hold the floor

hold the floor
1) выступать с трибуны

...he never appeared to show off or to try for too long to hold the floor. (N. Coward, ‘Present Indicative’, part VIII, ch. 17) — ...Уильям не любил красоваться перед публикой и никогда долго не выступал.

2) завладеть разговором, заставить себя слушать

He had always been tongue-tied with deaf people. With Hilda he had to be extremely explicit; marshall his ideas, find a topic and hold the floor. (L. P. Hartley, ‘Eustace and Hilda’, ch. XVI) — С глухими он всегда становился косноязычен. Но с Хильдой он должен быть предельно четким: необходимо собраться с мыслями, найти подходящую тему, увлечь ее разговором.


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

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  • To hold the tongue — Tongue Tongue, n. [OE. tunge, tonge, AS. tunge; akin to OFries. tunge, D. tong, OS. tunga, G. zunge, OHG. zunga, Icel. & Sw. tunga, Dan tunge, Goth. tugg[=o], OL. dingua, L. lingua. [root]243 Cf.{Language}, {Lingo}. ] [1913 Webster] 1. (Anat.) an …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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