Why, I have smacked calf-skin fifty times in England for a keg of brandy. (W. Scott, ‘The Heart of Mid-Lothlan’, ch. XX) — В Англии, выступая свидетелем в суде, я, право же, раз пятьдесят целовал Библию за обещанный бочонок коньяку.
Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.
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