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fall ill; be laid low (Prime Minister recovered after being laid low by a stomach upset yesterday 4uzhoj); go down like ninepins (of each of a group of people) to become ill very easily and quickly Bullfinch); get sick (от болезни Senior Strateg); be laid up If someone is laid up with an illness, the illness makes it necessary for them to stay in bed. (от болезни; He's not feeling very well. As a matter of fact, he's laid up. Alex Lilo); succumb to (с болезнью dreamjam); go down (с болезнью fgin86); take ill; take to one’s bed; be on one's back (в постель • Wives frequently get on a man's back. (J. O'Grady, 'Aussie English') — Жены любят придираться к своим мужьям. • He's flat on his back after a long succession of failures. (RHD) — Бесконечные неудачи подкосили его. • If he hadn't starved himself, he wouldn't have been caught by la grippe. (J. London, 'Martin Eden', ch. XXVI) — Если б он не изнурял себя так голодом и лишениями, болезнь не одолела бы его.); lay low (I was laid low by flu, just before my exams) |
