walk a chalk line

walk a chalk line
(walk a (или the) chalk line (или chalk-line))
1) пройти по одной половице (в доказательство своей трезвости)

‘You are in liquor and so early too. I'm ashamed of you.’ ‘Well, that's true, sir,’ says Andrew... ‘But I can walk straight enough for practical purposes. I can walk a chalk line...’ (Th. Hardy, ‘Selected Stories’, ‘Andrew Satchel and the Parson and Clerk’) — - Вы пьяны, и к тому же с самого утра. Мне стыдно за вас. - Да, это верно, сэр, - сказал Эндрю... - Но меня не бросает из стороны в сторону. Могу пройти по одной половице...

2) амер.; разг. вести себя безупречно, безукоризненно

That son of a bitch Sherm Ruedy - she apparently never referred to the Police Chief in any other way: That son of a bitch Sherm Ruedy had watched her all the time and apparently took pleasure in warning her about once a week that he would pick her up if she didn't walk the chalk line. (J. Jones, ‘Some Came Running’, book III, ch. XXXII) — Этот сукин сын Шерм Руди - а иначе начальника полиции Гинни, видимо, не называла, - этот сукин сын Шерм Руди все время наблюдал за ней и явно получал удовольствие, чуть не каждую неделю предупреждая, что посадит ее в тюрьму, если она не будет вести себя безупречно.

3) амер.; разг. твёрдо придерживаться определённой линии поведения

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

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  • walk\ the\ chalk\ line — • walk the chalk • walk the chalk line • walk the chalk mark To act exactly as you are supposed to; behave properly; obey. That new teacher really makes the students walk the chalk. In some classes the students play and talk, but Mr. Parker makes …   Словарь американских идиом

  • walk the chalk line — phrasal or walk the chalk mark or walk chalk also walk a chalk line : to behave in a strictly disciplined or obedient way : conduct oneself without deviation from propriety …   Useful english dictionary

  • walk a chalk line — phrasal see walk the chalk line …   Useful english dictionary

  • walk\ the\ chalk — • walk the chalk • walk the chalk line • walk the chalk mark To act exactly as you are supposed to; behave properly; obey. That new teacher really makes the students walk the chalk. In some classes the students play and talk, but Mr. Parker makes …   Словарь американских идиом

  • walk\ the\ chalk\ mark — • walk the chalk • walk the chalk line • walk the chalk mark To act exactly as you are supposed to; behave properly; obey. That new teacher really makes the students walk the chalk. In some classes the students play and talk, but Mr. Parker makes …   Словарь американских идиом

  • walk the chalk — or[walk the chalk line] or[walk the chalk mark] To act exactly as you are supposed to; behave properly; obey. * /That new teacher really makes the students walk the chalk./ * /In some classes the students play and talk, but Mr. Parker makes them… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • walk the chalk — or[walk the chalk line] or[walk the chalk mark] To act exactly as you are supposed to; behave properly; obey. * /That new teacher really makes the students walk the chalk./ * /In some classes the students play and talk, but Mr. Parker makes them… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • walk the chalk mark — phrasal see walk the chalk line …   Useful english dictionary

  • Chalk Line Walk — Der Cakewalk ist ein Gesellschaftstanz, der um 1850 entstand und zunächst Chalk Line Walk (englisch für „Kreideliniengang“) genannt wurde. Von 1895 bis 1905 wurde der Tanz dann auf der Grundlage von Ragtime Musik als Cakewalk zum bekannten… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • chalk — [chôk] n. [ME < OE cealc < L calx, lime, limestone: see CALCIUM] 1. a white, gray, or yellowish limestone that is soft, porous, and easily pulverized, composed almost entirely of calcite from minute sea shells 2. any substance like chalk in …   English World dictionary

  • line — See: BLOW ONE S LINES or FLUFF ONE S LINES, CHOW LINE, DOWN THE LINE, DRAW A LINE or DRAW THE LINE, DROP A LINE, END OF THE ROAD or END OF THE LINE, FOUL LINE, GOAL LINE, GOAL LINE STAND, HOLD THE LINE, HOOK, LINE AND SINKER, IN LINE, IN LINE… …   Dictionary of American idioms


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