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by the skin of teeth

  • 1 SKIN

    • If the lion's skin cannot, the fox's shall - Где волчьи зубы, а где лисий хвост (Г)
    • That's no skin off my teeth - Моя хата с краю (M)
    • %u cannot change your skin - Себя не переделаешь (C)

    Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > SKIN

  • 2 едва спастись

    1) General subject: escape by the skin of teeth

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > едва спастись

  • 3 еле-еле спастись

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > еле-еле спастись

  • 4 чудом спастись

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > чудом спастись

  • 5 держаться из последних сил

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > держаться из последних сил

  • 6 каким-то чудом

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > каким-то чудом

  • 7 действовать на нервы

    1) General subject: eat away at one's nerves, get on one's nerves, get under the skin, grate on the nerves, jar, (кому-л.) jar on nerves, rasp the nerves, set the teeth on edge, (кому-л.) twist tail, (smb's) get on nerves, set teeth on edge, (начать) have one on edge (After a while another man aproached us. He was behaving rather nervously, and soon had me on edge too (Roshwald)), work nerves (work one's nerves; let's pray that these kids don't work my nerves today), get under skin (кому-л.), be a pain in the neck, get into somebody's hair, rub up the wrong way, wear on someone's nerves, jangle (sb's) nerves
    2) Colloquial: (кому-л.) give the fidgets, get on the nerves (Quit screaming! You are getting on my nerves!), break one's balls, break balls
    3) British English: get on wick
    4) Jargon: kvetch, quetch, wig
    5) Invective: break( one's) balls
    6) Makarov: get under (smb.'s) skin (кому-л.), eat away at nerves
    7) Taboo: (кому-л.) ball somebody up, bust somebody's balls, (кому-л.) fuck with somebody, (кому-л.) give somebody the screaming shits
    8) Idiomatic expression: set( one's) teeth on edge, get up the nose

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > действовать на нервы

  • 8 Н-158

    УНОСЙТЬ/УНЕСТЙ НОГИ coll VP subj: human or animal if pfv, usu. past (often after еле, едва, насилу) if impfv, often imper or infin with надо, пора, пришлось etc) to leave hurriedly, flee ( usu. to escape danger)
    X унёс ноги = X cleared out
    X took to his heels X hightailed it (out of some place) (with the focus on the outcome) X got away with his skin X got out in one piece
    X еле (едва, насилу) ноги унёс = X escaped (got away) by the skin of his teeth
    X had a narrow escape X had (it was) a close shave.
    Молодые люди, с которыми она знакомилась, танцевала и гуляла, все как один выявляли намерение -...получить удовольствие и унести ноги (Солженицын 10). The young men she met all danced and went for walks with the same aim in mind:... have their fun and then clear out (10a).
    Она подняла крик и вырвала у меня газету. Покупка, яблоки или морковь, я уж не помню, рассыпались по тротуару. Я не стала ничего собирать и была рада, что удалось унести ноги (Мандельштам 2). She raised a great hue and cry and snatched the newspaper from me. The things I had wrapped in it-apples or carrots, I don't remember which - were scattered all over the pavement. I didn't wait to pick them up and was glad to get away with my skin (2a).
    Кири:) Спасибо нужно сказать богам, что хоть ноги-то мы унесли (Булгаков 1). (К.:) We have to thank the gods that (at least) we got out in one piece (1a).
    Один единственный раз Мандельштам нарушил старый сговор и еле унёс ноги (Мандельштам 2). M(andelstam) broke the old agreement on this one solitary occasion and got away only by the skin of his teeth (2a).
    Да вот хоть черкесы, -продолжал он, - как напьются бузы на свадьбе или на похоронах, так и пошла рубка. Я раз насилу ноги унёс...» (Лермонтов 1). "Yes, you take the Cherkesses," he continued, "they get drunk on their booze at a wedding or a funeral and that's when the slaughter starts. I had a narrow escape once..." (Id).
    Андрей Лучников тогда еле унёс ноги из горящего штаба венгерской молодёжи, кинотеатра «Корвин». Советская, читай русская, пуля сидела у него в плече (Аксёнов 7). Andrei had been caught in the flaming Corvina Cinema, headquarters of the new revolutionary youth movement. It was a close shave, and he had a Soviet-that is, Russian-bullet in his shoulder to prove it (7a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > Н-158

