Terms for subject Idiomatic containing position | all forms
| English | Russian |
| angle for a position | метить на должность (Alistair was angling for the General Manager job and he was furious that Tommy got it over him. • Maybe he was angling for the position Bennen had left vacant. 4uzhoj) |
| cement one's position | окончательно укрепиться (во власти • Regardless of what killed Alexander, his body was mummified. Ptolemy I Soter, a Macedonian Greek general who was Alexander's close friend and bodyguard, was instrumental in moving the body. Ptolemy had an agenda: Alexander had left no clear political heir (although his wife Roxana was pregnant with his son and he may have had an illegitimate heir), and building a tomb for Alexander was a way to cement Ptolemy's position as the legitimate successor to the Macedonian king, Cartledge said. (livescience.com) ART Vancouver) |
| in pole position | в выгодном положении (источник – рубрика "Фраза дня" на сайте  yandex.ru dimock) |
| place oneself in someone's position | поставить себя на чьё-либо место |
| put oneself in someone's position | поставить себя на чьё-либо место (В.И.Макаров) |
| regardless of rank / position | невзирая на лица (anadyakov) |
| right in that same position | буквально шаг в шаг (Alex_Odeychuk) |