beat all

beat all
разг.
(beat all (тж. beat anything, beat creation или all creation, beat everything, beat the devil, beat the Dutch; прост. beat cock-fighting; амер. beat hell, beat my time или beat the world))
превзойти все ожидания [beat (all) creation первонач. амер.]; см. тж. it bangs Banagher и beat all nature

...Londoners beat all creation for thinking about themselves. (B. Shaw, ‘Cashel Byron's Profession’, ch. VI) — ...лондонцы слишком много о себе воображают. В этом им нет равных.

Captain Nichols dragged Strickland bleeding from a wound in his arm, his clothes in rags, into the street. His own face was covered with blood from a blow on the nose. ‘This beats cock-fighting,’ said Strickland. (W. S. Maugham, ‘The Moon and Sixpence’, ch. XLVII) — Капитан Николс вытащил Стрикленда на улицу. Из раны на руке у того текла кровь, платье было разорвано. Лицо самого капитана было залито кровью - ему разбили нос. - Это было, пожалуй, почище петушиного боя, - сказал Стрикленд.

My God, the rumors of the stock exchange. They beat the devil. (Th. Dreiser, ‘The Financier’, ch. VI) — Ох эти биржевые слухи! Сам дьявол не придумает ничего подобного.

His impudence beats everything. — Он такой наглец, что дальше ехать некуда.


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

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  • beat\ all — • beat all • beat the Dutch v. phr. informal To be strange or surprising. John found a box full of money buried in his garage. Doesn t that beat all! It beats the Dutch how Tom always makes a basket …   Словарь американских идиом

  • beat all — or[beat the Dutch] {v. phr.}, {informal} To be strange or surprising. * /John found a box full of money buried in his garage. Doesn t that beat all!/ * /It beats the Dutch how Tom always makes a basket./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • beat all — or[beat the Dutch] {v. phr.}, {informal} To be strange or surprising. * /John found a box full of money buried in his garage. Doesn t that beat all!/ * /It beats the Dutch how Tom always makes a basket./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • beat all — vp Be outrageous. Doesn t that beat all? 1930s …   Historical dictionary of American slang

  • beat all — idi+inf to be surprising or impressive: Did he really? Well, if that doesn t beat all![/ex] …   From formal English to slang

  • beat\ all\ hollow — • beat all hollow • beat hollow v. phr. slang To do much better than; to beat very badly. We beat their team all hollow. As a speaker, he beats us all hollow …   Словарь американских идиом

  • beat all — be amazing or impressive well, that beats all …   Useful english dictionary

  • beat all hollow — also[beat hollow] {v. phr.}, {slang} To do much better than; to beat very badly. * /We beat their team all hollow./ * /As a speaker, he beats us all hollow./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • beat all hollow — also[beat hollow] {v. phr.}, {slang} To do much better than; to beat very badly. * /We beat their team all hollow./ * /As a speaker, he beats us all hollow./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • beat all hollow — phrasal see beat hollow …   Useful english dictionary

  • to beat all -s — that is infinitely better than all the things mentioned a PC screen saver to beat all screen savers …   Useful english dictionary


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