go out like a candle in a snuff
- go out like a candle in a snuff
1) быстро исчезнуть
She was too exhausted to say anything, and the hope that had flickered when he first spoke went out like a snuffed candle. (D. Cusack, ‘Southern Steel’, ch. XVIII) — Она была очень измучена и не могла произнести ни слова. Надежда, которая еще теплилась, когда Артур заговорил с ней, совсем угасла.
They were so dead tired that... they went out like snuffed candles. (J. Wain, ‘Strike the Father Dead’, part V, ‘Jeremy’) — Дети смертельно устали... и сон сморил их мгновенно.
2) умереть; ≈ сгореть как свеча
Bess dropped off sudden... went out, as they say, like the snuff of the candle. (S. Warren, ‘Ten Thousand a Year’, ch. IX) — Бесс умерла в одночасье... сгорела как свеча.
Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа»..
2006.
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