spring something on someone
- spring something on someone
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1)
He sprang his marriage on his parents — Он ошарашил своих родителей известием, что женится
I want to spring the news on him tomorrow — Я хочу ошеломить его этой новостью завтра
She sprang it on me at the last minute — Она преподнесла мне этот сюрприз в последнюю минуту
2)
That job has been sprung on me — Эту работу мне просто-напросто всучили против моей воли
Новый англо-русский словарь современной разговорной лексики. - М.:«Русский язык-Медиа» .
Глазунов С.А. .
2003.
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