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  • 1 В-270

    ВОРОН (ГАЛОК, МУХ) СЧИТАТЬ ВОРОН (МУХ) ЛОВИТЬ all coll, disapprov VP subj: human
    1. (often pres (in questions), neg imper, or infin with хватит, нечего etc) to look around aimlessly, absent-mindedly, getting distracted from what one is doing
    X ворон считает \В-270 X stands (sits etc) gaping
    X stands (sits etc) there just looking (around)
    Neg Imper ворон не считай - (in limited contexts
    with verbs of motion) look
    watch) where you're going.
    «Чего ворон-то считаете? - закричала Анна и замахала рукой. - Не видите, кто приехал?» (Абрамов 1). "Are you going to stand there just looking?" Anna waved her arms. "Don't you see who's come?" (1b).
    «Как пройти в управление, к Дудыреву?» - «Топай прямо да ворон не считай. Толкнут ненароком...» Семён направился по обочине дороги, оглядываясь во все стороны (Тендряков 1). "Can you tell me how to get to the Director's office, to Dudyrev?" "Straight ahead, only look where you're going, or there'll be an accident." Simon made his way along the path by the road, looking around him on all sides (1a).
    2. to spend time aimlessly, lazily, be idle
    X ворон считает = X loafs (around)
    X twiddles (sits around twiddling) his thumbs X does absolutely nothing X sits on his hands X goofs off.
    Прекрати ворон считать! Сейчас же садись за уроки! Quit goofing off! Sit down and do your homework right now!
    3. to be inactive (in a situation when some action is required or expected)
    X ворон считает - X (stands back (by) and) does nothing
    X sits on his hands X takes no action.
    Вопрос о том, какому отделу отдать освободившееся помещение, ещё не решён, но если вы будете ворон считать, то ваш отдел его точно не получит. It has yet to be decided which department will get the offices that have been vacated, but if you don't take action yours certainly won't.

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  • 2 ворон ловить

    • ВОРОН <ГАЛОК, МУХ> СЧИТАТЬ; ВОРОН < МУХ> ЛОВИТЬ all coll, disapprov
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    1. [often pres (in questions), neg imper, or infin with хватит, нечего etc]
    ⇒ to look around aimlessly, absent-mindedly, getting distracted from what one is doing:
    - X ворон считает≈ X stands <sits etc> gaping;
    - X stands <sits etc> there just looking (around);
    || Neg Imper ворон не считай≈ [in limited contexts;
    - with verbs of motion] look < watch> where you're going.
         ♦ "Чего ворон-то считаете? - закричала Анна и замахала рукой. - Не видите, кто приехал?" (Абрамов 1). "Are you going to stand there just looking?" Anna waved her arms. "Don't you see who's come?" (1b).
         ♦ "Как пройти в управление, к Дудыреву?" - "Топай прямо да ворон не считай. Толкнут ненароком..." Семён направился по обочине дороги, оглядываясь во все стороны (Тендряков 1). "Can you tell me how to get to the Director's office, to Dudyrev?" "Straight ahead, only look where you're going, or there'll be an accident." Simon made his way along the path by the road, looking around him on all sides (1a).
    2. to spend time aimlessly, lazily, be idle:
    - X ворон считает≈ X loafs (around);
    - X twiddles < sits around twiddling> his thumbs;
    - X goofs off.
         ♦ Прекрати ворон считать! Сейчас же садись за уроки! Quit goofing off! Sit down and do your homework right now!
    3. to be inactive (in a situation when some action is required or expected):
    - X ворон считает≈ X (stands back <by> and) does nothing;
    - X takes no action.
         ♦ Вопрос о том, какому отделу отдать освободившееся помещение, ещё не решён, но если вы будете ворон считать, то ваш отдел его точно не получит. It has yet to be decided which department will get the offices that have been vacated, but if you don't take action yours certainly won't.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > ворон ловить

