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  • 1 мочь

    1. be

    вы можете подтвердить, что … — you will bear me out that …

    2. be able

    мочь; быть в состоянии — be able

    мочь …, быть в состоянии … — to be able to …

    не быть в состоянии; не смочь; не мочь — be unable

    3. be able to
    4. be encouraged
    5. be in position to
    6. can afford

    мочь; позволить себе — can afford

    7. could

    может быть, он и сделал это — he could have done it

    8. might

    может быть, это и правда — it might be true

    9. might as well
    10. can; be able; may
    Синонимический ряд:
    может быть (глаг.) быть может; возможно; может быть; может статься

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  • 2 Б-36

    СЕМЬ БЕД - ОДИН ОТВЕТ (saying) if the punishment for two transgressions of different magnitudes is the same, one might as well commit the more serious (and personally beneficial) one: - one might (may) as well be hanged for a sheep as (for) a lamb.
    ...Он (Золотарёв) жёг мосты... он окончательно прощался с самим собою, ему не о чем было больше сожалеть и не в чем раскаиваться. Семь бед - один ответ! (Максимов 1)....Hе (Zolotarev) burned his bridges...He bade himself a final goodbye, he had no more regrets now and no reason to repent. He might as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb! (1a).

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  • 3 П-633

    ХОТЬ ПУЛЮ В ЛОБ coll (хоть + NP Invar usu subord clause (often introduced by что) or Interj fixed WO
    used to express despair when one finds o.s. in such a difficult, hopeless situation that one feels like killing o.s.: I (he feels like he etc) might as well put a bullet through my (his etc) head ( brain)
    I (he feels like he etc) might as well shoot myself (himself etc) (and be done with it)).
    (Иванов:) Что же со мною?.. Откуда во мне эта слабость? Что стало с моими нервами?.. Просто хоть пулю в лоб!.. (Чехов 3). (I.:) What's the matter with me?...Where does my weakness come from? What's happened to my nerves?...! might as well shoot myself and be done with it (4b)

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  • 4 С-565

    КАК ОБ (В) СТЁНКУ (ОБ СТЕНУ, ОБ СТЕНУ, В СТЕНУ) ГОРОХ (ГОРОХОМ) КАК ОТ СТЁНКИ (ОТ СТЕНЫ) ГОРОХ ЧТО СТЕНЕ (СТЁНКЕ) ГОРОХ all coll, disapprov (как + PrepP or что + NP these forms only usu. subj-compl with copula ( subj: abstr, often всё, infin, or a clause) fixed WO
    all requests (orders etc) are ignored, disregarded by s.o.
    all attempts to persuade s.o. to do sth. or to change his mode of behavior produce no results, have no effect on s.o.: (itfs) like beating (banging) your (one's) head against the wall (a wall, a brick wall, a stone wall) (itfs) like talking to the wall (a brick wall) you might as well beat (bang) your head against a wall (a brick wall, a stone wall) you might as well talk to the wall (a wall, a brick wall).
    Обо всём этом ему (Наделашину) говорилось тогда же. Но Наделашину сколько ни говори - всё как об стенку горох (Солженицын 3). Не (Nadelashin) had been told about it at the time. But no matter how often one spoke to Nadelashin, it was like beating one's head against a stone wall (3a).
    «Пробовал я договориться с этим Големом - как об стену горох...» (Стругацкие 1). "I tried to come to an agreement with this Golem. It's like talking to a brick wall" (1a).
    Осторожно. Скользко тут. Сколько раз говорила, чтобы не выливали помоев перед дверью, - как об стену горох» (Пастернак 1). "Careful — it's slippery. I don't know how many times I've told them not to throw the slops out of the door - might as well talk to a wall" (1a).

