that cock won't fight

that cock won't fight
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≈ этот номер не пройдёт

I tried to see the arms on the carriage, but there were none so that cock wouldn't fight. (Ch. Kingsley, ‘Alton Locke. Tailor and Poet’, ch. XXIV) — Я попытался увидеть герб на карете, но такового не оказалось, и дело не выгорело.

One of these days they'd try and bring in Prohibition, he shouldn't wonder; but that cock wouldn't fight in England - too extravagant! (J. Galsworthy, ‘Swan Song’, part III, ch. XII) — Чего доброго, в Англии скоро попытаются ввести сухой закон; но этот номер не пройдет - не по карману!

Lickcheese: "...Well that cock won't fight any longer; and to put it short, the game is up for men in the position of you and Mr. Sartorius." (B. Shaw, ‘Widowers' Houses’, act III) — Ликчиз: "...Ну, эта лошадка больше не играет; короче говоря, таким людям, как вы и мистер Сарториус, тут больше делать нечего."


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

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