  • 3 ворон считать

    • ВОРОН <ГАЛОК, МУХ> СЧИТАТЬ; ВОРОН < МУХ> ЛОВИТЬ all coll, disapprov
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    1. [often pres (in questions), neg imper, or infin with хватит, нечего etc]
    ⇒ to look around aimlessly, absent-mindedly, getting distracted from what one is doing:
    - X ворон считает≈ X stands <sits etc> gaping;
    - X stands <sits etc> there just looking (around);
    || Neg Imper ворон не считай≈ [in limited contexts;
    - with verbs of motion] look < watch> where you're going.
         ♦ "Чего ворон-то считаете? - закричала Анна и замахала рукой. - Не видите, кто приехал?" (Абрамов 1). "Are you going to stand there just looking?" Anna waved her arms. "Don't you see who's come?" (1b).
         ♦ "Как пройти в управление, к Дудыреву?" - "Топай прямо да ворон не считай. Толкнут ненароком..." Семён направился по обочине дороги, оглядываясь во все стороны (Тендряков 1). "Can you tell me how to get to the Director's office, to Dudyrev?" "Straight ahead, only look where you're going, or there'll be an accident." Simon made his way along the path by the road, looking around him on all sides (1a).
    2. to spend time aimlessly, lazily, be idle:
    - X ворон считает≈ X loafs (around);
    - X twiddles < sits around twiddling> his thumbs;
    - X goofs off.
         ♦ Прекрати ворон считать! Сейчас же садись за уроки! Quit goofing off! Sit down and do your homework right now!
    3. to be inactive (in a situation when some action is required or expected):
    - X ворон считает≈ X (stands back <by> and) does nothing;
    - X takes no action.
         ♦ Вопрос о том, какому отделу отдать освободившееся помещение, ещё не решён, но если вы будете ворон считать, то ваш отдел его точно не получит. It has yet to be decided which department will get the offices that have been vacated, but if you don't take action yours certainly won't.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > ворон считать

  • 4 галок считать

    • ВОРОН <ГАЛОК, МУХ> СЧИТАТЬ; ВОРОН < МУХ> ЛОВИТЬ all coll, disapprov
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    1. [often pres (in questions), neg imper, or infin with хватит, нечего etc]
    ⇒ to look around aimlessly, absent-mindedly, getting distracted from what one is doing:
    - X ворон считает≈ X stands <sits etc> gaping;
    - X stands <sits etc> there just looking (around);
    || Neg Imper ворон не считай≈ [in limited contexts;
    - with verbs of motion] look < watch> where you're going.
         ♦ "Чего ворон-то считаете? - закричала Анна и замахала рукой. - Не видите, кто приехал?" (Абрамов 1). "Are you going to stand there just looking?" Anna waved her arms. "Don't you see who's come?" (1b).
         ♦ "Как пройти в управление, к Дудыреву?" - "Топай прямо да ворон не считай. Толкнут ненароком..." Семён направился по обочине дороги, оглядываясь во все стороны (Тендряков 1). "Can you tell me how to get to the Director's office, to Dudyrev?" "Straight ahead, only look where you're going, or there'll be an accident." Simon made his way along the path by the road, looking around him on all sides (1a).
    2. to spend time aimlessly, lazily, be idle:
    - X ворон считает≈ X loafs (around);
    - X twiddles < sits around twiddling> his thumbs;
    - X goofs off.
         ♦ Прекрати ворон считать! Сейчас же садись за уроки! Quit goofing off! Sit down and do your homework right now!
    3. to be inactive (in a situation when some action is required or expected):
    - X ворон считает≈ X (stands back <by> and) does nothing;
    - X takes no action.
         ♦ Вопрос о том, какому отделу отдать освободившееся помещение, ещё не решён, но если вы будете ворон считать, то ваш отдел его точно не получит. It has yet to be decided which department will get the offices that have been vacated, but if you don't take action yours certainly won't.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > галок считать

