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1 Овчинка выделки не стоит
The game isn't worth the candleСловарь переводчика-синхрониста (русско-английский) > Овчинка выделки не стоит
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2 Овчинка выделки не стоит
Русско-английский словарь переводчика-синхрониста > Овчинка выделки не стоит
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3 игра не стоит свеч
1) General subject: not worth the trouble, the game is not worth the candle, it isn't worth while, game isn't worth the candle2) Makarov: game is not worth the candle, not worth powder and shot3) Idiomatic expression: cake is not worth the candleУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > игра не стоит свеч
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4 О-48
ОВЧИНКА ВЫДЕЛКИ HE СТОИТ (saying) the matter in question is not worth the time, energy, resources spent on it: - the game isn't worth the candle itfs more trouble than it's worth it's not worth the trouble it won't pay.Относись к своей работе как ко всякой работе, дающей средства существования, но не вкладывай в нее душу. Овчинка выделки не стоит (Зиновьев 2). Consider your work like any job that keeps you in food, but don't try to put your soul into it. The game isn't worth the candle (2a)....Ведь для этой десятиминутной игры Брюсову пришлось выучить наизусть с полсотни трудных и плохо запоминающихся строк. Забава была в стиле десятых годов, но стоила ли овчинка выделки? (Мандельштам 2)....For the sake of his ten minutes' fun, Briusov must have learned by heart at least fifty difficult and not very memorable lines. It was a practical joke very much in the style of the pre-Revolutionary years, but was it really worth all the trouble? (2a). -
5 овчинка выделки не стоит
[saying]=====⇒ the matter in question is not worth the time, energy, resources spent on it:- it won't pay.♦ Относись к своей работе как ко всякой работе, дающей средства существования, но не вкладывай в неё душу. Овчинка выделки не стоит (Зиновьев 2). Consider your work like any job that keeps you in food, but don't try to put your soul into it. The game isn't worth the candle (2a).♦...Ведь для этой десятиминутной игры Брюсову пришлось выучить наизусть с полсотни трудных и плохо запоминающихся строк. Забава была в стиле десятых годов, но стоила ли овчинка выделки? (Мандельштам 2)....For the sake of his ten minutes' fun, Briusov must have learned by heart at least fifty difficult and not very memorable lines. It was a practical joke very much in the style of the pre-Revolutionary years, but was it really worth all the trouble? (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > овчинка выделки не стоит
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6 И-11
ИГРА HE СТОИТ СВЕЧ (saying used without negation in the opposite meaning) the results, profits etc gained from doing sth. are not worth the effort, trouble, or expense involvedthe game isn't worth the candleit's not worth the effort.«Вам всё кажется, что у меня какие-то цели, а потому и глядите на меня подозрительно... Но как я ни желаю сойтись с вами, я всё-таки не возьму на себя труда разуверять вас в противном. Ей-богу» игра не стоит свеч...» (Достоевский 3). "You seem to think the whole time that I have certain ulterior motives and therefore you look upon me with suspicion....But no matter how much I'd like to be friends with you, I'm still not going to take upon myself the labor of convincing you to the contrary. The game's not worth the candle, I swear to God..." (3a)....Конечно, научиться писать плохо не так-то легко, потому что приходится выдерживать адскую конкуренцию, но игра стоит свеч, и если вы действительно научитесь писать паршиво, хуже всех, то мировая популярность вам обеспечена (Катаев 2). Of course it's not so easy to learn to write badly because there is such a devil of a lot of competition, but it's well worth the effort and if you can really learn to write lousily, worse than anybody else, then world fame is guaranteed (2a). -
7 игра не стоит свеч
[saying; used without negation in the opposite meaning]=====⇒ the results, profits etc gained from doing sth. are not worth the effort, trouble, or expense involved:- it's not worth the effort.♦ "Вам всё кажется, что у меня какие-то цели, а потому и глядите на меня подозрительно... Но как я ни желаю сойтись с вами, я всё-таки не возьму на себя труда разуверять вас в противном. Ей-богу, игра не стоит свеч..." (Достоевский 3). "You seem to think the whole time that I have certain ulterior motives and therefore you look upon me with suspicion....But no matter how much I'd like to be friends with you, I'm still not going to take upon myself the labor of convincing you to the contrary. The game's not worth the candle, I swear to God..." (3a).♦...Конечно, научиться писать плохо не так-то легко, потому что приходится выдерживать адскую конкуренцию, но игра стоит свеч, и если вы действительно научитесь писать паршиво, хуже всех, то мировая популярность вам обеспечена (Катаев 2). Of course it's not so easy to learn to write badly because there is such a devil of a lot of competition, but it's well worth the effort and if you can really learn to write lousily, worse than anybody else, then world fame is guaranteed (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > игра не стоит свеч
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8 Игра не стоит свеч.
фраз. The game isn’t worth the candle.Дополнительный универсальный русско-английский словарь > Игра не стоит свеч.
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9 овчинка выделки не стоит
посл the game isn't worth the candleАмериканизмы. Русско-английский словарь. > овчинка выделки не стоит
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10 игра не стоит свеч
it/ sth/the game isn't worth the candle sg
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