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Draw a line in the sand | поставить ультиматум (to create or declare an artificial boundary and imply that crossing it will cause trouble. |
draw a line in the sand | обозначать свою позицию (Obama generally starts talking tough only to draw a line in the sand, erase it and then keep conceding ground to his opponents until they get most of what they want. iVictorr) |
draw water in a sieve | носить воду в решете (VLZ_58) |