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121 с пустыми руками (only pl.)
Set phrase: empty-handedУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > с пустыми руками (only pl.)
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122 уйти ни с чем
1) Makarov: go empty-handed, come away none the wiser2) Idiomatic expression: get skunked -
123 А-6
НА АВОСЬ coll PrepP Invar adv(to venture sth.) counting on good fortune, success, even though chances may be against successon the off-chancehoping for the best trusting to luck chance it (in limited contexts) by guess and by God.Они (Петька и Михаил) не с пустыми руками вернулись к избе. С рыбой...«Лиза, эво-то! Посмотри-ко!» - звонко закричал Петька, едва они завидели избу, и высоко над головой поднял вязанку с рыбой. «Да, - сказал Михаил... -А я думал: Ося-агент веб выбродил. Так, на авось кинулся» (Абрамов 1)....They (Petka and Mikhail) did not go back empty-handed: there were fish... "Liza! Hey there! Look!" shouted Petka ringingly as soon as they caught sight of the house, and he lifted the string of fish high above his head. "Yes," said Mikhail....UI thought Osya the agent had fished the place out. 1 just threw out a line on the off-chance" (1a).«Я не коммунхоз, на авось не работаю. И цена по совести. А тебе, как бывшему соседу, так и вовсе скидка» (Максимов 3). "I'm not the municipal repairs department when I work, I don't just hope for the best. And I'll give you an honest price. In fact, as a former neighbor, you get a discount anyway" (3a).(Городничий (в сторону):) He знаешь, с какой стороны и приняться. Ну да уж попробовать... Попробовать на авось. (Вслух.) Если вы точно имеете нужду в деньгах или в чем другом, то я готов служить сию минуту. Моя обязанность помогать проезжающим (Гоголь 4). (Mayor (aside):) You don't know which side to tackle him (from). But never mind that...let's have a go....Let's have a go and chance it. (Aloud) Should you in fact be short of money, or of anything else, I am prepared to be of immediate service to you. It is my duty to assist travellers (4b). -
124 К-317
У РАЗБИТОГО КОРЫТА остаться, оказаться, сидеть и т. п. К РАЗБИТОМУ КОРЙТУ вернуться both coll PrepP these forms only subj-compl with copula (subj: human or adv fixed WO(to be left) with nothing, having lost all one had gained, having had one's hopes in sth. thwarted etc: (be left) empty-handed(be left) with zilch (in limited contexts) (be) no better off than when one started (be) back to square one (be) (right) back where one started (be) back where one started again.Денежная реформа разорила его: деньги, которые он копил десять лет, превратились в бумагу, и он остался у разбитого корыта. The monetary reform impoverished him: the money he'd been saving for ten years turned into worthless paper and he was left with nothing.Думаю, получив срок, Убожко по крайней мере был утешен, что «невеста» осталась у разбитого корыта... (Амальрик 1). I would guess that when Ubozhko was sentenced, he at least felt consoled by the fact that his "ex-wife" was no better off than when she started... (1a).Вот мы и сидим опять у разбитого корыта, сказал Клеветник (Зиновьев 1). "We're back where we started again," said Slanderer (1a).From Aleksandr Pushkin's tale "The Fisherman and the Goldfish" («Сказка о рыбаке и рыбке»), 1835, in which the magic goldfish punishes the fisherman's greedy wife by taking back everything it has given her, leaving her with the same broken washtub she had before the goldfish appeared on the scene. -
125 Н-231
С НОСОМ остаться, оставить кого coll PrepP Invar subj-compl with остаться (subj: human or obj-compl with оставить ( obj: human) usu. used with pfv past) (to be left or leave s.o.) without sth. one or s.o. had hoped for or counted on: (be left (leave s.o.)) high and dry (empty-handed, out in the cold, holding the bag) (get) nothing for one's pains (leave s.o.) with nothing to show for it.Он увлёкся Аней всерьёз, а она оставила его с носом и вышла замуж за другого. Не fell hard for Anya, but she left him out in the cold and married someone else. -
126 О-50
