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З119

найдено в "Большом русско-английском фразеологическом словаре"
ЗЕМЛЮ РЙЕТ highly collVPsubj: humanusu. this WO one engages in ceaseless activity, makes every effort to achieve or obtain sth.usu. motivated by selfish considerations)
X землю рыть будет - X will do his damnedest
X will go to any length (to great lengths)X will move heaven and earth.
...В НЭП (период новой экономической политики) выделили группу ИТР, инженерно-технических работников, а писатели рыли землю, чтобы стать «инженерами человеческих душ» и получить свою долю (Мандельштам 2). During NEP (the New Economic Policy), engineers and technicians were picked out to become a favored group, and writers began to move heaven and earth to be recognized as "engineers of human souls," thus making certain of a share in the cake (2a).


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