foot the bill

foot the bill
разг.
1) оплатить счёт; взять расходы на себя, расплачиваться [первонач. амер.]

‘Oh, I wouldn't let you pay me, Professor Alston!’ ‘I'll try to get the department to foot the bill.’ (U. Sinclair, ‘World's End’, ch. 25) — - Что вы, профессор, я и мысли не допускаю, чтобы вы мне платили. - Я постараюсь убедить департамент взять расходы на себя.

...he had wanted to become a missionary, but his older cousin was footing the bills for his education and expected him to go to work for the Wynne Coal Company. (J. O'Hara, ‘The Lockwood Concern’, book I) — ...Серон Б. Уинн намеревался стать миссионером, но его старший кузен, за чей счет он получил образование, хотел, чтобы он поступил на работу в угольную компанию, принадлежащую семье Уиннов.

2) отвечать за последствия, расплачиваться (тж. pay the bill)

It would be possible to feel sorry for Mr. Selvyn Lloyd if one were not more sorry for those who will have to foot the bill for his... ineptitude. (‘Tribune’) — Можно было бы пожалеть мистера Селвина Ллойда, если бы мы не жалели больше тех, кому приходится расплачиваться за его... бездарность.


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

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