тяжелая артиллерия

• ТЯЖЕЛАЯ АРТИЛЛЕРИЯ{{}}

[NP; fixed WO]

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1. iron or humor a slow, sluggish person, or slow, sluggish people:

- a slowpoke <slowpokes>;

- dead weight;

- (one who is) hard to get moving.

2. the most effective, powerful means of achieving sth. (to which one resorts when other means are exhausted):

- heavy artillery;

- big guns;

- [in limited contexts] onefe trump card.

     ♦ ...Первым делом надо было Вику прописать... Как ни облучала Вера [обаянием] начальника паспортного стола - не помогало. Письмо народной артистки Куниной тоже оказалось пустым номером. Пришлось вывести на позиции тяжёлую артиллерию в лице "очень ответственного" из номера люкс... (Грекова 3). ... First of all Vika had to be registered in her [Vera's] house. ...No matter how Vera sparkled at the director of the passport bureau it didn't help. A letter from People's Artist Kunina also didn't do the trick. She had to make use of heavy artillery in the form of a very important person staying in one of the luxury suites (3a).