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October 28, 2022 17:00
Word story – fair and square

Word story – fair and square

fair and square (idiom) – honestly and according to the rules
Definition – Cambridge Dictionary

Когда речь заходит о действиях и поступках, совершенных честно и в соответствии со всеми действующими правилами, в английском языке может быть использована идиома fair and square. Часто фраза fair and square описывает, насколько справедливо проводятся конкурсы, игры, соревнования и спортивные состязания. Идиома может быть использована как аргумент в спорах в противовес обвинениям в мошенничестве.

История происхождения идиомы fair and square

В данной фразе прилагательное square не связано с геометрией. В 15 веке слово square означало «честный и открытый». В английский язык оно пришло из французского и образовано от esquarre.

Фактически фраза fair and square является тавтологией, то есть фраза, представляющая собой повторение одних и тех же или близких по значению и смыслу слов.

Впервые фраза fair and square была использована в работе английского философа, историка и публициста Фрэнсиса Бекона.

Faire, and square. The gamester calls fooles holy-day.
Francis Bacon, Of Prophecies, 1604

Варианты перевода фразы fair and square

честно и справедливо,
по-честному, 
честный и справедливый,
открытый,
прямой,
целиком и полностью

Примеры употребления фразы fair and squire

And out came Bisping, who’d been cast as an unlikely champion despite him having earned his way to the top — he did knock out Luke Rockhold, fair and square on the jaw, to grab ahold of the belt he’d so long coveted.
UFC 217: Georges St-Pierre comes back to beat Michael Bisping with third-round submission, Marissa Payne and Jeff Wagenheim, The Washington Post, 5 November 2017
“He has worked in this business for many years, that’s why he got the job, fair and square.“ Naomi Campbell: ‘People try to use your past to blackmail you. I won’t allow it’
Hermione Hoby, The Guardian, 5 November 2017
Was he hoping she would come home, realize someone had taken over her life and conclude she had been replaced fair and square?
You can't make this stuff up: Thursday edition, Joe Mutascio, The Journal & Courier, 2 November 2017
“They bought it fair and square,” San Francisco Supervisor Aaron Peskin said of the married couple. “Having said that, we are going to determine if the treasurer/tax collector followed the law as it was written.”
Wealthy San Francisco homeowners get their street back, John Bacon, USA Today, 28 November 2017
Well, sir, it deeply grieves me that we've failed to reach an agreement and must come into conflict... I will promise you one thing - that we fight you fair and square, with everything open and aboveboard.
A. J. Cronin, The Northern Light

Photo: still life with the scales of justice by free photo

Тема: Grammar & Vocabulary       Теги: Wordstory, Etymology

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