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1 сам чёрт не разберёт
you can't make head or tail of it, you can make neither head nor tail of itАмериканизмы. Русско-английский словарь. > сам чёрт не разберёт
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2 концов не найти
разг., неодобр.find nothing; cf. not be able to make head or tail of itБывало, замаявшись в бесконечной возне с неисправными шлангами, в руготне со слесарями и механиками, в мелких стычках с десятниками и начальниками, Виктор в отчаянии восклицал: "Кругом безобразие, а концов не найдёшь!" (Б. Горбатов, Донбасс) — There had been times when Victor, worn out by endless bother with the faulty hoses, squabbles and bickerings with the fitters, mechanics, deputies and undermanagers, had cried out in desperation: 'A holy mess everywhere, can't make head or tail of it!'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > концов не найти
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3 сапоги всмятку
разг., ирон.one can't make head or tail of it; cf. a mare's nest; all my eye and Betty Martin; banana oil Amer.; tommyrot- Ведь это всё маскарад, детские игрушки! Хотите нас научить понять матросское нутро таким способом?.. В шляпе ноги, сапоги всмятку! (Л. Соболев, Капитальный ремонт) — 'Why, it's just a masquerade, a kid's game! Is that your way of getting us inside a sailor's skin? It's all tommyrot!'
- Но милый ты мой парень, - мягко проговорил Завьялов, - то, что ты мне сказал, - это какие-то сапоги всмятку! Сумбур какой-то. (А. Чаковский, Свет далёкой звезды) — 'My dear fellow,' Zavyalov said gently. 'It's impossible to make head or tail of what you've told me.'
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4 разбирать
разобрать (вн.)все книги разобрали — all the books are taken, the books have all been taken
2. ( на части — о механизме и т. п.) strip (d.), disassemble (d.), dismantle (d.), take* to pieces (d.); (о доме, стене и т. п.) pull down (d.), demolish (d.)3. ( рассортировывать) sort out (d.)4. (расследовать дело, вопрос и т. п.) look (into), investigate (d.); ( рассматривать) discuss (d.); sort out (d.) разг.он хорошо разбирает почерки — he is good / clever at deciphering people's handwriting
он разбирал, но не мог разобрать почерк — he tried to make out the handwriting but couldn't / failed
разобрать сигнал мор. — make* out the signal / flags
ничего не могу разобрать — I can't make anything out; I can't make head or tail of it идиом.
7. разг. ( охватывать — о чувствах) seize / fill withбрать не разбирая — take* indiscriminately
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5 не понять
1) General subject: make nothing2) Economy: can't make head or tail3) Jargon: miss the boat4) Makarov: make nothing of (после can), make nothing of -
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прост., уст.1) ( клятвенное заверение в чём-либо) may the Lord strike me dead if...; may I drop dead if...; I'll be blowed (damned, hanged) if...; hang (shot) me if...; I'm a Dutchman (Turk) if...- А тот - так, я сам видел своими глазами, убей бог на месте, тут же у ней со стола воровал. (Ф. Достоевский, Игрок) — 'But that one, I saw with my own eyes, may the Lord strike me dead if I didn't, how he stole her money straight from the table.'
- Казаки едут! "Гренадёр" ухватил на ходу мальчишку: - Опять врёшь? Голову оторву! - Разрази меня бог! Глянь за ворота: видно. (С. Мстиславский, Грач - птица весенняя) — 'The Cossacks are coming! The 'grenadier' caught him as he passed by. 'Lying again! I'll wring your neck!' 'May I drop dead if I am! Look through the gates. You can see them for yourself.'
2) (выражение невозможности понять что-либо, вспомнить что-либо и т. п.) I can't make head or tail of it; not if I were to hang for it; as God is my witness I don't (can't) see (understand, etc.); I can't for the life of me...!; I couldn't... to save my life!- Тсс... - Николай прижал палец к губам. - Я поведаю тебе государственную тайну. Молчи, скрывайся и таи, как сказал поэт, а какой - убей бог, не знаю! (Л. Соболев, Капитальный ремонт) — 'Sh!' Nikolai put a finger to his lips. 'I'm going to let you into a state secret. Breathe not a word, said the poet - which one, I can't for the life of me remember!'
- Так что в принципе я - за. Если ошибка действительно совершилась, надо её исправлять. Но вот в чём ошибка, - убей меня бог, не вижу. (Л. Жуховицкий, Остановиться, оглянуться...) — 'So I'm with you in principle: if a mistake really has been made, then it will have to be corrected, but as God is my witness I don't see that there is any mistake.'
