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it is entirely possible

  • 1 entirely possible

    Общая лексика: вполне возможно (It is entirely possible the company will bring in replacement workers if the strike goes on past next weekend.)

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > entirely possible

  • 2 it is entirely possible

    Общая лексика: не исключено (англ. перевод приводится по: Палажченко П.Р. Несистематический словарь-2005. — М.: Р. Валент, 2005; Палажченко П.Р. Мой несистематический словарь (Из записной книжки переводчика))

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > it is entirely possible

  • 3 it is entirely possible that

    Общая лексика: нельзя исключать, что

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > it is entirely possible that

  • 4 entirely

    adverb
    1) (wholly) völlig

    not entirely suitable for the occasiondem Anlass nicht ganz angemessen

    2) (solely) ganz [für sich behalten]; allein, voll [verantwortlich sein]

    it's up to you entirelyes liegt ganz bei dir

    * * *
    adverb (completely: a house entirely hidden by trees; not entirely satisfactory; entirely different.) völlig
    * * *
    en·tire·ly
    [ɪnˈtaɪəʳli, AM enˈtaɪɚli]
    adv inv ganz, total, völlig
    this is \entirely his fault das ist ausschließlich sein Fehler
    to do sth \entirely for sb's benefit etw nur jdm zuliebe tun
    to devote oneself/one's time \entirely to sb/sth sich/seine Zeit ausschließlich jdm/etw widmen
    to agree \entirely with sb mit jdm völlig übereinstimmen, jdm absolut zustimmen
    to disagree \entirely eine völlig [o ganz] andere Meinung vertreten
    * * *
    [In'taIəlɪ]
    adv
    1) (= exclusively) depend, devote ganz, ausschließlich

    to be made entirely of... —

    he lived entirely on bread and milker lebte ausschließlich or nur von Brot und Milch

    that is entirely a matter for the police/the school authorities — dafür ist allein die Polizei/die Schulbehörde zuständig

    2) (emph: totally) völlig

    I don't agree entirelyich bin nicht ganz der (gleichen) Meinung

    entirely free (of charge) — ganz umsonst

    it has been entirely free of serious problemsdamit hat es keinerlei ernste Probleme gegeben

    to be entirely convinced by sb/sth — von jdm/etw völlig or ganz überzeugt sein

    * * *
    1. völlig, gänzlich, durchaus, ganz und gar:
    it is entirely possible es ist durchaus oder ohne Weiteres möglich;
    entirely satisfied restlos zufrieden
    2. ausschließlich:
    * * *
    adverb
    1) (wholly) völlig
    2) (solely) ganz [für sich behalten]; allein, voll [verantwortlich sein]
    * * *
    adv.
    gänzlich adv.
    lediglich adv.
    völlig adv.

    English-german dictionary > entirely

  • 5 entirely

    entirely [ɪnˈtaɪəlɪ]
    [change, depend on, devote to] entièrement ; [satisfied, clear, possible, happy, convinced] tout à fait ; [new] totalement
    * * *
    [ɪn'taɪəlɪ]
    adverb [destroy, escape] entièrement; [reject] totalement; [innocent, different, unnecessary] complètement

    English-French dictionary > entirely

  • 6 entirely

    adverb (completely: a house entirely hidden by trees; not entirely satisfactory; entirely different.) completamente
    entirely adv totalmente / enteramente
    tr[ɪn'taɪəlɪ]
    1 (totally) enteramente, totalmente, completamente
    1 (exclusively) únicamente, exclusivamente
    entirely [ɪn'taɪrli, ɛn-] adv
    : completamente, totalmente
    adv.
    enteramente adv.
    todo adv.
    ɪn'taɪrli, ɪn'taɪəli
    adverb totalmente, completamente
    [ɪn'taɪǝlɪ]
    ADV
    1) (=completely) [satisfied, convinced] completamente, enteramente; [different] totalmente, completamente; [possible] totalmente

    that's another matter entirely — eso es otra cosa, eso es una cosa completamente distinta

    that is not entirely trueeso no es del todo or no es enteramente cierto

    2) (=exclusively) enteramente, exclusivamente

    it's entirely up to you — depende de ti exclusivamente, depende enteramente de ti

    it was his fault entirelyfue totalmente or enteramente culpa suya

    the concert was devoted entirely to Mozartel concierto estuvo enteramente or exclusivamente dedicado a Mozart, el concierto estuvo dedicado a Mozart en su totalidad

    * * *
    [ɪn'taɪrli, ɪn'taɪəli]
    adverb totalmente, completamente

    English-spanish dictionary > entirely

  • 7 OPA-ALU-PVC (nylon-ALU-PVC), makes it possible to almost entirely eliminate water-vapor permeability.

