in a hurry

in a hurry
разг.
легко, просто; охотно; скоро (употр. тк. в отрицательных предложениях)

‘...I'll give you thirty-five - and take the risk of breaking my neck.’ Well, he just had to accept my offer. The horse has got a bad name in the country and he wouldn't get anyone to buy him in a hurry. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Mrs. Craddock’, ch. XIV) — - ...даю вам тридцать пять гиней за коня, хотя знаю, что рискую свернуть себе шею. Артуру пришлось принять мое предложение. У этой лошади дурная слава, и найти на нее покупателя не так-то просто.

Liza: "Dont you believe the old liar. He'd as soon you set a bulldog on him as a clergyman. You wont see him again in a hurry." (B. Shaw, ‘Pygmalion’, act II) — Элиза: "Не верьте вы этому старому брехуну. Для него легче, если вы на него собак спустите, чем священника. Он теперь сюда не скоро нос покажет."

That was a bit of luck. You won't forget that day in a hurry. (Gr. Greene, ‘Brighton Rock’, part III, ch. I) — Вам, что называется, подвезло. Такой день надолго запомнится.

He won't do that again in a hurry. — Это отобьет у него охоту к подобным поступкам.


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

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