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complaints came pouring in

  • 1 stroom

    [zich voortbewegende massa vloeistof] stream flow, stroming current, grote hoeveelheid flood
    [grote menigte/hoeveelheid] stream flood
    [hoeveelheid elektriciteit, spanning] (electric) power (electric) current, informeel juice
    [rivier] river
    voorbeelden:
    1   een stroom lava a flow of lava
         een stroom van tranen a flood of tears
         de zwemmer werd door de stroom meegesleurd the swimmer was carried/swept away by the current/tide
         de regen viel in stromen neer rain came down in torrents/streams
         scheepvaartop stroom liggen moored in midstream
         tegen de stroom oproeien ook figuurlijk row/go against the current
    2   economieeen stroom goederen a flow of goods
         er kwam een stroom van klachten binnen complaints came pouring in
         een stroom van woorden a spate of words; scheldwoorden torrents of abuse
         de stroom volgen, met de stroom meegaan ook figuurlijk go/swim with the stream/tide
         tegen de stroom ingaan ook figuurlijk go/swim against the stream/tide
    3   de stroom is uitgevallen there is a power failure/cut
         er staat stroom op die draad that is a live wire
         zonder stroom zitten be without (electric) power

    Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > stroom

  • 2 er kwam een stroom van klachten binnen

    er kwam een stroom van klachten binnen

    Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > er kwam een stroom van klachten binnen

  • 3 В-6

    ВАЛОМ ВАЛЯТЬ/ПОВАЛЯТЬ coll VP usu. this WO
    1. \В-6 (куда) (subj: human pl or collect) to go or come (somewhere) in great numbers: Х-ы валом валят (в место Y) - Xs are flocking (thronging, streaming) (to place Y)
    Xs are coming (going) in droves Xs are going to (heading for etc) place Y en masse.
    Несмотря на травлю, поднятую охранителями передвижнических и мирискусснических традиций, москвичи валом валили на выставку... (Лившиц 1). Despite the persecution begun by the guardians of the traditions of the Wanderers and the World of Art, Muscovites flocked to the exhibition... (1a).
    (author's usage) Публике пьеса чрезвычайно понравилась, и на второе и следующие представления народ пошёл валом... (Булгаков 5). The play elicited instant enthusiasm, and the public thronged to the following performances... (5a).
    Солдатики в трубу трубили, песни пели, носками сапогов играли, пыль столбом на улицах поднимали, и всё проходили, всё проходили. «Валом валит солдат!» - говорили глуповцы... (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). ( context transl)...The soldiers trumped their trumpets and sang their songs, the shining toes of their boots rose and fell, raising a column of dust in the streets, and still they passed on without end. "There's millions of them!" said the Glupovites... (1b).
    (extended usage) В хрущёвские либеральные времена чиновники стали просачиваться в литературу, а при Брежневе повалили в неё валом (Войнович 1). In the liberal Khrushchev period, officials began infiltrating literature, and under Brezhnev, they burst into literature en masse (1a).
    2. ( subj: usu. concr (pi or mass) or count abstr) (of letters, complaints, news, troubles etc
    also of snow, steam etc) to come (or come out of) somewhere continually and in large amounts
    X валом валил - X kept (on) coming (in (down etc))
    there was a constant stream of X there was no end to X X came (kept) pouring (streaming) in (out) (of mail etc) (I am (he is etc)) flooded with X (of snow) X came down (fell) thick and fast.
    Что-то я не припомню в своей жизни, чтобы 1-го мая шёл снег. А вот идёт, и не то что идёт, а валом валил с утра и за полчаса едва не покрыл всю землю (Терц 3). I don't somehow seem to remember snow falling on May 1st ever before. But it happened this morning, and it came down so thick and fast that almost the whole earth was covered over in half an hour (3a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > В-6

