take wing

take wing
1) вспорхнуть, улететь, полететь (о птицах)

When I opened the door, all the sparrows on the tree took wing. — Когда я открыл дверь, воробьи, сидевшие на дереве, вспорхнули и улетели.

2) спасаться бегством, удирать, убегать, улизнуть

I found a fellow who has in the same regiment with him, and knew this Mrs. Glasher before she took wing. (G. Eliot, ‘Daniel Deronda’, ch. XXXVI) — Я нашел человека, который был с ним в одном полку и знал эту миссис Глашер до того, как она убежала от своего мужа.

3) улетучиться, исчезнуть (тж. take wings или take to itself wings)

Things went for some time pretty smoothly; Miss Keeldar's health was reestablished... every fear seemed to have taken wing... (Ch. Brontë, ‘Shirley’, ch. XXXVI) — Какое-то время дела шли неплохо; здоровье мисс Килдар восстановилось... все ее страхи улетучились...

His money took to itself wings. — У него очень быстро улетучились все деньги.


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

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