take the knock

take the knock
разг.
1) разориться, погореть; ≈ вылететь в трубу

‘Fulsham runs this place. You know him, do you?’ ‘No, I've never met him. I've seen him around. He's taken the knock, I could see that.’ (A. Marshall, ‘In Mine Own Heart’, ch. XIII) — - Ведь фирму возглавляет Фулшем. Вы его не знаете? - Нет, я с ним не знаком. Правда, видел разок-другой. Ему не уйти от банкротства - это по всему видно.

2) пострадать

He had "taken the knock" - "taken the knock"! And he wondered what on earth Mrs. Soames had been saying, what on earth she had been telling him in the carriage. (J. Galsworthy, ‘The Man of Property’, part III, ch. IV) — Здорово пристукнуло Пирата, здорово! И Джордж ломал себе голову, что же такое говорила миссис Сомс, что же такое она рассказывала ему в вагоне.

This clause makes it possible for a man wantin' to work off a grudge against another to plant a bit of stolen gold on him, and arouse the dee's suspicions as to where it may be found. It's happened, two or three times and a decent bloke has taken the knock. (K. S. Prichard, ‘Golden Miles’, ch. II) — Это развязывает руки всякому подлецу, который захочет кому-нибудь отомстить. Ему надо всего только подложить своей жертве кусок золота и натравить на след полицейских. Так уж и было раза два-три, и честные парни пострадали ни за что ни про что.


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

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