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as different as day and night

  • 1 Н-50

    (КАК) НЁБО И ЗЕМЛИ coll ((как +) NP these forms only subj-compl with бытье (subj: human, abstr, or concr, usu. pi) usu. this WO (to be) not at all alike, complete opposites
    X и Y - это (как) небо и земля = X and Y are like (as different as) heaven and earth
    X and Y are like (as different as) day and night (night and day) there's a world of difference between X and Y.
    «Вот так жизнь и устроена, что рядом с Евгением Николаевичем живёт Петька Ларионов, а они друг дружке как небо и земля» (Распутин 1). "Funny thing: there's Evgeny Nikolaevich living next door to Piotr Larionov, and the two of them as different as heaven and earth" (1a).
    Скажу вам как специалист: на обувной фабрике склад готовой продукции и склад сырья -это небо и земля (Рыбаков 1). I'd like to say something, as an expert. In a shoe factory, the finished goods store and the raw material store are as different as day and night (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > Н-50

  • 2 как небо и земля

    [(как +) NP; these forms only; subj-compl with быть (subj: human, abstr, or concr, usu. pl; usu. this WO]
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    ⇒ (to be) not at all alike, complete opposites:
    - there's a world of difference between X and Y.
         ♦ "Вот так жизнь и устроена, что рядом с Евгением Николаевичем живёт Петька Ларионов, а они друг дружке как небо и земля" (Распутин 1). "Funny thing: there's Evgeny Nikolaevich living next door to Piotr Larionov, and the two of them as different as heaven and earth" (1a).
         ♦ Скажу вам как специалист: на обувной фабрике склад готовой продукции и склад сырья - это небо и земля( Рыбаков 1). I'd like to say something, as an expert. In a shoe factory, the finished goods store and the raw material store are as different as day and night (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > как небо и земля

  • 3 небо и земля

    • (КАК) НЕБО И ЗЕМЛЯ coll
    [(как +) NP; these forms only; subj-compl with быть (subj: human, abstr, or concr, usu. pl; usu. this WO]
    =====
    ⇒ (to be) not at all alike, complete opposites:
    - there's a world of difference between X and Y.
         ♦ "Вот так жизнь и устроена, что рядом с Евгением Николаевичем живёт Петька Ларионов, а они друг дружке как небо и земля" (Распутин 1). "Funny thing: there's Evgeny Nikolaevich living next door to Piotr Larionov, and the two of them as different as heaven and earth" (1a).
         ♦ Скажу вам как специалист: на обувной фабрике склад готовой продукции и склад сырья - это небо и земля( Рыбаков 1). I'd like to say something, as an expert. In a shoe factory, the finished goods store and the raw material store are as different as day and night (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > небо и земля

  • 4 как небо и земля

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > как небо и земля

  • 5 Н-51

    КАК НЁБО ОТ ЗЕМЛИ отличаться coll (как + NP Invar adv fixed WO
    (to differ) very much, sharply
    X отличается от Y-a как небо от земли = X and Y are as different as heaven and earth (as night and day)
    X is the exact (the very) opposite of Y X is poles apart from Y X and Y are poles (worlds) apart.
    "Я не понимаю, отец, как с добрейшей душой, какая у тебя, и таким редким сердцем ты будешь принимать человека, который как небо от земли от тебя, о котором сам знаешь, что он дурён» (Гоголь 3). "I can't understand, father, how a man with a heart of gold like yours, a man as kind as you, can go on receiving a man who's the very opposite of you and who you know yourself is a bad character" (За). "I don't understand, father, that a man with a heart of gold like yours can go on receiving a person who is poles apart from you and whom you yourself know to be a bad character" (3d).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > Н-51