  • 5 мух ловить

    • ВОРОН <ГАЛОК, МУХ> СЧИТАТЬ; ВОРОН < МУХ> ЛОВИТЬ all coll, disapprov
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    1. [often pres (in questions), neg imper, or infin with хватит, нечего etc]
    ⇒ to look around aimlessly, absent-mindedly, getting distracted from what one is doing:
    - X ворон считает≈ X stands <sits etc> gaping;
    - X stands <sits etc> there just looking (around);
    || Neg Imper ворон не считай≈ [in limited contexts;
    - with verbs of motion] look < watch> where you're going.
         ♦ "Чего ворон-то считаете? - закричала Анна и замахала рукой. - Не видите, кто приехал?" (Абрамов 1). "Are you going to stand there just looking?" Anna waved her arms. "Don't you see who's come?" (1b).
         ♦ "Как пройти в управление, к Дудыреву?" - "Топай прямо да ворон не считай. Толкнут ненароком..." Семён направился по обочине дороги, оглядываясь во все стороны (Тендряков 1). "Can you tell me how to get to the Director's office, to Dudyrev?" "Straight ahead, only look where you're going, or there'll be an accident." Simon made his way along the path by the road, looking around him on all sides (1a).
    2. to spend time aimlessly, lazily, be idle:
    - X ворон считает≈ X loafs (around);
    - X twiddles < sits around twiddling> his thumbs;
    - X goofs off.
         ♦ Прекрати ворон считать! Сейчас же садись за уроки! Quit goofing off! Sit down and do your homework right now!
    3. to be inactive (in a situation when some action is required or expected):
    - X ворон считает≈ X (stands back <by> and) does nothing;
    - X takes no action.
         ♦ Вопрос о том, какому отделу отдать освободившееся помещение, ещё не решён, но если вы будете ворон считать, то ваш отдел его точно не получит. It has yet to be decided which department will get the offices that have been vacated, but if you don't take action yours certainly won't.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > мух ловить

  • 6 мух считать

    • ВОРОН <ГАЛОК, МУХ> СЧИТАТЬ; ВОРОН < МУХ> ЛОВИТЬ all coll, disapprov
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    1. [often pres (in questions), neg imper, or infin with хватит, нечего etc]
    ⇒ to look around aimlessly, absent-mindedly, getting distracted from what one is doing:
    - X ворон считает≈ X stands <sits etc> gaping;
    - X stands <sits etc> there just looking (around);
    || Neg Imper ворон не считай≈ [in limited contexts;
    - with verbs of motion] look < watch> where you're going.
         ♦ "Чего ворон-то считаете? - закричала Анна и замахала рукой. - Не видите, кто приехал?" (Абрамов 1). "Are you going to stand there just looking?" Anna waved her arms. "Don't you see who's come?" (1b).
         ♦ "Как пройти в управление, к Дудыреву?" - "Топай прямо да ворон не считай. Толкнут ненароком..." Семён направился по обочине дороги, оглядываясь во все стороны (Тендряков 1). "Can you tell me how to get to the Director's office, to Dudyrev?" "Straight ahead, only look where you're going, or there'll be an accident." Simon made his way along the path by the road, looking around him on all sides (1a).
    2. to spend time aimlessly, lazily, be idle:
    - X ворон считает≈ X loafs (around);
    - X twiddles < sits around twiddling> his thumbs;
    - X goofs off.
         ♦ Прекрати ворон считать! Сейчас же садись за уроки! Quit goofing off! Sit down and do your homework right now!
    3. to be inactive (in a situation when some action is required or expected):
    - X ворон считает≈ X (stands back <by> and) does nothing;
    - X takes no action.
         ♦ Вопрос о том, какому отделу отдать освободившееся помещение, ещё не решён, но если вы будете ворон считать, то ваш отдел его точно не получит. It has yet to be decided which department will get the offices that have been vacated, but if you don't take action yours certainly won't.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > мух считать

  • 7 Б-24

    СИДЕТЬ БАРИНОМ (КАК БАРИН) coll VP subj: human to be idle while everyone else is working cooperatively
    X сидит барином - X sits around like royalty
    X sits on his hands.

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  • 8 Г-123

    ХЛОПАТЬ ГЛАЗАМИ coll ЛУПАТЬ ГЛАЗАМИ substand, both often disapprov or iron VP subj: human
    1. to open one's eyes wide and blink them (in surprise, confusion, embarrassment etc)
    X хлопал глазами = X (just) stood (sat) there blinking (dumbly (confusedly etc))
    X stood (sat etc) there blinking in bewilderment (confusion, surprise, embarrassment etc)
    ты что глазами хлопаешь? - why are you blinking (at me) like that?
    (Пепел:) Вчера, при свидетелях, я тебе продал часы за десять рублей... три - получил, семь - подай! Чего глазами хлопаешь? (Горький 3). (Р:) Yesterday, before witnesses, I sold you a watch for ten rubles. I received three rubles, now hand over the other seven. Why are you blinking at me like that? (3b).
    2. to be idle, not take action when immediate action is called for
    X хлопает глазами - X sits on his hands
    X doesn't lift a finger X (sits back and) does nothing.
    «Из-под носа дочь уводят... а ты, старый хрыч, глазами хлопаешь!» (Максимов 3). "Your daughter's being carried off under your very nose, and you don't lift a finger, you silly old devil" (3a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > Г-123

