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1 пройти огонь и воду
пройти < сквозь> огонь и воду < и медные трубы> разг., тж. пройти огни и воды, медные трубы и чёртовы зубы прост.lit. have come through fire, water, and copper pipes; cf. have been (go) through fire and water (flood) < and hell upon earth>; have been through the mill; have been through very hellЗобов поворачивает ко мне лицо, лениво цедит: - Я прошёл огни и воды, медные трубы и чёртовы зубы - остался цел и невредим. (А. Новиков-Прибой, Подводники) — Zobov turned his face towards me and drawled: 'I've been through fire and water and hell upon earth - and have come through safe and sound.'
"Ну, вот тебе и не нюхал пороху... А он, видимо, прошёл огонь и воду и медные трубы. Поспешил, братец мой, с выводом", - упрекнул себя Нестеров. (Г. Марков, Завещание) — 'Here was me thinking he'd never smelled gunpowder, and he's been through very hell,' thought Nesterov shamefacedly. T mustn't make such snap judgements!'
Рыцарь - он не устрашался обязанностей, прошёл на этом пути огонь и воду... (С. Залыгин, Мой поэт) — A true knight, obligations held no terror for him, he had been through the mill...
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > пройти огонь и воду
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2 ад кромешный
неодобр.1) (мучительно тяжёлая жизнь, невыносимые условия, взаимоотношения и т. п.) a veritable hell; unbearable conditions, intolerable life, unendurable suffering; cf. a bed of thornsТочно волной несёт меня вперёд. Кажется, что я вырвался из кромешного ада и меня горячо приветствует жизнь, энергичная, шумная и кипучая. (А. Новиков-Прибой, По-тёмному) — I was swept along as if by a wave. It seemed as if I had escaped from hell, and life, vigorous, boisterous, seething life, was giving me a warm welcome.
2) (невыносимый шум, хаос, катастрофа) a veritable hell; a hell of a noise (mess, row); an inferno; hell's (devil's) delight; hell broke loose; the devil to payРешаю взорвать цилиндр. Мне, как механику, выполнить это ничего не стоит. Тогда машинное отделение превратится в ад кромешный. (А. Новиков-Прибой, В бухте "Отрада") — I had conceived a new plan - to blow up the cylinders. As the ship's engineer, I could do that quite easily. The engine room would then become an inferno...
3) (непогода, разгул стихии) a veritable hell; hell on (upon) earth; an inferno; devilishly foul weatherМы попали в ад кромешный. Ветер, несущий тысячи острейших игл, бил со всех сторон. Меня тотчас же сбило с ног. (А. Чаковский, Год жизни) — Outdoors we found ourselves in a veritable hell. The wind, which seemed to be pricking with a thousand sharp needles, blew from all sides. I was straight away knocked off my feet.
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