Sentence examples of "погладить по головке" in Russian with translation "pat on the back"

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Translations: all4 pat on the back4
Когда европейцы наблюдали за тем, как президент Буш беспомощно барахтался, столкнувшись со смертью, разрушением и хаосом, вызванным ураганом «Катрина» в Новом Орлеане, некоторые не могли не погладить себя по головке, сказав что-то вроде: «Хвала Богу, что у нас есть наша социальная солидарность». As Europeans watched President Bush stumble over the death, destruction, and chaos wrought by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, some could not help patting themselves on the back and saying, “Thank God for our social solidarity.”
Нет, он всего лишь, эмм, погладил по головке. No, he just, uh, gave me a pat on the back.
Ты ждал, что мы тебя по головке погладим? What did you expect, for us to pat you on the back?
Хочешь, чтобы я погладил тебя и твоих людей по головке. You want me to pat you and your team on the back.
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