We were able to sell our wealthy uncle on the idea of having a joint family vacation in Hawaii.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
sell one's soul (to the devil) — be willing to do anything, no matter how wrong it is, in order to achieve one s objective. → sell … English new terms dictionary
sell one's life dearly — To do great injury to the enemy before one is killed • • • Main Entry: ↑sell … Useful english dictionary
sell one's soul — ► sell one s soul (to the devil) be willing to do anything, no matter how wrong it is, in order to achieve one s objective … English terms dictionary
sell one's soul to the devil — ► sell one s soul (to the devil) be willing to do anything, no matter how wrong it is, in order to achieve one s objective … English terms dictionary
sell one's soul — I sell one s soul (to the devil) do or be willing to do anything, no matter how wrong it is, in order to achieve one s objective universities are selling their souls for commercial success II sell one s soul (to the devil) see sell … Useful english dictionary
sell one on — {v. phr.} To persuade someone to do something. * /We were able to sell our wealthy uncle on the idea of having a joint family vacation in Hawaii./ … Dictionary of American idioms
sell one on — {v. phr.} To persuade someone to do something. * /We were able to sell our wealthy uncle on the idea of having a joint family vacation in Hawaii./ … Dictionary of American idioms
sell one's bacon — sell oneself, sell oneself into slavery … English contemporary dictionary
To sell one's life dearly — Sell Sell (s[e^]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sold} (s[=o]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Selling}.] [OE. sellen, sillen, AS. sellan, syllan, to give, to deliver; akin to OS. sellian, OFries. sella, OHG. sellen, Icel. selja to hand over, to sell, Sw. s[ a]lja… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sell one's country — betray one s nation … English contemporary dictionary
