Автор: Дмитрий Коропенко
Tall order (идиома)
Перевод (приблизительный): очень большая просьба; трудновыполнимая просьба; трудновыполнимое условие.
Tall order: meaning: a kind of a request that is difficult to fulfill; a formidable task or requirement; an assignment or task which is difficult or seems impossible to accomplish, a difficult challenge.
Some examples:
1. Your request is a tall order, Michael, but it is not out of the question.
2. Completing that task and submitting it on time was a tall order but I managed to pull myself together and do it.
3. Two of us programming and maintaining four products within one month has been a tall order.
4. You want me to translate all of this in one day? That’s a pretty tall order.
Now produce several of your own examples with this idiom – Tall order.
Теперь сочините несколько своих примеров предложений с идиомой “Tall order“.
Приятного вам английского!