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  • 5 У-137

    С ТЕМ ЖЕ (ТАКИМ ЖЕ, ОДИНАКОВЫМ) УСПЕХОМ coll, often iron PrepP these forms only adv fixed WO
    with a similar lack of success (used when comparing the results of a real action, approach etc with those of an exaggerated one invented by the speaker): (might (could)) just as well (easily)
    (might) equally well with equal (exactly the same) success.
    ...Я начала вдруг настойчиво писать на материк, чтобы выслали... копии моих документов об образовании. Ну пусть только университетский диплом. Юля уверяла меня, что я с таким же успехом могла бы попросить, чтобы мне выслали звезду с неба (Гинзбург 2)....I dashed off various letters to the mainland requesting copies...of my academic documents. At the very least, a copy of my university diploma. Julia assured me that I might equally well ask them to send me a star from the sky (2a).
    После первого же урока я убедился, что объяснять Марусе что бы то ни было совершенно бессмысленно. Она ничего не могла понять... С таким же успехом, как Марусю, я мог бы обучать истории, географии и русскому языку попугая (Паустовский 1). I was convinced after the first lesson that it would make no sense at all to try to explain anything to Marusa. She could not understand a thing....I could have taught history, geography, and Russian grammar to a parrot with exactly the same success (1b).

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  • 6 семь бед - один ответ

    [saying]
    =====
    ⇒ if the punishment for two transgressions of different magnitudes is the same, one might as well commit the more serious (and personally beneficial) one:
    - ≈ one might < may> as well be hanged for a sheep as (for) a lamb.
         ♦...Он [Золотарёв] жёг мосты... он окончательно прощался с самим собою, ему не о чем было больше сожалеть и не в чем раскаиваться. Семь бед - один ответ! (Максимов 1).... Не [Zolotarev] burned his bridges...He bade himself a final goodbye, he had no more regrets now and no reason to repent. He might as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb! (1a).

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  • 7 хоть пулю в лоб

    [ хоть + NP; Invar; usu subord clause (often introduced by что) or Interj; fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ used to express despair when one finds o.s. in such a difficult, hopeless situation that one feels like killing o.s.:
    - I <he feels like he etc> might as well put a bullet through my < hisetc> head (brain);
    - I <he feels like he etc> might as well shoot myself (himself etc) (and be done with it).
         ♦ [Иванов:] Что же со мною?.. Откуда во мне эта слабость? Что стало с моими нервами?.. Просто хоть пулю в лоб!.. (Чехов 3). [I.:] Whats the matter with me?...Where does my weakness come from? Whats happened to my nerves?...! might as well shoot myself and be done with it (4b)

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  • 8 как в в стену горох

    • КАК ОБ <В> СТЕНКУ <ОБ СТЕНУ, ОБ СТЕНУ, В СТЕНУ> ГОРОХ < ГОРОХОМ>; КАК ОТ СТЕНКИ < ОТ СТЕНЫ> ГОРОХ; ЧТО СТЕНЕ < СТЕНКЕ> ГОРОХ all coll. disapprov
    [ как + PrepP or что + NP; these forms only; usu. subj-compl with copula (subj: abstr, often всё, infin, or a clause); fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ all requests (orders etc) are ignored, disregarded by s.o.; all attempts to persuade s.o. to do sth. or to change his mode of behavior produce no results, have no effect on s.o.:
    - (it's) like beating (banging) your (one's) head against the wall (a wall, a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well beat (bang) your head against a wall (a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well talk to the wall (a wall, a brick wall).
         ♦ Обо всём этом ему [Наделашину] говорилось тогда же. Но Наделашину сколько ни говори - всё как об стенку горох (Солженицын 3). Не [Nadelashin] had been told about it at the time. But no matter how often one spoke to Nadelashin, it was like beating one's head against a stone wall (3a).
         ♦ "Пробовал я договориться с этим Големом - как об стену горох..." (Стругацкие 1). "I tried to come to an agreement with this Golem. It's like talking to a brick wall" (1a).
         ♦ "Осторожно. Скользко тут. Сколько раз говорила, чтобы не выливали помоев перед дверью, - как об стену горох" (Пастернак 1). "Careful - it's slippery. I don't know how many times I've told them not to throw the slops out of the door - might as well talk to a wall" (1a).

