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  • 1 В-139

    НА ВИДУ PrepP Invar
    1. \В-139 (укого) ( subj-compl with copula (subj: human or concr) or adv
    (fully) visible (to s.o.): in plain (full) view (of s.o.)
    within s.o. 's view (can be) seen before s.o. 's eyes in front of s.o. (in limited contexts) exposed out in the open
    Neg не на виду - out of (s-оЛ) sight
    out of view (sight) (of s.o.)
    у всех на виду - for all to see
    in front of everybody in public
    жить у всех на виду - live a completely open life.
    А разве не сам я, когда прилетела «рама» и все полезли по щелям, стоял на виду? (Окуджава 1). Wasn't it me who remained in full view when the Heinkel swooped down and everyone jumped into the trenches? (1a).
    В обоих отделениях столовой кухня была отделена от общего зала стеклянной перегородкой, чтобы неряхи-повара все время были на виду у рабочих (Искандер 3). In each department of the dining room, the kitchen was divided from the public hall by a glass partition so that the slovenly cooks were within the workers' view at all times (3a).
    Да, лучше вечером, -почему я решила завтра утром? Днем все на виду, сейчас уже темнеет, мало фонарей. Да, надо сегодня, сейчас же, зачем я откладываю? (Аллилуева 2). Yes, it would be better to do it all in the evening. Why did I ever think of the morning? In the daytime everything could be seen, now it was getting dark, lights were few. Yes, it must happen today, at once
    why was I putting it off? (2a)
    ...Времена тяжелые, у властей приступ служебного рвения, намекнули кому-то, что плохо де работаете, а он (Виктор) -вот он... голенький, глаза руками зажал, а весь на виду (Стругацкие 1)....The times were hard, the authorities were having an attack of official zeal, the hint's been given, you aren't doing your work, gentlemen, and there he (Victor) was...naked, covering his eyes with his fists and utterly exposed (1a).
    Ксана на приставания Иосифа не отвечала, но городок маленький, южный, все на виду, все видят, как Иосиф вяжется к Ксане, и этот факт ее компрометирует... (Рыбаков 1). Ksana didn't respond to his (Yosif's) passes, but it was a small town in the south, where everything is out in the open, everyone could see that Yosif was trying to get involved with her, he was compromising her... (1a).
    Илья Терентьевич Хороброе задней стороной лаборатории, не на виду у начальства, тяжелой поступью прошёл за стеллаж к Потапову (Солженицын 3). Ilya Terentevich Khorobrov, in the rear of the laboratory and out of sight of the chiefs, walked with heavy tread behind the wall of shelves to Potapov (3a).
    В общем, они ходили в лес и, как вы догадываетесь, располагались не на виду у дачного общества, а в стороне (Рыбаков 1). So they would go into the forest and, as you might guess, they would settle themselves down somewhat out of the way, out of view of summer visitors (1a).
    Праздновать труса у всех на виду? Никогда! (Аксенов 12). "Be cowards in public? Never!" (12a).
    Живу я на виду у всех. Чем дышу, всякий в городе знает» (Максимов 3). "I live a completely open life. Everybody in town knows what I live for" (3a).
    2. ( usu. subj-compl with быть0 (subj: human) to occupy a highly visible position ( occas., esp. formerly, used in refer, to a position that attracts the attention of influential people, promises a successful career)
    X был на виду = X was in the public eye
    X was (in a position) where he could be noticed X was in the limelight X had everybody' attention X was exposed (conspicuous).
    Этот человек, проживший так открыто, так напоказ, так на виду - оказался самым скрытным, самым невидимым и унес свою тайну в могилу (Битов 2). This man who lived so openly, so on display, so in the public eye, turns out to have been the most secretive, the most invisible. He has carried his secret to the grave (2a).
    «...Перейдя в гвардию, я на виду, - продолжал Берг, -и вакансии в гвардейской пехоте гораздо чаще» (Толстой 4). "...By transferring to the Guards, I shall be where I can be noticed," Berg continued, "and vacancies occur more frequently in the Foot Guards" (4a).
    Эти люди ждали. Больше двадцати лет ждали. Копили ненависть. Кое-чему научились. Защитились. Напечатались. Продвинулись. Не на виду, на периферии. Но продвинулись (Зиновьев 1)....These people were waiting. They'd been waiting for more than twenty years. They had built up enormous reserves of bitter hatred. They had learnt something. They had defended their theses. They had been published. They had risen. Never in the limelight, always on the fringes. But they had risen (1a).
    (Pen-ников:) Сейчас он на виду, герой, жертва несправедливости! (Вампилов 3). (R.:) Right now, he's got everybody's attention, he's a hero, a victim of injustice! (3b).
    Я боюсь, что тут мы будем больше на виду, чем в Москве, откуда бежали в поисках незаметности» (Пастернак 1). "I am afraid that after leaving Moscow to escape notice, we are going to be even more conspicuous here" (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > В-139

