region, but, nevertheless, we felt that the immortal lad was only around the corner. (J. B. Priestley, ‘Midnight on the Desert’, ch. 3) — Конечно, мы были далеко от тех мест, где жил когда-то Гек Финн, но нам, однако, казалось, что бессмертный парнишка где-то здесь, рядом.

2) редк. вне опасности [производное от to turn the corner; см. turn the corner]

‘You're round the corner now,’ cried Miss Pecksniff. (Ch. Dickens, ‘Martin Chuzzlewit’, ch. II) — - Сейчас опасность уже миновала, - воскликнула мисс Пекснифф.


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

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