lose heart

lose heart
падать духом, отчаиваться, впадать в уныние, терять бодрость духа, мужество; ≈ руки опустились

He fell, and the garrison who had been sustained by his courage lost heart and surrendered. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Don Fernando’, ch. II) — Дон Иниго погиб, и гарнизон, который вдохновляла его храбрость, потерял веру в свои силы и сдался.

‘It's good you finished so well at Oxford. You've done splendidly.’ ‘Oh, I don't know. I seemed to lose heart rather at the end...’ (A. J. Cronin, ‘A Thing of Beauty’, part I, ch. II) — - Приятно, что ты так хорошо окончил Оксфорд. Ты прекрасно сдал экзамены. - Ну, не знаю. Под конец я что-то совсем пал духом...

They dug and they found nothing. Even the great Professor Stokesay lost heart. (A. Wilson, ‘Anglo-Saxon Attitudes’, part I, ch. III) — Они копали и копали, но не нашли ничего. Даже у знаменитого профессора Стоуксея опустились руки.


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

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  • lose heart — To become discouraged • • • Main Entry: ↑heart * * * lose heart phrase to stop believing that you can succeed He never lost heart, even though his rival was way ahead. Thesaurus: to lose hope, or to give up hopesynonym …   Useful english dictionary

  • lose heart — {v. phr.} To feel discouraged because of failure; to lose hope of success. * /The team had won no games and it lost heart./ Contrast: TAKE HEART …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • lose heart — {v. phr.} To feel discouraged because of failure; to lose hope of success. * /The team had won no games and it lost heart./ Contrast: TAKE HEART …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • lose heart — If you lose heart, you stop believing that you can succeed in something, or lose your confidence, courage or conviction …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • lose heart — ► lose heart become discouraged. Main Entry: ↑lose …   English terms dictionary

  • lose heart — index languish Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • lose heart — become discouraged She has begun to lose heart in her studies to learn the piano …   Idioms and examples

  • lose heart — to stop believing that you can succeed. Don t lose heart, there ll be plenty more chances for promotion …   New idioms dictionary

  • lose heart to — lose (your) heart (to (someone/something)) to fall in love. I lost my heart to airplanes when I was eight years old, and I ve wanted to be a pilot ever since …   New idioms dictionary

  • lose\ heart — v. phr. To feel discouraged because of failure; to lose hope of success. The team had won no games and it lost heart. Contrast: take heart …   Словарь американских идиом

  • lose heart — Synonyms and related words: abandon hope, become suicidal, despair, despair of, despond, droop, falter, give up, give up hope, give way, hit rock bottom, languish, lose hope, plumb the depths, reach the depths, sink, sink into despair, touch… …   Moby Thesaurus


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