ПОВОРАЧИВАТЬ/ПОВЕРНУТЬПОВОРОТИТЬ) ОГЛОБЛИ (НАЗАД) highly collVP subj: human1. rude when addressed to the interlocutor to set off back i n the direction from which one came, leave some place ( usu. with the implication that one has failed, or is about to fail, to accomplish what one set out to do)X повернул оглобли - X went back (where he came from)X (gave it up and) turned back X turned back empty-handed (in limited contexts) X turned tail.(Подхалюзин:) А то вон, что сватался за Алимпияду Сам-соновну, благородный-то, - и оглобли назад поворотил (Островский 10). (Р:) As for that noble's courting Olimpiada Samsonovna-why he's turned tail already (10b).2. often disapprov to retreat from one's former position, renounce one's former convictions, go back on one's promise(s) etc: X повернул оглобли - X did (made) an about-faceX back-pedaled X changed his tune. -
127 на авось
• НА АВОСЬ coll[PrepP; Invar; adv]=====⇒ (to venture sth.) counting on good fortune, success, even though chances may be against success:- chance it;- [in limited contexts] by guess and by God.♦...Они [Петька и Михаил] не с пустыми руками вернулись к избе. С рыбой... "Лиза, эво-то! Посмотри-ко!" - звонко закричал Петька, едва они завидели избу, и высоко над головой поднял вязанку с рыбой. "Да, - сказал Михаил... - А я думал: Ося-агент всё выбродил. Так, на авось кинулся" (Абрамов 1)....They [Petka and Mikhail] did not go back empty-handed: there were fish... "Liza! Hey there! Look!" shouted Petka ringingly as soon as they caught sight of the house, and he lifted the string of fish high above his head. "Yes," said Mikhail...."I thought Osya the agent had fished the place out. I just threw out a line on the off-chance" (la).♦ "Я не коммунхоз, на авось не работаю. И цена по совести. А тебе, как бывшему соседу, так и вовсе скидка" (Максимов 3). "I'm not the municipal repairs department when I work, I don't just hope for the best. And I'll give you an honest price. In fact, as a former neighbor, you get a discount anyway" (3a).♦ [Городничий (в сторону):] Не знаешь, с какой стороны и приняться. Ну да уж попробовать... Попробовать на авось. (Вслух.) Если вы точно имеете нужду в деньгах или в чём другом, то я готов служить сию минуту. Моя обязанность помогать проезжающим (Гоголь 4). [Mayor (aside):] You don't know which side to tackle him [from]. But never mind that...let's have a go.... Let's have a go and chance it. (Aloud) Should you in fact be short of money, or of anything else, I am prepared to be of immediate service to you. It is my duty to assist travellers (4b).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > на авось
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128 к разбитому корыту
• У РАЗБИТОГО КОРЫТА остаться, оказаться, сидеть и т. п.; К РАЗБИТОМУ КОРЫТУ вернуться both coll[PrepP; these forms only; subj-compl with copula (subj: human) or adv; fixed WO]=====⇒ (to be left) with nothing, having lost all one had gained, having had one's hopes in sth. thwarted etc:- [in limited contexts] (be) no better off than when one started;- (be) back where one started again.♦ Денежная реформа разорила его: деньги, которые он копил десять лет, превратились в бумагу, и он остался у разбитого корыта. The monetary reform impoverished him: the money he'd been saving for ten years turned into worthless paper and he was left with nothing.♦ Думаю, получив срок, Убожко по крайней мере был утешен, что " невеста" осталась у разбитого корыта... (Амальрик 1). I would guess that when Ubozhko was sentenced, he at least felt consoled by the fact that his "ex-wife" was no better off than when she started... (1a).♦ Вот мы и сидим опять у разбитого корыта, сказал Клеветник (Зиновьев 1). "We're back where we started again," said Slanderer (1a).—————← From Aleksandr Pushkin's tale "The Fisherman and the Goldfish" ("Сказка о рыбаке и рыбке"), 1835, in which the magic goldfish punishes the fisherman's greedy wife by taking back everything it has given her, leaving her with the same broken washtub she had before the goldfish appeared on the scene.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > к разбитому корыту
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empty-handed — UK [ˌemptɪ ˈhændɪd] / US [ˌemptɪ ˈhændəd] adjective 1) without getting anything for your effort The thieves fled empty handed. 2) without bringing a present for someone You can t go to the party empty handed … English dictionary
empty-handed — adjective 1. having acquired or gained nothing the returned from the negotiations empty handed • Syn: ↑unrewarded • Similar to: ↑unsuccessful 2. carrying nothing in the hands • Similar to: ↑empty … Useful english dictionary
