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  • 1 то ли дело

    разг.
    it's quite a different matter; it's another thing altogether; what a difference

    Истина-то не всякому достаётся - поди, добивайся! - пожалуй, за неё и десятью копеечками со строчки не отбояришься! То ли дело обман! Знай, пиши да обманывай. (М. Салтыков-Щедрин, Обманщик-газетчик и легковерный читатель) — Not everyone is up to the job of writing truth. Anyhow, just go and try to find it. It's more than likely that you wouldn't even get it for a kopeck a line. But lies - that's a different matter. Just scribble away any nonsense you like.

    Светлову шёл тридцать шестой год, но сейчас ему можно было дать все сорок. Лысый, располневший, с почти квадратной фигурой мужчина - кому он нужен! Соня права. То ли дело Ветрин! (И. Забелин, Без свидетелей) — Svetlov was getting on for thirty-six, but now you could have given him all of forty. Bald, stout, with an almost square figure, who cared for him? Sonya was right. Vetrin was another man altogether.

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  • 2 совсем другое дело

    1) General subject: a horse of another color, another cup of tea, another pair of shoes, quite a different story (smth. is quite a different story), quite a different proposition, that's another pair of shoes, it makes all the difference in the world, horse of a different color, horse of a different colour

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  • 3 совсем другое дело

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  • 4 со всеми потрохами

    прост.
    cf. < with> bag and baggage; with all the trimmings; with all one has got

    Вчера вечером в избушку на курьих ножках заезжал местный урядник. - Сначала-то он честь-честью сел и водки потребовал, - говорила Мануйлиха, - а потом и пошёл, и пошёл. Выбирайся, говорит, из хаты в двадцать четыре часа со всеми своими потрохами. (А. Куприн, Олеся) — The uryadnik had dropped into the witch's hut the night before. 'At first he sat down nicely and asked for some vodka,' said Manuilikha, 'and then he let go. 'You clear out of this house,' he says, 'in twenty-four hours, with bag and baggage.'

    - Так. А если он не хозяин, а лодырь? - Кто? Барин-то? Ну, это дело особая. У такого-то и со всеми потрохами отнять [землю] не грех! (И. Бунин, Деревня) — 'I see. And supposing a man's a loafer and the land's wasted on him?' 'Who's a loafer? The landlord? Now, that's another thing altogether. It's no sin to take all he's got from someone like that!'

    Помощник капитана говорил: - Нашему хозяину адски везёт. На гибели анилиновых заводов он зарабатывает столько, что купит всю Германию вместе с потрохами, Гогенцоллернами и социал-демократами. (А. Толстой, Гиперболоид инженера Гарина) — 'Our owner has all the luck,' said the mate. 'The wreck of the Aniline Company's works will bring him in enough profit to buy up the whole of Germany with all the trimmings, Hohenzollerns and Social-Democrats thrown in.'

    Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > со всеми потрохами

  • 5 это совсем другое дело

    1) General subject: that is another pair of shoes (Верещагин), that is quite different, that's quite another thing, the shoe is on the other foot, this is a horse of another colour
    2) Set phrase: that's a horse of another colour (дословно: Это лошадь другой масти)

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  • 6 С-554

    ОСОБЬ (ОСОБАЯ) СТАТЬИ coll NP sing only usu. subj-compl with бытыз ( subj: any noun) fixed WO
    a person (thing, matter etc) is totally different from and not to be considered with others: (quite) a different story (matter)
    another matter (altogether) a horse of a different color a case apart.
    И, наконец, остаюсь я - руководитель авторского коллектива. Но это - особая статья (Зиновьев 2). And finally there is me-the head of the entire collective of authors. But that is quite a different story (2a).
    ...Старичок с бородой, который на чёрной доске в столовой висит, над сервантом, одно велит: добро делайте. Ну, и как с ним, с добром? Нельзя ей (Рите) было с работы уходить. Потому что если нет людей вокруг - и добро делать некому... Но Гартвиг — то особь статья. О каком же добре речь! (Трифонов 5)....That old fellow with the beard who looks out from the ancient ikon hanging in the dining room, above the buffet, commands only one thing: to do good. Well, and what about that, what about goodness? She (Rita) should never have stopped working. For if there's no one around you, there's no one for whom you can do good....But Gartvig—that was another matter. Doing good had no relevance for him! (5a).

