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idle chatter

  • 1 разводить турусы

    разводить турусы < на колёсах>
    разг., ирон.
    1) (говорить чепуху, вздор, небылицы) talk nonsense; talk through one's hat; spin a yarn

    [Никитич] и сам иногда подумает о себе: складно выходит... Такие турусы разведёт, что тебе поп раньше. (В. Шукшин, Охота жить) — And sometimes he would think to himself, darn me, what a speaker I am. He could spin a yarn as good as any priest in the old days.

    2) (вести пустые разговоры, тратить время на болтовню) spend one's time in idle chatter (talk); cackle

    - Нет, ты не торопись; милый человек. Послушай, кто я, что я, зачем пришёл к тебе. Давай присядем... Канатчиков собрался закричать на старика, "некогда, мол, мне турусы на колёсах с тобой разводить", но... покорно опустился в своё кресло. (Г. Марков, Грядущему веку) — 'Don't be hasty, my dear man. First listen to who I am, what I am, and why I came to you. Let's sit down.' Kanatchikov was about to shout that he had no time to spend in idle chatter, but... obediently sat down in his chair.

    - В рыбацком деле смелость нужна. И риска тут бояться нечего. Ежели лёд раскололся и река пошла, тут брат, нечего турусы разводить и народ расхолаживать. (В. Закруткин, Плавучая станица) — 'A fisherman's job requires grit. You've got to take risks. When the ice has broken up and started moving it's no time for cackling and throwing a wet blanket on people.'

    Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > разводить турусы

  • 2 П-144

    ПЁЧКИ-ЛАВОЧКИ substand NP pl only)
    1. trifles, unimportant things
    this and that
    nothing in particular.
    "О чём вы с ней говорили?» - подозрительно спросил Паниковский. «Так, ни о чём, печки-лавочки», - ответил Остап (Ильф и Петров 2). "What were you talking about?" Pani-kovsky asked suspiciously. "Oh, this and that" Ostap replied (2a).
    2. (to engage in) empty talk: (engage in) idle chatter
    (be) chattering (gabbing, chitchatting, yakking etc) chatter away.
    Хватит печки-лавочки разводить, пора за дело приниматься. Quit your yakking, it's time to get down to work.
    3. \П-144 у кого с кем a close acquaintanceship
    buddy-buddy relationship
    getting chummy (with s.o.).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > П-144

  • 3 Т-44

    ТАРЫ-БАРЫ (ТАРЫ ДА БАРЫ, ТАРЫ-БАРЫ-РАСТАБАРЫ) all highly coll NP fixed WO
    empty conversation, idle chatter
    tittle-tattle
    chitchat chhier chatter (when trying to get sth. from s.o., occas. in a relationship between the sexes) sweet talk sweet-talking.
    Егорша решил: обстановка неподходящая. В избу к себе Раечку не затащишь, на маслозаводе постоянно вертятся люди, надо, видно, на природу выходить. Листочки, кустики, то-сё, тары-бары-растабары - растает (Абрамов 1). Egorsha decided it was the surroundings that were not conducive. Raechka would not let herself be dragged off to his place, and there was a constant mob of people at the dairy. So obviously she would have to be taken out into the wide-open spaces. The leaves, the bushes, this and that, a little sweet-talking-she'd melt! (1a).

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  • 4 печки-лавочки

    [NP; pl only]
    =====
    1. trifles, unimportant things:
    - nothing in particular.
         ♦ "О чём вы с ней говорили?" - подозрительно спросил Паниковский. "Так, ни о чём, печки-лавочки", - ответил Остап (Ильф и Петров 2). "What were you talking about?" Panikovsky asked suspiciously. "Oh, this and that" Ostap replied (2a).
    2. (to engage in) empty talk:
    - (be) chattering (gabbing, chitchatting, yakking etc);
    - chatter away.
         ♦ Хватит печки-лавочки разводить, пора за дело приниматься. Quit your yakking, it's time to get down to work.
    3. печки-лавочки у кого с кем a close acquaintanceship:
    - getting chummy (with s.o.).

