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КАНУТЬ В ЛЁТУ (В РЕКУ ЗАБВЕНИЯ) lit VP subj: abstr or human fixed WOto disappear completely, be forgotten foreverX канул в Лету X was swallowed up by Lethe (in the river of oblivion)X sank into oblivion.«Так, понимаете, и слухи о капитане Копейкине канули в реку забвения, в какую-нибудь эдакую Лету, как называют поэты» (Гоголь 3). "It was thus, you understand, that the rumours about Captain Kopeikin were swallowed up in the river of oblivion, in this-er-Lethe, as the poets call if (3a).From Lethe («Лета»), the name of a river in Hades. In classical mythology, those who drank the water of Lethe-also called "the river of oblivion" («река забвения») - forgot the past. -
2 кануть в Лету
• КАНУТЬ В ЛЕТУ (в РЕКУ ЗАБВЕНИЯ obs) lit[VP; subj: abstr or human; fixed WO]=====⇒ to disappear completely, be forgotten forever:- X sank into oblivion.♦ "Так, понимаете, и слухи о капитане Копейкине канули в реку забвения, в какую-нибудь эдакую Лету, как называют поэты" (Гоголь 3). "It was thus, you understand, that the rumours about Captain Kopeikin were swallowed up in the river of oblivion, in this-er-Lethe, as the poets call it" (3a).—————← From Lethe (" Лета"), the name of a river in Hades. In classical mythology, those who drank the water of Lethe-also called "the river of oblivion" ("река забвения") - forgot the past.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > кануть в Лету
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3 кануть в реку забвения
• КАНУТЬ В ЛЕТУ( в РЕКУ ЗАБВЕНИЯ obs) lit[VP; subj: abstr or human; fixed WO]=====⇒ to disappear completely, be forgotten forever:- X sank into oblivion.♦ "Так, понимаете, и слухи о капитане Копейкине канули в реку забвения, в какую-нибудь эдакую Лету, как называют поэты" (Гоголь 3). "It was thus, you understand, that the rumours about Captain Kopeikin were swallowed up in the river of oblivion, in this-er-Lethe, as the poets call it" (3a).—————← From Lethe (" Лета"), the name of a river in Hades. In classical mythology, those who drank the water of Lethe-also called "the river of oblivion" ("река забвения") - forgot the past.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > кануть в реку забвения
См. также в других словарях:
literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… … Universalium