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  • 7 особая статья

    • ОСОБЬ < ОСОБАЯ> СТАТЬЯ coll
    [NP; sing only; usu. subj-compl with быть (subj: any noun); fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ a person (thing, matter etc) is totally different from and not to be considered with others:
    - (quite) a different story < matter>;
    - a case apart.
         ♦ И, наконец, остаюсь я - руководитель авторского коллектива. Но это - особая статья (Зиновьев 2). And finally there is me-the head of the entire collective of authors. But that is quite a different story (2a).
         ♦...Старичок с бородой, который на чёрной доске в столовой висит, над сервантом, одно велит: добро делайте. Ну, и как с ним, с добром? Нельзя ей [Рите] было с работы уходить. Потому что если нет людей вокруг - и добро делать некому... Но Гартвиг - то особь статья. О каком же добре речь! (Трифонов 5)....That old fellow with the beard who looks out from the ancient ikon hanging in the dining room, above the buffet, commands only one thing: to do good. Well, and what about that, what about goodness? She [Rita] should never have stopped working. For if there's no one around you, there's no one for whom you can do good....But Gartvig - that was another matter. Doing good had no relevance for him! (5a).

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  • 8 особь статья

    • ОСОБЬ < ОСОБАЯ> СТАТЬЯ coll
    [NP; sing only; usu. subj-compl with быть (subj: any noun); fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ a person (thing, matter etc) is totally different from and not to be considered with others:
    - (quite) a different story < matter>;
    - a case apart.
         ♦ И, наконец, остаюсь я - руководитель авторского коллектива. Но это - особая статья (Зиновьев 2). And finally there is me-the head of the entire collective of authors. But that is quite a different story (2a).
         ♦...Старичок с бородой, который на чёрной доске в столовой висит, над сервантом, одно велит: добро делайте. Ну, и как с ним, с добром? Нельзя ей [Рите] было с работы уходить. Потому что если нет людей вокруг - и добро делать некому... Но Гартвиг - то особь статья. О каком же добре речь! (Трифонов 5)....That old fellow with the beard who looks out from the ancient ikon hanging in the dining room, above the buffet, commands only one thing: to do good. Well, and what about that, what about goodness? She [Rita] should never have stopped working. For if there's no one around you, there's no one for whom you can do good....But Gartvig - that was another matter. Doing good had no relevance for him! (5a).

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  • 9 история

    жен.

    хорошенькая история! разг. — a nice how-d'ye-do!, a pretty kettle of fish!, a fine state of affairs!

    история болезни — мед. case history

    история средних веков — History of the Middle Ages, medieval history

    любовная история — love-affair; romance

    3) разг. ( происшествие) event, incident; affair, thing

    попасть в историю — to get oneself into a mess, to get involved in an unpleasant incident

    ••

    вечная история! — always the same!, there we go again!, the same old story!

    вот так история! — that's a nice business/mess/thing!, there's a pretty kettle of fish!

    совсем другая история — another story altogether, a horse of a different color

    Русско-английский словарь по общей лексике > история

  • 10 М-283

    ДРУГАЯ (ИНАЯ, HE ТА) МУЗЫКА highly coll, often humor NP often subj-compl with бытье ( subj: это) usu. this WO (that is) something else entirely, entirely different
    another matter (altogether)
    a different (an entirely different) story (thing) a horse of a different color.