  • 9 унести ноги

    • УНОСИТЬ/УНЕСТИ НОГИ coll
    [VP; subj: human or animal; if pfv, usu. past (often after еле, едва, насилу); if impfv, often Imper or infin with надо, пора, пришлось etc]
    =====
    ⇒ to leave hurriedly, flee (usu. to escape danger):
    - X унёс ноги≈ X cleared out;
    - [with the focus on the outcome] X got away with his skin;
    || X еле <едва, насилу> ноги унёс ≈ X escaped < got away> by the skin of his teeth;
    - X had < it was> a close shave.
         ♦ Молодые люди, с которыми она знакомилась, танцевала и гуляла, все как один выявляли намерение -...получить удовольствие и унести ноги (Солженицын 10). The young men she met all danced and went for walks with the same aim in mind:... have their fun and then clear out (10a).
         ♦ Она подняла крик и вырвала у меня газету. Покупка, яблоки или морковь, я уж не помню, рассыпались по тротуару. Я не стала ничего собирать и была рада, что удалось унести ноги (Мандельштам 2). She raised a great hue and cry and snatched the newspaper from me. The things I had wrapped in it - apples or carrots, I don't remember which - were scattered all over the pavement. I didn't wait to pick them up and was glad to get away with my skin (2a).
         ♦ [Кири:] Спасибо нужно сказать богам, что хоть ноги-то мы унесли (Булгаков 1). [К.:] We have to thank the gods that [at least] we got out in one piece (1a).
         ♦ Один единственный раз Мандельштам нарушил старый сговор и еле унёс ноги (Мандельштам 2). M[andelstam] broke the old agreement on this one solitary occasion and got away only by the skin of his teeth (2a).
         ♦ "Да вот хоть черкесы, - продолжал он, - как напьются бузы на свадьбе или на похоронах, так и пошла рубка. Я раз насилу ноги унёс..." (Лермонтов 1). "Yes, you take the Cherkesses," he continued, "they get drunk on their booze at a wedding or a funeral and that's when the slaughter starts. I had a narrow escape once..." (Id).
         ♦ Андрей Лучников тогда еле унёс ноги из горящего штаба венгерской молодёжи, кинотеатра "Корвин". Советская, читай русская, пуля сидела у него в плече (Аксёнов 7). Andrei had been caught in the flaming Corvina Cinema, headquarters of the new revolutionary youth movement. It was a close shave, and he had a Soviet-that is, Russian-bullet in his shoulder to prove it (7a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > унести ноги

