Subject | English | Russian |
gen. | have two strikes against | быть в невыгодном положении |
gen. | have two strikes against | быть в невыгодном уязвимом положение перед кем-то (чем-то; 1. two strikes on a baseball batter, three being the number that will put the batter "out." (Such a player is in a vulnerable position. *Typically: get ~; have ~.) 2. a critical number of things against one; a position wherein success is unlikely or where the success of the next move is crucial. – McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.) |
idiom. | have two strikes against | быть в группе риска (быть в уязвимом положении SirReal) |
gen. | have two strikes against | быть в уязвимом положении перед (1. two strikes on a baseball batter, three being the number that will put the batter "out." (Such a player is in a vulnerable position. *Typically: get ~; have ~.) 2. 2. Fig. a critical number of things against one; a position wherein success is unlikely or where the success of the next move is crucial. – McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.; кем-либо, чем-то Artemie) |
gen. | have two strikes against one | быть в невыгодном положении |
amer. | have two strikes against you | быть в затруднительном положении, иметь последнюю оставшуюся возможность (Выражение из бейсбола With his age and lack of education, I'm afraid he has two strikes against him in his search for a job (The Random House Dictionary of the English Language) marina_aid) |