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  • 11 другая музыка

    • ДРУГАЯ <ИНАя, НЕ ТА> МУЗЫКА highly coll, often humor
    [NP; often subj-compl with быть (subj: это; usu. this WO]
    =====
    ⇒ (that is) something else entirely, entirely different:
    - a different < an entirely different> story (thing);
    - a horse of a different color.

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  • 12 иная музыка

    • ДРУГАЯ <ИНАя, НЕ ТА> МУЗЫКА highly coll, often humor
    [NP; often subj-compl with быть (subj: это; usu. this WO]
    =====
    ⇒ (that is) something else entirely, entirely different:
    - a different < an entirely different> story (thing);
    - a horse of a different color.

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  • 13 не та музыка

    • ДРУГАЯ <ИНАя, НЕ ТА> МУЗЫКА highly coll, often humor
    [NP; often subj-compl with быть (subj: это; usu. this WO]
    =====
    ⇒ (that is) something else entirely, entirely different:
    - a different < an entirely different> story (thing);
    - a horse of a different color.

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  • 14 Д-98

    ДРУГОЕ (ИНОЕ) ДЕЛО NP these forms only)
    1. ( subj-compl with бытье ( subj: usu. это or a clause)
    often preceded by тогда, теперь) that changes (or would change) the situation: that's another (a different) story (altogether) that's (quite) another (a different) matter (now) itis (very (totally)) different things are (will be) different that's different (something else altogether)
    (in fut and condit clauses) things (everything) will (would) be different.... Как можно управлять таким способом неодушевлённым предметом? Если внутри предмета человек находится, тогда другое дело: он исполняет указания - делай так, делай этак (Айтматов 2). How on earth could you control a soulless object in that way? If there was a man inside that object, then that was another story-he would carry out the orders, do this, do that, as he was told (2a).
    «Ну, прикажут тебя тронуть - другое дело, я присягу давал или не давал?» (Владимов 1). "Of course, if I'm ordered to lay hands on you, that's another matter. I took the oath of allegiance when I joined the army, didn't I?" (1a).
    .Она едет в Крым ради него, он просил ее, она согласилась поехать, но ни на что другое согласия не давала... Другое дело, если бы она влюбилась... (Рыбаков 2). She was going to the Crimea for his sake-he had asked her and she had agreed, but that was all she had agreed to....It would be different if she were in love with him... (2a).
    «Да вы освободите меня от марксизма-ленинизма, тогда другое дело. А пока - мы на нем стоим» (Солженицын 2). "Well, emancipate те from Marxism-Leninism, and things will be different. Till then, it's on Marxism-Leninism that we take our stand" (2a)
    Анна Петровна:) Как бы папенька-то твой не мотал без памяти, так бы другое дело было, а то оставил нас почти ни с чем (Островский 1). (А. P.) If only your papa hadn't spent his money like water, then everything'd be different. As it is, he left us almost nothing at all (1a).
    «Почему ж бы я мог быть известен про Дмитрия Фёдоровича: другое дело, кабы я при них сторожем состоял?» - тихо, раздельно и пренебрежительно ответил Смердяков (Достоевский 1). ( context transl) "Why should I be informed as to Dmitri Fyodorovich? It's not as if I were his keeper," Smerdyakov answered quietly, distinctly, and superciliously (1a).
    2. ( subj-compl with бытье ( subj: any noun or infin)) a person (thing etc) is very different from another person (thing etc) mentioned previously
    X - другое дело — X is (that's) (quite) another (a different) matter
    X is (ift) another (a different) story X is something else (entirely)
    II одно дело... и (совсем) другое дело... - ift one thing...but (and) (quite) another... "А я что такое? Обломов - больше ничего. Вот Штольц -другое дело: Штольц - ум... уменье управлять собой, другими...» (Гончаров 1). "But what am I? Oblomov - nothing more. Stolz, now, is another matter: Stolz has intelligence...he knows how to control himself and others..." (1b).
    «Ты знаешь: нарисовал этот Евдокимов похабную карикатуру на декана...» - «Который её заслуживал? Ну, скажи, нет! Ты ведь сам его терпеть не можешь». Игорь невольно оглянулся на дверь. «Я - другое дело, - сказал он кисло. - Не вали, пожалуйста, всех в одну кучу» (Ерофеев 3). "You know that Evdokimov drew a smutty caricature of the Dean..." "And he deserved it. Go on, deny it! You know you can't stand him yourself." Igor couldn't keep himself from glancing at the door. "What I think is something else entirely," he said in a sour voice. "Please don't put everyone in the same bag..." (3a).
    ...Одно дело попасть молотком в стекло критику Латунскому и совсем другое дело - ему же в сердце» (Булгаков 9). "It's one thing to hit Latunsky's window with a hammer, but quite another to hit the critic's heart" (9a).
    3. (main clause in a complex sent, foil. by a что-clause) it should be mentioned, however, that... (used to detract from the merit of sth. previously mentioned): (the fact) that...is another matter
    ...but that's another matter (story).
    Ляля очень хорошенькая. Другое дело, что она круглая дура. Lyalya is very pretty. The fact that she doesn't have a brain in her head is another matter.

