get etc a rain check on something
- get etc a rain check on something
AmE infml
The game was rained out but we all got rain checks on it — Встреча не состоялась из-за проливного дождя, но у нас всех остались билеты, которые мы могли использовать в другой раз
Could we take a rain check on your kind invitation? — Не могли бы мы воспользоваться вашим любезным приглашением в другой раз?
I don't want a cigarette right now but I'll take a rain check on it — Сейчас я не хочу курить, спасибо, но потом, если позволите, я у вас попрошу сигарету
Let me take a rain check on the whole concept when I know a bit more about what's in the bugger's mind — Давай на время забудем обо всем этом, пока я не узнаю, что думает этот пидор
Новый англо-русский словарь современной разговорной лексики. - М.:«Русский язык-Медиа» .
Глазунов С.А. .
2003.
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