  • 10 уносить ноги

    • УНОСИТЬ/УНЕСТИ НОГИ coll
    [VP; subj: human or animal; if pfv, usu. past (often after еле, едва, насилу); if impfv, often Imper or infin with надо, пора, пришлось etc]
    =====
    ⇒ to leave hurriedly, flee (usu. to escape danger):
    - X унёс ноги≈ X cleared out;
    - [with the focus on the outcome] X got away with his skin;
    || X еле <едва, насилу> ноги унёс ≈ X escaped < got away> by the skin of his teeth;
    - X had < it was> a close shave.
         ♦ Молодые люди, с которыми она знакомилась, танцевала и гуляла, все как один выявляли намерение -...получить удовольствие и унести ноги( Солженицын 10). The young men she met all danced and went for walks with the same aim in mind:... have their fun and then clear out (10a).
         ♦ Она подняла крик и вырвала у меня газету. Покупка, яблоки или морковь, я уж не помню, рассыпались по тротуару. Я не стала ничего собирать и была рада, что удалось унести ноги (Мандельштам 2). She raised a great hue and cry and snatched the newspaper from me. The things I had wrapped in it - apples or carrots, I don't remember which - were scattered all over the pavement. I didn't wait to pick them up and was glad to get away with my skin (2a).
         ♦ [Кири:] Спасибо нужно сказать богам, что хоть ноги-то мы унесли (Булгаков 1). [К.:] We have to thank the gods that [at least] we got out in one piece (1a).
         ♦ Один единственный раз Мандельштам нарушил старый сговор и еле унёс ноги (Мандельштам 2). M[andelstam] broke the old agreement on this one solitary occasion and got away only by the skin of his teeth (2a).
         ♦ "Да вот хоть черкесы, - продолжал он, - как напьются бузы на свадьбе или на похоронах, так и пошла рубка. Я раз насилу ноги унёс..." (Лермонтов 1). "Yes, you take the Cherkesses," he continued, "they get drunk on their booze at a wedding or a funeral and that's when the slaughter starts. I had a narrow escape once..." (Id).
         ♦ Андрей Лучников тогда еле унёс ноги из горящего штаба венгерской молодёжи, кинотеатра "Корвин". Советская, читай русская, пуля сидела у него в плече (Аксёнов 7). Andrei had been caught in the flaming Corvina Cinema, headquarters of the new revolutionary youth movement. It was a close shave, and he had a Soviet-that is, Russian-bullet in his shoulder to prove it (7a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > уносить ноги

  • 11 раздражать

    1) General subject: acerbate, aggravate, anger, annoy, annoy (кого-л.), arouse (кого-либо), badger, chafe, crab (кого-л.), curdle, discomfit, disgruntle, displease, embitter, enchafe, envenom, exacerbate, exasperate, exasperate (ранку, болячку), exulcerate, fray, gall, get down, get in hair (кого-л.), get on nerves, get on one's nerves, get somebody's back up, get under the skin, give the needle, give the pip (кого-л.), goad, grate, grate on, (обыкн. on) grater, harry, heat, herry, huff, irritate, itch, jangle, jar, jar (on, upon), madden, mag, make nervous (кого-л.), nag, nark, needle, nettle, peeve, prod, provoke, put somebody's back up (кого-либо), rasp, roil, roughen, rouse, rub, rub the fur the wrong way, rub the wrong way, ruffle, set somebody's back up (кого-либо), set somebody's nerves on edge, shake up, sour, spite, stick pins into (кого-л.), stroke against the hair (кого-л.), stroke the fur the wrong way, stroke the wrong way, to stroke fur the wrong way (кого-л.), stroke the wrong way, to stroke hair the wrong way (кого-л.), thorn, tickle, torment, torture, try, twist tail (кого-л.), vellicate (щипками, уколами), venom, vex, wear on, put out, set teeth on edge, rough up (кого-л.), set nerves on edge (кого-л.), get goat (кого-л.), get under skin (кого-л.), rough up the wrong way (кого-л.), get goat (сердить, кого-л.), rankle, go against one's grain, jangle (sb's) nerves
    3) Medicine: stimulate
    4) Colloquial: crab-tree (кого-л.), crabber (кого-л.), get somebody's goat, give the fidgets (кого-л.), rattle, rile, tick off
    5) Dialect: edge
    6) American: get on nerves (кого-л.)
    7) Obsolete: irk
    8) Literal: stroke the wrong way (кого-л.)
    9) Rare: aggranoy, hatchel
    10) British English: get up somebody's nose (informal), get up somebody's nostrils (informal), mither
    11) Australian slang: crap off, get in ( smb.'s) hair (кого-л.), get up (smb.'s) nose (кого-л.), give (smb.) the irrits (кого-л.)
    12) Scottish language: fash, deave
    13) Physiology: excite, innervate
    14) Jargon: bug, get in (one's) hair, rank, turn (someone) off, drive up the wall (=annoy), give someone a pain, wig
    15) Invective: piss off
    16) Aviation medicine: incense
    17) Makarov: aggravate (кожу), fret, get under (smb.'s) skin (кого-л.), go against the grain, go against the hair, imbitter, try temper (кого-л.), chafe against, chafe on, chafe upon, cheese off
    18) West Indies: bex
    19) Taboo: bitch off, bum somebody out (кого-л.), fuck somebody off, fuck with somebody (кого-л.), get on (one's) wick (кого-л.), get on one's wick, get one's mad up, gripe somebody's ass (кого-л.), make (one's) shit hang sideways, pee somebody off (кого-л.), piss somebody off (кого-л.), rag
    20) Phraseological unit: grind (one's) gears (It really grinds my gears when inconsiderate people litter.), harsh (one's) mellow
    21) Idiomatic expression: under my skin (пример: I can't stand him, he really gets under my skin), get up the nose (get up one's nose)

