привести массу отговорок(Вариант перевода.: He had been giving every excuse in the book [not to go to treatment] and he had finally lost his job because of his addictionAlexander Oshis)
привести кучу отговорок(Вариант перевода.: He had been giving every excuse in the book [not to go to treatment] and he had finally lost his job because of his addictionAlexander Oshis)
привести тысячу отговорок(Вариант перевода.: He had been giving every excuse in the book [not to go to treatment] and he had finally lost his job because of his addictionAlexander Oshis)
строго наказывать(throw the book at – to punish or reprimand severely; "I just knew the professor would throw the book at me for being late with my paper"; This expression originally meant sentence a convicted person to the maximum penalties allowed, the book being the roster of applicable laws. Its figurative use dates from the mid-1900s Taras)
