throw one's weight about

throw one's weight about
разг.
(throw one's weight about (или around))
вызывающе, заносчиво держаться; важничать, задаваться; помыкать кем-л.

Who the hell gave you the right to throw your weight about and attempt to tell experienced actors what to do and what not to do? (N. Coward, ‘Collected Short Stories’, ‘Star Quality’) — Кто, черт побери, дал вам право помыкать актерами, которые столько лет отдали сцене, и учить их, что им надо делать и что не надо!

‘Look, Herbert,’ she said quietly, ‘I talk a lot - and they say I throw my weight about and lay down the law - but I don't suppose I'm much good really.’ (J. B. Priestley, ‘Three Men in New Suits’, ch. 6) — - Слушайте, Герберт, - тихо сказала девушка, - я много болтаю, про меня говорят, что я невесть что о себе воображаю и все критикую. А на самом деле - грош мне цена.

She was in here the other day, throwing her weight about as if she was Hedy Lamarr and Katharine Herburn rolled into one. (J. Lindsay, ‘Betrayed Spring’, ch. II) — Она была здесь на днях и держалась так заносчиво, что можно было подумать - это Хеди Ламарр и Кэтрин Хепберн вместе взятые.


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

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  • throw one's weight about (or around) — informal be unpleasantly self assertive. → weight …   English new terms dictionary

  • throw one's weight about — phrasal see throw one s weight around …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • throw one's weight around — ► throw one s weight about (or around) informal be unpleasantly self assertive. Main Entry: ↑weight …   English terms dictionary

  • throw one's weight around — phrasal or throw one s weight about : to exercise influence or authority especially to an excessive degree or in an objectionable manner began throwing her weight around the moment she was installed in her job Bennett Cerf prickly with vanity and …   Useful english dictionary

  • throw one's weight around — or throw one s weight about phrasal to exercise influence or authority especially to an excessive degree or in an objectionable manner …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • throw one's weight about —  Behave overbearingly. Useone s authority …   A concise dictionary of English slang

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  • weight — ► NOUN 1) a body s relative mass or the quantity of matter contained by it, giving rise to a downward force; heaviness. 2) Physics the force exerted on the mass of a body by a gravitational field. 3) the quality of being heavy. 4) a unit or… …   English terms dictionary

  • throw — v. & n. v.tr. (past threw; past part. thrown) 1 propel with some force through the air or in a particular direction. 2 force violently into a specified position or state (the ship was thrown on the rocks; threw themselves down). 3 compel suddenly …   Useful english dictionary


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