at the drop of a hat

амер.; разг.

сразу же, немедленно, тотчас
беспричинно

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In most of them, the brave young men were drawn to death; they would die for anything, at the drop of a hat.
В большинстве фильмов храбрые молодые мужчины шли на смерть; они были готовы умереть ради чего угодно, без колебаний.
Hunter, Stephen / The 47th samuraiХантер, Стивен / 47-й самурай
47-й самурай
Хантер, Стивен
© С.Саксин, перевод на русский язык, 2009
© Издание на русском языке ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", 2009
© 2007 by Stephen Hunter
The 47th samurai
Hunter, Stephen
© 2007 by Stephen Hunter

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сразу же; немедленно; тотчасExamples

I would take a job like that at the drop of a hat. — Я бы согласился на такую работу, не раздумывая.

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по поводу и без повода
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по малейшему поводу
translation added by Валерий Коротоношко
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немедленно, тотчас же, в любую минуту; при первом удобном случае, по малейшему поводу
translation added by Руслан Заславский
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It is intended for a full-text search and it significantly expands the possibilities of working with lexical items from the Russian glossary of LingvoUniversal. Contains usage examples, synonyms, and antonyms.