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ВОДЫ В POT НАБРАТЬ coll VP subj: human usu. past, often after как, будто, словно, точно) (often used when contrasting a person's silence with his initial intention to speak, his usual talkativeness, the expectation that he speak etc) to maintain complete silence, as if one had lost the ability to speakX (как) воды в рот набрал - X won't say a wordX (has) clammed up (of concealing a secret, not objecting to sth. etc) X is keeping his mouth shutты что, воды в рот набрал? -has the cat got your tongue?have you lost your tongue?«Давно ли ещё о празднике причитали, а тут воды в рот набрали...» (Абрамов 1). "Not long ago they were wailing over the holiday, and now they won't say a word!" (1b)....Когда в конце он поставил вопрос о распределении имущества бежавших с белыми, - ответили молчанием. «Чего ж вы воды в рот набрали?» - досадуя, спросил Иван Алексеевич (Шолохов 4)....When he concluded with the proposal to share out the property of those who had fled with the Whites, the response was silence. "What's the matter? Have you lost your tongues?" Ivan exclaimed angrily (4a).А ты думал, что стариков можно толкать, пихать... а они будут сидеть, как воды в рот набравши» (Ерофеев 3). ( context transl) "And I suppose you thought that you could give an old man like him a shove and a kick...and he would just sit and take it without a murmur" (3a). -
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• ВОДЫ В РОТ НАБРАТЬ coll[VP; subj: human; usu. past, often after как, будто, словно, точно]=====⇒ (often used when contrasting a person's silence with his initial intention to speak, his usual talkativeness, the expectation that he speak etc) to maintain complete silence, as if one had lost the ability to speak:- [of concealing a secret, not objecting to sth. etc] X is keeping his mouth shut;- have you lost your tongue?♦ "Давно ли ещё о празднике причитали, а тут воды в рот набрали..." (Абрамов 1). "Not long ago they were wailing over the holiday, and now they won't say a word!" (1b).♦...Когда в конце он поставил вопрос о распределении имущества бежавших с белыми, - ответили молчанием. "Чего ж вы воды в рот набрали?" - досадуя, спросил Иван Алексеевич (Шолохов 4)....When he concluded with the proposal to share out the property of those who had fled with the Whites, the response was silence. "What's the matter? Have you lost your tongues?" Ivan exclaimed angrily (4a).♦ "А ты думал, что стариков можно толкать, пихать... а они будут сидеть, как воды в рот набравши" (Ерофеев 3). [context transl] "And I suppose you thought that you could give an old man like him a shove and a kick...and he would just sit and take it without a murmur" (3a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > воды в рот набрать
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3 дар
1. donation2. for nothingзря; даром — for nothing
зря, напрасно, даром — all for naught
3. gratis; for nothing; in vainкогда его спросили о подробностях, он как будто потерял дар речи — he clammed up when asked for details
4. faculty5. gift6. grantСинонимический ряд:1. дарование (сущ.) дарование; талант2. подарок (сущ.) гостинец; подарок; подношение; презент
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