  • 6 как небо от земли

    [ как + NP; Invar; adv; fixed WO]
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    ⇒ (to differ) very much, sharply:
    - X отличается от Y-а как небо от земли≈ X and Y are as different as heaven and earth (as night and day);
    - X and Y are poles (worlds) apart.
         ♦ "Я не понимаю, отец, как с добрейшей душой, какая у тебя, и таким редким сердцем ты будешь принимать человека, который как небо от земли от тебя, о котором сам знаешь, что он дурён" (Гоголь 3). "I can't understand, father, how a man with a heart of gold like yours, a man as kind as you, can go on receiving a man who's the very opposite of you and who you know yourself is a bad character" (За). "I don't understand, father, that a man with a heart of gold like yours can go on receiving a person who is poles apart from you and whom you yourself know to be a bad character" (3d).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > как небо от земли

  • 7 туда-сюда

    I
    • (ЕЩЕ) ТУДА-СЮДА coll
    [AdjP; Invar; subj-compl with copula (subj: any noun) or impers predic]
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    ⇒ a person (a thing etc) is not bad, is tolerable:
    - X isn't (so < all that>) bad;
    - [in limited contexts] X is so-so;
    - thing X is in reasonable shape.
         ♦ С непривычки ей было трудно [работать на 12-часовых сменах], особенно ночью. Днём ещё туда-сюда... (Грекова 3). It was hard for her [to work 12-hour shifts] because she wasn't used to such long hours, especially the night shift. But during the day she was more or less all right... (3a).
         ♦ [Виктория:] Смотреть на него [футбол] - ещё туда-сюда, а так [слушать репортаж по радио] - не понимаю (Вампилов 1). [V:] It's not so bad if you can watch it [soccer], but listening like this... I don't understand (1a).
         ♦ Автомобиль почему-то продавался вместе с искусственной пальмой в зелёной кадке. Пришлось купить и пальму. Пальма была ещё туда-сюда, но с машиной пришлось долго возиться... (Ильф и Петров 2). For some reason or other the car was sold together with an artificial palm in a green tub, so he had to take the palm as well. The palm was still in reasonable shape, but the car needed a lot of work (2a).
    II
    • (И) ТУДА И СЮДА; ТУДА-СЮДА; ТУДА, СЮДА all coll
    [AdvP; Invar]
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    1. Also: ТУДА ДА СЮДА coll; ТУДЫ-СЮДЫ substand, regional [adv]
    ⇒ in one direction and then in the other or another:
    - [in limited contexts](dash <run etc>) around < about>.
         ♦ Мансуров-Курильский походил по комнате туда-сюда... (Залыгин 1)....Mansurov-Kurilsky started pacing up and down the room... (1a).
         ♦ Трещали дрова, таял снег, и чёрные тени солдат туда и сюда сновали по всему занятому, притоптанному в снегу, пространству (Толстой 7). The wood crackled, the snow began to melt, and shadowy figures of soldiers moved to and fro over the occupied space where the snow had been trodden down (7a).
    ♦ "Ax господи! Да что же это я толкусь туда и сю да, как угорелая..." (Достоевский 3). "Oh, Lord! Why am I dashing around like a madwoman?..." (3b).
    2. Also: ТУДЫ-СЮДЫ substand, regional [predic (subj: human) or adv]
    ⇒ (one looks, searches for s.o. or sth.) in several or many different places:
    - [in limited contexts] X searched for s.o. < sth.> everywhere.
         ♦ "Из крепости убёг зарестованный [ungrammat = убежал арестованный] злодей. Туды-сюды искать - нету" (Шолохов 2). "A great villain had escaped from the fortress. The authorities were searching for him everywhere but couldn't find him" (2a).
    3. [predic; subj: human]
    ⇒ (one attempts to achieve, attain etc sth.) using several or many different approaches:
    - X и туда и сюда≈ X (has) tried (acted etc) this way and that < one way and then another>;
    - X tried < did> this and that;
    - X tried several different tacks.
         ♦ Он наотрез отказался ехать с нами. Я туда, сюда - не смогла уговорить его. He refused outright to go with us. I tried this and that, but I couldn't convince him to change his mind.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > туда-сюда

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