drain the cup to the dregs
- drain the cup to the dregs
или drink the cup (of bitterness, humiliation, etc.) to the dregs
иcпить чaшу (гopeчи, унижeния и т. п.) дo днa [этим. библ.]
He must drain this cup too: must face, accept this last ultimate useless and reasonless risk (W. Faulkner). Checco walked through with set face, very pale. We asked him to turn back, but he refused, slackening his pace to prolong the walk, as it gave him a certain painful pleasure to drain the cup of bitterness to the dregs (W. S. Maugham). She despised herself when she remembered the utter self-abasement of the past. 'He made me drink the cup of humiliation to the very dregs' (W. S. Maugham)
Concise English-Russian phrasebook.
Смотреть что такое "drain the cup to the dregs" в других словарях:
deposit — n Deposit, precipitate, sediment, dregs, lees, grounds mean matter which settles to the bottom of or is let fall from suspension in a fluid (as air or water). Deposit, the most comprehensive term, refers to matter let fall by a natural or… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Starbucks — For other uses, see Moby Dick#Starbuck. Starbucks Corporation Type Public company Traded as NASDAQ: … Wikipedia
Pain — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Pain >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 mental suffering mental suffering pain dolor Sgm: N 1 suffering suffering sufferance Sgm: N 1 ache ache smart &c.(physical pain) 378 Sgm: N 1 passion … English dictionary for students
swill — Synonyms and related words: barley, beverage, bib, bilge, bilgewater, bird seed, bones, booze, bran, bumper, carrion, cat food, chaff, chicken feed, chop, chug, chug a lug, clay, corn, crap, culm, deadwood, debris, devour, dishwater, ditchwater,… … Moby Thesaurus
Angelo and Angela. — Neither the name or vocative appealed to Mr Weller Senior, in The Pickwick Papers, by Charles Dickens. At one point he says to his son: ‘Wot’s the good o’ callin’ a young ‘ooman a Wenus or a angel, Sammy?’ ‘Ah! what, indeed?’ replies Sam, ‘You … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
Siphon — Not to be confused with Psiphon. This article is about the domestic device. For the animal organ, see siphon (disambiguation). Siphon principle … Wikipedia
List of Merlin characters — This is a list of characters in the BBC fantasy drama television series Merlin, including supporting characters. Note: All characters are listed in alphabetical order by their first name. Contents: Top · 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q … Wikipedia