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  • 5 тары да бары

    [NP; fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ empty conversation, idle chatter:
    - [when trying to get sth. from s.o., occas. in a relationship between the sexes] sweet talk;
    - sweet-talking.
         ♦ Егорша решил: обстановка неподходящая. В избу к себе Раечку не затащишь, на маслозаводе постоянно вертятся люди, надо, видно, на природу выходить. Листочки, кустики, то-сё, тары-бары-растабары - растает (Абрамов 1). Egorsha decided it was the surroundings that were not conducive. Raechka would not let herself be dragged off to his place, and there was a constant mob of people at the dairy. So obviously she would have to be taken out into the wide-open spaces. The leaves, the bushes, this and that, a little sweet-talking-she'd melt! (1a).

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  • 6 тары-бары

    • ТАРЫ-БАРЫ (ТАРЫ ДА БАРЫ, ТАРЫ-БАРЫ-РАСТАБАРЫ) all highly coll
    [NP; fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ empty conversation, idle chatter:
    - [when trying to get sth. from s.o., occas. in a relationship between the sexes] sweet talk;
    - sweet-talking.
         ♦ Егорша решил: обстановка неподходящая. В избу к себе Раечку не затащишь, на маслозаводе постоянно вертятся люди, надо, видно, на природу выходить. Листочки, кустики, то-сё, тары-бары-растабары - растает (Абрамов 1). Egorsha decided it was the surroundings that were not conducive. Raechka would not let herself be dragged off to his place, and there was a constant mob of people at the dairy. So obviously she would have to be taken out into the wide-open spaces. The leaves, the bushes, this and that, a little sweet-talking-she'd melt! (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > тары-бары

  • 7 тары-бары-растабары

    [NP; fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ empty conversation, idle chatter:
    - [when trying to get sth. from s.o., occas. in a relationship between the sexes] sweet talk;
    - sweet-talking.
         ♦ Егорша решил: обстановка неподходящая. В избу к себе Раечку не затащишь, на маслозаводе постоянно вертятся люди, надо, видно, на природу выходить. Листочки, кустики, то-сё, тары-бары-растабары - растает (Абрамов 1). Egorsha decided it was the surroundings that were not conducive. Raechka would not let herself be dragged off to his place, and there was a constant mob of people at the dairy. So obviously she would have to be taken out into the wide-open spaces. The leaves, the bushes, this and that, a little sweet-talking-she'd melt! (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > тары-бары-растабары

  • 8 пустая болтовня

    3) American: kafooster
    4) Diplomatic term: hogwash
    6) Advertising: loose talk
    8) Taboo: piss and wind
    9) Idiomatic expression: more heat than light (The meeting that was held to discuss the problem generated more heat than light. Встреча, которая состоялась для обсуждения проблемы, вылилась в пустую болтовню.)

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > пустая болтовня

  • 9 надоедать (кому-л.) пустой болтовнёй

    General subject: weary with idle chatter

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  • 10 А-31

    РАЗВОДИТЬ АНТИМОНИИ (-ю) coll VP subj: human
    1. \А-31 с кем to talk about insignificant matters, engage in idle chatter
    X разводит антимонии - X is blabbing (gabbing)
    X is shooting the breeze (with person Y).
    2. - с кем to treat s.o. with excessive gentleness, leniency
    X с Y-om антимонии разводит - X treats Y with kid gloves
    X is too easy on Y X is too soft with Y.
    3. (often infin with нечего, хватит, брось(те) etc) to observe superfluous social conventions
    X разводит антимонии - X stands on ceremony
    брось(те) разводить антимонии = (oh, stop,) I don't want to hear another word about it
    (in limited contexts) oh, don't be silly.

