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Subject: The brass ring Коллеги!Помогите, пожалуйста, перевести фразу the brass ring в следующем контексте: So far anything, it seems, except achieving his loftiest ambition—to occupy one of the corner offices on Wall Street or in Washington. Though Rattner has cultivated the rich and powerful and become indispensable to them as a financier and fund-raiser, the brass ring still eludes this ambitious, 56-year-old former journalist. |
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http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-bra4.htm в лоб не перевести - надо вспоминать, какие у нас детские игры были с призами... ну или другой известный символ успеха... |
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богатство не давалось в руки brass ring Informal. 1. wealth, success, or a prestigious position considered as a goal or prize: Few of those who reach for the brass ring of the Presidency achieve it. 2. the opportunity to try for such a prize. [from the practice of picking a ring from a box while riding a merry-go-round: whoever selected a brass ring received a free ride] |
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