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частица; разг.
lo and behold!, hey presto!* * ** * *частица; lo and behold!, hey presto! -
2 по щучьему веленью
по щучьему веленью < по моему хотенью>фольк.by (with) a wave of the wand; by jiggery-pokery; hey-presto!Жили да были два генерала, и так как оба были легкомысленны, то в скором времени, по щучьему велению, по моему хотению, очутились на необитаемом острове. (М. Салтыков-Щедрин, Повесть о том, как один мужик двух генералов прокормил) — Once upon a time there lived two high officials, and so feather-brained were they that, hey presto! - they found themselves on a desert island.
Вася никогда ни в чём не знал отказа, ему всё давалось по щучьему веленью. Это хорошо в сказке, но для Васи сказка слишком затянулась. (Ю. Нагибин, Старая черепаха) — Vasya did not know what refusal meant. Everything came to him with a wave of a wand. All right in a fairy-tale, but for Vasya the fairy-tale had gone on too long.
"Обыкновенным, - спорит мама, - или необыкновенным человек сам себя делает. А не делается по щучьему велению". (А. Лиханов, Мой генерал) — 'People make themselves ordinary,' says Mum, 'or extraordinary. It's not done by jiggery-pokery.'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > по щучьему веленью
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General subject: hey-pass, hey-presto -
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General subject: hey pass, hey presto -
6 алле-гоп!
General subject: hey-pass (восклицание фокусника или жонглёра), hey-presto (восклицание фокусника или жонглёра) -
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10 раз-два и готово
раз-два (раз-раз) <да> и готоворазг.one will do it in a jiffy; cf. it's as easy as pie; that did the trick!; hey presto!Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > раз-два и готово
См. также в других словарях:
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hey presto — exclamation see presto … English new terms dictionary
hey presto — interjection Date: 1731 British suddenly as if by magic … New Collegiate Dictionary
hey presto — interjection especially BrE used to say that something happens so easily that it seems to be magic … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
hey presto — UK / US interjection British 1) said when someone or something changes so quickly that it seems like magic 2) said just before you finish a magic trick … English dictionary
hey-presto — /heɪ ˈprɛstoʊ/ (say hay prestoh) interjection (an exclamation of triumph, etc., on the completion of a conjuring trick, feat, etc.) …
hey pass — hey presto or (old) hey pass interjection and noun A conjuror s expression, as on successfully accomplishing a trick • • • Main Entry: ↑hey … Useful english dictionary
presto — ► ADVERB & ADJECTIVE Music ▪ in a quick tempo. ► EXCLAMATION (Brit. also hey presto) ▪ announcing the successful completion of a conjuring trick or other surprising achievement. ORIGIN Italian, quick, quickly … English terms dictionary
presto — pres|to1 [ˈprestəu US tou] adj, adv technical played or sung very quickly presto 2 presto2 plural prestos n technical a piece of music, or part of one, that is played or sung very quickly presto 3 presto3 interjection AmE said when something… … Dictionary of contemporary English