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  • 15 другое дело

    • ДРУГОЕ < ИНОЕ> ДЕЛО
    [NP; these forms only]
    =====
    1. [subj-compl with быть (subj: usu. это or a clause); often preceded by тогда, теперь]
    ⇒ that changes (or would change) the situation:
    - (now) it's (very < totally>) different;
    - [in fut and condit clauses] things (everything) will (would) be different.
         ♦... Как можно управлять таким способом неодушевлённым предметом? Если внутри предмета человек находится, тогда другое дело: он исполняет указания - делай так, делай этак (Айтматов 2). How on earth could you control a soulless object in that way? If there was a man inside that object, then that was another story - he would carry out the orders, do this, do that, as he was told (2a).
         ♦ "Ну, прикажут тебя тронуть - другое дело, я присягу давал или не давал?" (Владимов 1). "Of course, if I'm ordered to lay hands on you, that's another matter. I took the oath of allegiance when I joined the army, didn't I?" (1a).
         ♦...Она едет в Крым ради него, он просил ее, она согласилась поехать, но ни на что другое согласия не давала... Другое дело, если бы она влюбилась... (Рыбаков 2). She was going to the Crimea for his sake-he had asked her and she had agreed, but that was all she had agreed to....It would be different if she were in love with him... (2a).
         ♦ "Да вы освободите меня от марксизма-ленинизма, тогда другое дело. А пока - мы на нем стоим" (Солженицын 2). "Well, emancipate те from Marxism-Leninism, and things will be different. Till then, it's on Marxism-Leninism that we take our stand" (2a)
         ♦ [Анна Петровна:] Как бы папенька-то твой не мотал без памяти, так бы другое дело было, а то оставил нас почти ни с чем (Островский 1). [ А. P.] If only your papa hadn't spent his money like water, then everything'd be different. As it is, he left us almost nothing at all (1a).
         ♦ "Почему ж бы я мог быть известен про Дмитрия Фёдоровича: другое дело, кабы я при них сторожем состоял?" - тихо, раздельно и пренебрежительно ответил Смердяков (Достоевский 1). [context transl] "Why should I be informed as to Dmitri Fyodorovich? It's not as if I were his keeper," Smerdyakov answered quietly, distinctly, and superciliously (1a).
    2. [subj-compl with быть (subj: any noun or infin)]
    ⇒ a person (thing etc) is very different from another person (thing etc) mentioned previously:
    - X - другое дело≈ X is (that's) (quite) another < a different> matter;
    - X is (it is) another < a different> story;
    || одно дело... и (совсем) другое дело... другое дело it's one thing...but < and> (quite) another...
         ♦ "А я что такое? Обломов - больше ничего. Вот Штольц - другое дело: Штольц - ум... уменье управлять собой, другими..." (Гончаров 1). "But what am I? Oblomov - nothing more. Stolz, now, is another matter: Stolz has intelligence...he knows how to control himself and others..." (1b).
         ♦ "Ты знаешь: нарисовал этот Евдокимов похабную карикатуру на декана..." - "Который её заслуживал? Ну, скажи, нет! Ты ведь сам его терпеть не можешь". Игорь невольно оглянулся на дверь. "Я - другое дело, - сказал он кисло. - Не вали, пожалуйста, всех в одну кучу" (Ерофеев 3). "You know that Evdokimov drew a smutty caricature of the Dean..." "And he deserved it. Go on, deny it! You know you can't stand him yourself." Igor couldn't keep himself from glancing at the door. "What I think is something else entirely," he said in a sour voice. "Please don't put everyone in the same bag..." (3a).
         ♦ "...Одно дело попасть молотком в стекло критику Латунскому и совсем другое дело - ему же в сердце" (Булгаков 9). "It's one thing to hit Latunsky's window with a hammer, but quite another to hit the critic's heart" (9a).
    3. [main clause in a complex sent, foll. by a что-clause]
    ⇒ it should be mentioned, however, that... (used to detract from the merit of sth. previously mentioned):
    - (the fact) that...is another matter;
    - ...but that's another matter < story>.
         ♦ Ляля очень хорошенькая. Другое дело, что она круглая дура. Lyalya is very pretty. The fact that she doesn't have a brain in her head is another matter.

