set great store by smb.

set great store by smb.: (set great (much или a lot of) store by (или on) smb. (или smth.; тж. set much by smb. или smth.))

высоко ценить кого-л. (или что-л.; придавать большое значение чему-л.;) см. тж. set little by smb.

I never set much store by rumour. (J. Galsworthy, ‘The Country House’, part II, ch. XII) — Я никогда не придавал большого значения слухам.

All of the lovely things by which he had set great store... went for a song. (Th. Dreiser, ‘The Financier’, ch. LIV) — Очаровательные вещицы, которыми он так дорожил... все пошло с молотка за бесценок.

My family sets a lot of store by their boy getting married. (A. Saxton, ‘The Great Midland’, part I, ‘The New Year, 1939’) — Для моих стариков женитьба их мальчика - огромное событие.

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