fight shy of smb.

fight shy of smb.: (fight shy of smb. (или smth.))

избегать кого-л. (или чего-л.), держаться в стороне от кого-л. (или чего-л.)

She's a handsome girl. It only beats me why he fights shy of her. (P. H. Johnson, ‘Winter Quarters’, ch. 1) — Филлис Рикс - хорошенькая девушка. Не понимаю, почему Менхенхеотт избегает ее.

Soviet composers often express surprise that whereas Pushkin has inspired Russian composers to write countless operas, British composers have fought shy of setting Shakespeare, where Italians and Germans have not hesitated. (‘Marxism Today’) — Советских композиторов удивляет, что их английские коллеги, в отличие от немецких и итальянских, почему-то не создают опер на пьесы Шекспира, в то время как Пушкин всегда вдохновлял русских композиторов. На его произведения написана не одна опера.

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