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an industrious man of letters

  • 1 писатель-работяга

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > писатель-работяга

  • 2 Г-351

    ИДТИ/ПОЙТИ В ГОРУ VP fixed WO
    1. Also: ЛЕЗТЬ/ПОЛЕЗТЬ В ГОРУ coll, ПЕРЁТЬ В ГОРУ substand (subj: human to improve one's status or job, gain influence, importance, succeed in one's career
    X идёт в гору » X is coming (moving) up in the world
    X is rising in the world (rising higher and higher) X is making his way in the world (in limited contexts) X is climbing the ladder of success X is rising (moving) up the ladder of promotion X's stock is going up X is making headway X is doing very well for himself.
    Василий был на фронте со своей дивизией, потом - корпусом. Он шёл и шёл в гору - генерал, ордена, медали, - и всё больше пил (Аллилуева 1). Vasily was at the front with his division, and later his corps. He rose higher and higher. He became a general. He was awarded orders and medals. And he was drinking more and more (1a).
    У Сенатора был повар необычайного таланта, трудолюбивый, трезвый, он шёл в гору сам Сенатор хлопотал, чтоб его приняли в кухню государя, где тогда был знаменитый повар-француз (Герцен 1). The Senator had a cook, Alexey, a sober, industrious man of exceptional talent who made his way in the world. The Senator himself got him taken into the Tsar's kitchen, where there was at that time a celebrated French cook (1a).
    Петро быстро и гладко шёл в гору, получил под осень шестнадцатого года вахмистра, заработал, подлизываясь к командиру сотни, два креста и уже поговаривал в письмах о том, что бьётся над тем, чтобы послали его получиться в офицерскую школу (Шолохов 3)....Petro was rising quickly and smoothly up the ladder of promotion, in the autumn of 1916 he had received the rank of sergeant-major and earned himself two crosses by sucking up to the squadron commander, and now he spoke in his letters of trying to get himself sent to an officers' training school (3a).
    Складка брюк и та могла удостоверить, что Халыбьеву теперь не приходится весь день валяться на сальном диване, что он, наконец, пошёл в гору (Эренбург 2). The crease in his trousers alone proved that Halibieff no longer need spend his time sprawling on a greasy sofa, that he was at last making headway (2a).
    Щёкин спросил: «Говорят, твоя жена пошла в гору?» (Трифонов 1). "I hear that your wife's doing very well for herself," said Shchyokin (1a).
    2. ( subj: abstr (often дела) or a noun denoting an enterprise, business etc) to develop successfully, make progress
    X пошёл в гору — X was on the rise
    things were looking up X began to prosper (was prospering) (in limited contexts) X was on the increase X was going well.
    Вечером, в ожидании радиопереклички, они с Ганичевым подсчитали: подписка пошла в гору (Абрамов 1). In the evening, while waiting for the radio linkup, he (Lukashin) and Ganichev tallied the pledges and saw that things were looking up (1a).
    Лишь только вдовьины дела пошли в гору, вдову обложили таким налогом, что куроводство чуть-чуть не прекратилось... (Булгаков 10). As soon as the widow's affairs began to prosper, the government clapped such a tax upon her that her chicken-breeding activities were on the verge of coming to an end (10a).
    3. ( subj: a noun denoting stocks, securities etc) to increase in value, cost: Х-ы идут в гору - Xs are going up
    Xs are soaring (rising, climbing).
    «Не имея курсов Нью-Йорка, трудно сказать что-нибудь определённое. Но я не продавал бы... Как только всё уляжется, эти бумаги пойдут в гору» (Эренбург 4). "It's impossible to say anything definite without having the New York quotations. But I wouldn't risk it. When everything calms down, those stocks will go up" (4a).
    (Бабакина:) Выигрышные билеты, душечка Зинаида Савишна, опять пошли шибко в гору (Чехов 4). (В.:) Lottery tickets are simply soaring again, darling (4b).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > Г-351