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  • 16 иное дело

    • ДРУГОЕ < ИНОЕ> ДЕЛО
    [NP; these forms only]
    =====
    1. [subj-compl with быть (subj: usu. это or a clause); often preceded by тогда, теперь]
    ⇒ that changes (or would change) the situation:
    - (now) it's (very < totally>) different;
    - [in fut and condit clauses] things (everything) will (would) be different.
         ♦... Как можно управлять таким способом неодушевлённым предметом? Если внутри предмета человек находится, тогда другое дело: он исполняет указания - делай так, делай этак (Айтматов 2). How on earth could you control a soulless object in that way? If there was a man inside that object, then that was another story - he would carry out the orders, do this, do that, as he was told (2a).
         ♦ "Ну, прикажут тебя тронуть - другое дело, я присягу давал или не давал?" (Владимов 1). "Of course, if I'm ordered to lay hands on you, that's another matter. I took the oath of allegiance when I joined the army, didn't I?" (1a).
         ♦...Она едет в Крым ради него, он просил ее, она согласилась поехать, но ни на что другое согласия не давала... Другое дело, если бы она влюбилась... (Рыбаков 2). She was going to the Crimea for his sake-he had asked her and she had agreed, but that was all she had agreed to....It would be different if she were in love with him... (2a).
         ♦ "Да вы освободите меня от марксизма-ленинизма, тогда другое дело. А пока - мы на нем стоим" (Солженицын 2). "Well, emancipate те from Marxism-Leninism, and things will be different. Till then, it's on Marxism-Leninism that we take our stand" (2a)
         ♦ [Анна Петровна:] Как бы папенька-то твой не мотал без памяти, так бы другое дело было, а то оставил нас почти ни с чем (Островский 1). [ А. P.] If only your papa hadn't spent his money like water, then everything'd be different. As it is, he left us almost nothing at all (1a).
         ♦ "Почему ж бы я мог быть известен про Дмитрия Фёдоровича: другое дело, кабы я при них сторожем состоял?" - тихо, раздельно и пренебрежительно ответил Смердяков (Достоевский 1). [context transl] "Why should I be informed as to Dmitri Fyodorovich? It's not as if I were his keeper," Smerdyakov answered quietly, distinctly, and superciliously (1a).
    2. [subj-compl with быть (subj: any noun or infin)]
    ⇒ a person (thing etc) is very different from another person (thing etc) mentioned previously:
    - X - другое дело≈ X is (that's) (quite) another < a different> matter;
    - X is (it is) another < a different> story;
    || одно дело... и (совсем) другое дело... иное дело it's one thing...but < and> (quite) another...
         ♦ "А я что такое? Обломов - больше ничего. Вот Штольц - другое дело: Штольц - ум... уменье управлять собой, другими..." (Гончаров 1). "But what am I? Oblomov - nothing more. Stolz, now, is another matter: Stolz has intelligence...he knows how to control himself and others..." (1b).
         ♦ "Ты знаешь: нарисовал этот Евдокимов похабную карикатуру на декана..." - "Который её заслуживал? Ну, скажи, нет! Ты ведь сам его терпеть не можешь". Игорь невольно оглянулся на дверь. "Я - другое дело, - сказал он кисло. - Не вали, пожалуйста, всех в одну кучу" (Ерофеев 3). "You know that Evdokimov drew a smutty caricature of the Dean..." "And he deserved it. Go on, deny it! You know you can't stand him yourself." Igor couldn't keep himself from glancing at the door. "What I think is something else entirely," he said in a sour voice. "Please don't put everyone in the same bag..." (3a).
         ♦ "...Одно дело попасть молотком в стекло критику Латунскому и совсем другое дело - ему же в сердце" (Булгаков 9). "It's one thing to hit Latunsky's window with a hammer, but quite another to hit the critic's heart" (9a).
    3. [main clause in a complex sent, foll. by a что-clause]
    ⇒ it should be mentioned, however, that... (used to detract from the merit of sth. previously mentioned):
    - (the fact) that...is another matter;
    - ...but that's another matter < story>.
         ♦ Ляля очень хорошенькая. Другое дело, что она круглая дура. Lyalya is very pretty. The fact that she doesn't have a brain in her head is another matter.