  • 9 У-177

    ХЛОПАТЬ УШАМИ coll, disapprov VP subj: human
    1. while listening to sth., not to understand or grasp what is being said
    X ушами хлопает - X looks blank.
    ...Сослужил Лебедев еще одну службу: подстроил чтение вслух «Тёркина на том свете». Иностранцы ушами хлопали, Хрущёв смеялся... (Солженицын 2)....Lebedev performed another public service. He arranged a reading of Tyorkin in the Next World." The foreigners looked blank, but Khrushchev laughed... (2a).
    2. to be idle, inactive (when the situation requires decisive, energetic action, often under circumstances when taking concrete action would keep sth. harmful from happening or would allow one to obtain sth. valuable, advance one's career etc)
    X хлопает ушами - X sits on his hands
    X sits around (here, there etc) doing nothing X does nothing.
    «Вот, - сказал Трёшкин, проводив Ефима долгим тяжёлым взглядом. - У меня кот пропал, а ему шапку дают из кота. Как же это понять?» - «Если мы будем ушами хлопать, они и из нас шапок наделают», - сказал Черпаков (Войнович 6). There," Tryoshkin said, following Yefim with a long heavy stare. "My tomcat disappears, and they give him a hat made of tomcat fur. How am I to interpret that?" "If we sit here long enough, doing nothing, they'll make hats out of us, too," Cherpakov said (6a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > У-177

  • 10 сидеть барином

    • СИДЕТЬ БАРИНОМ <KAK БАРИН> coll
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    ⇒ to be idle while everyone else is working cooperatively:
    - X сидит барином≈ X sits around like royalty;
    - X sits on his hands.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > сидеть барином

  • 11 сидеть как барин

    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    ⇒ to be idle while everyone else is working cooperatively:
    - X сидит барином≈ X sits around like royalty;
    - X sits on his hands.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > сидеть как барин

  • 12 лупать глазами

    • ХЛОПАТЬ ГЛАЗАМИ coll; ЛУПАТЬ ГЛАЗАМИ substand, both often disapprov or iron
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    1. to open one's eyes wide and blink them (in surprise, confusion, embarrassment etc):
    - X хлопал глазами≈ X Oust) stood < sat> there blinking (dumbly <confusedly etc>);
    - X stood <sat etc> there blinking in bewilderment <confusion, surprise, embarrassment etc>;
    || ты что глазами хлопаешь? ≈ why are you blinking (at me) like that?
         ♦ [Пепел:] Вчера, при свидетелях, я тебе продал часы за десять рублей... три - получил, семь - подай! Чего глазами хлопаешь? (Горький 3). [R:] Yesterday, before witnesses, I sold you a watch for ten rubles. I received three rubles, now hand over the other seven. Why are you blinking at me like that? (3b).
    2. to be idle, not take action when immediate action is called for:
    - X хлопает глазами≈ X sits on his hands;
    - X (sits back and) does nothing.
         ♦ "Из-под носа дочь уводят... а ты, старый хрыч, глазами хлопаешь!"(Максимов 3). "Your daughter's being carried off under your very nose, and you don't lift a finger, you silly old devil" (3a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > лупать глазами