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7 концов не найти
Set phrase: one can't make head or tail of it -
8 не разбираться
1) General subject: can't make head or tail of it2) Jargon: not to know shit from Shinola (в чем-либо) -
9 ничего нельзя понять
General subject: can't make head or tail of itУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > ничего нельзя понять
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10 ничего не поймёшь
Американизмы. Русско-английский словарь. > ничего не поймёшь
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11 ни складу ни ладу
( в чём)прост., неодобр.neither rhyme nor reason; without rhyme or reason; cf. I can't make head or tail of it- Какой же выдумал он вздор, - / Читатель говорит: - тут нет ни складу / Ни ладу. (И. Крылов, Крестьянин и Собака) — 'What nonsense!' my Reader says. / There's no rhyme or reason to his invention.'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > ни складу ни ладу
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12 понять
1) General subject: appreciate, apprehend, awake, be on to (что-л.), be wise, compass, comprehend, conceive, enter into, fathom, figure out, gain an insight, gain an insight into, get a read, get at (I cannot get at the meaning - я не могу понять смысла), get the hang of, get the hang of (что-л.), get wise, get wise to (что-либо), grasp, gripe, imagine, interpret, penetrate, perceive, pick out (значение), realize, savvy, see, see the hang of (что-л.), see the light, seize (мысль), sense, suss, take (do you take me? - вы меня понимаете?), to be (get) wise (to), to be on to (smth.) (что-л.), twig, twig on, understand, unravel (smth), wise up, get at, give to understand, have/ get a handle on smth. (e.g. "I thought I had a handle on it, but guess I lost it."), get at (что-л.), get into mind (что-л.), work out (контекстуальный перевод на русский язык), know, get the point, be clear about, get a point2) Colloquial: catch, cotton on, get your head around ( smth) (что-то), wrap (one's) head around (I can't seem to wrap my head around the new system at all. He/She doesn't understand how the new system works.), get a sense3) American: warm wise to (что-л.)5) Religion: get the message6) Diplomatic term: take point (кого-л.)7) Psychology: accept, gather (из того, что сказано или сделано), make out (с трудом)8) Jargon: dig, get jeny, latch on (to something), take a tumble, tumble to, make, put (someone) wise, rap to, tumble9) Makarov: make head or tail of (smth.) (что-л.), catch on, find out10) Phraseological unit: come to realize (I have come to realize that I not only have the power to make a difference in my community, but I have a responsibility to do it), put (one's) finger on it (There's something strange about him, I just can't put my finger on it... - никак не могу понять / никак не могу разобраться, что именно)11) Idiomatic expression: get through one's head -
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HE РАЗБЕРИ-ПОЙМЁШЬ (-ПОЙМИ, -БЕРИ) substand VP these forms only) it is impossible to understand, make sense of (a situation)who (the hell) knows?you don't know what to make of it you can't make head(s) or tail(s) of it you can't figure it out.Наутро разъехались все, кроме Руслана, который уже с неделю торчал на даче: то ли в отпуске, то ли взял работу домой, то ли заведение такое... что посещать не нужно, а денежки платят. Не разбери-поймешь... (Трифонов 6). The next morning they all departed except Ruslan, who had been hanging around the dacha for a week. Hard to tell whether he was on vacation, whether he had brought work home or whether...he could collect his pay without having to go in. Who knows? (6a). -
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• НЕ РАЗБЕРИ-ПОЙМЕШЬ( - ПОЙМИ, - БЕРИ) substand[VP; these forms only]=====⇒ it is impossible to understand, make sense of (a situation):- who (the hell) knows?;- you can't figure it out.♦ Наутро разъехались все, кроме Руслана, который уже с неделю торчал на даче: то ли в отпуске, то ли взял работу домой, то ли заведение такое... что посещать не нужно, а денежки платят. Не разбери-поймешь... (Трифонов 6). The next morning they all departed except Ruslan, who had been hanging around the dacha for a week. Hard to tell whether he was on vacation, whether he had brought work home or whether...he could collect his pay without having to go in. Who knows? (6a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > не разбери-бери
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15 не разбери-поймешь
• НЕ РАЗБЕРИ-ПОЙМЕШЬ (-ПОЙМИ, - БЕРИ) substand[VP; these forms only]=====⇒ it is impossible to understand, make sense of (a situation):- who (the hell) knows?;- you can't figure it out.♦ Наутро разъехались все, кроме Руслана, который уже с неделю торчал на даче: то ли в отпуске, то ли взял работу домой, то ли заведение такое... что посещать не нужно, а денежки платят. Не разбери-поймешь... (Трифонов 6). The next morning they all departed except Ruslan, who had been hanging around the dacha for a week. Hard to tell whether he was on vacation, whether he had brought work home or whether...he could collect his pay without having to go in. Who knows? (6a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > не разбери-поймешь
