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  • 1 П-568

    HE ПРОДОХНЁШЬ HE ПРОДОХНУТЬ ПРОДОХНУТЬ НЕЛЬЗЙ all coll VP neg pfv fut, gener. 2nd pers sing не продохнёшь or impers predic with бытье (variants with продохнуть)) it is impossible to breathe (in some place because the air is stuffy, there is a bad smell etc): you (one) can hardly breathe it's hard to breathe there isn't a breath of (fresh) air (in some place).
    Ну и накурили они здесь - не продохнёшь. Well, they certainly smoked their fill of cigarettes here-you can hardly breathe.

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  • 2 не продохнешь

    • НЕ ПРОДОХНЕШЬ; НЕ ПРОДОХНУТЬ; ПРОДОХНУТЬ НЕЛЬЗЯ all coll
    [VP; neg pfv fut, gener. 2nd pers sing не продохнёшь or impers predic with быть (variants with продохнуть)]
    =====
    ⇒ it is impossible to breathe (in some place because the air is stuffy, there is a bad smell etc):
    - there isn't a breath of (fresh) air (in some place).
         ♦ Ну и накурили они здесь - не продохнёшь. Well, they certainly smoked their fill of cigarettes here-you can hardly breathe.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > не продохнешь

  • 3 не продохнуть

    • НЕ ПРОДОХНЕШЬ; НЕ ПРОДОХНУТЬ; ПРОДОХНУТЬ НЕЛЬЗЯ all coll
    [VP; neg pfv fut, gener. 2nd pers sing не продохнёшь or impers predic with быть (variants with продохнуть)]
    =====
    ⇒ it is impossible to breathe (in some place because the air is stuffy, there is a bad smell etc):
    - there isn't a breath of (fresh) air (in some place).
         ♦ Ну и накурили они здесь - не продохнёшь. Well, they certainly smoked their fill of cigarettes here-you can hardly breathe.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > не продохнуть

  • 4 продохнуть нельзя

    • НЕ ПРОДОХНЕШЬ; НЕ ПРОДОХНУТЬ; ПРОДОХНУТЬ НЕЛЬЗЯ all coll
    [VP; neg pfv fut, gener. 2nd pers sing не продохнёшь or impers predic with быть (variants with продохнуть)]
    =====
    ⇒ it is impossible to breathe (in some place because the air is stuffy, there is a bad smell etc):
    - there isn't a breath of (fresh) air (in some place).
         ♦ Ну и накурили они здесь - не продохнёшь. Well, they certainly smoked their fill of cigarettes here-you can hardly breathe.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > продохнуть нельзя

  • 5 Т-160

    (ХОТЬ) ТОПОР ВЕШАЙ МОЖНО ТОПОР ВЕШАТЬ highly coll (хоть +) VPimpcr, used as impers predic (1st van) impers predic with быть3 (2nd van) fixed WO (with можно movable)) it is unbearably stuffy, it feels as if there is no air to breathe (in some lodging or room)
    you could cut the air with a knife
    you can hardly breathe.
    (author's usage) Я люблю набитые ребятами кузова машин, бараки и палатки, хоть там топор можно повесить (Аксёнов 1). What I like is trucks, barracks, tents, so jammed with guys you can hardly breathe (1a).

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  • 6 можно топор вешать

    • (ХОТЬ) ТОПОР ВЕШАЙ; МОЖНО ТОПОР ВЕШАТЬ highly coll
    [(хоть +) VPimper, used as impers predic (1st var.; impers predic with быть (2nd var.); fixed WO (with можно movable)]
    =====
    ⇒ it is unbearably stuffy, it feels as if there is no air to breathe (in some lodging or room):
    - you can hardly breathe.
         ♦ [author's usage] Я люблю набитые ребятами кузова машин, бараки и палатки, хоть там топор можно повесить (Аксёнов 1). What I like is trucks, barracks, tents, so jammed with guys you can hardly breathe (1a).