  • 3 идти в гору

    • ИДТИ/ПОЙТИ В ГОРУ
    [VP; fixed WO]
    =====
    1. Also: ЛЕЗТЬ/ПОЛЕЗТЬ В ГОРУ coll, ПЕРЕТЬ В ГОРУ substand [subj: human]
    ⇒ to improve one's status or job, gain influence, importance, succeed in one's career:
    - X идёт в гору≈ X is coming < moving> up in the world;
    - X is rising in the world < rising higher and higher>;
    - [in limited contexts] X is climbing the ladder of success;
    - X is rising < moving> up the ladder of promotion;
    - X is doing very well for himself.
         ♦ Василий был на фронте со своей дивизией, потом - корпусом. Он шёл и шёл в гору - генерал, ордена, медали, - и всё больше пил (Аллилуева 1). Vasily was at the front with his division, and later his corps. He rose higher and higher. He became a general. He was awarded orders and medals. And he was drinking more and more (1a).
         ♦ У Сенатора был повар необычайного таланта, трудолюбивый, трезвый, он шёл в гору; сам Сенатор хлопотал, чтоб его приняли в кухню государя, где тогда был знаменитый повар-француз (Герцен 1). The Senator had a cook, Alexey, a sober, industrious man of exceptional talent who made his way in the world. The Senator himself got him taken into the Tsar's kitchen, where there was at that time a celebrated French cook (1a).
         ♦...Петро быстро и гладко шёл в гору, получил под осень шестнадцатого года вахмистра, заработал, подлизываясь к командиру сотни, два креста и уже поговаривал в письмах о том, что бьётся над тем, чтобы послали его подучиться в офицерскую школу (Шолохов 3)....Petro was rising quickly and smoothly up the ladder of promotion; in the autumn of 1916 he had received the rank of sergeant-major and earned himself two crosses by sucking up to the squadron commander, and now he spoke in his letters of trying to get himself sent to an officers' training school (3a).
         ♦ Складка брюк и та могла удостоверить, что Халыбьеву теперь не приходится весь день валяться на сальном диване, что он, наконец, пошёл в гору (Эренбург 2). The crease in his trousers alone proved that Halibieff no longer need spend his time sprawling on a greasy sofa, that he was at last making headway (2a).
         ♦ Щёкин спросил: "Говорят, твоя жена пошла в гору?" (Трифонов 1). "I hear that your wife's doing very well for herself," said Shchyokin (1a).
    2. [subj: abstr (often дела) or a noun denoting an enterprise, business etc]
    ⇒ to develop successfully, make progress:
    - X пошёл в гору≈ X was on the rise;
    - X began to prosper < was prospering>;
    - [in limited contexts] X was on the increase;
    - X was going well.
         ♦ Вечером, в ожидании радиопереклички, они с Ганичевым подсчитали: подписка пошла в гору (Абрамов 1). In the evening, while waiting for the radio linkup, he [Lukashin] and Ganichev tallied the pledges and saw that things were looking up (1a).
         ♦ Лишь только вдовьины дела пошли в гору, вдову обложили таким налогом, что куроводство чуть-чуть не прекратилось... (Булгаков 10). As soon as the widow's affairs began to prosper, the government clapped such a tax upon her that her chicken-breeding activities were on the verge of coming to an end (10a).
    3. [subj: a noun denoting stocks, securities etc]
    ⇒ to increase in value, cost:
    - X-ы идут в гору≈ Xs are going up;
    - Xs are soaring (rising, climbing).
         ♦ "Не имея курсов Нью-Йорка, трудно сказать что-нибудь определённое. Но я не продавал бы... Как только всё уляжется, эти бумаги пойдут в гору" (Эренбург 4). "It's impossible to say anything definite without having the New York quotations. But I wouldn't risk it. When everything calms down, those stocks will go up" (4a).
         ♦ [Бабакина:] Выигрышные билеты, душечка Зинаида Савишна, опять пошли шибко в гору (Чехов 4). [В.:] Lottery tickets are simply soaring again, darling (4b).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > идти в гору

