be one too many for smb.

be one too many for smb.
разг.
1) быть сильнее, искуснее, хитрее кого-л.; ≈ заткнуть кого-л. за пояс

A: "How did you get on in your tennis match this afternoon?" B: "Oh, he was one too many for me - beat me in three straight sets." (SPI) — А: "Ну, как вы сегодня сыграли в теннис?" Б: "Увы, мой партнер оказался сильнее меня и выиграл три партии подряд."

2) быть выше чьего-л. понимания; быть не по силам кому-л.

Well, one thing was dead sure, and that was that Tom Sawyer was in earnest, and was actually going to help steal that nigger out of slavery. That was the thing that was too many for me. (M. Twain, ‘Huckleberry Finn’, ch. XXXIV) — Но одно-то уж было ясно как день: видно было, что Том Сойер говорил всерьез и взаправду собирался помочь этому негру бежать из неволи. Этого я прямо-таки не мог понять.

...this world's too many for me... I'm nought but a bankrupt - it's no use standing up for anything now. (G. Eliot, ‘The Mill on the Floss’, book III, ch. VIII) — ...этот мир слишком сложен для меня... я теперь ничто, несостоятельный должник. Где уж мне теперь стоять на своем.


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

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