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  • 7 топор вешай

    • (ХОТЬ) ТОПОР ВЕШАЙ; МОЖНО ТОПОР ВЕШАТЬ highly coll
    [(хоть +) VPimper, used as impers predic (1st var.; impers predic with быть (2nd var.); fixed WO (with можно movable)]
    =====
    ⇒ it is unbearably stuffy, it feels as if there is no air to breathe (in some lodging or room):
    - you can hardly breathe.
         ♦ [author's usage] Я люблю набитые ребятами кузова машин, бараки и палатки, хоть там топор можно повесить (Аксёнов 1). What I like is trucks, barracks, tents, so jammed with guys you can hardly breathe (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > топор вешай

  • 8 хоть топор вешай

    • (ХОТЬ) ТОПОР ВЕШАЙ; МОЖНО ТОПОР ВЕШАТЬ highly coll
    [(хоть +) VPimper, used as impers predic (1st var.; impers predic with быть (2nd var.); fixed WO (with можно movable)]
    =====
    ⇒ it is unbearably stuffy, it feels as if there is no air to breathe (in some lodging or room):
    - you can hardly breathe.
         ♦ [author's usage] Я люблю набитые ребятами кузова машин, бараки и палатки, хоть там топор можно повесить (Аксёнов 1). What I like is trucks, barracks, tents, so jammed with guys you can hardly breathe (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > хоть топор вешай

  • 9 чуть

    нареч.
    1) ( едва) hardly; ( с трудом) just

    он чуть ды́шит — he can hardly breathe

    отсю́да чуть ви́дно — it can hardly be seen from here

    чуть заме́тная улы́бка — a faint smile; a ghost [gəʊst] of a smile идиом.

    2) ( немного) slightly, a little bit

    чуть леве́е — slightly [a little bit] more to the left

    3) (сразу после того как; тж. чуть то́лько) as soon as

    чуть (то́лько) он вошёл — as soon as he came in; hardly had he come in

    ••

    чуть не — nearly, almost

    он чуть не упа́л — he nearly fell

    он чуть не разби́л ча́шку — he very nearly broke the cup

    чуть ли не — nearly, almost

    чуть свет — at daybreak, at first light

    Новый большой русско-английский словарь > чуть

  • 10 чуть

    нареч.
    1. ( едва) hardly; ( немного) slightly; ( с трудом) just

    чуть-чуть — just a little; slightly

    чуть не — nearly, almost:

    чуть ли не — nearly, almost

    чуть заметная улыбка — a faint smile; a ghost of a smile идиом.

    2.:

    ♢ чуть свет — at daybreak, at first light

    Русско-английский словарь Смирнитского > чуть

  • 11 топор

    м.
    axe брит.; ax амер.

    пло́тничий топо́р — bench axe

    ••

    хоть топо́р ве́шай — ≈ one can hardly breathe

    Новый большой русско-английский словарь > топор

  • 12 душно

    в знач сказ безл
    stuffy, close

    здесь ду́шно — it's stuffy/close in here

    мне ду́шно — I can hardly breathe

    Русско-английский учебный словарь > душно

  • 13 Н-131

    ЕДВА (ЁЛЕ, ЧУТЬ, С ТРУДОМ) ДЕРЖАТЬСЯ (СТОИТЬ) НА НОГАХ НА НОГАХ НЕ ДЕРЖАТЬСЯ (НЕ СТОИТЬ) VP subj: human usu. pres or past) to walk with difficulty (because of exhaustion, weakness, intoxication etc)
    X едва держится на ногах \Н-131 X can hardly (barely, scarcely) stand on his feet
    X can hardly (barely, scarcely) stand up (straight) X is having a hard time (is experiencing some difficulty) staying on his feet (in limited contexts) X is almost dropping from fatigue X is dead on his feet.
    (Ольга:) Я устала, едва на ногах стою... (Чехов 5). (О.:) I'm tired, I can barely stand on my feet... (5c).
    (author's usage) «Ну, веришь, Порфирий, (Раскольников) сам едва на ногах, а чуть только мы, я да Зосимов, вчера отвернулись - оделся и удрал потихоньку и куролесил где-то чуть не до полночи...» (Достоевский 3). "Would you believe it, Porfiry, he (Raskolnikov) could hardly stand up, but as soon as we-Zossimov and I-turned our backs yesterday, he got dressed and made off on the sly, and carried on somewhere till almost midnight..." (3c).
    Зурин поминутно мне подливал, повторяя, что надобно к службе привыкать. Встав из-за стола, я чуть держался на ногах... (Пушкин 2). Zurin kept filling my glass, repeating that I must get used to the ways of the Service. When I rose from the table, I could hardly stand up straight (2b).
    Договор был обмыт, и в сумерках, покидая контору, оба с трудом держались на ногах (Войнович 2). The agreement was sealed with a drink and when, at twilight, the two of them left the office, they were both experiencing some difficulty staying on their feet (2a).
    Главное было передохнуть и не ездить в Москву. Передышка нам была нужна как воздух. И психически сил не хватало на нищенство у довольно бедных людей, хотя по тем временам они казались богачами, и главное — потому что мы оба еле держались на ногах (Мандельштам 2)....The main thing for us was to have a break from our journeys into Moscow. We needed this as much as air to breathe. We just had no heart anymore for the business of begging from people who were themselves quite poor-though by the standards of those times they seemed very well off. But even more to the point, we were almost dropping from fatigue (2a).