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  • 9 как в в стену горохом

    • КАК ОБ <В> СТЕНКУ <ОБ СТЕНУ, ОБ СТЕНУ, В СТЕНУ> ГОРОХ < ГОРОХОМ>; КАК ОТ СТЕНКИ < ОТ СТЕНЫ> ГОРОХ; ЧТО СТЕНЕ < СТЕНКЕ> ГОРОХ all coll. disapprov
    [ как + PrepP or что + NP; these forms only; usu. subj-compl with copula (subj: abstr, often всё, infin, or a clause); fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ all requests (orders etc) are ignored, disregarded by s.o.; all attempts to persuade s.o. to do sth. or to change his mode of behavior produce no results, have no effect on s.o.:
    - (it's) like beating (banging) your (one's) head against the wall (a wall, a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well beat (bang) your head against a wall (a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well talk to the wall (a wall, a brick wall).
         ♦ Обо всём этом ему [Наделашину] говорилось тогда же. Но Наделашину сколько ни говори - всё как об стенку горох (Солженицын 3). Не [Nadelashin] had been told about it at the time. But no matter how often one spoke to Nadelashin, it was like beating one's head against a stone wall (3a).
         ♦ "Пробовал я договориться с этим Големом - как об стену горох..." (Стругацкие 1). "I tried to come to an agreement with this Golem. It's like talking to a brick wall" (1a).
         ♦ "Осторожно. Скользко тут. Сколько раз говорила, чтобы не выливали помоев перед дверью, - как об стену горох" (Пастернак 1). "Careful - it's slippery. I don't know how many times I've told them not to throw the slops out of the door - might as well talk to a wall" (1a).

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  • 10 как в стенку горох

    • КАК ОБ <В> СТЕНКУ <ОБ СТЕНУ, ОБ СТЕНУ, В СТЕНУ> ГОРОХ < ГОРОХОМ>; КАК ОТ СТЕНКИ < ОТ СТЕНЫ> ГОРОХ; ЧТО СТЕНЕ < СТЕНКЕ> ГОРОХ all coll. disapprov
    [ как + PrepP or что + NP; these forms only; usu. subj-compl with copula (subj: abstr, often всё, infin, or a clause); fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ all requests (orders etc) are ignored, disregarded by s.o.; all attempts to persuade s.o. to do sth. or to change his mode of behavior produce no results, have no effect on s.o.:
    - (it's) like beating (banging) your (one's) head against the wall (a wall, a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well beat (bang) your head against a wall (a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well talk to the wall (a wall, a brick wall).
         ♦ Обо всём этом ему [Наделашину] говорилось тогда же. Но Наделашину сколько ни говори - всё как об стенку горох (Солженицын 3). Не [Nadelashin] had been told about it at the time. But no matter how often one spoke to Nadelashin, it was like beating one's head against a stone wall (3a).
         ♦ "Пробовал я договориться с этим Големом - как об стену горох..." (Стругацкие 1). "I tried to come to an agreement with this Golem. It's like talking to a brick wall" (1a).
         ♦ "Осторожно. Скользко тут. Сколько раз говорила, чтобы не выливали помоев перед дверью, - как об стену горох" (Пастернак 1). "Careful - it's slippery. I don't know how many times I've told them not to throw the slops out of the door - might as well talk to a wall" (1a).

