| English | Russian |
| be out of line | быть не к месту (перен. Val_Ships) |
| be out of line | оказаться неприемлемым (Some members of Congress said the decision to send in troops was completely out of line. Val_Ships) |
| be out of line | позволить себе лишнее (в своём поведении: Sorry, I was out of line. – Извини, я позволил себе сказать лишнее / сболтнул лишнее. ART Vancouver) |
| be out of line | далеко зайти (в своём поведении: Roger Wade seemed to have enough control to handle himself if he really wanted to. He had done all right with Loring. I wouldn't have been too surprised if he had hung one on Loring's sharp little chin. He would have been out of line by the rules, but Loring was much farther out of line. (Raymond Chandler) ART Vancouver) |
| be out of line | оказаться недопустимым (Her remarks to the papers were way out of line. Val_Ships) |
| be way out of line | переходить границы дозволенного (перегнуть палку Zamatewski) |
| be way out of line | вести себя бестактно (behave or say something to someone in offensive manner and thereby insult the person Zamatewski) |
| choose the line of least resistance | выбрать путь наименьшего сопротивления (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| follow the line of least resistance | идти по пути наименьшего сопротивления (VLZ_58) |
| get out of line | забываться ("What's your name, cholo?" "Take your hand off me," he snapped. "And don't call me a cholo. I'm no wetback. My name is Juan Garcia de Soto yo Soto-mayor. I am Chileno." "Okay, Don Juan. Just don't get out of line around here. Keep your nose and mouth clean when you talk about the people you work for." (Raymond Chandler) – Не забывайся / Не позволяй себе лишнего ART Vancouver) |
| in line of duty | по долгу службы (Пристав частенько заглядывал к Горбякову, как по нуждам собственного драгоценного здоровья, так и по долгу службы. (Г. Марков, Сибирь) – The police officer frequently called on Gorbyakov, both for purposes of his own precious health and in line of duty. VLZ_58) |
| in the line of fire | под напором критики (likely to be criticized: Lawyers often find themselves in the line of fire. Val_Ships) |
| line of country | любимое занятие (профессиональное Aleksei Svetailo) |
| line of country | сфера специализации (Aleksei Svetailo) |
| line of least resistance | путь наименьшего сопротивления (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| reach the end of the line | дойти до точки (Abysslooker) |
| send into the line of fire | послать под пули (Anna_EKB) |
| step out of line | нарушать общепринятые правила (She really stepped out of line when she called him incompetent in front of his boss. Val_Ships) |
| step out of line | своевольничать (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| that's out of line | ни в какие ворота не лезет ('You ought to be ashamed of yourself,' I said. 'Pulling guns and knives on people that are just looking for a place to live. Even for these times that's out of line.' (Raymond Chandler) -- Даже по нынешним временам это не лезет ни в какие ворота. ART Vancouver) |
| you are way out of line | не твое дело (Сирена) |
| you are way out of line | не лезь не в своё дело (используется в качестве выражения, когда кто-то интересуется не своим делом или как ответ-шутка. (пример: не всем так везет). Сирена) |