  • 4 лезть в гору

    • ИДТИ/ПОЙТИ В ГОРУ
    [VP; fixed WO]
    =====
    1. Also: ЛЕЗТЬ/ПОЛЕЗТЬ В ГОРУ coll, ПЕРЕТЬ В ГОРУ substand [subj: human]
    ⇒ to improve one's status or job, gain influence, importance, succeed in one's career:
    - X идёт в гору≈ X is coming < moving> up in the world;
    - X is rising in the world < rising higher and higher>;
    - [in limited contexts] X is climbing the ladder of success;
    - X is rising < moving> up the ladder of promotion;
    - X is doing very well for himself.
         ♦ Василий был на фронте со своей дивизией, потом - корпусом. Он шёл и шёл в гору - генерал, ордена, медали, - и всё больше пил (Аллилуева 1). Vasily was at the front with his division, and later his corps. He rose higher and higher. He became a general. He was awarded orders and medals. And he was drinking more and more (1a).
         ♦ У Сенатора был повар необычайного таланта, трудолюбивый, трезвый, он шёл в гору; сам Сенатор хлопотал, чтоб его приняли в кухню государя, где тогда был знаменитый повар-француз (Герцен 1). The Senator had a cook, Alexey, a sober, industrious man of exceptional talent who made his way in the world. The Senator himself got him taken into the Tsar's kitchen, where there was at that time a celebrated French cook (1a).
         ♦...Петро быстро и гладко шёл в гору, получил под осень шестнадцатого года вахмистра, заработал, подлизываясь к командиру сотни, два креста и уже поговаривал в письмах о том, что бьётся над тем, чтобы послали его подучиться в офицерскую школу (Шолохов 3)....Petro was rising quickly and smoothly up the ladder of promotion; in the autumn of 1916 he had received the rank of sergeant-major and earned himself two crosses by sucking up to the squadron commander, and now he spoke in his letters of trying to get himself sent to an officers' training school (3a).
         ♦ Складка брюк и та могла удостоверить, что Халыбьеву теперь не приходится весь день валяться на сальном диване, что он, наконец, пошёл в гору (Эренбург 2). The crease in his trousers alone proved that Halibieff no longer need spend his time sprawling on a greasy sofa, that he was at last making headway (2a).
         ♦ Щёкин спросил: "Говорят, твоя жена пошла в гору?" (Трифонов 1). "I hear that your wife's doing very well for herself," said Shchyokin (1a).
    2. [subj: abstr (often дела) or a noun denoting an enterprise, business etc]
    ⇒ to develop successfully, make progress:
    - X пошёл в гору≈ X was on the rise;
    - X began to prosper < was prospering>;
    - [in limited contexts] X was on the increase;
    - X was going well.
         ♦ Вечером, в ожидании радиопереклички, они с Ганичевым подсчитали: подписка пошла в гору (Абрамов 1). In the evening, while waiting for the radio linkup, he [Lukashin] and Ganichev tallied the pledges and saw that things were looking up (1a).
         ♦ Лишь только вдовьины дела пошли в гору, вдову обложили таким налогом, что куроводство чуть-чуть не прекратилось... (Булгаков 10). As soon as the widow's affairs began to prosper, the government clapped such a tax upon her that her chicken-breeding activities were on the verge of coming to an end (10a).
    3. [subj: a noun denoting stocks, securities etc]
    ⇒ to increase in value, cost:
    - X-ы идут в гору≈ Xs are going up;
    - Xs are soaring (rising, climbing).
         ♦ "Не имея курсов Нью-Йорка, трудно сказать что-нибудь определённое. Но я не продавал бы... Как только всё уляжется, эти бумаги пойдут в гору" (Эренбург 4). "It's impossible to say anything definite without having the New York quotations. But I wouldn't risk it. When everything calms down, those stocks will go up" (4a).
         ♦ [Бабакина:] Выигрышные билеты, душечка Зинаида Савишна, опять пошли шибко в гору (Чехов 4). [В.:] Lottery tickets are simply soaring again, darling (4b).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > лезть в гору

