Смысл: bedevil

bedevil[bıʹdev(ə)l]
v
<Í> 1. путать, сбивать с толку
to be bedevilled in a mass of figures - запутаться в цифрах
2. мучить, терзать, изводить
3. портить; извращать, искажать
4. околдовать, сглазить; напустить порчу

sup with the devil Идиома

better the devil you know...

a new devil could be worse than the old devil """Should we fire the coach?"" ""No - better the devil we know than the one we don't."""

between the devil and the deep blue sea

in a difficult position, no place to go, between a rock..., Sophie's choice "If he ran, they would shoot him; if he stayed in the shop, the gas would kill him. He was between the devil and the deep blue sea."

devil-may-care

carefree, wild, on a lark Employers won't hire people with a devil-may-care attitude.

dust devil

small whirlwind, twister Dust devils seemed to follow us as we walked across the field.

give the devil his due

be fair (even to someone who is bad and who you dislike) I don

like the devil

quickly, too fast to see, like hell The disease spread like the devil. Soon his whole leg was swollen.

speak of the devil and he appears

a person comes just when one is talking about him "Speak of the devil and he appears," I said just as our colleague who we were talking about walked in the door.

the devil makes work for idle hands

if a person is not busy he will do evil things, work ethic The protestants believe children should be busy because the devil makes work for idle hands.

devil

an enemy, usually white people: "The devil made me do it" -- Paris (the devil made me do it)

devil's buckie

a perverse, refractory yougster

sup with the devil

To accessory or accord with a decidedly malicious, immoral, or arrant being or people; to accomplish malicious, immoral, or arrant acts. ("Sup" agency to eat or accept supper.) Primarily heard in UK. Once advised one of the best abstemious politicians in England, it's appear to ablaze that the above Health Secretary has been supping with the devil for years, giving biologic companies appropriate privileges in barter for ample kickbacks. She has been accused of supping with the devil afterwards the activist was spotted accepting banquet with the CEO of one of the conglomerations her alms opposes.Learn more: devil, sup

sup (or dine) with the devil

accept affairs with a cunning or bad-natured person. The adage he who sups with the devil should accept a continued spoon is acclimated abnormally to appetite addition ambidextrous with a being of this blazon to booty care.Learn more: devil, sup

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