  • 2 на виду

    [PrepP; Invar]
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    1. на виду (у кого) [subj-compl with copula (subj: human or concr) or adv]
    ⇒ (fully) visible (to s.o.):
    - in plain < full> view (of s.o.);
    - within s.o.'s view;
    - before s.o.'s eyes;
    - in front of s.o.;
    - [in limited contexts] exposed;
    || Neg не на виду≈ out of (s.o.'s) sight < view>;
    - out of view (sight) (of s.o.);
    || жить у всех на виду≈ live a completely open life.
         ♦ А разве не сам я, когда прилетела "рама" и все полезли по щелям, стоял на виду? (Окуджава 1). Wasn't it me who remained in full view when the Heinkel swooped down and everyone jumped into the trenches? (1a).
         ♦ В обоих отделениях столовой кухня была отделена от общего зала стеклянной перегородкой, чтобы неряхи-повара все время были на виду у рабочих (Искандер 3). In each department of the dining room, the kitchen was divided from the public hall by a glass partition so that the slovenly cooks were within the workers' view at all times (3a).
         ♦ Да, лучше вечером, - почему я решила завтра утром? Днем все на виду, сейчас уже темнеет, мало фонарей. Да, надо сегодня, сейчас же, зачем я откладываю? (Аллилуева 2). Yes, it would be better to do it all in the evening. Why did I ever think of the morning? In the daytime everything could be seen; now it was getting dark, lights were few. Yes, it must happen today, at once; why was I putting it off? (2a)
         ♦...Времена тяжелые, у властей приступ служебного рвения, намекнули кому-то, что плохо де работаете, а он [Виктор] - вот он... голенький, глаза руками зажал, а весь на виду (Стругацкие 1)....The times were hard, the authorities were having an attack of official zeal, the hint's been given, you aren't doing your work, gentlemen, and there he [Victor] was...naked, covering his eyes with his fists and utterly exposed (1a).
         ♦ Ксана на приставания Иосифа не отвечала, но городок маленький, южный, все на виду, все видят, как Иосиф вяжется к Ксане, и этот факт ее компрометирует... (Рыбаков 1). Ksana didn't respond to his [Yosif's] passes, but it was a small town in the south, where everything is out in the open, everyone could see that Yosif was trying to get involved with her, he was compromising her... (1a).
         ♦ Илья Терентьевич Хоробров задней стороной лаборатории, не на виду у начальства, тяжелой поступью прошёл за стеллаж к Потапову (Солженицын 3). Ilya Terentevich Khorobrov, in the rear of the laboratory and out of sight of the chiefs, walked with heavy tread behind the wall of shelves to Potapov (За).
         ♦ В общем, они ходили в лес и, как вы догадываетесь, располагались не на виду у дачного общества, а в стороне (Рыбаков 1). So they would go into the forest and, as you might guess, they would settle themselves down somewhat out of the way, out of view of summer visitors (1a).
         ♦ Праздновать труса у всех на виду? Никогда! (Аксенов 12). "Be cowards in public? Never!" (12a).
         ♦ "Живу я на виду у всех. Чем дышу, всякий в городе знает" (Максимов 3). "I live a completely open life. Everybody in town knows what I live for" (3a).
    2. [usu. subj-compl with быть (subj: human)]
    ⇒ to occupy a highly visible position (occas., esp. formerly, used in refer, to a position that attracts the attention of influential people, promises a successful career):
    - X был на виду≈ X was in the public eye;
    - X was exposed (conspicuous).
         ♦ Этот человек, проживший так открыто, так напоказ, так на виду - оказался самым скрытным, самым невидимым и унес свою тайну в могилу (Битов 2). This man who lived so openly, so on display, so in the public eye, turns out to have been the most secretive, the most invisible. He has carried his secret to the grave (2a).
         ♦ "...Перейдя в гвардию, я на виду, - продолжал Берг, - и вакансии в гвардейской пехоте гораздо чаще" (Толстой 4). "...By transferring to the Guards, I shall be where I can be noticed," Berg continued, "and vacancies occur more frequently in the Foot Guards" (4a).
         ♦...Эти люди ждали. Больше двадцати лет ждали. Копили ненависть. Кое-чему научились. Защитились. Напечатались. Продвинулись. Не на виду, на периферии. Но продвинулись (Зиновьев 1)....These people were waiting. They'd been waiting for more than twenty years. They had built up enormous reserves of bitter hatred. They had learnt something. They had defended their theses. They had been published. They had risen. Never in the limelight, always on the fringes. But they had risen (1a).
         ♦ [Репников:] Сейчас он на виду, герой, жертва несправедливости! (Вампилов 3). [R.:] Right now, he's got everybody's attention, he's a hero, a victim of injustice! (3b).
         ♦ "Я боюсь, что тут мы будем больше на виду, чем в Москве, откуда бежали в поисках незаметности" (Пастернак 1). "I am afraid that after leaving Moscow to escape notice, we are going to be even more conspicuous here" (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > на виду

