for old sake's sake

for old sake's sake
в память прошлых лет, во имя прошлого, по старой дружбе, по старой памяти.

...and though, of course, I continue to take an interest in him for old sake's sake, as they say, I see and I have seen devilish little of the man. (R. L. Stevenson, ‘Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’, ‘Search for Mr. Hyde’) — ...и хотя по старой памяти, как говорится, я, конечно, продолжаю интересоваться этим человеком, но все же я чертовски мало вижу его.

For old sake's sake, as Marie said he phrased it, he promised to operate on the girl... (Th. Dreiser, ‘A Gallery of Women’, ‘Regina C.’) — По словам Мари, Лагранж согласился во имя прошлого сделать девушке операцию.


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

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