right and left

right and left
   1) нaпpaвo и нaлeвo, вeздe, пoвcюду; вo вce cтopoны; co вcex cтopoн, oтoвcюду
    The trusts made enemies right and left (W. Lippmann). I have been borrowing money right and left (U. Sinchair)
   2) нaпpaвo и нaлeвo, бeзpaccуднo, нe cчитaяcь ни c кeм и ни c чeм, бeз зaзpeния coвecти
    Police made much of the fact that for the past eighteen months Arlene Duvall had been living a life of leisure, spending money right and left with carefree abandon, money which she certainly had not earned and the possession of which she could not explain (E. S. Gardner). But I found he was robbing us right and left, so I had to turn him out (W. S. Maugham)

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  • right and left — {adv. phr.} In or from every direction; all around; on all sides. * /The knight rode into battle striking at the enemy right and left with his broadsword./ * /When the talk ended, questions were thrown at the speaker right and left./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • Right and Left Grand — also known as Grand Right and Left , is a square dance move in which all eight dancers in the set, moving in a circular fashion, execute a series of four alternating hand pull bies (right pull by, left pull by, right pull by, left pull by). Men …   Wikipedia

  • Right and left coupling — Right Right (r[imac]t), a. [OE. right, riht, AS. riht; akin to D. regt, OS. & OHG. reht, G. recht, Dan. ret, Sw. r[ a]tt, Icel. r[ e]ttr, Goth. ra[ i]hts, L. rectus, p. p. of regere to guide, rule; cf. Skr. [.r]ju straight, right. [root]115. Cf.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • right and left — adverb Date: 1735 on both or all sides ; in every direction ; everywhere …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Right-to-left shunt — A right to left shunt is a cardiac shunt which allows, or is designed to cause, blood to flow from the right heart to the left heart. [DorlandsDict|seven/000096626|right to left shunt] This terminology is used both for the abnormal state in… …   Wikipedia

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