the ways and means

the ways and means
1) пути и способы

He has been devising ways and means all the way here of explaining himself, and has been satisfied with none. (Ch. Dickens, ‘Dombey and Son’, ch. LIII) — По пути он все время старался придумать подходящее объяснение, но ни одно его не удовлетворяло.

Oh well, he's a great man, these days, Paddy Cavan. I had a suspicion he'd get where he wanted to, and not be too particular about the ways and means. (K. S. Prichard, ‘The Roaring Nineties’, ch. 3) — - О, теперь он большой человек, этот Пэдди Кеван, - продолжал Динни. - Я так и думал, что он добьется своего и не очень-то будет разборчив в средствах.

If you want to resign and get out then go ahead. You can do it if you withdraw that letter as I've asked. Otherwise, there are ways and means of settling this and I'll use them. (J. Aldridge, ‘The Diplomat’, ch. 44) — Хотите получить отставку - пожалуйста! Все будет по-вашему, если вы напишете заявление, которое я от вас требую. Не хотите - найдутся другие способы урегулировать этот вопрос, и я не задумаюсь прибегнуть к ним.

2) пути и способы изыскания денежных средств (правительством)

His Lordship... advises him to look after the ways and means, and leave questions of peace and war to his betters. (Th. Macaulay, ‘The Miscellaneous Writings’) — Его светлость... посоветовал Ванситтарту заняться изысканием денежных средств и предоставить вышестоящим решать вопросы войны и мира.

3) денежные средства; средства к существованию

She had not yet had any anxiety about ways and means. (G. Eliot, ‘Middlemarch’, ch. LVIII) — Пока еще ей не приходилось испытывать материальных затруднений.

We were without decorous clothes or ways and means of existence... (O. Henry, ‘Sixes and Sevens’, ‘The Day We Celebrate’) — У нас не было ни приличной одежды, ни средств к существованию...


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

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