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1 Fiddle while Rome burns
General subject: (см.) Fiddling while Rome burnsУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > Fiddle while Rome burns
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2 (см.) Fiddle while Rome burns
General subject: Fiddling while Rome burnsУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > (см.) Fiddle while Rome burns
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3 играть на скрипке в то время, когда горит Рим букв.
Makarov: fiddle while Rome burns (ср.: заниматься пустяками перед лицом серьезной опасности пир во время чумы), fiddle while Rome is burning (ср.: пир во время чумы)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > играть на скрипке в то время, когда горит Рим букв.
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4 пировать во время чумы
1) Set phrase: fiddle while rome is burning (дословно: Играть на скрипке в то время, когда горит Рим)2) Phraseological unit: fiddle while Rome burns ((букв. пиликать на скрипке в то время, когда горит Рим.) По легенде, император Нерон пел и играл на кифаре, глядя, как горит Рим, подожженный по его приказу.)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > пировать во время чумы
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5 заниматься пустяками перед лицом серьёзной опасности
Makarov: fiddle while Rome burnsУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > заниматься пустяками перед лицом серьёзной опасности
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6 заниматься пустяками перед лицом серьезной опасности
Makarov: fiddle while Rome burnsУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > заниматься пустяками перед лицом серьезной опасности
См. также в других словарях:
fiddle while Rome burns — To occupy oneself with trifles during a crisis • • • Main Entry: ↑fiddle * * * fiddle while Rome burns phrase to be busy doing unimportant things when you should be dealing with an important problem Thesaurus: to waste time, or to pass time doing … Useful english dictionary
fiddle while rome burns — If people are fiddling while Rome burns, they are wasting their time on futile things while problems threaten to destroy them … The small dictionary of idiomes
fiddle while Rome burns — ► fiddle while Rome burns be concerned with trivial matters while ignoring the serious events going on around one. Main Entry: ↑fiddle … English terms dictionary
fiddle while Rome burns — If people are fiddling while Rome burns, they are wasting their time on futile things while problems threaten to destroy them. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Fiddle while Rome burns — If people are fiddling while Rome burns, they are wasting their time on futile things while problems threaten to destroy them … Dictionary of English idioms
fiddle while Rome burns — to spend time enjoying yourself or doing things that are not important when you should be dealing with a serious problem. Environmentalists claim that the government is fiddling while Rome burns … New idioms dictionary
fiddle while Rome burns — be concerned with relatively trivial matters while ignoring the serious events going on around one. → fiddle … English new terms dictionary
fiddle while Rome burns — v. handle issues that are not really important and neglect important ones during a crisis … English contemporary dictionary
fiddle while Rome burns — to be busy doing unimportant things when you should be dealing with an important problem … English dictionary
fiddle — ► NOUN 1) informal a violin. 2) informal, chiefly Brit. an act of fraud or cheating. 3) informal an unnecessarily intricate or awkward task. ► VERB informal 1) touch or fidget with something restlessly or nervously. 2) chiefly Brit. falsify… … English terms dictionary
fiddle — [c]/ˈfɪdl / (say fidl) verb (fiddled, fiddling) –verb (i) 1. to make aimless movements, as with the hands. 2. to play on the fiddle. 3. to trifle. 4. Colloquial to profit or gain by surreptitious crookedness. –verb (t) 5. to play (a tune) on a… …