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > раздражать

  • 12 еле-еле успеть что-то сделать

    General subject: by the skin of one's teeth ("I'll have to start earlier the next time. This time I only finished by the skin of my teeth.")

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > еле-еле успеть что-то сделать

  • 13 с трудом

    1) General subject: arduously, barely, by a narrow margin, drudgingly, hard, hardly, illy, jog, limp (о подбитом самолете и т.п.), only just, scarce, scarcely, slump, ill, bumpily, with an effort, by a finger's breadth, fighting to/for (он дышал с трудом - he was fighting for breath), some doing (мы его с трудом уговорили - it took some doing to convince him), scarсely, with effort, with effort, laboriously
    2) Mathematics: not readily, with difficulty
    3) Australian slang: by a nose
    4) Makarov: heavily
    5) Phraseological unit: by the skin of (one's) teeth ("I passed the test by the skin of my teeth.")

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > с трудом

  • 14 чудом

    General subject: (каким-то) by a (some) miracle, by the skin of (one's) teeth, by the seat of pants, by the skin of one's teeth

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > чудом

  • 15 едва-едва

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  • 16 еле-еле

    1) General subject: barely, by a finger's breadth, by a narrow margin, by the skin of ( one's) teeth, faintly, hardly, just, narrow, with the skin of (one's) teeth, just barely
    2) Dialect: scant
    3) Australian slang: by a nose
    4) Makarov: narrowly

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > еле-еле

  • 17 еле-еле спастись

    squeak глагол: словосочетание:

    Русско-английский синонимический словарь > еле-еле спастись

  • 18 на волос

    I
    • НА ВОЛОС; НА ВОЛОСОК both obs
    [PrepP; these forms only]
    =====
    1. [adv or modif; often preceded by хоть]
    ⇒ (even) a little:
    - [in limited contexts](even) by a hairbreadth (a hairs-breadth etc).
         ♦ "...Захочу ли я хоть на волос стеснять твою жизнь, твои привычки?" (Тургенев 2). "...Would I want to interfere, even in the slightest way, with your life, with your habits?" (2d).
         ♦...Штольц не мог уловить у ней на лице и в словах... даже искры чувства, которое хоть бы на волос выходило за границы тёплой, сердечной, но обыкновенной дружбы (Гончаров 1)....Stolz was unable to detect in her face or her words...a spark of feeling which by a hairbreadth exceeded the limits of warm, affectionate, but ordinary friendship (1b).
    2. [adv (intensif); used with negated verbs]
    ⇒ not at all:
    - [in limited contexts] not by (so much as) a hairbreadth.
    II
    • НА ВОЛОСОК <НА ВОЛОСКЕ, НА ВОЛОС obs> от чего
    [PrepP; these forms only; subj-compl with copula (subj: usu. human or collect; prep obj: usu. от смерти, от гибели etc; usu. used with past verbs]
    =====
    ⇒ one is very close (to death, ruin etc) (if used with a past-form verb, refers to danger or trouble that one has managed to avoid):
    - X был на волосок от Y-a ≈ X was within a hairbreadth (a hairsbreadth etc, an inch, a whisker) of Y;
    - X was on the verge (of Y).
         ♦ Ужасной была поездка в Москву по вызову Ярославского. Вот когда я была на волосок от самоубийства! (Гинзбург 1). The journey back to Moscow at Yaroslavsky's summons was terrible. I was within a hair's breadth of suicide (1a).
         ♦...Из парадного вынесли Ольгу, покрытую, как покойница, клеймёной больничной простынёй, и... Лёва, враз забыв обо всём, судорожно потянулся к сестре: "Олюшка, как же это ты?"...Но [врач] взял актёра за пуговицу плаша: "Вам, милый, не следует здесь находиться. Вы сами на волосок от этого. Максимум покоя, минимум - эмоций" (Максимов 3)....They carried Olga out of the main door, covered with a stenciled hospital sheet, as though she were dead....Lyova became oblivious of everything else and drifted after his sister, shaking convulsively. "Olga, little sister, what is happening to you?"...[The doctor] took hold of the actor by a button on his raincoat. "You shouldn't be here, my dear man. You're on the verge yourself. Maximum of quiet, minimum of excitement..." (3a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > на волос

