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ЖЕВАТЬ (ПЕРЕЖЁВЫВАТЬ) ЖВАЧКУ VP subj: human to repeat sth. again and again in a tedious and irksome mannerX будет пережёвывать жвачку = X will go on and on about the same thingX will harp on the same string X will rehash the same old thing X will repeat the same old stuff (over and over again).На семинарах было очень скучно: докладчики один за другим жевали одну и ту же жвачку. The seminars were really boring: one speaker after another rehashed the same old thing. -
2 жевать жвачку
• ЖЕВАТЬ < ПЕРЕЖЕВЫВАТЬ> ЖВАЧКУ[VP; subj: human]=====⇒ to repeat sth. again and again in a tedious and irksome manner:- X will repeat the same old stuff (over and over again).♦ На семинарах было очень скучно: докладчики один за другим жевали одну и ту же жвачку. The seminars were really boring: one speaker after another rehashed the same old thing.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > жевать жвачку
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3 пережевывать жвачку
• ЖЕВАТЬ < ПЕРЕЖЕВЫВАТЬ> ЖВАЧКУ[VP; subj: human]=====⇒ to repeat sth. again and again in a tedious and irksome manner:- X will repeat the same old stuff (over and over again).♦ На семинарах было очень скучно: докладчики один за другим жевали одну и ту же жвачку. The seminars were really boring: one speaker after another rehashed the same old thing.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > пережевывать жвачку
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4 тянуть волынку
тянуть (заводить, разводить) волынкуразг., неодобр.1) (болтать, пускаться в лишние, отвлекающие разговоры) cf. chew the fat (the rag); harp upon the same string; churn smth. out; start some rigmarole; shilly-shally- Ты по существу говори, Макар! Что ты в такое дорогое время разводишь волынку? Время не терпит. (М. Шолохов, Поднятая целина) — Keep to the point, Makar! What are you churning all this out for when time's so short? There's no time to spare.
- Война же, а ты перед нашей незрелой молодёжью заводишь волынку про лешего, про каких-то пустынников... да ещё на своём древнерусском жаргоне. (Л. Леонов, Русский лес) — 'A war is on, and you go and start that rigmarole to our callow youth about wood-goblins and hermits and things... in that ancient Russian jargon of yours too.'
- Ежели не поедешь, дак прямо и скажи, а ежели ехать, дак надо ехать. Волынку, понимаешь, тянуть нечего! (В. Белов, За тремя волоками) — 'If you won't go then say so plainly, if you will then get on with it, and don't shilly-shally.'
2) ( канителиться) cause delays; keep on putting things off; drag things out; chew the fat (the rag)Ему надо бы сразу, как только они вышли на привокзальную площадь, взять её за руку и сказать, глядя в глаза: "Знаешь что, любимая! Пойдём-ка теперь ко мне, на Земляной вал. Чего уж тут тянуть волынку! Будь хозяйкой в моём доме..." (С. Крутилин, Косой дождь) — As soon as they came out on the square he ought to have taken her by the arm, looked into her eyes and said, 'Now, darling, you're going home with me - to your home, where you're to be mistress. Why drag things out?...'
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5 заводить свою пластинку
прост., неодобр., ирон.be playing one's old record again; harp on (upon) the same string- Кроме таланта, нужно иметь ещё власть, а талант, что талант? Так и будут доить все, кому не лень. - Завела свою пластинку, - отмахнулся Вася. (П. Проскурин, Полуденные сны) — 'Besides talent, you also need power, I mean, what's talent? Everybody who's got the energy will come along and milk you.' 'You're playing that old record again,' Vasya said.
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > заводить свою пластинку
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