take a side

take a side
(take a (или smb.'s) side (тж. take sides (with smb.)))
стать на чью-л. сторону; присоединиться, примкнуть к какой-л. стороне

Edith: "...You always used to take sides against me." Edward: "And yet we all liked one another really." (N. Coward, ‘Cavalcade’, part II, sc. V) — Эдит: "...Когда мы были детьми, ты всегда был против меня, на стороне других." Эдвард: "Но, право же, это не мешало нам всем дружить."

However hard he tries to be impartial, he cannot help taking sides. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Ten Novels and Their Authors’, ch. I) — Как бы ни старался романист быть беспристрастным, он все равно берет чью-либо сторону.


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

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