  • 13 хлопать глазами

    • ХЛОПАТЬ ГЛАЗАМИ coll; ЛУПАТЬ ГЛАЗАМИ substand, both often disapprov or iron
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    1. to open one's eyes wide and blink them (in surprise, confusion, embarrassment etc):
    - X хлопал глазами≈ X Oust) stood < sat> there blinking (dumbly <confusedly etc>);
    - X stood <sat etc> there blinking in bewilderment <confusion, surprise, embarrassment etc>;
    || ты что глазами хлопаешь? ≈ why are you blinking (at me) like that?
         ♦ [Пепел:] Вчера, при свидетелях, я тебе продал часы за десять рублей... три - получил, семь - подай! Чего глазами хлопаешь? (Горький 3). [R:] Yesterday, before witnesses, I sold you a watch for ten rubles. I received three rubles, now hand over the other seven. Why are you blinking at me like that? (3b).
    2. to be idle, not take action when immediate action is called for:
    - X хлопает глазами≈ X sits on his hands;
    - X (sits back and) does nothing.
         ♦ "Из-под носа дочь уводят... а ты, старый хрыч, глазами хлопаешь!"(Максимов 3). "Your daughter's being carried off under your very nose, and you don't lift a finger, you silly old devil" (3a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > хлопать глазами

  • 14 хлопать ушами

    • ХЛОПАТЬ УШАМИ coll, disapprov
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    1. while listening to sth., not to understand or grasp what is being said:
    - X ушами хлопает≈ X looks blank.
         ♦...Сослужил Лебедев еще одну службу: подстроил чтение вслух "Тёркина на том свете". Иностранцы ушами хлопали, Хрущёв смеялся... (Солженицын 2)....Lebedev performed another public service. He arranged a reading of "Tyorkin in the Next World." The foreigners looked blank, but Khrushchev laughed... (2a).
    2. to be idle, inactive (when the situation requires decisive, energetic action, often under circumstances when taking concrete action would keep sth. harmful from happening or would allow one to obtain sth. valuable, advance one's career etc):
    - X хлопает ушами≈ X sits on his hands;
    - X sits around <here, there etc> doing nothing;
    - X does nothing.
         ♦ "Вот, - сказал Трёшкин, проводив Ефима долгим тяжёлым взглядом. - У меня кот пропал, а ему шапку дают из кота. Как же это понять?" - "Если мы будем ушами хлопать, они и из нас шапок наделают", - сказал Черпаков (Войнович 6). "There," Tryoshkin said, following Yefim with a long heavy stare. "My tomcat disappears, and they give him a hat made of tomcat fur. How am I to interpret that?" "If we sit here long enough, doing nothing, they'll make hats out of us, too," Cherpakov said (6a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > хлопать ушами

  • 15 ни шьёт ни порет

    прост., неодобр.
    smb. does not move (raise, stir) a finger; smb. sits on his (her) hands; smb. sits idly

    Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > ни шьёт ни порет

  • 16 DEVIL

    • Cross on the breast, and the devil in the heart (The) - Глядит овцой, а пахнет волком (Г)
    • Devil and all to pay (The) - Сам черт не разберет (C)
    • Devil can cite Scripture for his purpose (The) - Цель оправдывает средства (Ц)
    • Devil dances in an empty pocket (The) - Бедность не грех, а до греха доводит (Б)
    • Devil finds (makes) work for idle hands /to do/ (The) - Безделье - мать пороков (Б), Трутни горазды на плутни (T)
    • Devil is dead (The) - Дело в шляпе (Д)
    • Devil is ever kind to (is fond of, is good to, is kind to, looks after, protects, takes care of) his own (The) - К своим и черт хорошо относится (K)
    • Devil is not as (so) black as he is painted (The) - Не так страшен черт, как его малюют (H)
    • Devil knows many things because he is old (The) - Старый волк знает толк (C)
    • Devil looks after his own (The) - К своим и черт хорошо относится (K)
    • Devil lurks behind the cross (The) - Глядит овцой, а пахнет волком (Г)
    • Devil protects his own (The) - К своим и черт хорошо относится (K)
    • Devil sits behind the cross (The) - Глядит овцой, а пахнет волком (Г)
    • Devil takes care of his own (The) - К своим и черт хорошо относится (K)
    • Devil was sick, the devil a monk (a saint) would be; the devil was well, the devil of a monk (a saint) was he (The) - Мужик тонул - топор обещал, вытащили - топорища жаль (M)
    • Don't bid the devil good morning until you have met him - Не реви раньше смерти (H)
    • Fight the devil with his own tools, or fight the devil with fire - Клин клином вышибают (K), Чем ушибся, тем и лечись (4)
    • Here is the devil to pay, and no pitch hot - Сам черт не разберет (C)
    • He that takes the devil into his boat must carry him over the sound - Взялся за гуж, не говори, что не дюж (B)
    • Nothing goes over the devil's back that doesn't come back under the devil's belly - Худо нажитое впрок не идет (X)
    • Pull devil, pull baker - Живи и жить давай другим (Ж)
    • Speak of the devil /and he is sure to appear/ - Серого помянешь, а серый здесь (C)
    • Speak of the devil and in he walks - Серого помянешь, а серый здесь (C)
    • Talk about the devil and his imps will appear - О волке толк, а тут и волк (O)
    • Talk of the devil and his imp appears - О волке толк, а тут и волк (O)
    • Talk of the devil and you'll see his horns - О волке толк, а тут и волк (O)
    • What goes over the devil's back comes under his belly - Худо нажитое впрок не идет (X)
    • What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly - Худо нажитое впрок не идет (X), Чужим добром не разживешься (4)
    • When the devil was sick, a monk was he; when the devil was well, the devil of a monk was he - Мужик тонул - топор обещал, вытащили - топорища жаль (M)
    • Where God has a church, the devil has a chapel - Около святых черти водятся (O)
    • Where God has his church (temple), the devil will have his chapel - Около святых черти водятся (O)
    • You can't paint the devil white - Черного кобеля не отмоешь добела (4)

    Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > DEVIL

  • 17 во власти

    I
    • В МОЕЙ <твоей и т. п.> ВЛАСТИ < ВОЛЕ>
    [PrepP; these forms only; subj-compl with copula; fixed WO]
    =====
    1. [subj: infin or это; often neg]
    ⇒ (doing sth. is) within s.o.'s ability, authority etc:
    - сделать X не в Y-овой власти≈ it's not (with)in Y's power to do X;
    - Y doesn't have the wherewithal to do X.
         ♦...Если б статья была в своё время опубликована, то не в вашей власти было бы ограждать читателя от знакомства с ней... (Битов 2)....If the article had been published in its own day, you wouldn't be in a position to shield the reader from an acquaintance with it... (2a).
    2. Also: ВО ВЛАСТИ кого [subj: usu. human or collect]
    ⇒ (a person or thing is) under s.o.'s control completely, (a person is) dependent upon or defenseless against s.o.:
    - X был во власти Y-a ≈ X was in Y's power;
    - X was in Y's hands.
         ♦ Насмешка Пугачёва возвратила мне бодрость. Я спокойно отвечал, что я нахожусь в его власти и что он волен поступать со мною, как ему будет угодно (Пушкин 2). Pugachev's taunting manner restored my courage. I answered calmly that I was in his power and he was free to deal with me in whatever way he thought fit (2a).
         ♦ "Голова моя в твоей власти: отпустишь меня - спасибо; казнишь - бог тебе судья..." (Пушкин 2). "My life is in your hands: if you let me go, I'll be grateful; if you execute me, God shall be your judge..." (2a).
    II
    • ВО ВЛАСТИ < ПОД ВЛАСТЬЮ> чего
    [PrepP; these forms only; the resulting PrepP is subj-compl with copula (subj: human)]
    =====
    ⇒ (a person is) overcome by sth., fully absorbed in sth. (that elicits a strong emotional response):
    - X во власти Y-a ≈ X is in the power < the grip> of Y;
    - X is overpowered (gripped, overwhelmed) by Y;
    - X is under the spell of Y.
         ♦...Я молчу, я весь во власти необыкновенного ритма и серебряного звука трубы (Казаков 2)....I'm quiet, I'm entirely in the power of that extraordinary rhythm and the silvery sound of the trumpet (2a).
         ♦...Она опять во власти какой-то навязчивой идеи, смотрит в одну точку с тем же сосредоточенным, напряжённым, упрямым выражением (Рыбаков 2)....She was obviously in the grip of some new obsession, gazing at a single spot with her fixed, tense, stubborn stare (2a).
         ♦ "Он сидит ночью один, весь во власти охватившей его душу любви - единственной, неповторимой любви..." (Катаев 3). "He sits there alone in the night, completely overpowered by the love that has taken possession of his soul, unique, inimitable..." (3a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > во власти

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