hold one's peace

hold one's peace
разг.
(hold one's peace (или tongue, груб. row))
молчать, помалкивать; ≈ держать язык за зубами; попридержать язык

‘If you're not an idiot,’ said Miss Brass harshly, ‘hold your peace.’ (Ch. Dickens, ‘The Old Curiosity Shop’, ch. LXVI) — - Если ты не круглый дурак, - обозвала его мисс Брасс, - замолчи сию же минуту.

Yet he holds his tongue, confides in no man, and plays out the bitter perilous game as a commonplace matter of course and all in the day's work. (J. London, ‘The Mutiny of the ‘Elsinore’’, ch. XXXII) — Но он держит язык за зубами, никому не поверяет своих мыслей и ведет опасную игру как самое обыкновенное дело, входящее в круг его повседневных обязанностей.

Minnie: "...There's a man!" Mrs. Molloy: "...Minnie, you imagined it... Minnie, you're a fool; hold your tongue!" (Th. Wilder, ‘The Matchmaker’, act II) — Минни: "...В шкафу мужчина!" Миссис Моллой: "...Минни, тебе это показалось. Минни, ты дура, попридержи язык!"


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

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  • hold one's peace — {v. phr.}, {formal} To be silent and not speak against something; be still; keep quiet. * /I did not agree with the teacher, but held my peace as he was rather angry./ Compare: HOLD ONE S TONGUE …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • hold one's peace — {v. phr.}, {formal} To be silent and not speak against something; be still; keep quiet. * /I did not agree with the teacher, but held my peace as he was rather angry./ Compare: HOLD ONE S TONGUE …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • hold one's peace — ► hold one s peace remain silent. Main Entry: ↑peace …   English terms dictionary

  • hold one's peace — phrasal : to keep silent : keep one s thoughts to oneself felt it would do no good to complain so held his peace * * * hold one s peace To remain silent • • • Main Entry: ↑peace * * * I see peace II remain silent about somet …   Useful english dictionary

  • hold\ one's\ peace — v. phr. formal To be silent and not speak against something; be still; keep quiet. I did not agree with the teacher, but held my peace as he was rather angry. Compare: hold one s tongue …   Словарь американских идиом

  • hold one's peace — phrasal see hold one s tongue …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • hold one's peace — See hold one s tongue …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • To hold one's peace — Hold Hold, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Held}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Holding}. {Holden}, p. p., is obs. in elegant writing, though still used in legal language.] [OE. haldan, D. houden, OHG. hoten, Icel. halda, Dan. holde, Sw. h[*a]lla, Goth. haldan to feed,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • To hold one's peace — Peace Peace, n. [OE. pees, pais, OF. pais, paiz, pes, F. paix, L. pax, pacis, akin to pacere, paciscere, pacisci, to make an agreement, and prob. also pangere to fasten. Cf. {Appease}, {Fair}, a., {Fay}, v., {Fang}, {Pacify}, {Pact}, {Pay} to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • hold one's peace — be silent and not speak against something, be still Please try and hold your peace during the meeting as it will be to our disadvantage if we have a confrontation …   Idioms and examples

  • hold one's peace — remain silent. → peace …   English new terms dictionary


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