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41 between the devil and the deep blue sea
между Сциллой и Харибдой/двух огнейFaced with a choice between starving to death and emigrating, they were between the devil and the deep blue sea.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > between the devil and the deep blue sea
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42 between
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43 between ... and ...
Официальное выражение: с... до... (between 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.) -
44 between a bun (амер.)
Кулинария: внутри разрезанной пополам булочки (Нестандартная грамматическая конструкция: употребление between перед существительным в единственном числе.) -
45 between a rock and a hard place
1) Общая лексика: в безвыходном положении, между молотом и наковальней, припёртый к стенке, между двух огней, между сциллой и харибдой2) Пословица: меж двух огней (напр, they often find themselves caught between a rock and a hard place)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > between a rock and a hard place
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46 between each
Общая лексика: (+ noun) между двумя следующими друг за другом (+ существит.) (Check temperature between each welding run.), после каждого (+ существит.) -
47 between each (+ noun)
Общая лексика: между двумя следующими друг за другом (+ существит.) (Check temperature between each welding run.) -
48 between the pipes
Хоккей: на воротах ("Vancouver Canucks' head coach Alain Vigneault has confirmed that Roberto Luongo will start between the pipes in Game 5 Friday night at Rogers Arena." (News 1130)) -
49 between a bun
Кулинария: (амер.) внутри разрезанной пополам булочки (Нестандартная грамматическая конструкция: употребление between перед существительным в единственном числе.) -
50 between-girl
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51 between the devil and the deep blue sea
меж двух огней: — Ну и работенка,— говорит комиссар сержанту.— Если я откажусь, то прогневаю начальство, но если соглашусь, то прогневаю бруклинскую мафию. So I'm between the hell and the deep blue sea.— Так что я меж двух огней...English-Russian slang from the book M. Goldenkova "Caution, hot dog" > between the devil and the deep blue sea
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52 between a rock and a hard place
между Сциллой и Харибдой, между молотом и наковальней, в безвыходном, затруднительном положенииAs NATO enters the third month of its air war in Yugoslavia, it finds itself between a rock and a hard place. The rock: Slobodan Milosevic. The hard place: The prospect of interminable bombing with its specter of mounting casualties. — Вступив в третий месяц воздушной войны в Югославии, НАТО оказалось между молотом и наковальней. Наковальня: Слободан Милошевич. Молот: перспектива бесконечных бомбардировок с угрозой все возрастающих потерь.
Англо-русский современный словарь > between a rock and a hard place
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53 between two days
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54 between line entry
eng.between line entryrus.метод атаки между строкukr.метод атаки між строкамиПроведение атаки на безопасность системы (или сети), заключающееся в подключении к линиям связи и внедрение (под маской какого-либо пользователя) в систему (или сеть) с использованием промежутков (окон) в действиях законного пользователя.English-Russian dictionary of information security > between line entry
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55 between friends all is common
посл.(between friends all is common (тж. friends have all things in common))у друзей всё общее [этим. лат. amicorum esse omnia communia или communia esse amicorum inter se omnia]Large English-Russian phrasebook > between friends all is common
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56 between grass and hay
амер.The peculiar phrase in which the youth who is no longer a boy, and not yet a man, is picturesquely said to be between grass and hay. (S. De Vere, ‘Americanisms’) — Про юношу, который уже не мальчик, но еще и не мужчина, образно говорят что он "уже не трава, но еще и не сено"
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57 between hammer and anvil
...they were caught in the constantly narrowing space between hammer and anvil. (S. Heym, ‘The Crusaders’, book V, ch. 10) —...и, забыв об истинном положении вещей, они метались, как между молотом и наковальней, в пространстве, которое день ото дня сокращалось.
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58 between life and death
The little sick girl lay all night between life and death until her fever was gone. (DAI) — Больная девочка всю ночь находилась между жизнью и смертью, пока кризис не миновал.
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59 between Scylla and Charybdis
между Сциллой и Харибдой, в безвыходном положении; ≈ между двух огней [этим. миф.]‘I am between Scylla and Charybdis,’ he wrote. ‘I dare not work quickly, for fear of detection, and I must not work slowly if we are to be ready in time.’ (E. L. Voynich, ‘The Gadfly’, part III, ch. I) — "Я между Сциллой и Харибдой, - писал он. - Не отваживаюсь вести работу слишком быстро из боязни быть выслеженным и должен вести ее не слишком медленно, если непременно нужно поспеть к сроку".
Large English-Russian phrasebook > between Scylla and Charybdis
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60 between the upper and nether millstone
в безвыходном положении; ≈ между молотом и наковальней, между двух огнейHere in Italy, the middle-class is ill-paid, insecure and caught between the upper and nether millstones of irresponsible capital and unemployed labour. (M. West, ‘Children of the Sun’, ch. IX) — У нас в Италии средние слои населения плохо оплачиваются, не уверены в завтрашнем дне и находятся между двух огней - между безответственными капиталистами и безработными рабочими.
Large English-Russian phrasebook > between the upper and nether millstone
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