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  • 14 едва держаться на ногах

    • ЕДВА <ЕЛЕ, ЧУТЬ, С ТРУДОМ> ДЕРЖАТЬСЯ < СТОИТЬ> НА НОГАХ; НА НОГАХ НЕ ДЕРЖАТЬСЯ < НЕ СТОИТЬ>
    [VP; subj: human; usu. pres or past]
    =====
    ⇒ to walk with difficulty (because of exhaustion, weakness, intoxication etc):
    - X едва держится на ногах≈ X can hardly (barely, scarcely) stand on his feet;
    - X can hardly (barely, scarcely) stand up (straight);
    - X is having a hard time (is experiencing some difficulty) staying on his feet;
    - [in limited contexts] X is almost dropping from fatigue;
    - X is dead on his feet.
         ♦ [Ольга:] Я устала, едва на ногах стою... (Чехов 5). [О.:] I'm tired, I can barely stand on my feet... (5c).
         ♦ [author's usage] "Ну, веришь, Порфирий, [Раскольников] сам едва на ногах, а чуть только мы, я да Зосимов, вчера отвернулись - оделся и удрал потихоньку и куролесил где-то чуть не до полночи..." (Достоевский 3). "Would you believe it, Porfiry, he [Raskolnikov] could hardly stand up, but as soon as we-Zossimov and I-turned our backs yesterday, he got dressed and made off on the sly, and carried on somewhere till almost midnight..." (3c).
         ♦ Зурин поминутно мне подливал, повторяя, что надобно к службе привыкать. Встав из-за стола, я чуть держался на ногах... (Пушкин 2). Zurin kept filling my glass, repeating that I must get used to the ways of the Service. When I rose from the table, I could hardly stand up straight (2b).
         ♦ Договор был обмыт, и в сумерках, покидая контору, оба с трудом держались на ногах (Войнович 2). The agreement was sealed with a drink and when, at twilight, the two of them left the office, they were both experiencing some difficulty staying on their feet (2a).
         ♦ Главное было передохнуть и не ездить в Москву. Передышка нам была нужна как воздух. И психически сил не хватало на нищенство у довольно бедных людей, хотя по тем временам они казались богачами, и главное - потому что мы оба еле держались на ногах (Мандельштам 2)....The main thing for us was to have a break from our journeys into Moscow. We needed this as much as air to breathe. We just had no heart anymore for the business of begging from people who were themselves quite poor - though by the standards of those times they seemed very well off. But even more to the point, we were almost dropping from fatigue (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > едва держаться на ногах

  • 15 едва стоять на ногах

    • ЕДВА <ЕЛЕ, ЧУТЬ, С ТРУДОМ> ДЕРЖАТЬСЯ < СТОИТЬ> НА НОГАХ; НА НОГАХ НЕ ДЕРЖАТЬСЯ < НЕ СТОИТЬ>
    [VP; subj: human; usu. pres or past]
    =====
    ⇒ to walk with difficulty (because of exhaustion, weakness, intoxication etc):
    - X едва держится на ногах≈ X can hardly (barely, scarcely) stand on his feet;
    - X can hardly (barely, scarcely) stand up (straight);
    - X is having a hard time (is experiencing some difficulty) staying on his feet;
    - [in limited contexts] X is almost dropping from fatigue;
    - X is dead on his feet.
         ♦ [Ольга:] Я устала, едва на ногах стою... (Чехов 5). [О.:] I'm tired, I can barely stand on my feet... (5c).
         ♦ [author's usage] "Ну, веришь, Порфирий, [Раскольников] сам едва на ногах, а чуть только мы, я да Зосимов, вчера отвернулись - оделся и удрал потихоньку и куролесил где-то чуть не до полночи..." (Достоевский 3). "Would you believe it, Porfiry, he [Raskolnikov] could hardly stand up, but as soon as we-Zossimov and I-turned our backs yesterday, he got dressed and made off on the sly, and carried on somewhere till almost midnight..." (3c).
         ♦ Зурин поминутно мне подливал, повторяя, что надобно к службе привыкать. Встав из-за стола, я чуть держался на ногах... (Пушкин 2). Zurin kept filling my glass, repeating that I must get used to the ways of the Service. When I rose from the table, I could hardly stand up straight (2b).
         ♦ Договор был обмыт, и в сумерках, покидая контору, оба с трудом держались на ногах (Войнович 2). The agreement was sealed with a drink and when, at twilight, the two of them left the office, they were both experiencing some difficulty staying on their feet (2a).
         ♦ Главное было передохнуть и не ездить в Москву. Передышка нам была нужна как воздух. И психически сил не хватало на нищенство у довольно бедных людей, хотя по тем временам они казались богачами, и главное - потому что мы оба еле держались на ногах (Мандельштам 2)....The main thing for us was to have a break from our journeys into Moscow. We needed this as much as air to breathe. We just had no heart anymore for the business of begging from people who were themselves quite poor - though by the standards of those times they seemed very well off. But even more to the point, we were almost dropping from fatigue (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > едва стоять на ногах