  • 5 переть в гору

    • ИДТИ/ПОЙТИ В ГОРУ
    [VP; fixed WO]
    =====
    1. Also: ЛЕЗТЬ/ПОЛЕЗТЬ В ГОРУ coll, ПЕРЕТЬ В ГОРУ substand [subj: human]
    ⇒ to improve one's status or job, gain influence, importance, succeed in one's career:
    - X идёт в гору≈ X is coming < moving> up in the world;
    - X is rising in the world < rising higher and higher>;
    - [in limited contexts] X is climbing the ladder of success;
    - X is rising < moving> up the ladder of promotion;
    - X is doing very well for himself.
         ♦ Василий был на фронте со своей дивизией, потом - корпусом. Он шёл и шёл в гору - генерал, ордена, медали, - и всё больше пил (Аллилуева 1). Vasily was at the front with his division, and later his corps. He rose higher and higher. He became a general. He was awarded orders and medals. And he was drinking more and more (1a).
         ♦ У Сенатора был повар необычайного таланта, трудолюбивый, трезвый, он шёл в гору; сам Сенатор хлопотал, чтоб его приняли в кухню государя, где тогда был знаменитый повар-француз (Герцен 1). The Senator had a cook, Alexey, a sober, industrious man of exceptional talent who made his way in the world. The Senator himself got him taken into the Tsar's kitchen, where there was at that time a celebrated French cook (1a).
         ♦...Петро быстро и гладко шёл в гору, получил под осень шестнадцатого года вахмистра, заработал, подлизываясь к командиру сотни, два креста и уже поговаривал в письмах о том, что бьётся над тем, чтобы послали его подучиться в офицерскую школу (Шолохов 3)....Petro was rising quickly and smoothly up the ladder of promotion; in the autumn of 1916 he had received the rank of sergeant-major and earned himself two crosses by sucking up to the squadron commander, and now he spoke in his letters of trying to get himself sent to an officers' training school (3a).
         ♦ Складка брюк и та могла удостоверить, что Халыбьеву теперь не приходится весь день валяться на сальном диване, что он, наконец, пошёл в гору (Эренбург 2). The crease in his trousers alone proved that Halibieff no longer need spend his time sprawling on a greasy sofa, that he was at last making headway (2a).
         ♦ Щёкин спросил: "Говорят, твоя жена пошла в гору?" (Трифонов 1). "I hear that your wife's doing very well for herself," said Shchyokin (1a).
    2. [subj: abstr (often дела) or a noun denoting an enterprise, business etc]
    ⇒ to develop successfully, make progress:
    - X пошёл в гору≈ X was on the rise;
    - X began to prosper < was prospering>;
    - [in limited contexts] X was on the increase;
    - X was going well.
         ♦ Вечером, в ожидании радиопереклички, они с Ганичевым подсчитали: подписка пошла в гору (Абрамов 1). In the evening, while waiting for the radio linkup, he [Lukashin] and Ganichev tallied the pledges and saw that things were looking up (1a).
         ♦ Лишь только вдовьины дела пошли в гору, вдову обложили таким налогом, что куроводство чуть-чуть не прекратилось... (Булгаков 10). As soon as the widow's affairs began to prosper, the government clapped such a tax upon her that her chicken-breeding activities were on the verge of coming to an end (10a).
    3. [subj: a noun denoting stocks, securities etc]
    ⇒ to increase in value, cost:
    - X-ы идут в гору≈ Xs are going up;
    - Xs are soaring (rising, climbing).
         ♦ "Не имея курсов Нью-Йорка, трудно сказать что-нибудь определённое. Но я не продавал бы... Как только всё уляжется, эти бумаги пойдут в гору" (Эренбург 4). "It's impossible to say anything definite without having the New York quotations. But I wouldn't risk it. When everything calms down, those stocks will go up" (4a).
         ♦ [Бабакина:] Выигрышные билеты, душечка Зинаида Савишна, опять пошли шибко в гору (Чехов 4). [В.:] Lottery tickets are simply soaring again, darling (4b).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > переть в гору

