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by hours rather than by days

  • 1 Д-215

    HE ПО ДНЯМ, А ПО ЧАСАМ расти, развиваться, изменяться и т. п. coll PrepP Invar adv fixed WO
    (to grow, change etc) very rapidly
    by the hour
    by hours rather than by days not by the day, but by the hour by leaps and bounds.
    ...Над ней (старухой) поохали, поахали, радуясь и удивляясь тому, что она поправляется не по дням, а по часам... (Распутин 3)....They'dall oohed andaahed, surprised and pleased to hear that she (the old lady) was getting better by the hour... (3a).
    Она как будто слушала курс жизни не по дням, а по часам (Гончаров 1). She seemed to be going through the course of life by hours rather than by days (1a).
    Развращение нравов развивалось не по дням, а по часам (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). Moral corruption grew by leaps and bounds (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > Д-215

  • 2 не по дням, а по часам

    НЕ ПО ДНЯМ, А ПО ЧАСАМ расти, развиваться, изменяться и т.п. coll
    [PrepP; Invar; adv; fixed WO]
    =====
    (to grow, change etc) very rapidly:
    - not by the day, but by the hour;
    - by leaps and bounds.
         ♦...Над ней [старухой] поохали, поахали, радуясь и удивляясь тому, что она поправляется не по дням, а по часам... (Распутин 3)....They'dall oohed andaahed, surprised and pleased to hear that she [the old lady] was getting better by the hour... (3a).
         ♦ Она как будто слушала курс жизни не по дням, а по часам (Гончаров 1). She seemed to be going through the course of life by hours rather than by days (1a).
         ♦ Развращение нравов развивалось не по дням, а по часам (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). Moral corruption grew by leaps and bounds (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > не по дням, а по часам

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