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1 FEAST
• Feast and your halls are crowded - В радости сыщут, в горе забудут (B), Есть пирожки - есть и дружки; нет пирожков - нет и дружков (E), На обеде - все соседи, кончился обед - соседа нет (H)• Feasting is the physician's harvest - Где пиры да чаи, там и немочи (Г)• It's either a feast or a famine - Разом густо, разом пусто (P), Часом с квасом, порой с водой (4) -
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РАЗОМ (TO) ГУСТО, РАЗОМ (TO) ПУСТО (saying) there is either a lot of sth. or none at all: - (itfs) feast or famine (itfs) either feast or famine (a feast or a famine). -
3 разом густо, разом пусто
[saying]=====⇒ there is either a lot of sth. or none at all:- (it's) either feast or famine (a feast or a famine).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > разом густо, разом пусто
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4 то густо, то пусто
1) General subject: Feast or famine, feast today and fast tomorrow, through thick and thin2) Set phrase: stuff today and starve tomorrowУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > то густо, то пусто
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5 то густо, то пусто
тж. разом густо, разом пустопогов.cf. feast or famine; fasting comes after feasting; stuff today and starve tomorrow; feast today and fast tomorrowРусско-английский фразеологический словарь > то густо, то пусто
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6 густо
I кратк. прил.см. густойII нареч.( обильно) thickly, denselyгу́сто замеси́ть (вн.) — work (d) into a stiff mixture
гу́сто замеси́ть те́сто — make a stiff dough [dəʊ]
гу́сто заме́шенный на чём-л — with a lot of smth mixed into it
••гу́сто покрасне́ть — flush crimson
не гу́сто (рд.; с неисчисляемым сущ.) — not in abundance, not much; (с исчисляемым сущ.) few and far between
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де́нег не гу́сто — I'm a bit hard up, I'm a bit pushed for moneyто гу́сто, то пу́сто погов. — ≈ it's feast or famine
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7 или пан, или пропал
Set phrase: a feast or a famine, a feast or a fast, kill or cure, make a spoon or spoil a horn, make or break, make or mar, man or mouse, neck or nothing (all or nothing. used as a statement of one's determination and readiness to try and do something despite possible risks, failure, even one's death), sink or swim, win or loseУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > или пан, или пропал
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8 либо пан, либо пропал
1) General subject: a man or a mouse, either to win the horse or lose the saddle, make or mar, sink or swim2) Colloquial: get rich or die trying3) Set phrase: a feast or a famine, a feast or a fast, kill or cure, make a spoon or spoil a horn, make or break, make or mar (дословно: Либо сделай, либо испорти), man or mouse, neck or nothing (all or nothing. used as a statement of one's determination and readiness to try and do something despite possible risks, failure, even one's death), neck or nothing (дословно: Либо добьюсь, либо себе шею сверну), sink or swim! (дословно: Потону или выплыву!), win or loseУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > либо пан, либо пропал
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9 пан или пропал
1) General subject: play an all-or-nothing game, stand or fall, double or nothing, hit or miss2) British English: double or quits3) Australian slang: Sydney or the bush4) Set phrase: a feast or a famine, a feast or a fast, kill or cure, make a spoon or spoil a horn, make or break, make or mar, man or mouse, neck or nothing (all or nothing. used as a statement of one's determination and readiness to try and do something despite possible risks, failure, even one's death), sink or swim, win or lose, all or nothing -
10 Разом густо, разом пусто
There is either an overabundance of food, money, work, etc. or a shortage of it See Сегодня пир горой, а завтра пошел с сумой (C), Часом с квасом, порой с водой (4)Var.: Вдруг густо, вдруг пусто. Сегодня густо, завтра пусто. То густо, то пустоCf: Chickens today, feathers tomorrow (Am.). Either a feast or a fast (Br.). Either too much or too little (Br.). It's either a feast or a famine (Am.). Rich today, poor tomorrow (Am., Br.). Stuff today and starve tomorrow (Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Разом густо, разом пусто
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11 Часом с квасом, порой с водой
See Разом густо, разом пусто (Р)Var.: Часом щи с мясом, а часом и хлеб с квасомCf: Chickens today, feathers tomorrow (Am.). Either too much or too little (Br.). Feast today, and fast tomorrow (Br.). It's either a feast or a famine (Am.), Rich today, poor tomorrow (Am., Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Часом с квасом, порой с водой
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12 пан либо пропал
< либо (или)> пан либо (или) пропалпогов.cf. do or die; win or lose; make or break (mar); sink or swim; neck or nothing; a feast or a fast (a famine); <a> man or <a> mouse; make a spoon or spoil a horn- Уж тут либо пан, либо пропал. Успел уйти - твоё счастье, догнали - пощады не проси. (Г. Марков, Сибирь) — 'For those who'd decided to get away it was either neck or nothing. If you got away it was your luck...'
Мересьев... нервно ходил по коврам приёмной большого начальника. Как он не догадался раньше! Ну да, именно сюда и надо было ему обратиться сразу, не теряя попусту столько времени. Или пан - или пропал. (Б. Полевой, Повесть о настоящем человеке) — Meresyev was nervously pacing up and down the carpented floor of the waiting-room of the big chiefs office. Why didn't he think of this before? Of course! This was where he should have come at once without wasting so much time! It was win or lose now.
- Тут на прорыв надо ориентироваться, - решительно заявил Миша, - тут - или пан, или пропал. (Ю. Герман, Дорогой мой человек) — 'It just means breaking through,' Misha declared resolutely. 'In a case like this it's do or die.'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > пан либо пропал
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