fly the coop

fly the coop
амер.; жарг.
1) удрать, смыться

‘I was talking to her last night and she said she couldn't remember when a guy had treated her like a girl...’ ‘Might make her miserable.’ ‘Might make her fly the coop.’ (J. Steinbeck, ‘Sweet Thursday’, ch. XX) — - Я говорила с Сузи вчера вечером, она сказала, что не помнит, чтобы хоть один клиент отнесся к ней по-человечески... - Она, наверное, очень переживает. - Она, наверное, просто сбежит отсюда.

The police... would find all the planted evidence that Shore had been there but flown the coop after robbing Lunk. (E. S. Gardner, ‘The Case of the Careless Kitten’, ch. 25) — Полиция... найдет эти сфабрикованные улики и придет к выводу, что Шор был там, ограбил Ланка и удрал.

2) убежать (о влюблённых)

For a week old Riddle hasn't let Rosy step outside the door with me. If it wasn't for losin' a boarder he'd have bounced me long ago. I'm makin' $20 a week and she'll never regret flyin' the coop with Chunk McGowan. (O. Henry. ‘The Four Million’, ‘The Love-Philtre of Ikey Schoenstein’) — Целую неделю старый Риддл никуда не пускал Рози со мной. Если бы он не боялся потерять постояльца, он бы меня давно выгнал. Я зарабатываю двадцать долларов в неделю. Рози не пожалеет, если сбежит с Чанком Мак-Гоуном.


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

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  • fly the coop — {v. phr.}, {slang} To leave suddenly and secretly; run away. * /The robbers flew the coop before the police arrived./ * /His partner flew the coop with all the money./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • fly the coop — {v. phr.}, {slang} To leave suddenly and secretly; run away. * /The robbers flew the coop before the police arrived./ * /His partner flew the coop with all the money./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • fly the coop — When children leave home to live away from their parents, they fly the coop …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • fly the coop — verb flee; take to one s heels; cut and run If you see this man, run! The burglars escaped before the police showed up • Syn: ↑scat, ↑run, ↑scarper, ↑turn tail, ↑lam, ↑run away, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • fly the coop — tv. to escape from somewhere; to get away. □ I was afraid he would fly the coop if I didn’t tie him up. □ I flew the coop before my dad got home …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • fly the coop —    When children leave home to live away from their parents, they fly the coop.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • fly\ the\ coop — v. phr. slang To leave suddenly and secretly; run away. The robbers flew the coop before the police arrived. His partner flew the coop with all the money …   Словарь американских идиом

  • fly the coop — mainly American to leave somewhere, especially to leave your home for the first time in order to live away from the family. The last of our kids has finally flown the coop so we have the whole house to ourselves …   New idioms dictionary

  • fly the coop — verb To depart hastily or unannounced; to escape or flee. Not liking the accommodations, I took the first chance and flew the coop …   Wiktionary

  • fly the coop — vp To leave, elope, or escape. When he saw you coming up the walk, he flew the coop. 1930s …   Historical dictionary of American slang

  • fly the coop — Synonyms and related words: bail out, break away, break jail, break loose, cut loose, escape, escape prison, evade, flee, get away, get clear of, get free, get out, get out of, jump, make a getaway, skip, slip the collar …   Moby Thesaurus


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