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1 пронестись со свистом
General subject: go with a whizz, whir, whoosh (о стреле, камне), go with a whizУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > пронестись со свистом
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2 лить пули
лить (отливать) пули, сов. в. - слить пулюпрост.1) (врать, рассказывать что-либо совершенно неправдоподобное) cf. tell fibs; lay it on thick; draw (pull) a (the) long bow; shoot (throw) the bull Amer.Городничий (в сторону).
Прошу посмотреть, какие пули отливает! и старика отца приплёл!.. (Н. Гоголь, Ревизор) — Mayor (aside). Talk about laying it on thick! Dragging in his old father - I ask you![Ноздрёв] наврёт совершенно без всякой нужды: вдруг расскажет, что у него была лошадь какой-нибудь голубой или розовой шерсти, и тому подобную чепуху, так что слушающие, наконец, все отходят, произнесши: "Ну, брат, ты, кажется, уж начал пули лить". (Н. Гоголь, Мёртвые души) — He would tell a pack of lies utterly without any need therefor: he would suddenly relate that he had a horse with some kind of blue hide, or pink, and such-like poppycock, so that his auditors would, to a man, walk away from him at last, saying: 'Well, brother, it seems you've started pulling the long bow!'
2) (говорить или делать что-либо необычное, смешное, неожиданное) do queer (funny) things; play tricks; cut capers; crack (cut) jokesГордей Карпыч.
Что же он делает? Егорушка. Гостей разгоняет-с... Вы, говорит, рады чужой хлеб есть... Разлюляев. Славные штучки Любим Карпыч отмачивает! Ха... ха... ха... Такие пули отливает, что только люли! (А. Островский, Бедность не порок) — Gordei Karpych. What's he doing? Yegorushka. Driving the guests away... You've only come, he says, to get a free meal... Razlyulyayev. By Jove, he thinks of the cleverest tricks, that Lubim Karpych! Ha, ha, ha! Whizz, bang! And all his bullets go home!
См. также в других словарях:
whizz through — do or deal with quickly. → whizz … English new terms dictionary
whizz — [wɪz] also whiz noun [countable] informal someone who is very skilled in a particular activity or is successful in a particular area of work: • Top managers may be financial whizzes, but they aren t marketing geniuses. • He s a whizz at website… … Financial and business terms
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whizz — (also whiz) ► VERB (whizzed, whizzing) 1) move quickly through the air with a whistling or whooshing sound. 2) move or go fast. 3) (whizz through) do or deal with quickly. ► NOUN 1) … English terms dictionary
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Whizz Whizz Bang Bang — Infobox Television show name = Whizz Whizz Bang Bang caption = Whizz Whizz Bang Bang Title Card genre = Children s Science Engineering creator = directors = Paul Hineman Peter MacQueen Hannah Mattison presenter = Greg Foot composer = Dobs Vye… … Wikipedia
whizz — [[t](h)wɪ̱z[/t]] whizzes, whizzing, whizzed 1) VERB If something whizzes somewhere, it moves there very fast. [INFORMAL] [V prep/adv] Stewart felt a bottle whizz past his head... [V prep/adv] A car whizzed past. 2) N COUNT: oft a N at/with/on n… … English dictionary
whizz — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun Whizz/whiz is used after these nouns: ↑computer {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} verb Whizz/whiz is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑arrow, ↑bullet … Collocations dictionary
whizz — (also chiefly N. Amer. whiz) verb (whizzes, whizzing, whizzed) 1》 move quickly through the air with a whistling or whooshing sound. ↘move or cause to move or go fast. ↘(whizz through) do or deal with quickly. 2》 informal urinate. noun 1》… … English new terms dictionary
whizz — Whiz Whiz, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whizzed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Whizzing}.] [Of imitative origin. ???. Cf. {Whistle}, and {Hiss}.] To make a humming or hissing sound, like an arrow or ball flying through the air; to fly or move swiftly with a sharp… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
