Dictionary of American idioms

HAD RATHER

had rather: translation

or[had sooner] {v.} To choose to (do one thing instead of another thing); like better to; would prefer to. - Used with an infinitive without "to". * /My aunt invited me to the movies, but I said I had rather go on a picnic with the girls./ * /I had sooner live in the city than on a farm./

  1. had rather—грам. had better soonerem и would ratherem требуют после себя глагол в форме инфинитива без частицы toem.I had sooner live in the city than on a farm. Я бы предпочел жит...Англо-русский универсальный дополнительный практический словарь И. Мостицкого