the malt gets above the meal

the malt gets above the meal
шотл.; уст.
(the malt gets above the meal (with smb.))
≈ хватить лишнего

When the malt begins to get above the meal... they are like to quarrel. (W. Scott, ‘Old Mortality’, ch. IV) — Стоит драчунам хватить лишнего... как они начинают ссориться.


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

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