  • 6 пойти в гору

    • ИДТИ/ПОЙТИ В ГОРУ
    [VP; fixed WO]
    =====
    1. Also: ЛЕЗТЬ/ПОЛЕЗТЬ В ГОРУ coll, ПЕРЕТЬ В ГОРУ substand [subj: human]
    ⇒ to improve one's status or job, gain influence, importance, succeed in one's career:
    - X идёт в гору≈ X is coming < moving> up in the world;
    - X is rising in the world < rising higher and higher>;
    - [in limited contexts] X is climbing the ladder of success;
    - X is rising < moving> up the ladder of promotion;
    - X is doing very well for himself.
         ♦ Василий был на фронте со своей дивизией, потом - корпусом. Он шёл и шёл в гору - генерал, ордена, медали, - и всё больше пил (Аллилуева 1). Vasily was at the front with his division, and later his corps. He rose higher and higher. He became a general. He was awarded orders and medals. And he was drinking more and more (1a).
         ♦ У Сенатора был повар необычайного таланта, трудолюбивый, трезвый, он шёл в гору; сам Сенатор хлопотал, чтоб его приняли в кухню государя, где тогда был знаменитый повар-француз (Герцен 1). The Senator had a cook, Alexey, a sober, industrious man of exceptional talent who made his way in the world. The Senator himself got him taken into the Tsar's kitchen, where there was at that time a celebrated French cook (1a).
         ♦...Петро быстро и гладко шёл в гору, получил под осень шестнадцатого года вахмистра, заработал, подлизываясь к командиру сотни, два креста и уже поговаривал в письмах о том, что бьётся над тем, чтобы послали его подучиться в офицерскую школу (Шолохов 3)....Petro was rising quickly and smoothly up the ladder of promotion; in the autumn of 1916 he had received the rank of sergeant-major and earned himself two crosses by sucking up to the squadron commander, and now he spoke in his letters of trying to get himself sent to an officers' training school (3a).
         ♦ Складка брюк и та могла удостоверить, что Халыбьеву теперь не приходится весь день валяться на сальном диване, что он, наконец, пошёл в гору (Эренбург 2). The crease in his trousers alone proved that Halibieff no longer need spend his time sprawling on a greasy sofa, that he was at last making headway (2a).
         ♦ Щёкин спросил: "Говорят, твоя жена пошла в гору?" (Трифонов 1). "I hear that your wife's doing very well for herself," said Shchyokin (1a).
    2. [subj: abstr (often дела) or a noun denoting an enterprise, business etc]
    ⇒ to develop successfully, make progress:
    - X пошёл в гору≈ X was on the rise;
    - X began to prosper < was prospering>;
    - [in limited contexts] X was on the increase;
    - X was going well.
         ♦ Вечером, в ожидании радиопереклички, они с Ганичевым подсчитали: подписка пошла в гору (Абрамов 1). In the evening, while waiting for the radio linkup, he [Lukashin] and Ganichev tallied the pledges and saw that things were looking up (1a).
         ♦ Лишь только вдовьины дела пошли в гору, вдову обложили таким налогом, что куроводство чуть-чуть не прекратилось... (Булгаков 10). As soon as the widow's affairs began to prosper, the government clapped such a tax upon her that her chicken-breeding activities were on the verge of coming to an end (10a).
    3. [subj: a noun denoting stocks, securities etc]
    ⇒ to increase in value, cost:
    - X-ы идут в гору≈ Xs are going up;
    - Xs are soaring (rising, climbing).
         ♦ "Не имея курсов Нью-Йорка, трудно сказать что-нибудь определённое. Но я не продавал бы... Как только всё уляжется, эти бумаги пойдут в гору" (Эренбург 4). "It's impossible to say anything definite without having the New York quotations. But I wouldn't risk it. When everything calms down, those stocks will go up" (4a).
         ♦ [Бабакина:] Выигрышные билеты, душечка Зинаида Савишна, опять пошли шибко в гору (Чехов 4). [В.:] Lottery tickets are simply soaring again, darling (4b).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > пойти в гору

