Take for a ride - translation of the idiom. Take for a ride - translation of the idiom Translation and meaning of TAKE FOR A RIDE in English and Russian

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• TAKE FOR A RIDE — phrasal trick, cheat
  English Dictionary - Merriam Webster
• TAKE FOR A RIDE — lead to one's death, capture and kill; cheat, deceive
  Explanatory Dictionary of the English Language - Editorial bed
• TAKE FOR A RIDE — : trick , cheat
  
• TAKE FOR A RIDE – TRICK, CHEAT
  Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
• TAKE FOR A RIDE
  Slang English vocab
• TAKE FOR A RIDE - (v. phr.), (slang) 1. To take out in a car intending to murder. * /The gang leader decided that the …
  Dictionary of English Idioms
• TAKE FOR A RIDE — play a trick on or fool someone, take unfair advantage of someone I was taken for a ride by the …
  English Idioms vocab
• TAKE FOR A RIDE - v. phr. , slang 1. To take out in a car intending to murder. The gang leader decided that the…
  American Idioms English vocabulary
• TAKE FOR A RIDE
  Large English-Russian Dictionary
• TAKE FOR A RIDE - 1) American; slang kill, finish off smb. 2) American; slang to deceive, deceive, fool smb. In fact the government took the taxpayers…
  English-Russian Dictionary Tiger
• TAKE FOR A RIDE - go for a walk
  
• TAKE FOR A RIDE - go for a walk
  English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
• TAKE FOR A RIDE - 1) American. ; sl. kill, finish off someone. 2) American ; sl. to deceive, to deceive, to fool smb. In fact the government took…
  English-Russian dictionary of general vocabulary
• TAKE FOR A RIDE - 1) American; sl. kill, finish off someone. 2) American; sl. to deceive, to deceive, to fool smb. In fact the government took the taxpayers for a …
  English-Russian dictionary of general vocabulary
• TAKE FOR A RIDE - a> _am. _jarg. kill, finish off someone; b>_am. _jarg. to deceive, to deceive, to fool smb.
  Muller's English-Russian Dictionary - 24th edition
• TAKE FOR A RIDE - a. am. slang kill, finish off someone; b. am. slang to deceive, to deceive, to fool smb.
  Muller's English-Russian Dictionary - editor bed
• TAKE FOR A RIDE - 1) American; sl. kill, finish off someone. 2) American; sl. to deceive, to deceive, to fool smb.
  New large English-Russian dictionary
• TAKE
  
• FOR
  Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
• TAKE - I. ˈtāk transitive verb (took ˈtu̇k, dial ˈtək ; or dialect tak·en ˈtākən sometimes -k ə ŋ ; taken ...
  
• RIDE - I. ˈrīd verb (rode ˈrōd; or chiefly dialect rid ˈrid; or rade ˈrād; rid·den ˈrid ə ...
  Webster's New International English Dictionary
• FOR - I. fə(r), (|)fȯ(ə)r, (|)fȯ(ə), in R speech in the southern US also (|)fär preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; ...
  Webster's New International English Dictionary
• TAKE - - takable, takeable, adj. - taker, n. /tayk/, v. , took, taken, taking, n. v.t. 1. …
  
• RIDE - /ruyd/, v. , rode or (Archaic) rid; ridden or (Archaic) rid; riding; n. v.i. 1. …
  Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
• TAKE - I. ˈtāk verb (took ˈtu̇k; tak·en ˈtā-kən; tak·ing) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tacan, from …
  Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
• RIDE - I. ˈrīd verb (rode ˈrōd; or chiefly dialect rid ˈrid; rid·den ˈri-d ə n; or chiefly …
  Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
• TAKE - p.p. taken. 2. take ·noun the quantity or copy given to a compositor at one time. 3. take vi to…
  Webster English vocab
• RIDE - noun a saddle horse. 2. ride ·vt to manage insolently at will; to domineer over. 3. ride vt to convey, ...
  Webster English vocab
• TAKE - vb took; tak.en ; tak.ing…
  
• RIDE - vb rode or chiefly dial rid; rid.den or chiefly dial rid or rode ; rid.ing…
  Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
• TAKE - v. & n. --v. (took; taken) 1 tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
  
• RIDE - v. & n. --v. (past rode; past part. ridden) 1 tr. travel or be carried on (a bicycle etc.) or …
  English Basic Spoken Dictionary
• TAKE - v. & n. v. (took; taken) 1 tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
  
• RIDE - v. & n. v. (past rode; past part. ridden) 1 tr. travel or be carried on (a bicycle etc.) or …
  Concise Oxford English Dictionary
• TAKE - v. & n. --v. (took; taken) 1. tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
  Oxford English vocab
• RIDE - v. & n. --v. (past rode; past part. ridden) 1. tr. travel or be carried on (a bicycle etc.) or …
  Oxford English vocab
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• RIDE - (rides, riding, rode, ridden) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. When...
  Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
• FOR - Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown...
  Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
• RIDE
  Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
• RIDE - rode, ridden - to sit on (a horse or a bicycle) and travel along on …
  Cambridge English vocab
• RIDE — Synonyms and related words: Sunday drive, abut on, aggravate, airing, annoy, auto, badger, bait, bamboozle, banter, be at, be …
  Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
• RIDE — See: ALONG FOR THE RIDE, LET RIDE, RUN WITH HARE AND HUNT (RIDE) WITH THE HOUNDS, TAKE FOR A RIDE, …
  Slang English vocab

