expression of mine

go or work down the mine — unter Tage arbeiten

he is a mine of useful facts/of information — von ihm kann man eine Menge Nützliches/eine Menge erfahren

mine an area for ore — etc. in einem Gebiet Erz usw. abbauen od. fördern

mine for — see 2. 1)

you do your best and I'll do mine — du tust dein Bestes und ich auch

those big feet of mine — meine großen Quanten (ugs.); see also academic.ru/34614/hers">hers

this car is mine — das ist MEIN Auto, dieses Auto gehört mir

his friends and mine — seine und meine Freunde

will you be mine? (old) — willst du die Meine werden? (old)

he is a mine of information — er ist ein wandelndes Lexikon (inf)

they mined deep down into the mountain — sie trieben einen Stollen bis tief in den Berg hinein

go or work down the mine — unter Tage arbeiten

mine an area for ore — etc. in einem Gebiet Erz usw. abbauen od. fördern

those big feet of mine — meine großen Quanten (ugs.); see also hers

elle nous a dit, mine de rien (colloq), que — she told us, casually, that

il est doué, mine de rien — (colloq) it may not be obvious, but he's very clever

avoir mauvaise mine, avoir une sale (colloq) or petite mine — to look a bit off-colour [BrE]

avoir bonne mine — [personne] to look well; [tarte, rôti] to look appetizing

j'aurais bonne mine! — iron I would look really stupid!

mine d'or — lit, fig gold mine

mine d'informations — fig mine of information

ne pas payer de mine — (colloq) not to look anything special (colloq)

avoir bonne mine > [personne] — to look well, ironique to look an utter idiot

mine à ciel ouvert — opencast Grande-Bretagne mine, open-air USA mine

I think that brother of mine is responsible * — creo que mi hermano es el que tiene la culpa, creo que el responsable es mi hermano

• be mine! — † also hum ¡cásate conmigo!

• the house became mine — la casa pasó a ser mía or de mi propiedad

• it's no business of mine — no es asunto mío, no tiene que ver conmigo

• I want to make her mine — quiero que sea mi mujer

• mine and thine — lo mío y lo tuyo

• what's mine is yours — todo lo mío es tuyo (también)

to sweep mines — dragar or barrer minas

mine detector N — detector m de minas

avoir... miné — вы́глядеть ipf.;

il a mauvaise miné — он пло́хо вы́глядит;

une miné de charbon — у́гольная ша́хта;

une miné de renseignements — неисчерпа́емый исто́чник информа́ции;

la miné d'un crayon — каранда́шный гри́фель;

une barre à miné [— ручно́й] уда́рный бур;

passer une miné sous... — вести́ ipf. подко́п под (+ A)

Among the defects of the Bill, which were numerous, one provision was conspicuous by its presence, and one by its absence. (J. Russell, ‘Address to the Electors of the City of London’, April 6, 1859, OED) — К недостаткам законопроекта можно отнести и то, что один из пунктов блистал своим присутствием, а другой - отсутствием.

I alluded to it as "a provision conspicuous by its absence", a turn of phraseology which is not an original expression of mine, but is taken from one of the greatest historians of antiquity. (J. Russell, ‘Speech at the London Tavern’, April 15, 1859, OED) — Сказав, что "один из пунктов блистал своим отсутствием", я употребил выражение, придуманное не мною, а одним из самых замечательных историков древности.