  • 3 в центре внимания

    4) Politics: be the focus of attention (But the focus of attention was his remarks on the situation in Libya - из сообщениия новостного агенства NPR)

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > в центре внимания

  • 4 на виду

    1) (доступен обозрению, наблюдению и т. п. со стороны кого-либо) in sight, within sight of smb.; in the eye of smb.; in full view of smb.; thoroughly exposed; for all to see

    Позиция была дурная, вся на виду, и окопы мелкие. (А. Толстой, Хождение по мукам) — The position was a bad one, thoroughly exposed, and the trenches were shallow.

    Они жили рядом, а встречались нечасто. Даже эти нечастые встречи требовали отчаянной изобретательности. Люди в посёлке жили в домах со стеклянными стенами, на виду друг у друга. (Ю. Трифонов, Утоление жажды) — They lived near each other but met infrequently. Even these were meetings which called for desperate resourcefulness. People in the settlement lived in houses with glass walls within sight of each other.

    Над Волгой, в темени ночи, кружат "фокке-вульфы", сбрасывая на парашютиках фонари. Вспыхивают ракеты, освещая зеркальную гладь реки. Мы на виду у противника. (И. Людников, Есть на Волге утёс...) — Fokke Wulfs were wheeling over the Volga in the darkness, dropping lights by parachute and letting off flares which lit up the river's mirror-like surface. We were in full view of the enemy.

    Магистр не хотел на виду у всех путешествовать с невенчанной невестой, самые дружелюбные шутки, поздравления и весёлое внимание команды парохода коробили его. (А. Ким, Соловьиное эхо) — The Master did not wish to travel with a woman who was not his wife for all to see. Even the friendly jokes, congratulations and high-spirited attention of the boat's crew grated upon him.

    2) (заметный, известный, пользующийся популярностью) be conspicuous; draw attention; be prominent; be in the public eye; stand in the limelight

    - Побледнел ты, усталый какой-то. - Что поделаешь, маман! Служба. Я теперь, можно сказать, на виду. (А. Куприн, Святая ложь) — 'You are pale and tired-looking.' 'It is my work, Maman. I am now in the public eye.'

    - Это ведь они, девки-то, как мухи на мёд, на тебя набросятся и закружат! Закружа-а-ат. Не старый ещё, при деньгах хороших, на виду у всего народа! (В. Астафьев, Ночь космонавта) — 'Cos those girls, they'll be buzzing round you like bees round a honey pot and it'll put you in a whirl! That's for sure! Why, you're still young, earn good money, and stand in the limelight!'

    Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > на виду

  • 5 серая скотинка

    пренебр.
    1) уст. (солдаты, солдатская масса) lit. grey herd; cf. cannon-fodder; expendables
    2) (человек, занимающий невысокое общественное положение, безропотный исполнитель) dumb beast; small fry

    Насмешка, издёвка! Говоруны на виду, говоруны у власти, в губернии и в Питере, а ты-де, серая скотинка, и в милиции хорош будешь. (Н. Вирта, Одиночество) — This was an outrage, an insult! The windbags were in the limelight, the windbags were in power both in the provinces and the capital, while he, like a dumb beast, would do for the militia?

    Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > серая скотинка

  • 6 привлекать внимание

    1) General subject: advert, attract attention to, (чьё-л.) call (smb.'s), call attention to, (чьё-л.) draw (smb.'s), draw attention, draw attention to, encourage attention, head-line, interest, invite attention, limelight, limelight (к чему-л., кому-л.), (к чему-л.) make a fuss of, meet the eye, strike eye, strike the eye, attract attention, attract notice, catch eye, garner attention (It garnered so much attention that you would have thought it was an off-the-wall publicity stunt.), focus attention, seek attention, turn heads (She turned heads whenever she walked into a room — Куда бы она ни входила, на неё устремлялись восхищённые взгляды)
    2) Colloquial: shot to attention
    3) Mathematics: attract the attention (of), call attention (to), draw attention (to), fix the attention (of)
    4) Diplomatic term: (чьё-л.) engage attention
    5) Advertising: gain attention
    6) Business: advertise
    7) Makarov: bring to notice, (чьё-л.) call to notice, (чьё-л.) draw attention, come into notice, cut a figure, direct attention to, claim attention (к себе)
    8) Taboo: pitch
    9) Idiomatic expression: (чьё-л.) catch (one's) eye

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