speak by the card

speak by the card
выражаться точно; взвешивать свои слова [шекспировское выражение; см. цитату; card в этом выражении означает картушка компаса]

Hamlet: "How absolute the knave is! We must speak by the card, or equivocation will undo us." (W. Shakespeare, ‘Hamlet’, act V, sc. 1) — Гамлет: "До чего точен этот плут! Приходится говорить осмотрительно, а не то мы погибнем от двусмысленностей." (перевод М. Лозинского)

‘Now, I'm sure I'm speaking by the card,’ said Charley, ‘when I say that there is not another man in London who could have written that line, and who would have used so delectable a word.’ (A. Trollops, ‘The Three Clerks’, ch. XLVII) — - Могу утверждать с полной уверенностью, - сказал Чарли, - что подобное мог написать только один человек в Лондоне. Только он мог написать такое мерзкое слово.

I speak by the card in order to avoid entanglement of words. — Я выражаюсь как можно точнее, для того чтобы избежать словесной путаницы.


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

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