  • 16 еле держаться на ногах

    • ЕДВА <ЕЛЕ, ЧУТЬ, С ТРУДОМ> ДЕРЖАТЬСЯ < СТОИТЬ> НА НОГАХ; НА НОГАХ НЕ ДЕРЖАТЬСЯ < НЕ СТОИТЬ>
    [VP; subj: human; usu. pres or past]
    =====
    ⇒ to walk with difficulty (because of exhaustion, weakness, intoxication etc):
    - X едва держится на ногах≈ X can hardly (barely, scarcely) stand on his feet;
    - X can hardly (barely, scarcely) stand up (straight);
    - X is having a hard time (is experiencing some difficulty) staying on his feet;
    - [in limited contexts] X is almost dropping from fatigue;
    - X is dead on his feet.
         ♦ [Ольга:] Я устала, едва на ногах стою... (Чехов 5). [О.:] I'm tired, I can barely stand on my feet... (5c).
         ♦ [author's usage] "Ну, веришь, Порфирий, [Раскольников] сам едва на ногах, а чуть только мы, я да Зосимов, вчера отвернулись - оделся и удрал потихоньку и куролесил где-то чуть не до полночи..." (Достоевский 3). "Would you believe it, Porfiry, he [Raskolnikov] could hardly stand up, but as soon as we-Zossimov and I-turned our backs yesterday, he got dressed and made off on the sly, and carried on somewhere till almost midnight..." (3c).
         ♦ Зурин поминутно мне подливал, повторяя, что надобно к службе привыкать. Встав из-за стола, я чуть держался на ногах... (Пушкин 2). Zurin kept filling my glass, repeating that I must get used to the ways of the Service. When I rose from the table, I could hardly stand up straight (2b).
         ♦ Договор был обмыт, и в сумерках, покидая контору, оба с трудом держались на ногах (Войнович 2). The agreement was sealed with a drink and when, at twilight, the two of them left the office, they were both experiencing some difficulty staying on their feet (2a).
         ♦ Главное было передохнуть и не ездить в Москву. Передышка нам была нужна как воздух. И психически сил не хватало на нищенство у довольно бедных людей, хотя по тем временам они казались богачами, и главное - потому что мы оба еле держались на ногах (Мандельштам 2)....The main thing for us was to have a break from our journeys into Moscow. We needed this as much as air to breathe. We just had no heart anymore for the business of begging from people who were themselves quite poor - though by the standards of those times they seemed very well off. But even more to the point, we were almost dropping from fatigue (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > еле держаться на ногах

