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ДЛЯ ОТВОДА ГЛАЗ coll PrepP Invar adv or subj-compl with бытье ( subj: usu. concr or abstr) fixed WOin order to distract attention from sth., mislead s.o.: as a diversionary move (tactic, maneuver)as a smoke screen (in order) to divert attention from sth. (in limited contexts) (using sth.) as a front just to fool s.o.X был для отвода глаз - X was а diversionary move (tactic, maneuver)X was a smoke screen (in limited contexts) X was a front.В сетку для отвода глаз бросаете кусок мыла «Кармен»... но в секции детских игрушек берете огромную резиновую рыбу, выпускаете из нее воздух, затычку прячете себе за щеку, а плоскую рыбу - себе под свитер (Аксенов 6). As a diversionary move you throw into your basket a piece of Carmen brand soap... but in the children's toy section you pick up an enormous rubber fish, let the air out of it, then hide the plug in your mouth and the flattened fish under your sweater (6a).В указе говорилось о множестве жителей больших городов, которые состоят на работе для виду, для отвода глаз, а на самом деле занимаются темными махинациями... (Эткинд 1). The decree spoke of the large number of people living in large cities and taking on jobs for appearance' sake, to divert attention from their real and unsavory activities (1a).Кооператив... «важен для нас перед внешним миром, но мало значит внутри». То есть кооператив для отвода глаз, а на самом деле... «это наша альтернатива существующему строю» (Войнович 1)....A coop..."was important to us for the outside world but internally it had little meaning." In other words, the coop was a front, in fact, "it was our alternative to the existing system" (1a). -
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• ДЛЯ ОТВОДА ГЛАЗ coll[PrepP; Invar; adv or subj-compl with быть (subj: usu. concr or abstr); fixed WO]=====⇒ in order to distract attention from sth., mislead s.o.:- as a diversionary move <tactic, maneuver>;- (in order) to divert attention from sth.;- [in limited contexts](using sth.) as a front;- just to fool s.o.;- [in limited contexts] X was a front.♦ В сетку для отвода глаз бросаете кусок мыла "Кармен"... но в секции детских игрушек берете огромную резиновую рыбу, выпускаете из неё воздух, затычку прячете себе за щеку, а плоскую рыбу - себе под свитер (Аксёнов 6). As a diversionary move you throw into your basket a piece of Carmen brand soap... but in the children's toy section you pick up an enormous rubber fish, let the air out of it, then hide the plug in your mouth and the flattened fish under your sweater (6a).♦ В указе говорилось о множестве жителей больших городов, которые состоят на работе для виду, для отвода глаз, а на самом деле занимаются тёмными махинациями... (Эткинд 1). The decree spoke of the large number of people living in large cities and taking on jobs for appearance' sake, to divert attention from their real and unsavory activities (1a).♦ Кооператив... "важен для нас перед внешним миром, но мало значит внутри". То есть кооператив для отвода глаз, а на самом деле... "это наша альтернатива существующему строю" (Войнович 1)....A coop..."was important to us for the outside world but internally it had little meaning." In other words, the coop was a front, in fact, "it was our alternative to the existing system" (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > для отвода глаз
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1) General subject: for appearance's sake, in order to distract attention, as a blind, for show, as a distraction, for effect, window dressing2) Set phrase: put up a smoke-screen -
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Iразг. look away; turn one's eyes away; avert one's eyesОн сошёл со сцены, скромный, улыбающийся, и спросил, привычно ожидая похвалы: - Ну как? - Ничего, - сказала Тоня, отводя глаза. (С. Антонов, Дело было в Пенькове) — He came down the steps smiling modestly, and asked Tonya, anticipating praise as usual: 'How did it go?' 'All right,' Tonya said, looking away.
IIУчительница стала спрашивать домашнее задание, и все в классе отвели в сторону глаза. Я тоже не выучил урок и тоже отвёл глаза. (Н. Евдокимов, Страстная площадь) — The teacher started questioning with regard to the homework assignment and everyone in class averted their eyes. I also hadn't done the homework and also averted my eyes.
( кому) разг. distract smb.'s attention; take smb. in; deceive smb.; cf. pull the wool over smb.'s eyesТрофимов.
И, очевидно, все хорошие разговоры у нас для того только, чтобы отвести глаза себе и другим. (А. Чехов, Вишнёвый сад) — Trofimov. It's plain that all our clever conversations are only meant to distract our own attention and other people's.Никита повернул направо, к речке, и старался идти по дороге, по чужим следам, в тех же местах, где снег был нетронутый, чистый, - Никита шёл задом наперёд, чтобы отвести глаза Аркадию Ивановичу. (А. Толстой, Детство Никиты) — Nikita turned to the right, towards the river, and tried to keep to the road, walking in other people's footprints and in places where the snow was untrampled going backwards in order to deceive Arkady Ivanovich.
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