  • 4 валом валить

    ВАЛОМ ВАЛИТЬ/ПОВАЛИТЬ coll
    [VP; usu. this WO]
    =====
    1. валом валить (куда) [subj: human pl or collect]
    to go or come (somewhere) in great numbers:
    - X-ы валом валят (в место Y) - Xs are flocking (thronging, streaming) (to place Y);
    - Xs are going to (heading for etc) place Y en masse.
         ♦ Несмотря на травлю, поднятую охранителями передвижнических и мирискусснических традиций, москвичи валом валили на выставку... (Лившиц 1). Despite the persecution begun by the guardians of the traditions of the Wanderers and the World of Art, Muscovites flocked to the exhibition... (1a).
         ♦ [author's usage] Публике пьеса чрезвычайно понравилась, и на второе и следующие представления народ пошёл валом... (Булгаков 5). The play elicited instant enthusiasm, and the public thronged to the following performances... (5a).
         ♦...Солдатики в трубу трубили, песни пели, носками сапогов играли, пыль столбом на улицах поднимали, и всё проходили, всё проходили. "Валом валит солдат!" - говорили глуповцы... (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). [context transl]... The soldiers trumped their trumpets and sang their songs, the shining toes of their boots rose and fell, raising a column of dust in the streets, and still they passed on without end. "There's millions of them!" said the Glupovites... (1b).
         ♦ [extended usage] В хрущёвские либеральные времена чиновники стали просачиваться в литературу, а при Брежневе повалили в неё валом (Войнович 1). In the liberal Khrushchev period, officials began infiltrating literature, and under Brezhnev, they burst into literature en masse (1a).
    2. [subj: usu. concr (pi or mass) or count abstr]
    (of letters, complaints, news, troubles etc; also of snow, steam etc) to come (or come out of) somewhere continually and in large amounts:
    - X валом валил X kept (on) coming (in <down etc>);
    - [of mail etc] (I am <he is etc>) flooded with X;
    - [of snow] X came down (fell) thick and fast.
         ♦ Что-то я не припомню в своей жизни, чтобы 1-го мая шёл снег. А вот идёт, и не то что идёт, а валом валил с утра и за полчаса едва не покрыл всю землю (Терц 3). I don't somehow seem to remember snow falling on May 1st ever before. But it happened this morning, and it came down so thick and fast that almost the whole earth was covered over in half an hour (3a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > валом валить

  • 5 валом повалить

    ВАЛОМ ВАЛИТЬ/ПОВАЛИТЬ coll
    [VP; usu. this WO]
    =====
    1. валом повалить (куда) [subj: human pl or collect]
    to go or come (somewhere) in great numbers:
    - X-ы валом валят (в место Y) - Xs are flocking (thronging, streaming) (to place Y);
    - Xs are going to (heading for etc) place Y en masse.
         ♦ Несмотря на травлю, поднятую охранителями передвижнических и мирискусснических традиций, москвичи валом валили на выставку... (Лившиц 1). Despite the persecution begun by the guardians of the traditions of the Wanderers and the World of Art, Muscovites flocked to the exhibition... (1a).
         ♦ [author's usage] Публике пьеса чрезвычайно понравилась, и на второе и следующие представления народ пошёл валом... (Булгаков 5). The play elicited instant enthusiasm, and the public thronged to the following performances... (5a).
         ♦...Солдатики в трубу трубили, песни пели, носками сапогов играли, пыль столбом на улицах поднимали, и всё проходили, всё проходили. "Валом валит солдат!" - говорили глуповцы... (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). [context transl]... The soldiers trumped their trumpets and sang their songs, the shining toes of their boots rose and fell, raising a column of dust in the streets, and still they passed on without end. "There's millions of them!" said the Glupovites... (1b).
         ♦ [extended usage] В хрущёвские либеральные времена чиновники стали просачиваться в литературу, а при Брежневе повалили в неё валом (Войнович 1). In the liberal Khrushchev period, officials began infiltrating literature, and under Brezhnev, they burst into literature en masse (1a).
    2. [subj: usu. concr (pi or mass) or count abstr]
    (of letters, complaints, news, troubles etc; also of snow, steam etc) to come (or come out of) somewhere continually and in large amounts:
    - X валом валил X kept (on) coming (in <down etc>);
    - [of mail etc] (I am <he is etc>) flooded with X;
    - [of snow] X came down (fell) thick and fast.
         ♦ Что-то я не припомню в своей жизни, чтобы 1-го мая шёл снег. А вот идёт, и не то что идёт, а валом валил с утра и за полчаса едва не покрыл всю землю (Терц 3). I don't somehow seem to remember snow falling on May 1st ever before. But it happened this morning, and it came down so thick and fast that almost the whole earth was covered over in half an hour (3a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > валом повалить

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