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  • 17 Д-133

    TO ЛИ ДЕЛО coll, approv ( Invar subj-compl with бытьв ( subj: any noun), pres only, or Particle initial position only fixed WO
    s.o. or sth. is entirely different from, and better than, someone or something else (used to express approval, a positive evaluation of the person, thing etc that is about to be named as opposed to the one named previously): то ли дело X = X is quite another matter
    X is a different story thing X thing X is quite a different thing X is not like that at all X is not at all like NP
    . «Всё может случиться: ну, как лопнет (компания), вот я и без гроша. То ли дело в банк» (Гончаров 1). "...Anything might happen—such as your company going bankrupt and leaving me without a penny. A bank is quite another matter" (1b).
    «А старик, оказывается, в первую мировую войну был у нас в плену и немного говорит по-русски. Но лучше бы он совсем не говорил. Путается, хочет всё объяснить... То ли дело эти молодые немочки, всё с полуслова понимают...» (Искандер 5). "It turned out the old man had been a prisoner of ours in the First World War and spoke a little Russian. But he would have done better not to talk at all. He kept getting tangled up, wanting to explain everything....The girls were a different story, they picked up on everything right away" (5a).
    На что борода - и та (у Момуна) не удалась. Посмешище одно. На голом подбородке две-три волосинки рыжеватые - вот и вся борода. То ли дело видишь: вдруг едет по дороге осанистый старик... (Айтматов 1). Even his (Momun's) beard was nothing but a joke. Two or three reddish hairs on his chin-that was all there was to it. He wasn't at all like some stately old man you might see riding down the road... (1a).
    «Вот жизнь-то человеческая! - поучительно произнёс Илья Иванович. -Один умирает, другой родится, третий женится, а мы вот всё стареемся: не то что год на год, день на день не приходится! Зачем это так? То ли бы дело, если б каждый день как вчера, вчера как завтра!..» (Гончаров 1). ( context transl) "Such is man's life!" Ilya lvanovich pronounced sententiously. "One man dies, another is born, a third is married, and we keep growing older....There are no two days alike, let alone two years. Why should it be so? Wouldn't it have been nice if every day were like the day before, yesterday just like tomorrow?" (1b).

