good men and true

good men and true
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честные, порядочные люди [шекспировское выражение; см. цитату]

Dogberry: "Are you good men and true?" Verges: "Yea, or else it were pity but they should suffer salvation, body and soul." (W. Shakespeare, ‘Much Ado about Nothing’, act III, sc. 3) — Кизил: "Вы люди честные и верные?" Булава: "Еще бы! А то не стоили бы они того, чтобы претерпеть спасение души и тела." (перевод Т. Щепкиной-Куперник)

On one occasion... Nelson took too much champagne. Such a thing has happened on isolated occasions to many a good men and true. (OED) — Однажды... Нельсон выпил слишком много шампанского. Подобное иногда случается со многими честными и достойными людьми.


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

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