  • 17 еле стоять на ногах

    • ЕДВА <ЕЛЕ, ЧУТЬ, С ТРУДОМ> ДЕРЖАТЬСЯ < СТОИТЬ> НА НОГАХ; НА НОГАХ НЕ ДЕРЖАТЬСЯ < НЕ СТОИТЬ>
    [VP; subj: human; usu. pres or past]
    =====
    ⇒ to walk with difficulty (because of exhaustion, weakness, intoxication etc):
    - X едва держится на ногах≈ X can hardly (barely, scarcely) stand on his feet;
    - X can hardly (barely, scarcely) stand up (straight);
    - X is having a hard time (is experiencing some difficulty) staying on his feet;
    - [in limited contexts] X is almost dropping from fatigue;
    - X is dead on his feet.
         ♦ [Ольга:] Я устала, едва на ногах стою... (Чехов 5). [О.:] I'm tired, I can barely stand on my feet... (5c).
         ♦ [author's usage] "Ну, веришь, Порфирий, [Раскольников] сам едва на ногах, а чуть только мы, я да Зосимов, вчера отвернулись - оделся и удрал потихоньку и куролесил где-то чуть не до полночи..." (Достоевский 3). "Would you believe it, Porfiry, he [Raskolnikov] could hardly stand up, but as soon as we-Zossimov and I-turned our backs yesterday, he got dressed and made off on the sly, and carried on somewhere till almost midnight..." (3c).
         ♦ Зурин поминутно мне подливал, повторяя, что надобно к службе привыкать. Встав из-за стола, я чуть держался на ногах... (Пушкин 2). Zurin kept filling my glass, repeating that I must get used to the ways of the Service. When I rose from the table, I could hardly stand up straight (2b).
         ♦ Договор был обмыт, и в сумерках, покидая контору, оба с трудом держались на ногах (Войнович 2). The agreement was sealed with a drink and when, at twilight, the two of them left the office, they were both experiencing some difficulty staying on their feet (2a).
         ♦ Главное было передохнуть и не ездить в Москву. Передышка нам была нужна как воздух. И психически сил не хватало на нищенство у довольно бедных людей, хотя по тем временам они казались богачами, и главное - потому что мы оба еле держались на ногах (Мандельштам 2)....The main thing for us was to have a break from our journeys into Moscow. We needed this as much as air to breathe. We just had no heart anymore for the business of begging from people who were themselves quite poor - though by the standards of those times they seemed very well off. But even more to the point, we were almost dropping from fatigue (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > еле стоять на ногах

  • 18 на ногах не держаться

    • ЕДВА <ЕЛЕ, ЧУТЬ, С ТРУДОМ> ДЕРЖАТЬСЯ < СТОИТЬ> НА НОГАХ; НА НОГАХ НЕ ДЕРЖАТЬСЯ < НЕ СТОИТЬ>
    [VP; subj: human; usu. pres or past]
    =====
    ⇒ to walk with difficulty (because of exhaustion, weakness, intoxication etc):
    - X едва держится на ногах≈ X can hardly (barely, scarcely) stand on his feet;
    - X can hardly (barely, scarcely) stand up (straight);
    - X is having a hard time (is experiencing some difficulty) staying on his feet;
    - [in limited contexts] X is almost dropping from fatigue;
    - X is dead on his feet.
         ♦ [Ольга:] Я устала, едва на ногах стою... (Чехов 5). [О.:] I'm tired, I can barely stand on my feet... (5c).
         ♦ [author's usage] "Ну, веришь, Порфирий, [Раскольников] сам едва на ногах, а чуть только мы, я да Зосимов, вчера отвернулись - оделся и удрал потихоньку и куролесил где-то чуть не до полночи..." (Достоевский 3). "Would you believe it, Porfiry, he [Raskolnikov] could hardly stand up, but as soon as we-Zossimov and I-turned our backs yesterday, he got dressed and made off on the sly, and carried on somewhere till almost midnight..." (3c).
         ♦ Зурин поминутно мне подливал, повторяя, что надобно к службе привыкать. Встав из-за стола, я чуть держался на ногах... (Пушкин 2). Zurin kept filling my glass, repeating that I must get used to the ways of the Service. When I rose from the table, I could hardly stand up straight (2b).
         ♦ Договор был обмыт, и в сумерках, покидая контору, оба с трудом держались на ногах (Войнович 2). The agreement was sealed with a drink and when, at twilight, the two of them left the office, they were both experiencing some difficulty staying on their feet (2a).
         ♦ Главное было передохнуть и не ездить в Москву. Передышка нам была нужна как воздух. И психически сил не хватало на нищенство у довольно бедных людей, хотя по тем временам они казались богачами, и главное - потому что мы оба еле держались на ногах (Мандельштам 2)....The main thing for us was to have a break from our journeys into Moscow. We needed this as much as air to breathe. We just had no heart anymore for the business of begging from people who were themselves quite poor - though by the standards of those times they seemed very well off. But even more to the point, we were almost dropping from fatigue (2a).

