Смысл: choice

choice1. [tʃɔıs] n
<Í> 1. выбор, отбор
to make a choice of smth. - выбирать /отбирать/ что-л.
to make one's choice - сделать выбор
to take one's choice - выбирать по своему усмотрению
take your choice of rooms - выбирайте любую комнату
for choice - по собственному выбору; по своему усмотрению; добровольно
2. выбор, ассортимент
wide [poor] choice - большой /богатый/ [бедный] выбор
3. альтернатива; возможность выбора
I have no choice in the matter - выбора у меня нет, я ничего не могу поделать, я вынужден поступить так
he had no choice in the determination of his profession - он не имел возможности выбирать профессию
I have no choice but ... - у меня нет выхода /выбора/, кроме ...; я вынужден ...
he had no choice but to go - он был вынужден /ему ничего не оставалось, как/ уйти
there is another choice - есть и другой выход (из положения)
4. 1) избранное, выбранное
this is my choice - я выбираю это; вот что я выбрал
2) избранник; избранница
he was the people's choice - он был избранником народа
everyone admires his choice - все восхищаются его избранницей /невестой/
3) нечто отборное; цвет, сливки
the flower and choice (of) - цвет и краса (чего-л.)
these flowers are the choice of my garden - эти цветы - гордость моего сада
5. арх. умение разбираться; проницательность
♢ there is small choice in rotten apples - посл. выбирать тут не из чего; ≅ хрен редьки не слаще

2. [tʃɔıs] a
<Í> 1. отборный, лучший
choice goods - отборные товары
choice wines - тонкие вина
choice passage /piece/ - отрывок, избранное место (из книги)
of the choicest quality - самого лучшего качества
2. изысканный, изощрённый, тонкий
choice arguments - хорошо продуманные аргументы
choice phrases - а) изысканный язык; б) шутл. отборная ругань
choice and master spirit - тонкий и глубокий ум
3. преим. диал. разборчивый, привередливый
to be choice of one's company - быть разборчивым в знакомствах
4. преим. диал. бережливый, экономный
she is very choice of it - она этим очень дорожит

be spoiled for choice Идиома

Hobson's choice

"accept what is offered or you get nothing; tight spot" If I don't agree to accept half the money, it will all go to charity. It's a Hobson's choice.

Sophie's choice

choosing between the death of you or your child He was facing a Sophie's choice: Lose his son or lose his own life.

choice

1. the best, excellent;"Your new boyfriend is a choice geezer"
2. extremely fine, nice or attractive, hot;"She's so choice!"

by choice

Idiom(s): by choice

Theme: CHOICE

due to conscious choice; on purpose.
• I do this kind of thing by choice. No one makes me do it.
• I didn't go to this college by choice. It was the closest one to home.

A burden of one's own choice is not felt.

Something difficult seems easier when it is done voluntarily.

by choice|choice

adv. phr. As a result of choosing because of wanting to; freely. John helped his father by choice. Mary ate a plum, but not by choice. Her mother told her she must eat it.

of choice

of choice
Preferred above others, as in A strike is the union's weapon of choice. Used with other prepositions (by, for, with), all meaning “by preference,” this idiom dates from about 1300.

pay your money and take your choice

pay your money and take your choice
Also, you pays your money and takes your choice. Since you're paying, it's your decision, as in We can take the train or the bus—you pays your money and takes your choice. This term first appeared in the English humor magazine Punch in the mid-1800s and has been repeated ever since.

be baby for choice

To accept an affluence of acceptable or ideal options from which to choose, such that it may be difficult to accomplish a decision. Primarily heard in US. Between video games, television, and the Internet, kids these canicule are baby for best back it comes to their entertainment. Our auberge was appropriate in the bosom of the city's finest restaurants, so whenever we capital article to eat, we were baby for choice.Learn more: choice, spoil

be spoilt/spoiled for ˈchoice

accept so abounding opportunities or things to accept from that it is difficult to accomplish a decision: I’ve had so abounding job offers that I’m besmirched for choice.Learn more: choice, spoil, spoilt

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