  • 19 на волосок

    I
    • НА ВОЛОС; НА ВОЛОСОК both obs
    [PrepP; these forms only]
    =====
    1. [adv or modif; often preceded by хоть]
    ⇒ (even) a little:
    - [in limited contexts](even) by a hairbreadth (a hairs-breadth etc).
         ♦ "...Захочу ли я хоть на волос стеснять твою жизнь, твои привычки?" (Тургенев 2). "...Would I want to interfere, even in the slightest way, with your life, with your habits?" (2d).
         ♦...Штольц не мог уловить у ней на лице и в словах... даже искры чувства, которое хоть бы на волос выходило за границы тёплой, сердечной, но обыкновенной дружбы (Гончаров 1)....Stolz was unable to detect in her face or her words...a spark of feeling which by a hairbreadth exceeded the limits of warm, affectionate, but ordinary friendship (1b).
    2. [adv (intensif); used with negated verbs]
    ⇒ not at all:
    - [in limited contexts] not by (so much as) a hairbreadth.
    II
    • НА ВОЛОСОК <НА ВОЛОСКЕ, НА ВОЛОС obs> от чего
    [PrepP; these forms only; subj-compl with copula (subj: usu. human or collect; prep obj: usu. от смерти, от гибели etc; usu. used with past verbs]
    =====
    ⇒ one is very close (to death, ruin etc) (if used with a past-form verb, refers to danger or trouble that one has managed to avoid):
    - X был на волосок от Y-a ≈ X was within a hairbreadth (a hairsbreadth etc, an inch, a whisker) of Y;
    - X was on the verge (of Y).
         ♦ Ужасной была поездка в Москву по вызову Ярославского. Вот когда я была на волосок от самоубийства! (Гинзбург 1). The journey back to Moscow at Yaroslavsky's summons was terrible. I was within a hair's breadth of suicide (1a).
         ♦...Из парадного вынесли Ольгу, покрытую, как покойница, клеймёной больничной простынёй, и... Лёва, враз забыв обо всём, судорожно потянулся к сестре: "Олюшка, как же это ты?"...Но [врач] взял актёра за пуговицу плаша: "Вам, милый, не следует здесь находиться. Вы сами на волосок от этого. Максимум покоя, минимум - эмоций" (Максимов 3)....They carried Olga out of the main door, covered with a stenciled hospital sheet, as though she were dead....Lyova became oblivious of everything else and drifted after his sister, shaking convulsively. "Olga, little sister, what is happening to you?"...[The doctor] took hold of the actor by a button on his raincoat. "You shouldn't be here, my dear man. You're on the verge yourself. Maximum of quiet, minimum of excitement..." (3a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > на волосок

  • 20 с грехом пополам

    разг.
    1) (с большим трудом, еле-еле, кое-как) somehow or other; in one way and another; with some (little) effort; barely; pretty badly; just scraping through smth.; cf. by the skin of one's teeth

    А как с Павликом? Будь он хотя бы лет двенадцати, можно было бы сказать, что ему тринадцатый, а в этом возрасте, с грехом пополам, Тихон Платонович пристроил бы мальчика хотя бы при себе, в Утиль-отделе. (К. Федин, Необыкновенное лето) — But what about Pavlik? If only he were twelve years old he might be passed off for fifteen, an age at which with a little effort he might find him a job - perhaps in the same organisation for which he worked - the Old Goods Department.