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  • 19 на ногах не стоять

    • ЕДВА <ЕЛЕ, ЧУТЬ, С ТРУДОМ> ДЕРЖАТЬСЯ < СТОИТЬ> НА НОГАХ; НА НОГАХ НЕ ДЕРЖАТЬСЯ < НЕ СТОИТЬ>
    [VP; subj: human; usu. pres or past]
    =====
    ⇒ to walk with difficulty (because of exhaustion, weakness, intoxication etc):
    - X едва держится на ногах≈ X can hardly (barely, scarcely) stand on his feet;
    - X can hardly (barely, scarcely) stand up (straight);
    - X is having a hard time (is experiencing some difficulty) staying on his feet;
    - [in limited contexts] X is almost dropping from fatigue;
    - X is dead on his feet.
         ♦ [Ольга:] Я устала, едва на ногах стою... (Чехов 5). [О.:] I'm tired, I can barely stand on my feet... (5c).
         ♦ [author's usage] "Ну, веришь, Порфирий, [Раскольников] сам едва на ногах, а чуть только мы, я да Зосимов, вчера отвернулись - оделся и удрал потихоньку и куролесил где-то чуть не до полночи..." (Достоевский 3). "Would you believe it, Porfiry, he [Raskolnikov] could hardly stand up, but as soon as we-Zossimov and I-turned our backs yesterday, he got dressed and made off on the sly, and carried on somewhere till almost midnight..." (3c).
         ♦ Зурин поминутно мне подливал, повторяя, что надобно к службе привыкать. Встав из-за стола, я чуть держался на ногах... (Пушкин 2). Zurin kept filling my glass, repeating that I must get used to the ways of the Service. When I rose from the table, I could hardly stand up straight (2b).
         ♦ Договор был обмыт, и в сумерках, покидая контору, оба с трудом держались на ногах (Войнович 2). The agreement was sealed with a drink and when, at twilight, the two of them left the office, they were both experiencing some difficulty staying on their feet (2a).
         ♦ Главное было передохнуть и не ездить в Москву. Передышка нам была нужна как воздух. И психически сил не хватало на нищенство у довольно бедных людей, хотя по тем временам они казались богачами, и главное - потому что мы оба еле держались на ногах (Мандельштам 2)....The main thing for us was to have a break from our journeys into Moscow. We needed this as much as air to breathe. We just had no heart anymore for the business of begging from people who were themselves quite poor - though by the standards of those times they seemed very well off. But even more to the point, we were almost dropping from fatigue (2a).

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  • 20 с трудом держаться на ногах

    • ЕДВА <ЕЛЕ, ЧУТЬ, С ТРУДОМ> ДЕРЖАТЬСЯ < СТОИТЬ> НА НОГАХ; НА НОГАХ НЕ ДЕРЖАТЬСЯ < НЕ СТОИТЬ>
    [VP; subj: human; usu. pres or past]
    =====
    ⇒ to walk with difficulty (because of exhaustion, weakness, intoxication etc):
    - X едва держится на ногах≈ X can hardly (barely, scarcely) stand on his feet;
    - X can hardly (barely, scarcely) stand up (straight);
    - X is having a hard time (is experiencing some difficulty) staying on his feet;
    - [in limited contexts] X is almost dropping from fatigue;
    - X is dead on his feet.
         ♦ [Ольга:] Я устала, едва на ногах стою... (Чехов 5). [О.:] I'm tired, I can barely stand on my feet... (5c).
         ♦ [author's usage] "Ну, веришь, Порфирий, [Раскольников] сам едва на ногах, а чуть только мы, я да Зосимов, вчера отвернулись - оделся и удрал потихоньку и куролесил где-то чуть не до полночи..." (Достоевский 3). "Would you believe it, Porfiry, he [Raskolnikov] could hardly stand up, but as soon as we-Zossimov and I-turned our backs yesterday, he got dressed and made off on the sly, and carried on somewhere till almost midnight..." (3c).
         ♦ Зурин поминутно мне подливал, повторяя, что надобно к службе привыкать. Встав из-за стола, я чуть держался на ногах... (Пушкин 2). Zurin kept filling my glass, repeating that I must get used to the ways of the Service. When I rose from the table, I could hardly stand up straight (2b).
         ♦ Договор был обмыт, и в сумерках, покидая контору, оба с трудом держались на ногах (Войнович 2). The agreement was sealed with a drink and when, at twilight, the two of them left the office, they were both experiencing some difficulty staying on their feet (2a).
         ♦ Главное было передохнуть и не ездить в Москву. Передышка нам была нужна как воздух. И психически сил не хватало на нищенство у довольно бедных людей, хотя по тем временам они казались богачами, и главное - потому что мы оба еле держались на ногах (Мандельштам 2)....The main thing for us was to have a break from our journeys into Moscow. We needed this as much as air to breathe. We just had no heart anymore for the business of begging from people who were themselves quite poor - though by the standards of those times they seemed very well off. But even more to the point, we were almost dropping from fatigue (2a).

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