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| Russian | English |
| достигнуть положения не столько благодаря заслугам, сколько по протекции | win a position by favour more than by merit |
| он получил назначение по протекции | his appointment was a job |
| по протекции | through one's influence ('(…) you may have heard that through my uncle's influence I obtained a good appointment at the Foreign Office' (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) • '(…) and through the influence of my uncle, Lord Holdhurst, I rose rapidly to a responsible position' (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) ART Vancouver) |
| по протекции | by the favor of (кого-либо: He appears to have been raised to this position by the favor of Queen Eleanor, Maria Klavdieva) |
| по протекции | through a family connection (ART Vancouver) |
| по протекции | using connections (He got his job through his connections. – получил место по протекции ART Vancouver) |
| получить должность по протекции | get a job through pull |
| получить место по протекции | get the place through the back door |
| получить место устроиться по протекции | get the place through the back door ("по блату") |
| работник, который не выполняет важную работу или устроился по протекции | empty suit (someone who is high up in a company due to unfair hiring practices, such as nepotism, and doesn't really do anything for the company; who makes themselves out to be much more able or important than they really are; who is not particularly good at their job 30STMania) |
| устроить кого-либо по протекции | job somebody into a post |
| устроить кого-либо на место по протекции | job into a post |