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  • 11 Б-87

    БОБЫ РАЗВОДИТЬ substand VP subj: human usu. this WO
    1. to waste one's time on trifles, act very slowly, procrastinate
    X бобы разводит - X fritters (fiddles) away the time
    (in limited contexts) X drags his feet.
    (author's usage) «Чем в губернское правление-то шататься да пустяки на бобах разводить, лучше бы дело делать!» (Салтыков-Щедрин 2). "Instead of wasting his time in government departments and frittering away the precious minutes on some stupid trifles, he (the pompadour) should have been doing something!" (2a).
    2. obsoles to talk about insignificant, frivolous matters (often in order to distract s.o. from sth.), engage in idle chatter
    X бобы разводит - X is prattling (on)
    X is babbling (in limited contexts) X is beating around (about) the bush
    X и Y бобы разводят - X and Y are gabbing
    X and Y are shooting the breeze (the bull).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > Б-87

  • 12 Л-177

    ТОЧЙТЬ/ПОТОЧЙТЬ ЛЯСЫ (БАЛЙСЫ) (с кем) highly coll VP subj: human to be occupied with idle chatter (often to the detriment of the matter at hand)
    X точит лясы (с Y-ом) = X is chewing the fat (with Y)
    X is shooting the breeze (the bull) (with Y) X is wagging his tongue.
    ...За делом Алёша лясы не точил, знал прежде дело, а уж потом всё остальное... (Распутин 4). Alyosha never chewed the fat when there was work to be done, he did the work first and then whatever else he might have felt like... (4a).
    Вот мы с вами сидим, лясы точим и ноги чешем, а там, за окном, быть может... всему свету наступает конец... (Терц 6). Here we sit, you and I, wagging our tongues and scratching our heels, and who knows if there, outside the window...the whole world is coming to an end... (6a).
    ...Лясы» or «балясы» were small, decorative columns used to adorn banisters. While making them, craftsmen entertained themselves by chatting with each other. м

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > Л-177

  • 13 П-638

    ПЕРЕЛИВАТЬ (ПЕРЕСЫПАТЬ obs) ИЗ ПУСТОГО В ПОРОЖНЕЕ coll, disapprov I VP subj: human fixed WOl to spend time unproductively, occupying o.s. with unnecessary, useless activities or carrying on empty, pointless conversations
    X переливает из пустого в порожнее — X is milling the wind (pouring water through a sieve, beating the air)
    I in refer, to empty conversations only J X is shooting the breeze X is engaged in idle chatter.
    (Войницкий:) Человек ровно двадцать пять лет читает и пишет об искусстве, ровно ничего не понимая в искусстве... Двадцать пять лет читает и пишет о том, что умным давно уже известно, а для глупых неинтересно: значит, двадцать пять лет переливает из пустого в порожнее (Чехов 3). (V:)..А man lectures and writes about art for exactly twenty-five years, and understands exactly nothing about it... Twenty-five years lecturing and writing about what intelligent people already know and stupid people aren't interested in-which means twenty-five years of milling the wind (3a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > П-638

  • 14 Т-43

    РАЗВОДИТЬ ТАРЫ-БАРЫ (ТАРЫ ДА БАРЫ, ТАРЫ-БАРЫ-РАСТАБАРЫ) (с кем) highly coll VP subj: human to engage in empty conversation, idle chatter
    X и Y разводят тары-бары - X and Y are shooting the breeze (the bull)
    X and Y are chewing the fat (the rag) X and Y are wagging their tongues (chins).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > Т-43

  • 15 Я-29

    ТОЧИТЬ/ПОТОЧИТЬ ЯЗЫК highly coll (V?\ subj: human
    1. to engage in idle chatter
    X точит язык — X wags his tongue
    X shoots the breeze (the bull) X flaps his jaws (gums) X gabs (jabbers, chatters) away.
    По субботам у Марьи Семёновны собиралось небольшое дамское общество. За чашкой чая дамы точили языки, обсуждая последние городские новости. On Saturdays a small group of ladies would gather at Marya Semyonovna's home. Over tea they would wag their tongues, discussing the latest news of the city.
    2. \Я-29 на ком ( impfv only) to gossip maliciously, make snide or mocking remarks about s.o.: X точит язык на Y-e - X picks Y apart
    X makes sport (fun) of Y X makes Y the butt of X's ridicule (jokes).

