have at bay

have at bay
(have (hold или keep) at bay)
1) (smb.) припереть кого-л. к стенке; держать кого-л. в страхе [этим. охот. загнать зверя]

All he had achieved was an animal who would keep him at bay, a woman who would hunt for every word to catch and twist in vulgar dispute. (J. Aldridge, ‘The Hunter’, ch. 1) — А он получил в жены злую бабу, которая держала его в постоянном страхе, цепляясь к каждому слову, чтобы затеять очередную свару.

2) (smb. или smth.) сдерживать кого-л. или что-л.; стараться преодолеть что-л

I finished my coffee and the odd torpor that my nerves had been holding at bay now was permitted to invade. (J. Updike, ‘The Centaur’, ch. VIII) — Я допил кофе, и странное безразличие, которому я до тех пор противился, завладело мной.

He kept the creditors at bay by paying a little to one and then to another. — Он старался умиротворить своих кредиторов: выплачивал понемногу то одному, то другому.

3) (smb.) воен. не давать передышки, постоянно беспокоить, изматывать (противника)

Cleopatra: "...Caesar has held you at bay with two legions: we shall see what he will do with twenty." (B. Shaw, ‘Caesar and Cleopatra’, act IV) — Клеопатра: "...Цезарь измотал ваши войска с двумя легионами. Посмотрим, что он сделает с двадцатью."


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

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