  • 7 полезть в гору

    • ИДТИ/ПОЙТИ В ГОРУ
    [VP; fixed WO]
    =====
    1. Also: ЛЕЗТЬ/ПОЛЕЗТЬ В ГОРУ coll, ПЕРЕТЬ В ГОРУ substand [subj: human]
    ⇒ to improve one's status or job, gain influence, importance, succeed in one's career:
    - X идёт в гору≈ X is coming < moving> up in the world;
    - X is rising in the world < rising higher and higher>;
    - [in limited contexts] X is climbing the ladder of success;
    - X is rising < moving> up the ladder of promotion;
    - X is doing very well for himself.
         ♦ Василий был на фронте со своей дивизией, потом - корпусом. Он шёл и шёл в гору - генерал, ордена, медали, - и всё больше пил (Аллилуева 1). Vasily was at the front with his division, and later his corps. He rose higher and higher. He became a general. He was awarded orders and medals. And he was drinking more and more (1a).
         ♦ У Сенатора был повар необычайного таланта, трудолюбивый, трезвый, он шёл в гору; сам Сенатор хлопотал, чтоб его приняли в кухню государя, где тогда был знаменитый повар-француз (Герцен 1). The Senator had a cook, Alexey, a sober, industrious man of exceptional talent who made his way in the world. The Senator himself got him taken into the Tsar's kitchen, where there was at that time a celebrated French cook (1a).
         ♦...Петро быстро и гладко шёл в гору, получил под осень шестнадцатого года вахмистра, заработал, подлизываясь к командиру сотни, два креста и уже поговаривал в письмах о том, что бьётся над тем, чтобы послали его подучиться в офицерскую школу (Шолохов 3)....Petro was rising quickly and smoothly up the ladder of promotion; in the autumn of 1916 he had received the rank of sergeant-major and earned himself two crosses by sucking up to the squadron commander, and now he spoke in his letters of trying to get himself sent to an officers' training school (3a).
         ♦ Складка брюк и та могла удостоверить, что Халыбьеву теперь не приходится весь день валяться на сальном диване, что он, наконец, пошёл в гору (Эренбург 2). The crease in his trousers alone proved that Halibieff no longer need spend his time sprawling on a greasy sofa, that he was at last making headway (2a).
         ♦ Щёкин спросил: "Говорят, твоя жена пошла в гору?" (Трифонов 1). "I hear that your wife's doing very well for herself," said Shchyokin (1a).
    2. [subj: abstr (often дела) or a noun denoting an enterprise, business etc]
    ⇒ to develop successfully, make progress:
    - X пошёл в гору≈ X was on the rise;
    - X began to prosper < was prospering>;
    - [in limited contexts] X was on the increase;
    - X was going well.
         ♦ Вечером, в ожидании радиопереклички, они с Ганичевым подсчитали: подписка пошла в гору (Абрамов 1). In the evening, while waiting for the radio linkup, he [Lukashin] and Ganichev tallied the pledges and saw that things were looking up (1a).
         ♦ Лишь только вдовьины дела пошли в гору, вдову обложили таким налогом, что куроводство чуть-чуть не прекратилось... (Булгаков 10). As soon as the widow's affairs began to prosper, the government clapped such a tax upon her that her chicken-breeding activities were on the verge of coming to an end (10a).
    3. [subj: a noun denoting stocks, securities etc]
    ⇒ to increase in value, cost:
    - X-ы идут в гору≈ Xs are going up;
    - Xs are soaring (rising, climbing).
         ♦ "Не имея курсов Нью-Йорка, трудно сказать что-нибудь определённое. Но я не продавал бы... Как только всё уляжется, эти бумаги пойдут в гору" (Эренбург 4). "It's impossible to say anything definite without having the New York quotations. But I wouldn't risk it. When everything calms down, those stocks will go up" (4a).
         ♦ [Бабакина:] Выигрышные билеты, душечка Зинаида Савишна, опять пошли шибко в гору (Чехов 4). [В.:] Lottery tickets are simply soaring again, darling (4b).

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