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1 делать из мухи слона
1) General subject: make a mountain out of a molehill -s, blow things out of proportion, make something out of nothing, make heavy weather of something2) Colloquial: make a big deal (Don't make a big deal out of it! - Не принимай близко к сердцу!), blow out of proportion, Turn Molehills Into Mountains3) Politics: make a mountain out of a mole-hill4) Jargon: make a mountain out of molehill5) Set phrase: make a mountain out of a molehill (дословно: Делать гору из кротовины), make a mountain out of a molehill, make mountains out of mole-hills, make the mountain out of the anthill6) Makarov: make a mountain of a molehill, make mountain out of molehill, turn a mountain into a molehill7) Taboo: roll a turd8) Idiomatic expression: make a mountain out of mole hill, make heavy weather ofУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > делать из мухи слона
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1) General subject: abnormalize (цены, прибыли), ballyhoo (славу), bell, bell out, belly, blow (огонь, мехи; тж. перен.), blow up, distend, exaggerate, fan, fan out, foment (ненависть, беспорядки и т. п.), heighten, hot, huffle, instigate, make a thing of (что-л.), overblow, overplay, overswell, pad (штаты и т. п.), puff out, puff up, stir (ссору), swell, stir up (ссору), inflame, magnify, blow things out of proportion3) American: make a federal case out of (чью-л. ошибку и т. п.)4) Engineering: fluff5) Chemistry: inflate6) Polygraphy: aerate (листы бумаги)7) Jargon: beat the drum, whip up9) Makarov: bloat, flash (выдувное стеклоизделие), fluff (напр. стопу бумаги), fluff (напр., стопу бумаги), inflate (газом) -
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с. церк.censer, thurible••раздува́ть кади́ло — blow things out of proportion
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4 раздувать из мухи слона
1) General subject: get things out of proportion, blow out of proportion, make something out of nothing, make heavy weather of something2) Colloquial: make a mountain out of a molehill3) American English: make a federal case out of somethingУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > раздувать из мухи слона
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РАЗДУВАТЬ/РАЗДУТЬ КАДИЛО highly coll VP subj: human1. to expand a business, enterprise, or launch some activity successfullyX раздует кадило - X will get it going great gunsX will make a go of it (in limited contexts) X will drum up business.2. to turn an unimportant matter into an object of excessive discussion, investigation etc by attaching unwarranted significance to itX раздует кадило - X will blow things (it) (all) out of proportionX will make a big to-do about it X will make (kick up) a fuss X will raise a hue and cry. -
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• РАЗДУВАТЬ/РАЗДУТЬ КАДИЛО highly coll[VP; subj: human]=====1. to expand a business, enterprise, or launch some activity successfully:- [in limited contexts] X will drum up business.2. to turn an unimportant matter into an object of excessive discussion, investigation etc by attaching unwarranted significance to it:- X раздует кадило≈ X will blow things <it> (all) out of proportion;- X will make < kick up> a fuss;- X will raise a hue and cry.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > раздувать кадило
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7 раздуть кадило
• РАЗДУВАТЬ/РАЗДУТЬ КАДИЛО highly coll[VP; subj: human]=====1. to expand a business, enterprise, or launch some activity successfully:- [in limited contexts] X will drum up business.2. to turn an unimportant matter into an object of excessive discussion, investigation etc by attaching unwarranted significance to it:- X раздует кадило≈ X will blow things <it> (all) out of proportion;- X will make < kick up> a fuss;- X will raise a hue and cry.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > раздуть кадило
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