to shuffle off a duty on smb. else - свалить на другого свою обязанность
to shuffle off the blame [the burden] on to smb. - переложить вину [бремя] на кого-л.
they shuffled off to school - они (неохотно) поплелись в школу
Новый большой англо-русский словарь. 2001.
shuffle off — transitive verb : to get rid of : push away : shirk when we have shuffled off this mortal coil Shakespeare shuffle off the heavy burden of our guilt Richard Chase teachers cannot … shuffle off their responsibility C.I.Glicksberg intransitive verb … Useful english dictionary
shuffle off this mortal coil — humorous to die. I really want to see the Coliseum before I shuffle off this mortal coil … New idioms dictionary
shuffle off — Push off, discard, get rid of … New dictionary of synonyms
shuffle off this mortal coil — Meaning To die. Origin From Hamlet s To be or not to be speech in Shakespeare s Hamlet ... When we have shuffled off this mortal coil … Meaning and origin of phrases
shuffle off this mortal coil to — die The Bard said it first, through the voice of Hamlet. ... left a hundred grand when he shuffled off his mortal coil. (Sanders, 1986) … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
shuffle off — remove; get rid of … English contemporary dictionary
shuffle off this mortal coil — verb To die; to divest oneself of ones mortal body … Wiktionary
Shuffle off this mortal coil — die … Dictionary of Australian slang
shuffle off this mortal coil — Australian Slang die … English dialects glossary
shuffle off this mortal coil — I chiefly humorous die Origin: from Shakespeare s Hamlet (iii. i. 67) II see coil II … Useful english dictionary
shuffle — [shuf′əl] vt. shuffled, shuffling [Early ModE, prob. < or akin to LowG schuffeln, to walk clumsily, shuffle cards < base of SHOVE] 1. a) to move (the feet) with a dragging or shoving gait b) to perform (a dance) with such steps 2. to mix… … English World dictionary
