take one's life

take one's life
(take one's (own) life)
покончить жизнь самоубийством, наложить на себя руки

One thing is clear - had the Nazis seized upon the promise of the split atom, then they would never have bent Dr. Hahn to their will for he would have taken his life first. (R. E. Lapp, ‘Atoms and People’, ch. I) — Однако совершенно ясно одно: если бы нацисты ухватились за идею использования атомной энергии, они никогда не заставили бы доктора Гана выполнять их приказы - немецкий химик скорее бы покончил жизнь самоубийством, чем стал послушным орудием в их руках.

The world said, and he was silent, that his wife had accidentally fallen from that roof. But he knew better; she had left him a letter and told him simply and lovingly why she had taken her own life. (W. Du Bois, ‘The Ordeal of Mansart’, ch. VI) — Весь свет говорил (и полковник Брекенридж не противоречил этому), что жена его случайно оступилась и упала с крыши. Однако полковнику была известна правда; жена оставила ему письмо, простое и ласковое, где объяснила причину своего добровольного ухода из жизни.


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

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  • take one's life in one's hands — ► take one s life in one s hands risk being killed. Main Entry: ↑life …   English terms dictionary

  • take one's life away — index dispatch (put to death) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • take one's life in one's hands — idi take one s life in one s hands, to risk death knowingly …   From formal English to slang

  • take one's life in one's hand — risk one s life, place one s own life in danger …   English contemporary dictionary

  • take one's life in one's hands — phrasal : to risk one s life deliberately * * * risk being killed …   Useful english dictionary

  • take one's life in one's hands — {v. phr.} To face great danger or take great risk. * /Driving that car with those worn tires would be taking your life in your hands./ * /He took his life in his hands when he tried to capture the wild horse./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • take one's life in one's hands — {v. phr.} To face great danger or take great risk. * /Driving that car with those worn tires would be taking your life in your hands./ * /He took his life in his hands when he tried to capture the wild horse./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • take\ one's\ life\ in\ one's\ hands — v. phr. To face great danger or take great risk. Driving that car with those worn tires would be taking your life in your hands. He took his life in his hands when he tried to capture the wild horse …   Словарь американских идиом

  • take one's life into one's hands —    To say that someone is taking their life in their hands means that they are taking the risk of being killed.     If you drive home on this icy road, you ll be taking your life in your hands …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • take one's life in one's hands — risk being killed. → life …   English new terms dictionary

  • take your own life — phrase to kill yourself deliberately About a year ago, Carol tried to take her own life. Thesaurus: to kill yourselfhyponym to kill a person or animalsynonym Main entry: life * * * take your own life …   Useful english dictionary


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