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| English | Russian |
| bend an ear to | внимать (Aly19) |
| bend an ear to | прислушиваться (Aly19) |
| bend an ear to | выслушивать (Aly19) |
| bend someone's ear | надоедать разговором (To bore; to talk too long. Interex) |
| bend someone's ear | говорить слишком долго (Interex) |
| bend one's ear | долго рассказывать кому-либо о чем-либо даже если слушатель этого не хочет (He didn't really care about me, he just wanted to bend my ear about his own problems. Vastaras) |
| bend one's elbow | употреблять алкогольные напитки (To drink alcoholic beverages Interex) |
| bend over backward | прилагать все усилия (VLZ_58) |
| bend the truth | искажать действительность (Interex) |
| bend the truth | грешить против истины (Novoross) |
| bend the truth | искажать факты (To change certain facts Interex) |
| bend to be fashionable | лезть из кожи вон, чтобы быть модным (Анна Ф) |
| bend to sb.'s will | прогнуться под кого-л. (“After the municipal election, the province said that we had the option to put forward a plan to keep the RCMP. It is now clear that the province had other plans in mind. This government does not have the right to run roughshod on every local government that doesn’t bend to their will.”  citynews.ca ART Vancouver) |
| bend to sb.'s will | подчиняться чьей-л. воле (“After the municipal election, the province said that we had the option to put forward a plan to keep the RCMP. It is now clear that the province had other plans in mind. This government does not have the right to run roughshod on every local government that doesn’t bend to their will.” citynews.ca ART Vancouver) |
| drive around the bend | довести до белого каления (Tumatutuma) |