call off one's dogs

call off one's dogs
(call off one's (или the) dogs (тж. call one's dogs off))
прекратить неприятное дело, неприятный разговор и т. п. [этим. охот. отозвать собак]

‘Lowdan is down at the Haskell Hotel,’ he said. ‘I know he's in his room now. Go down and let him take a peep at that but don't let him get his hands on it and tell him to call his dogs off.’ (R. P. Warren, ‘All the King's Men’, ch. III) — - Лоудан в гостинице "Хаскел", - сказал хозяин. - У себя в номере. Пойди туда и покажи ему этот конверт, но в руки не давай. И скажи, чтобы он оттащил свою свору.

It is OK for us to talk to witnesses... provided that the minute a witness tells us he or she has been forbidden by the court to talk to us, we call off our dogs. (C. Bernstein and B. Woodward, ‘All the President's Men’, ch. 11) — Нам разрешено говорить со свидетелями... при одном условии: если свидетель обмолвится, что суд запретил ему говорить с нами, мы сейчас же прерываем беседу.


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

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