take for a ride- 1. To play a trick on, dupe 2. To give (someone) a lift in a car with the object of murdering him or her in some remote place Main Entry: ride * * * take (someone) for a ride informal: to trick or fool (someone) especially in order to get … Useful english dictionary

take for a ride- take (someone) for a ride to cheat or deceive someone. I trusted him but he took me for a ride … New idioms dictionary

take for a ride

take for a ride- (v. phr.), (slang) 1. To take out in a car intending to murder. * /The gang leader decided that the informer must be taken for a ride./ 2. To play a trick on; fool. * /The girls told Linda that a movie star was visiting the school, but she did... ... Dictionary of American idioms

take\ for\ a\ ride- v. phr. slang 1. To take out in a car intending to murder. The gang leader decided that the informer must be taken for a ride. 2. To play a trick on; fool. The girls told Linda that a movie star was visiting the school, but she did not believe... ... Dictionary of American Idioms

take for a ride- To take someone for a ride means to cheat or deceive them. I discovered he had charged me double the normal fee. He really took me for a ride! ... English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

take for a ride- 1) play a trick on or fool someone, take unfair advantage of someone I was taken for a ride by the used car salesman. The car that I bought is not very good. 2) (smb) cheat, swindle I think that they really took him for a ride when he was… … Idioms and examples

take for a ride- vp To drive someone away to kill. The capo ordered that the informer be taken for a ride. 1920s... Historical dictionary of American slang

take for a ride- to murder You bundled your victim into a car and killed him in a secluded place: ... taken for a ride. His death is attributed... (Lavine, 1930) Whence the current figurative meaning, to cheat … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

take for a ride- phrasal trick, cheat ... New Collegiate Dictionary

Take for a ride- 1. kidnap and murder; 2. deceive and willfully mislead… Dictionary of Australian slang

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fool, fool, deceive, deceive

Hello Li. What a nice handbag. Is it new?

Hello Lee. What a nice bag you have. It's new?

Thank you, Rob. Yes. I bought in a designer shop. It was very expensive but it doesn't matter. Soon I will be able to afford ten like this one!

Thanks Rob. Yes, I bought it at a designer store. It's very expensive, but that doesn't matter. Soon I will be able to afford a dozen of these!

What do you mean?

What do you mean?

This afternoon I"m going to meet a financial adviser. He has promised to make me rich!

I'm meeting with a financial advisor this afternoon. He promised to make me rich!

And how is he going to do that?

And how is he going to do this?

He said there"s this new company which is very high-tech and they are developing a car which uses only fresh air for fuel!

He said there is one new company, a very high tech company, and they are developing a car that uses only fresh air as fuel!

Yes. Isn't that brilliant?!

Yes. Is not that great?!

Li, do you know this guy very well?

Lee, do you know this guy well enough?

No. But he has also advised my neighbor to buy shares in this company.

No. But he also advised my neighbor to buy shares in this company.

Li, this guy !

Lee this guy fools you and your neighbor (is taking you and your neighbor for a ride- literally: he will give you and your neighbor a ride in a car)!

I hope so. A ride in this wonderful car powered by air…

Hope so. Ride in this wonderful car, filled with air...

No, no, no. I don"t mean that. In English, when we say someone is " taking you for a ride", we mean he is deceiving you. This company might not even exist – and I"m sure the car is just a fantasy…

No no no. That's not what I mean. In English, when we say that someone " taking you for a ride", we mean that he is deceiving you. This company may not even exist, and I am sure that such a car is just a fantasy...

Oh! He just wants my money?!

I"m afraid so. "Take for a ride" is today"s expression in The English We Speak. Here are some examples of how it"s used.

I'm afraid so. " Take for a ride (fool, fool, deceive, deceive)" is our expression today in the program " English language, which we speak." Here are some examples of how it is used.

• That hotel took me for a ride. When I booked a room they said they"d give me a full cooked breakfast but all I got was a cup of coffee and a piece of toast. I"m never going back there again.
• This hotel cheated me. When I booked the room they said I would be given a full breakfast but all I got was a cup of coffee and a piece of toast. I will never go back there again.

• Don"t be taken for a ride. If an offer seems too good to be true, it"s probably not real.
• Don't be fooled. If an offer seems too good to be true, it probably isn't real.

Oh Rob. Thank you very much for warning me.

Oh Rob. Thank you very much for warning me.

You're welcome, Li.

Yes please, Lee.

Well, talking about rides… when you say it as a normal sentence, the phrase " take someone for a ride"or" to give someone a ride" can also mean "to take someone somewhere as a passenger in your car", can"t it?

Well, as for travel... when you say it as a normal sentence, the phrase " take someone for a ride" or " to give someone a ride" can also mean "to take someone as a passenger in a car", is that correct?

Yes, it can – especially in American English. The meaning can be literal, or idiomatic: it"s all about the context.

Yes, it is - especially in American English. The meaning can be literal or idiomatic: it all depends on the context.

Well, this time I"m not using it as an idiom but speaking as an American. Can you give me a ride home in your car?

Well, now I don’t use it as an idiom, but speak as an American. Can you give me a ride home in your car?

Sure thing, Li. It will be a pleasure to have you riding in my car. No idiom. And my car is powered by more than just fresh air.

Of course, Lee. It would be my pleasure to give you a ride. This is not an idiom. And my car doesn't just work in the fresh air.

Thank you, Rob. I"ll try to be more suspicious of things which sound too good to be true.

Thanks Rob. I'll try to be more careful about things that sound too good to be true.

That's good. Okay. Li, come on. Jump in.

Well, fine. Okay, Lee, let's sit down.