a Roland for an Oliver

a Roland for an Oliver
(a Roland for an (или smb's) Oliver)
достойный ответ (обыкн. to give smb. a Roland for an Oliver дать кому-л. достойный ответ, удачно отпарировать; ответить ударом на удар) [рыцарь-крестоносец Роланд и его товарищ Оливер - герои французского средневекового эпоса. Единоборство Роланда и Оливера, силы которых были равны, не привело к победе ни одного из них]

...remember, you have kept a secret from me, and if I give thee not a Rowland [= Roland] for thine Oliver, my name is not Dickon sludge! (W. Scott, ‘Kenilworth’, ch. V) — ...не забудь, что у тебя был секрет от меня. Мы еще сквитаемся, не будь я Дикон Сладж!

Comforted... by the thought that he had given Mrs. Carr a Roland for her Oliver. (H. R. Haggard, ‘Dawn’, ch. XXXIII) — Его утешала... мысль, что он удачно отпарировал слова миссис Карр.

I had to bite my lip to prevent myself from laughter. What he said had a hateful truth in it, and another defect of my character is that I enjoy the company of those however depraved who can give me a Roland for my Oliver. (W. S. Maugham, ‘The Moon and Sixpense’, ch. XL) — Я закусил губу, чтобы не расхохотаться. Стрикленд высказал роковую истину. Еще одним недостатком моего характера является то, что мне нравятся люди пусть дурные, но которые за словом в карман не лезут.


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

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  • OLIVER —    a favourite paladin of Charlemagne s, who, along with Roland, rode by his side, and whose name, along with Roland s, has passed into the phrase, a Roland for an Oliver, meaning one good masterstroke for another, such as both these knights… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

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  • Roland — [ rəʊlənd] noun (in phr. a Roland for an Oliver) archaic an effective retort or response. Origin Roland was the most famous of Charlemagne s paladins; according to medieval romances he became the friend of another paladin, Oliver, after engaging… …   English new terms dictionary

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