He prefers to give hard drinks the go-by — Он предпочитает не пить крепких напитков
She sort of tends to give difficulties the go-by — У нее тенденция избегать трудностей
You won't get too fat if you give sweets the go-by — Если не будешь есть сладкое, то не будешь толстеть
Новый англо-русский словарь современной разговорной лексики. - М.:«Русский язык-Медиа» . Глазунов С.А. . 2003.
Give Something Back Business Products — (GSB) is an Oakland, California based, for profit business, was established in 1991 by Mike Hannigan and Sean Marx to sell business products for less while donating a significant share of profits back to the community in the form of charitable… … Wikipedia
Give Something Back — may refer to any of a number of organizations and businesses, including:* Give Something Back Business Products * Give Something Back International Foundation * The Lutheran Church s Give Something Back college scholarship endowment fund … Wikipedia
give sb the push — ► UK INFORMAL WORKPLACE, HR to tell someone that they no longer have a job, especially because they have done something wrong: »I have no idea why they gave me the push. Main Entry: ↑push … Financial and business terms
give it the gun — or[give her the gun] {v. phr.}, {slang} To gun or speed up a motor; make a car, airplane, or something driven by a motor go faster. * /The race driver gave it the gun./ * /The speedboat pilot gave her the gun./ Compare: STEP ON IT … Dictionary of American idioms
give it the gun — or[give her the gun] {v. phr.}, {slang} To gun or speed up a motor; make a car, airplane, or something driven by a motor go faster. * /The race driver gave it the gun./ * /The speedboat pilot gave her the gun./ Compare: STEP ON IT … Dictionary of American idioms
give up the ship — {v. phr.} To stop fighting and surrender; stop trying or hoping to do something. * / Don t give up the ship, John, said his father when John failed a test./ … Dictionary of American idioms
give up the ship — {v. phr.} To stop fighting and surrender; stop trying or hoping to do something. * / Don t give up the ship, John, said his father when John failed a test./ … Dictionary of American idioms
give sth the green light — give sth a/the green light ► to give someone permission to do something: »Contractors were given a green light to install the infrastructure for the industrial park. Main Entry: ↑light … Financial and business terms
To give up the ghost — Give Give (g[i^]v), v. t. [imp. {Gave} (g[=a]v); p. p. {Given} (g[i^]v n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Giving}.] [OE. given, yiven, yeven, AS. gifan, giefan; akin to D. geven, OS. ge[eth]an, OHG. geban, G. geben, Icel. gefa, Sw. gifva, Dan. give, Goth.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
give something a miss — verb To forego something. I decided to give the new Franzen book a miss … Wiktionary
don't give up the day job — INFORMAL HUMOROUS ► used for telling someone that they will never be successful with something they are trying to do and should keep doing their real job instead Main Entry: ↑job … Financial and business terms