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16 не разбери-пойми
• НЕ РАЗБЕРИ-ПОЙМЕШЬ( - ПОЙМИ, - БЕРИ) substand[VP; these forms only]=====⇒ it is impossible to understand, make sense of (a situation):- who (the hell) knows?;- you can't figure it out.♦ Наутро разъехались все, кроме Руслана, который уже с неделю торчал на даче: то ли в отпуске, то ли взял работу домой, то ли заведение такое... что посещать не нужно, а денежки платят. Не разбери-поймешь... (Трифонов 6). The next morning they all departed except Ruslan, who had been hanging around the dacha for a week. Hard to tell whether he was on vacation, whether he had brought work home or whether...he could collect his pay without having to go in. Who knows? (6a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > не разбери-пойми
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КОНЦОВ HE НАЙТИ (HE СЫСКАТЬ) coll VP subj: human usu. infin (used as impers predic) or neg pfv fut, gener. 2nd pers sing не найдёшь, не сыщешь fixed WOit is impossible to find out the reason for sth., understand sth., uncover who is to blame for sth. etc: концов не найти (не найдёшь) It's impossible (no one will ever be able etc) to put the pieces together (figure it out, puzzle it out, get to the bottom of it)you can't (they'll never be able to etc) figure (puzzle) out who did (organized, was behind etc) it we (you etc) can't make head(s) or tail(s) (out) of it (in limited contexts) there's no way it can be traced (back to s.o.).Мы знаем, что с фабрики воруют товары и сбывают их на сторону. Должно быть, работает целая группа, но всё организовано так, что концов не найти. We know that goods are being stolen from the factory and sold on the side. A whole group of people must be involved, but everything's organized in such a way that we can't get to the bottom of it.Ты не хочешь, чтобы они знали, что бандероль от тебя? Пришли её мне, я отправлю её отсюда без обратного адреса, чтобы и концов не нашли. You don't want them to know the package is from you? Then send it to me and I'll send it to them without any return address so there will be no way to trace it back to you..Ничего вроде бы и не изменилось, вот только завезённые на склад дублёнки для рядового начальства, включая и инструкторов, опять куда-то делись, концов не сыскать (Бахтин 1). ( context transl)...It seemed that nothing really had changed, except that the dublyonkas brought to the warehouse for ordinary officials, including instructors, once again disappeared without a trace (1a). -
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• КОНЦОВ НЕ НАЙТИ < НЕ СЫСКАТЬ> coll[VP; subj: human; usu. infin (used as impers predic) or neg pfv fut, gener. 2nd pers sing не найдёшь, не сыщешь; fixed WO]=====⇒ it is impossible to find out the reason for sth., understand sth., uncover who is to blame for sth. etc:- концов не найти < не найдёшь> ≈ it's impossible (no one will ever be able etc) to put the pieces together (figure it out, puzzle it out, get to the bottom of it);- you can't (they'll never be able to etc) figure (puzzle) out who did (organized, was behind etc) it;- we (you etc) can't make head(s) or tail(s) (out) of it;- [in limited contexts] there's no way it can be traced (back to s.o.).♦ Мы знаем, что с фабрики воруют товары и сбывают их на сторону. Должно быть, работает целая группа, но всё организовано так, что концов не найти. We know that goods are being stolen from the factory and sold on the side. A whole group of people must be involved, but everything's organized in such a way that we can't get to the bottom of it.♦ Ты не хочешь, чтобы они знали, что бандероль от тебя? Пришли её мне, я отправлю её отсюда без обратного адреса, чтобы и концов не нашли. You don't want them to know the package is from you? Then send it to me and I'll send it to them without any return address so there will be no way to trace it back to you.♦...Ничего вроде бы и не изменилось, вот только завезённые на склад дублёнки для рядового начальства, включая и инструкторов, опять куда-то делись, концов не сыскать (Бахтин 1). [context transl]... It seemed that nothing really had changed, except that the dublyonkas brought to the warehouse for ordinary officials, including instructors, once again disappeared without a trace (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > концов не найти
