kook n — полит. экстремист, сторонник крайних мер; / Is this a joke? [Mr. Schwarzenegger’s decision to run for governor]. It is deadly serious. Has California, a legendary gathering-ground of America’s kooks and crazies, finally gone off the deep end?
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The most populous state [California] in the country and the world’s fifth-biggest economy is in a desperate mess, with a gigantic deficit, a crumbling infrastructure and a weak economy. (go off the deep end — действовать необдуманно, поступать опрометчиво).
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kook n // Англо-русский словарь идиом и устойчивых словосочетаний. 2013. URL branch.znanium.ru/read/699596 (дата обращения 19.06.2026)