    По вечерам, покончив со своими делами, она садилась к столу и раскрывала тетрадки, которые ей дал Листопад. С грехом пополам удалось расшифровать конспекты лекций по сопротивлению материалов. (В. Панова, Кружилиха) — In the evenings, having finished other work, she sat down at her table and opened the copybooks. Finally, in one way and another, she managed to decipher the notes on the resistance of material.

    Варя писала, что с грехом пополам она кончила этот "противный" геологический техникум. (Ю. Герман, Дело, которому ты служишь) — Varya said that she was finished with her 'horrid' geological school at last, after just scraping through the exams.

    Бритва... была не ахти правленной, да и без руки левой бриться неудобно. Но всё же с грехом пополам побрился Сашка. (В. Кондратьев, Сашка) — The razor wasn't particularly good, and shaving wasn't so easy with only his right hand. But he managed it somehow.

    2) уст. (сомнительным путём, неблаговидным способом, нечестно, с обманом) cf. by hook or by crook; by fair means or foul

    Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > с грехом пополам

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  • by the skin of teeth — by the skin of (your) teeth informal if you do something by the skin of your teeth, you only just succeed in doing it. We escaped by the skin of our teeth. England held on by the skin of their teeth to win 1 0 …   New idioms dictionary

  • The Skin of Our Teeth — Infobox Play name = The Skin of Our Teeth image size = 160px caption = 1942 original production handbill writer = Thornton Wilder characters = Sabina Mrs. Antrobus Mr. Antrobus Gladys Dinosaur Chair Pusher Henry setting = The Antrobus home in… …   Wikipedia

  • the skin of one's teeth — phrasal : a very narrow margin escaped by the skin of my teeth Job 19:20 (Revised Standard Version) …   Useful english dictionary

  • by the skin of your teeth — informal : only by a small difference in time, space, or amount : just barely He escaped by the skin of his teeth. [=he just barely escaped] She only passed the test by the skin of her teeth. [=she almost did not pass the test] • • • Main Entry:… …   Useful english dictionary

  • by the skin of one's teeth — {adv. phr.} By a narrow margin; with no room to spare; barely. * /The drowning man struggled, and I got him to land by the skin of my teeth./ * /She passed English by the skin of her teeth./ Compare: SQUEAK THROUGH, WITHIN AN ACE OF or WITHIN AN… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • by the skin of one's teeth — {adv. phr.} By a narrow margin; with no room to spare; barely. * /The drowning man struggled, and I got him to land by the skin of my teeth./ * /She passed English by the skin of her teeth./ Compare: SQUEAK THROUGH, WITHIN AN ACE OF or WITHIN AN… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • by the skin of your teeth — by the skin of (your) teeth informal if you do something by the skin of your teeth, you only just succeed in doing it. We escaped by the skin of our teeth. England held on by the skin of their teeth to win 1 0 …   New idioms dictionary

  • By the Skin and the Teeth — Infobox Television episode Title = By the Skin and the Teeth Series = Prison Break Caption = Season = 1 Episode = 15 Airdate = March 27, 2006 Production = 1AKJ14 Guests = Writer = Nick Santora Director = Kevin Hooks Season list = Infobox Prison… …   Wikipedia

  • by the skin of one's teeth — (ONLY) JUST, narrowly, by a hair s breadth, by a very small margin; informal by a whisker. → skin * * * by the skin of one s teeth see under ↑skin • • • Main Entry: ↑tooth * * * by a very narrow margin; barely I only got away by the skin o …   Useful english dictionary

  • by the skin of your teeth —    If you do something by the skin of your teeth, you only just manage to do it and come very near indeed to failing.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    To do something by the skin of our teeth means that you just manage to do it, but that… …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • do something by the skin of your teeth — phrase to succeed in doing something but almost fail He won, but only by the skin of his teeth. Thesaurus: to succeed in doing somethingsynonym Main entry: skin …   Useful english dictionary

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