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  • 11 как в стенку горохом

    • КАК ОБ <В> СТЕНКУ <ОБ СТЕНУ, ОБ СТЕНУ, В СТЕНУ> ГОРОХ < ГОРОХОМ>; КАК ОТ СТЕНКИ < ОТ СТЕНЫ> ГОРОХ; ЧТО СТЕНЕ < СТЕНКЕ> ГОРОХ all coll. disapprov
    [ как + PrepP or что + NP; these forms only; usu. subj-compl with copula (subj: abstr, often всё, infin, or a clause); fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ all requests (orders etc) are ignored, disregarded by s.o.; all attempts to persuade s.o. to do sth. or to change his mode of behavior produce no results, have no effect on s.o.:
    - (it's) like beating (banging) your (one's) head against the wall (a wall, a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well beat (bang) your head against a wall (a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well talk to the wall (a wall, a brick wall).
         ♦ Обо всём этом ему [Наделашину] говорилось тогда же. Но Наделашину сколько ни говори - всё как об стенку горох (Солженицын 3). Не [Nadelashin] had been told about it at the time. But no matter how often one spoke to Nadelashin, it was like beating one's head against a stone wall (3a).
         ♦ "Пробовал я договориться с этим Големом - как об стену горох..." (Стругацкие 1). "I tried to come to an agreement with this Golem. It's like talking to a brick wall" (1a).
         ♦ "Осторожно. Скользко тут. Сколько раз говорила, чтобы не выливали помоев перед дверью, - как об стену горох" (Пастернак 1). "Careful - it's slippery. I don't know how many times I've told them not to throw the slops out of the door - might as well talk to a wall" (1a).

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  • 12 как в стену горох

    • КАК ОБ <В> СТЕНКУ <ОБ СТЕНУ, ОБ СТЕНУ, В СТЕНУ> ГОРОХ < ГОРОХОМ>; КАК ОТ СТЕНКИ < ОТ СТЕНЫ> ГОРОХ; ЧТО СТЕНЕ < СТЕНКЕ> ГОРОХ all coll. disapprov
    [ как + PrepP or что + NP; these forms only; usu. subj-compl with copula (subj: abstr, often всё, infin, or a clause); fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ all requests (orders etc) are ignored, disregarded by s.o.; all attempts to persuade s.o. to do sth. or to change his mode of behavior produce no results, have no effect on s.o.:
    - (it's) like beating (banging) your (one's) head against the wall (a wall, a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well beat (bang) your head against a wall (a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well talk to the wall (a wall, a brick wall).
         ♦ Обо всём этом ему [Наделашину] говорилось тогда же. Но Наделашину сколько ни говори - всё как об стенку горох (Солженицын 3). Не [Nadelashin] had been told about it at the time. But no matter how often one spoke to Nadelashin, it was like beating one's head against a stone wall (3a).
         ♦ "Пробовал я договориться с этим Големом - как об стену горох..." (Стругацкие 1). "I tried to come to an agreement with this Golem. It's like talking to a brick wall" (1a).
         ♦ "Осторожно. Скользко тут. Сколько раз говорила, чтобы не выливали помоев перед дверью, - как об стену горох" (Пастернак 1). "Careful - it's slippery. I don't know how many times I've told them not to throw the slops out of the door - might as well talk to a wall" (1a).

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  • 13 как в стену горохом

    • КАК ОБ <В> СТЕНКУ <ОБ СТЕНУ, ОБ СТЕНУ, В СТЕНУ> ГОРОХ < ГОРОХОМ>; КАК ОТ СТЕНКИ < ОТ СТЕНЫ> ГОРОХ; ЧТО СТЕНЕ < СТЕНКЕ> ГОРОХ all coll. disapprov
    [ как + PrepP or что + NP; these forms only; usu. subj-compl with copula (subj: abstr, often всё, infin, or a clause); fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ all requests (orders etc) are ignored, disregarded by s.o.; all attempts to persuade s.o. to do sth. or to change his mode of behavior produce no results, have no effect on s.o.:
    - (it's) like beating (banging) your (one's) head against the wall (a wall, a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well beat (bang) your head against a wall (a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well talk to the wall (a wall, a brick wall).
         ♦ Обо всём этом ему [Наделашину] говорилось тогда же. Но Наделашину сколько ни говори - всё как об стенку горох (Солженицын 3). Не [Nadelashin] had been told about it at the time. But no matter how often one spoke to Nadelashin, it was like beating one's head against a stone wall (3a).
         ♦ "Пробовал я договориться с этим Големом - как об стену горох..." (Стругацкие 1). "I tried to come to an agreement with this Golem. It's like talking to a brick wall" (1a).
         ♦ "Осторожно. Скользко тут. Сколько раз говорила, чтобы не выливали помоев перед дверью, - как об стену горох" (Пастернак 1). "Careful - it's slippery. I don't know how many times I've told them not to throw the slops out of the door - might as well talk to a wall" (1a).

