сослужить плохую службу

(кому-л.) do smb a a bad turn

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То, что Пинсон и его братья не были арестованы вместе с другими офицерами, могло сослужить ему плохую службу. И он понимал это.
Pinzon had apparently realized that it looked very bad for him, that he and his brothers had not been restrained with the other officers.
Кард, Орсон Скот / Искупление Христофора КолумбаCard, Orson Scott / Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus
Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus
Card, Orson Scott
© 1996 by Orson Scott Card
Искупление Христофора Колумба
Кард, Орсон Скот

Вот и тогда я понял, что моя ошибка сослужила мне службу не хуже самой тонкой хитрости.
In this case I soon perceived that accident had done for me as much as the most profound cunning.
Конан Дойль, Артур / Подвиги бригадира ЖерараConan Doyle, Arthur / The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard
The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard
Conan Doyle, Arthur
© 2008 by Fireship Press
Подвиги бригадира Жерара
Конан Дойль, Артур
© Издательство "Правда", 1966

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сослужить плохую службу

do a a bad turn

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1.
to do a disservice
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2.
to be of poor service
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сослужить плохую службу

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The Russian-English Dictionary: the American edition.
Сontains 50,949 words and phrases.
Selection of vocabulary, presentation of pronunciation peculiarities, grammar and spelling reflect the American variant of conversational English widely used in different areas of contemporary life.