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  • 16 надоедать пустой болтовнёй

    General subject: (кому-л.) weary with idle chatter

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  • 17 разводить антимонии

    • РАЗВОДИТЬ АНТИМОНИИ <-ю> coll
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    1. разводить антимонии с кем to talk about insignificant matters, engage in idle chatter:
    - X разводит антимонии≈ X is blabbing (gabbing);
    - X is shooting the breeze (with person Y).
    2. разводить антимонии с кем to treat s.o. with excessive gentleness, leniency:
    - X с Y-ом антимонии разводит≈ X treats Y with kid gloves;
    - X is too soft with Y.
    3. [often infin with нечего, хватит, брось(те) etc]
    ⇒ to observe superfluous social conventions:
    - X разводит антимонии≈ X stands on ceremony;
    || брось(те) разводить антимонии≈ (oh, stop,) I don't want to hear another word about it;
    - [in limited contexts] oh, don't be silly.

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  • 18 бобы разводить

    [VP; subj: human; usu. this WO]
    =====
    1. to waste one's time on trifles, act very slowly, procrastinate:
    - X бобы разводит≈ X fritters (fiddles) away the time;
    - [in limited contexts] X drags his feet.
         ♦ [author's usage] "Чем в губернское правление-то шататься да пустяки на бобах разводить, лучше бы дело делать!" (Салтыков-Щедрин 2). "Instead of wasting his time in government departments and frittering away the precious minutes on some stupid trifles, he [the pompadour] should have been doing something!" (2a).
    2. obsoles to talk about insignificant, frivolous matters (often in order to distract s.o. from sth.), engage in idle chatter:
    - X бобы разводит≈ X is prattling (on);
    - [in limited contexts] X is beating around (about) the bush;
    - X and Y are shooting the breeze (the bull).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > бобы разводить

  • 19 поточить балясы

    • ТОЧИТЬ/ПОТОЧИТЬ ЛЯСЫ < БАЛИСЫ> (с кем) highly coll
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    ⇒ to be occupied with idle chatter (often to the detriment of the matter at hand):
    - X точит лясы (с Y-ом) ≈ X is chewing the fat (with Y);
    - X is wagging his tongue.
         ♦...За делом Алёша лясы не точил, знал прежде дело, а уж потом всё остальное... (Распутин 4). Alyosha never chewed the fat when there was work to be done, he did the work first and then whatever else he might have felt like... (4a).
         ♦ Вот мы с вами сидим, лясы точим и ноги чешем, а там, за окном, быть может... всему свету наступает конец... (Терц 6). Here we sit, you and I, wagging our tongues and scratching our heels, and who knows if there, outside the window...the whole world is coming to an end... (6a).
    —————
    ← " Лясы" or " балясы" were small, decorative columns used to adorn banisters. While making them, craftsmen entertained themselves by chatting with each other.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > поточить балясы

  • 20 поточить лясы

    • ТОЧИТЬ/ПОТОЧИТЬ ЛЯСЫ < БАЛИСЫ> (с кем) highly coll
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    ⇒ to be occupied with idle chatter (often to the detriment of the matter at hand):
    - X точит лясы (с Y-ом) ≈ X is chewing the fat (with Y);
    - X is wagging his tongue.
         ♦...За делом Алёша лясы не точил, знал прежде дело, а уж потом всё остальное... (Распутин 4). Alyosha never chewed the fat when there was work to be done, he did the work first and then whatever else he might have felt like... (4a).
         ♦ Вот мы с вами сидим, лясы точим и ноги чешем, а там, за окном, быть может... всему свету наступает конец... (Терц 6). Here we sit, you and I, wagging our tongues and scratching our heels, and who knows if there, outside the window...the whole world is coming to an end... (6a).
    —————
    ← " Лясы" or " балясы" were small, decorative columns used to adorn banisters. While making them, craftsmen entertained themselves by chatting with each other.

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