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  • 14 как об стенку горох

    • КАК ОБ <В> СТЕНКУ <ОБ СТЕНУ, ОБ СТЕНУ, В СТЕНУ> ГОРОХ < ГОРОХОМ>; КАК ОТ СТЕНКИ < ОТ СТЕНЫ> ГОРОХ; ЧТО СТЕНЕ < СТЕНКЕ> ГОРОХ all coll. disapprov
    [ как + PrepP or что + NP; these forms only; usu. subj-compl with copula (subj: abstr, often всё, infin, or a clause); fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ all requests (orders etc) are ignored, disregarded by s.o.; all attempts to persuade s.o. to do sth. or to change his mode of behavior produce no results, have no effect on s.o.:
    - (it's) like beating (banging) your (one's) head against the wall (a wall, a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well beat (bang) your head against a wall (a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well talk to the wall (a wall, a brick wall).
         ♦ Обо всём этом ему [Наделашину] говорилось тогда же. Но Наделашину сколько ни говори - всё как об стенку горох (Солженицын 3). Не [Nadelashin] had been told about it at the time. But no matter how often one spoke to Nadelashin, it was like beating one's head against a stone wall (3a).
         ♦ "Пробовал я договориться с этим Големом - как об стену горох..." (Стругацкие 1). "I tried to come to an agreement with this Golem. It's like talking to a brick wall" (1a).
         ♦ "Осторожно. Скользко тут. Сколько раз говорила, чтобы не выливали помоев перед дверью, - как об стену горох" (Пастернак 1). "Careful - it's slippery. I don't know how many times I've told them not to throw the slops out of the door - might as well talk to a wall" (1a).

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  • 15 как об стенку горохом

    • КАК ОБ <В> СТЕНКУ <ОБ СТЕНУ, ОБ СТЕНУ, В СТЕНУ> ГОРОХ < ГОРОХОМ>; КАК ОТ СТЕНКИ < ОТ СТЕНЫ> ГОРОХ; ЧТО СТЕНЕ < СТЕНКЕ> ГОРОХ all coll. disapprov
    [ как + PrepP or что + NP; these forms only; usu. subj-compl with copula (subj: abstr, often всё, infin, or a clause); fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ all requests (orders etc) are ignored, disregarded by s.o.; all attempts to persuade s.o. to do sth. or to change his mode of behavior produce no results, have no effect on s.o.:
    - (it's) like beating (banging) your (one's) head against the wall (a wall, a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well beat (bang) your head against a wall (a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well talk to the wall (a wall, a brick wall).
         ♦ Обо всём этом ему [Наделашину] говорилось тогда же. Но Наделашину сколько ни говори - всё как об стенку горох (Солженицын 3). Не [Nadelashin] had been told about it at the time. But no matter how often one spoke to Nadelashin, it was like beating one's head against a stone wall (3a).
         ♦ "Пробовал я договориться с этим Големом - как об стену горох..." (Стругацкие 1). "I tried to come to an agreement with this Golem. It's like talking to a brick wall" (1a).
         ♦ "Осторожно. Скользко тут. Сколько раз говорила, чтобы не выливали помоев перед дверью, - как об стену горох" (Пастернак 1). "Careful - it's slippery. I don't know how many times I've told them not to throw the slops out of the door - might as well talk to a wall" (1a).