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  • 18 то ли дело

    • ТО ЛИ ДЕЛО coll, approv
    [Invar; subj-compl with быть (subj: any noun), pres only, or Particle; initial position only; fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ s.o. or sth. is entirely different from, and better than, someone or something else (used to express approval, a positive evaluation of the person, thing etc that is about to be named as opposed to the one named previously):
    - то ЛИ дело X ≈ X is quite another matter;
         ♦ "Всё может случиться: ну, как лопнет [ компания], вот я и без гроша. То ли дело в банк" (Гончаров 1). "...Anything might happen - such as your company going bankrupt and leaving me without a penny. A bank is quite another matter" (1b).
         ♦ "А старик, оказывается, в первую мировую войну был у нас в плену и немного говорит по-русски. Но лучше бы он совсем не говорил. Путается, хочет всё объяснить... То ли дело эти молодые немочки, всё с полуслова понимают..." (Искандер 5). "It turned out the old man had been a prisoner of ours in the First World War and spoke a little Russian. But he would have done better not to talk at all. He kept getting tangled up, wanting to explain everything....The girls were a different story, they picked up on everything right away" (5a).
         ♦ На что борода - и та [у Момуна] не удалась. Посмешище одно. На голом подбородке две-три волосинки рыжеватые - вот и вся борода. То ли дело видишь: вдруг едет по дороге осанистый старик... (Айтматов 1). Even his [Momun's] beard was nothing but a joke. IWo or three reddish hairs on his chin-that was all there was to it. He wasn't at all like some stately old man you might see riding down the road... (1a).
         ♦ "Вот жизнь-то человеческая! - поучительно произнёс Илья Иванович. - Один умирает, другой родится, третий женится, а мы вот всё стареемся: не то что год на год, день на день не приходится! Зачем это так? То ли бы дело, если б каждый день как вчера, вчера как завтра!.." (Гончаров 1). [context transl] "Such is man's life!" Ilya Ivanovich pronounced sententiously. "One man dies, another is born, a third is married, and we keep growing older....There are no two days alike, let alone two years. Why should it be so? Wouldn't it have been nice if every day were like the day before, yesterday just like tomorrow?" (1b).

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  • 19 П-684

    СЕМЬ ПЙТНИЦ НА НЕДЕЛЕ у кого coll, often disapprov NP Invar used as VP subj. with быть0, usu. pres or past fixed WO
    s.o. often, easily, and sometimes irresponsibly changes his mind, opinions, plans etc: у X-a семь пятниц на неделе - X says (does) one thing one day (minute) and another the next
    with X it's one thing one day and something else the next one minute X says (does) something, the next minute-something else altogether X is as fickle as they come (in limited contexts) X blows hot and cold (about (over) sth.) rain before seven, clear (fine) before eleven.
    (Липочка:) Ax, если бы вы знали, Лазарь Елизарыч, какое мне житьё здесь! У маменьки семь пятниц на неделе... (Островский 10). (L.:) Oh, if you knew, Lazar Elizarych, what my life here is like! Mamma says one thing one day, and another the next... (10b).

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  • 20 семь пятниц на неделе

    [NP; Invar; used as VPsubj with быть, usu. pres or past; fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ s.o. often, easily, and sometimes irresponsibly changes his mind, opinions, plans etc:
    - у X-a семь пятниц на неделе≈ X says (does) one thing one day < minute> and another the next;
    - one minute X says < does> something, the next minute-something else altogether;
    - [in limited contexts] X blows hot and cold (about < over> sth.);
    - rain before seven, clear < fine> before eleven.
         ♦ [Липочка:] Ax, если бы вы знали, Лазарь Елизарыч, какое мне житьё здесь! У маменьки семь пятниц на неделе... (Островский 10). [L.:] Oh, if you knew, Lazar Elizarych, what my life here is like! Mamma says one thing one day, and another the next... (10b).

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