- to cut a rug
- «Нарезать ковёр», т. е. танцевать. Это шутливое выражение было модно в эпоху «джиттербага» (быстрый танец с резкими движениями под джазовую музыку) в послевоенном языке рока на жаргоне джазовых музыкантов. Выражение всё ещё живёт, хотя, наверное, только среди людей старше 40.
My grandmother used to talk about 'cutting a rug'. It was some time before I realised that she meant dancing. — Моя бабушка, бывало, говорила о том, чтобы «нарезать ковёр». Только через какое-то время я понял, что она подразумевала под этим танцы.
English-Russian dictionary of expressions. 2014.
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cut a rug — To cut a rug is to dance … The small dictionary of idiomes
cut a rug — phrasal slang : dance; especially : jitterbug * * * cut a (or the) rug informal dance, typically in an energetic or accomplished way you can cut a rug when dance bands and singers … Useful english dictionary
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cut a rug — verb To dance, especially in a vigorous manner and in one of the dance styles of the first half of the twentieth century. Young generation patrons seem to be as fascinated watching the more mature dancers cut a rug … Wiktionary
cut a rug — old fashioned to dance. Twenty disco classics on one CD. Now there s music to cut a rug to … New idioms dictionary
cut a rug — ► cut a (or the) rug informal, chiefly N. Amer. dance. Main Entry: ↑cut … English terms dictionary
cut the rug — ► cut a (or the) rug informal, chiefly N. Amer. dance. Main Entry: ↑cut … English terms dictionary
cut a rug — vb to dance. A lighthearted expression which was fashionable in the jitterbug era and in the post war language of rock and jive. It still survives in jocular use … Contemporary slang
cut — ► VERB (cutting; past and past part. cut) 1) make an opening, incision, or wound in (something) with a sharp implement. 2) shorten or divide into pieces with a sharp implement. 3) make, form, or remove with a sharp implement. 4) make or design (a … English terms dictionary
rug — 1550s, coarse fabric, of Scandinavian origin, Cf. Norw. dial. rugga coarse coverlet, from O.N. rogg shaggy tuft, perhaps related to RAG (Cf. rag) and perhaps also ROUGH (Cf. rough). Sense evolved to coverlet, wrap (1590s), then mat for the floor… … Etymology dictionary
rug — ruglike, adj. /rug/, n. 1. a thick fabric for covering part of a floor, often woven of wool and often having an oblong shape with a border design. Cf. carpet. 2. the treated skin of an animal, used as a floor covering: a bear rug. 3. Chiefly Brit … Universalium