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  • 16 как об стену горох

    • КАК ОБ <В> СТЕНКУ <ОБ СТЕНУ, ОБ СТЕНУ, В СТЕНУ> ГОРОХ < ГОРОХОМ>; КАК ОТ СТЕНКИ < ОТ СТЕНЫ> ГОРОХ; ЧТО СТЕНЕ < СТЕНКЕ> ГОРОХ all coll. disapprov
    [ как + PrepP or что + NP; these forms only; usu. subj-compl with copula (subj: abstr, often всё, infin, or a clause); fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ all requests (orders etc) are ignored, disregarded by s.o.; all attempts to persuade s.o. to do sth. or to change his mode of behavior produce no results, have no effect on s.o.:
    - (it's) like beating (banging) your (one's) head against the wall (a wall, a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well beat (bang) your head against a wall (a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well talk to the wall (a wall, a brick wall).
         ♦ Обо всём этом ему [Наделашину] говорилось тогда же. Но Наделашину сколько ни говори - всё как об стенку горох (Солженицын 3). Не [Nadelashin] had been told about it at the time. But no matter how often one spoke to Nadelashin, it was like beating one's head against a stone wall (3a).
         ♦ "Пробовал я договориться с этим Големом - как об стену горох..." (Стругацкие 1). "I tried to come to an agreement with this Golem. It's like talking to a brick wall" (1a).
         ♦ "Осторожно. Скользко тут. Сколько раз говорила, чтобы не выливали помоев перед дверью, - как об стену горох" (Пастернак 1). "Careful - it's slippery. I don't know how many times I've told them not to throw the slops out of the door - might as well talk to a wall" (1a).

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  • 17 как об стену горохом

    • КАК ОБ <В> СТЕНКУ <ОБ СТЕНУ, ОБ СТЕНУ, В СТЕНУ> ГОРОХ < ГОРОХОМ>; КАК ОТ СТЕНКИ < ОТ СТЕНЫ> ГОРОХ; ЧТО СТЕНЕ < СТЕНКЕ> ГОРОХ all coll. disapprov
    [ как + PrepP or что + NP; these forms only; usu. subj-compl with copula (subj: abstr, often всё, infin, or a clause); fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ all requests (orders etc) are ignored, disregarded by s.o.; all attempts to persuade s.o. to do sth. or to change his mode of behavior produce no results, have no effect on s.o.:
    - (it's) like beating (banging) your (one's) head against the wall (a wall, a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well beat (bang) your head against a wall (a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well talk to the wall (a wall, a brick wall).
         ♦ Обо всём этом ему [Наделашину] говорилось тогда же. Но Наделашину сколько ни говори - всё как об стенку горох (Солженицын 3). Не [Nadelashin] had been told about it at the time. But no matter how often one spoke to Nadelashin, it was like beating one's head against a stone wall (3a).
         ♦ "Пробовал я договориться с этим Големом - как об стену горох..." (Стругацкие 1). "I tried to come to an agreement with this Golem. It's like talking to a brick wall" (1a).
         ♦ "Осторожно. Скользко тут. Сколько раз говорила, чтобы не выливали помоев перед дверью, - как об стену горох" (Пастернак 1). "Careful - it's slippery. I don't know how many times I've told them not to throw the slops out of the door - might as well talk to a wall" (1a).

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  • 18 как от стенки горох

    • КАК ОБ <В> СТЕНКУ <ОБ СТЕНУ, ОБ СТЕНУ, В СТЕНУ> ГОРОХ < ГОРОХОМ>; КАК ОТ СТЕНКИ < ОТ СТЕНЫ> ГОРОХ; ЧТО СТЕНЕ < СТЕНКЕ> ГОРОХ all coll. disapprov
    [ как + PrepP or что + NP; these forms only; usu. subj-compl with copula (subj: abstr, often всё, infin, or a clause); fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ all requests (orders etc) are ignored, disregarded by s.o.; all attempts to persuade s.o. to do sth. or to change his mode of behavior produce no results, have no effect on s.o.:
    - (it's) like beating (banging) your (one's) head against the wall (a wall, a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well beat (bang) your head against a wall (a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well talk to the wall (a wall, a brick wall).
         ♦ Обо всём этом ему [Наделашину] говорилось тогда же. Но Наделашину сколько ни говори - всё как об стенку горох (Солженицын 3). Не [Nadelashin] had been told about it at the time. But no matter how often one spoke to Nadelashin, it was like beating one's head against a stone wall (3a).
         ♦ "Пробовал я договориться с этим Големом - как об стену горох..." (Стругацкие 1). "I tried to come to an agreement with this Golem. It's like talking to a brick wall" (1a).
         ♦ "Осторожно. Скользко тут. Сколько раз говорила, чтобы не выливали помоев перед дверью, - как об стену горох" (Пастернак 1). "Careful - it's slippery. I don't know how many times I've told them not to throw the slops out of the door - might as well talk to a wall" (1a).