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• КОНЦОВ НЕ НАЙТИ < НЕ СЫСКАТЬ> coll[VP; subj: human; usu. infin (used as impers predic) or neg pfv fut, gener. 2nd pers sing не найдёшь, не сыщешь; fixed WO]=====⇒ it is impossible to find out the reason for sth., understand sth., uncover who is to blame for sth. etc:- концов не найти < не найдёшь> ≈ it's impossible (no one will ever be able etc) to put the pieces together (figure it out, puzzle it out, get to the bottom of it);- you can't (they'll never be able to etc) figure (puzzle) out who did (organized, was behind etc) it;- we (you etc) can't make head(s) or tail(s) (out) of it;- [in limited contexts] there's no way it can be traced (back to s.o.).♦ Мы знаем, что с фабрики воруют товары и сбывают их на сторону. Должно быть, работает целая группа, но всё организовано так, что концов не найти. We know that goods are being stolen from the factory and sold on the side. A whole group of people must be involved, but everything's organized in such a way that we can't get to the bottom of it.♦ Ты не хочешь, чтобы они знали, что бандероль от тебя? Пришли её мне, я отправлю её отсюда без обратного адреса, чтобы и концов не нашли. You don't want them to know the package is from you? Then send it to me and I'll send it to them without any return address so there will be no way to trace it back to you.♦...Ничего вроде бы и не изменилось, вот только завезённые на склад дублёнки для рядового начальства, включая и инструкторов, опять куда-то делись, концов не сыскать (Бахтин 1). [context transl]... It seemed that nothing really had changed, except that the dublyonkas brought to the warehouse for ordinary officials, including instructors, once again disappeared without a trace (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > концов не сыскать
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• КОНЦОВ НЕ НАЙТИ < НЕ СЫСКАТЬ> coll[VP; subj: human; usu. infin (used as impers predic) or neg pfv fut, gener. 2nd pers sing не найдёшь, не сыщешь; fixed WO]=====⇒ it is impossible to find out the reason for sth., understand sth., uncover who is to blame for sth. etc:- концов не найти < не найдёшь> ≈ it's impossible (no one will ever be able etc) to put the pieces together (figure it out, puzzle it out, get to the bottom of it);- you can't (they'll never be able to etc) figure (puzzle) out who did (organized, was behind etc) it;- we (you etc) can't make head(s) or tail(s) (out) of it;- [in limited contexts] there's no way it can be traced (back to s.o.).♦ Мы знаем, что с фабрики воруют товары и сбывают их на сторону. Должно быть, работает целая группа, но всё организовано так, что концов не найти. We know that goods are being stolen from the factory and sold on the side. A whole group of people must be involved, but everything's organized in such a way that we can't get to the bottom of it.♦ Ты не хочешь, чтобы они знали, что бандероль от тебя? Пришли её мне, я отправлю её отсюда без обратного адреса, чтобы и концов не нашли. You don't want them to know the package is from you? Then send it to me and I'll send it to them without any return address so there will be no way to trace it back to you.♦...Ничего вроде бы и не изменилось, вот только завезённые на склад дублёнки для рядового начальства, включая и инструкторов, опять куда-то делись, концов не сыскать (Бахтин 1). [context transl]... It seemed that nothing really had changed, except that the dublyonkas brought to the warehouse for ordinary officials, including instructors, once again disappeared without a trace (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > не сыскать
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can't make head nor tail of — can t make head nor/or tail of (something) to not be able to understand something at all. We couldn t make head or tail of the film. What does his message say? I don t know I can t make head or tail of it … New idioms dictionary
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can't make head or tail of — If you can t make head or tail of something, you can t understand it at all. Amy s message was so confusing. I couldn t make head or tail of it! … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
can't make head nor tail of something — can t make head nor/or tail of (something) to not be able to understand something at all. We couldn t make head or tail of the film. What does his message say? I don t know I can t make head or tail of it … New idioms dictionary
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can't make head nor tail of something — can t make head nor ˈtail of sth idiom to be unable to understand sth • I couldn t make head nor tail of what he was saying. Main entry: ↑headidiom … Useful english dictionary
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make head or tail of — {v. phr.}, {informal} To see the why of; finding a meaning in; understand. Used in negative, conditional, and interrogative sentences. * /She could not make head or tail of the directions on the dress pattern./ * /Can you make head or tail of the … Dictionary of American idioms
make head or tail of — {v. phr.}, {informal} To see the why of; finding a meaning in; understand. Used in negative, conditional, and interrogative sentences. * /She could not make head or tail of the directions on the dress pattern./ * /Can you make head or tail of the … Dictionary of American idioms
make\ head\ or\ tail\ of — v. phr. informal To see the why of; finding a meaning in; understand. Used in negative, conditional, and interrogative sentences. She could not make head or tail of the directions on the dress pattern. Can you make head or tail of the letter? … Словарь американских идиом
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