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| English | Russian |
| back away | идти на попятную (Ася Кудрявцева) |
| back down | дать слабину (from a stand one has taken VLZ_58) |
| back into a corner | припереть к стенке (Ballistic) |
| back off | дать задний ход (The New Democrats shifted their focus to trying to regulate the bitumen (heavy oil) that would be carried from Alberta. It triggered a bitter showdown with Alberta Premier Rachel Notley, leader of the country’s other NDP government. When Heyman threatened to block the movement of bitumen through the pipeline, Notley threatened her province would boycott B.C. wine. Horgan, fearing a trade war, backed off. -- дал задний ход (vancouversun.com) ART Vancouver) |
| back off | давать выдержку времени (tavost) |
| back-scratch | лизать задницу |
| back someone into a corner | прижать к ногтю (VLZ_58) |
| back to square one | вернуться на исходную позицию (ART Vancouver) |
| back to square one | начинать всё сначала (1) ...So we're back to square one again. – Придётся начинать всё с самого начала. 2) Now that this chemical spill has wiped out the creek's salmon and trout populations we're back to square one. It's going to be very difficult to re-establish fish population. – придётся всё начинать сначала ART Vancouver) |
| back to the salt mines | возвращаться к тяжёлой работе (cnlweb) |
| back to the salt mines | вернуться к тяжёлой работе (The weekend is over it's time to get back to the salt mines. geoyulia) |
| feel backed into a corner | чувствовать себя припёртым к стенке (CNN Alex_Odeychuk) |
| feel backed into a corner | чувствовать себя зажатым в угол (CNN Alex_Odeychuk) |
| moss-backed reactionary | мракобес (Liv Bliss) |