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  • 19 как от стены горох

    • КАК ОБ <В> СТЕНКУ <ОБ СТЕНУ, ОБ СТЕНУ, В СТЕНУ> ГОРОХ < ГОРОХОМ>; КАК ОТ СТЕНКИ < ОТ СТЕНЫ> ГОРОХ; ЧТО СТЕНЕ < СТЕНКЕ> ГОРОХ all coll. disapprov
    [ как + PrepP or что + NP; these forms only; usu. subj-compl with copula (subj: abstr, often всё, infin, or a clause); fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ all requests (orders etc) are ignored, disregarded by s.o.; all attempts to persuade s.o. to do sth. or to change his mode of behavior produce no results, have no effect on s.o.:
    - (it's) like beating (banging) your (one's) head against the wall (a wall, a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well beat (bang) your head against a wall (a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well talk to the wall (a wall, a brick wall).
         ♦ Обо всём этом ему [Наделашину] говорилось тогда же. Но Наделашину сколько ни говори - всё как об стенку горох (Солженицын 3). Не [Nadelashin] had been told about it at the time. But no matter how often one spoke to Nadelashin, it was like beating one's head against a stone wall (3a).
         ♦ "Пробовал я договориться с этим Големом - как об стену горох..." (Стругацкие 1). "I tried to come to an agreement with this Golem. It's like talking to a brick wall" (1a).
         ♦ "Осторожно. Скользко тут. Сколько раз говорила, чтобы не выливали помоев перед дверью, - как об стену горох" (Пастернак 1). "Careful - it's slippery. I don't know how many times I've told them not to throw the slops out of the door - might as well talk to a wall" (1a).

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  • 20 как стену горох

    • КАК ОБ <В> СТЕНКУ <ОБ СТЕНУ, ОБ СТЕНУ, В СТЕНУ> ГОРОХ < ГОРОХОМ>; КАК ОТ СТЕНКИ < ОТ СТЕНЫ> ГОРОХ; ЧТО СТЕНЕ < СТЕНКЕ> ГОРОХ all coll. disapprov
    [ как + PrepP or что + NP; these forms only; usu. subj-compl with copula (subj: abstr, often всё, infin, or a clause); fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ all requests (orders etc) are ignored, disregarded by s.o.; all attempts to persuade s.o. to do sth. or to change his mode of behavior produce no results, have no effect on s.o.:
    - (it's) like beating (banging) your (one's) head against the wall (a wall, a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well beat (bang) your head against a wall (a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well talk to the wall (a wall, a brick wall).
         ♦ Обо всём этом ему [Наделашину] говорилось тогда же. Но Наделашину сколько ни говори - всё как об стенку горох (Солженицын 3). Не [Nadelashin] had been told about it at the time. But no matter how often one spoke to Nadelashin, it was like beating one's head against a stone wall (3a).
         ♦ "Пробовал я договориться с этим Големом - как об стену горох..." (Стругацкие 1). "I tried to come to an agreement with this Golem. It's like talking to a brick wall" (1a).
         ♦ "Осторожно. Скользко тут. Сколько раз говорила, чтобы не выливали помоев перед дверью, - как об стену горох" (Пастернак 1). "Careful - it's slippery. I don't know how many times I've told them not to throw the slops out of the door - might as well talk to a wall" (1a).

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