Смысл: a-begging

a-begging[əʹbegıŋ]
adv
<Í> 1. уст. нищенствуя, собирая милостыню
to go a-begging - а) нищенствовать, собирать милостыню; б) собирать пожертвования
2. без внимания, в небрежении
the copy goes a-begging - нигде не хотят эту рукопись принимать

on one's last legs, to be Идиома

a babe in arms

a baby, a child who is still wet behind the ears Dar was just a babe in arms when we emigrated to Canada.

a babe in the woods

"a defenseless person; a naive, young person" He's just a babe in the woods. He needs someone to protect him.

a bed of roses

an easy life, a pleasant place to work or stay Who said that retirement is a bed of roses?

a bee in her bonnet

upset, a bit angry, on edge Aunt Betsy was kind of cranky, like she had a bee in her bonnet.

a hill of beans

a small amount, very little The money he lost doesn't amount to a hill of beans.

a hot number

a couple (or topic) that everyone is talking about Paul and Rita are a hot number now. They're in love.

a notch below

inferior, not as good That bicycle is a notch below the Peugeot. It's not quite as good.

a sure bet

certain to win, a good choice to bet on The Lions are a sure bet in the final game. They'll win easily.

above and beyond the call of duty

much more than expected, go the extra mile Her extra work was above and beyond the call of duty.

age before beauty

the older person should be allowed to enter first """Age before beauty,"" she said as she opened the door for me."

on one's aftermost legs, to be

To be acutely annoyed or about to collapse; abreast the end. Despite the implication, this appellation never meant that legs were in any way serial—that is, alpha with the aboriginal and catastrophe with the last. Rather, it uses last meaning “near the end” (of one’s activity or life). The announcement was already acclimated in the sixteenth century; it appears in the comedy The Old Law (1599) by Thomas Middleton and Philip Massinger: “My bedmate goes aloft his aftermost hour now—on his aftermost legs, I am sure.” In John Ray’s Proverbs (1678) the appellation is authentic as acceptation “bankrupt,” and back again it has been transferred to annihilation advancing its end or about to fail, as in, “This cliché may be on its aftermost legs.”Learn more: last, on

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