lie back and think of England

Übersetzungen
смириться и терпеть
She just had to lie back and think of England during the long meeting.
Ей просто пришлось смириться и терпеть во время долгой встречи.
Definitionen
An old-fashioned phrase suggesting that one should endure something unpleasant or undesirable (often used in reference to sex, particularly marital sex, from a woman's perspective) with passive resignation, for the sake of duty, country, or a greater good.
Wörter
lie

verb
лгать
think

verb
думать
lie back

verb
откинуться
back

adverb
назад
England

eigenname
Англия