at loose ends

at loose ends
1) без (определённой) работы, без места, неустроенный (тж. at a loose end)

But when Dinny had gone, and there was no more carpentering to do round the house, Morris was at a loose end. He went looking for work in the town and round the mines again. (K. S. Prichard, ‘The Roaring Nineties’, ch. 43) — Но после отъезда Динни, когда уже не нужно было больше плотничать по дому, Моррис оказался без дела. Он снова стал ходить на рудники и в город искать работу.

2) не имеющий определённых планов, бездельничающий; неустроенный, неприкаянный (тж. at a loose end)

And there was La Carolina, at a loose end now because the Cardinal who'd kept her had been too rich to die a natural death. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Then and Now’, ch. XXXVII) — И Каролина осталась у разбитого корыта: кардинал, который содержал ее, отдал богу душу - он был слишком богат, чтобы дожидаться естественной смерти.

Freeman: "It seems to me you're rather at a loose end... Why don't you change your... mind and marry me?" Smith: "Thank you very much, sir; but when I say no, I mean no." (W. S. Maugham, ‘Smith’, act IV) — Фриман: "Видно, жизнь у вас какая-то неустроенная... Может быть, вы передумаете... и выйдете за меня замуж?" Смит: "Очень вам благодарна, сэр, но когда я говорю "нет", то я и хочу сказать "нет"."

‘Why did you ring me?’ ‘Oh, I was at a loose end. I wondered if you'd care to come to the theatre with me.’ (A. Wilson, ‘The Old Men at the Zoo’, ch. IV) — - Почему вы позвонили мне? - У меня выдалось свободное время, и я подумал, не сходить ли нам в театр.

‘At a loose end?’ Miss Dott asked briskly. She was never idle herself, and it disturbed her to see someone else unoccupied. (M. Dickens, ‘The Winds of heaven’, ch. 2) — - Без дела ходите? - спросила трудолюбивая мисс Дотт. Она никогда не бездельничала сама и не любила, когда люди ничего не делали.

3) расстроенный, в запущенном состоянии (о делах)

When I took control of the business, I found it in a terrible state. My predecessor had left everything at loose ends, and it took me weeks before I could get things straight. (SPI) — Когда я стал во главе фирмы, то обнаружил, что она в ужасном состоянии. Мой предшественник так запустил дела, что я несколько недель приводил их в порядок.


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

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