    Pharmacology: Coldform film

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > OPA-ALU-PVC (nylon-ALU-PVC), makes it possible to almost entirely eliminate water-vapor permeability.

  • 8 OPA-ALU-PVC , makes it possible to almost entirely eliminate water-vapor permeability.

    Pharmacology: (nylon-ALU-PVC) Coldform film

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > OPA-ALU-PVC , makes it possible to almost entirely eliminate water-vapor permeability.

  • 9 möglich

    Adj.
    1. possible ( jemandem for s.o.); (durchführbar) auch practicable, feasible; alle möglichen... all sorts of...; alles Mögliche all sorts of things; alles Mögliche tun do everything possible; sein Möglichstes tun do one’s best ( oder utmost), do everything in one’s power; im Bereich des Möglichen within the realm ( oder bounds) of possibility; es ( jemandem) möglich machen zu (+ Inf.) make it possible (for s.o.) to (+ Inf.) siehe auch ermöglichen; nicht möglich! I don’t believe it!; umg. no kidding!; das ist ( gut) möglich that’s (quite) possible; schon möglich umg. could be; das ist eher möglich that’s more likely; es ist möglich, dass er kommt he may come; es ist mir nicht möglich zu (+ Inf.) I can’t...; stärker: I can’t possibly..., there’s no way I can...; es war mir nicht möglich I wasn’t able to do it, I didn’t manage (to do) it; wenn es mir ( irgendwie) möglich ist if I can (possibly) manage it; wenn irgend möglich if at all possible; wäre es möglich, dass du mir hilfst? auch iro. do you think you could just possibly help me?; man sollte es nicht für möglich halten would you believe it; so bald etc. wie möglich as soon etc. as possible; möglichst
    2. (eventuell) potential; (denkbar) conceivable; alle möglichen Einwände every conceivable objection; alles Mögliche einkalkulieren take into account every possible eventuality
    * * *
    contingent; potential; possible
    * * *
    mög|lich ['møːklɪç]
    1. adj

    alles Mögliche tunto do everything possible, to do everything one can

    er tat sein Möglichsteshe did his utmost, he did all he could

    aus allen mö́glichen Richtungen — from all directions

    er hat allen mö́glichen Blödsinn gemacht — he did all sorts of stupid things

    so viel/bald wie mö́glich — as much/soon as possible

    das ist schon or wohl or durchaus mö́glich — that's quite possible

    wenn es irgend mö́glich ist —

    können Sie es mö́glich machen, dass Sie schon morgen kommen or schon morgen zu kommen? — could you manage to come tomorrow?

    es war mir nicht mö́glich mitzukommen — I couldn't manage to come, it wasn't possible for me to come

    das ist doch nicht mö́glich! — that's impossible

    nicht mö́glich! — never!, impossible!

    das wäre woanders nicht mö́glich — that couldn't happen anywhere else

    ist denn so was mö́glich? — would you credit it? (inf)

    2) (attr = eventuell) Kunden, Interessenten, Nachfolger potential, possible

    alle mö́glichen Fälle — every eventuality

    2. adv
    See:
    = möglichst
    * * *
    1) (in a way or manner that is possible: I'll come as fast as I possibly can; I can't possibly eat any more; Could you possibly lend me your pen?) possibly
    2) (able to happen or be done: It's possible that the train will be delayed; We'll come as soon as possible; I'll do everything possible; She did the only possible thing in the circumstances.) possible
    3) (satisfactory; acceptable: I've thought of a possible solution to the problem.) possible
    * * *
    mög·lich
    [ˈmø:klɪç]
    1. attr (denkbar) possible
    alles M\mögliche everything possible
    er ließ sich alles M\mögliche einfallen, um... he tried everything imaginable to...
    das einzig M\mögliche the only option [open to us, etc.] [or thing we, etc. can do]
    etw für \möglich halten to believe in sth
    es für \möglich halten, dass... to think it possible that...
    sein M\möglichstes tun to do everything in one's power [or utmost]
    alle \möglichen all kinds [or sorts] of
    schon \möglich (fam) maybe, possibly
    das ist schon \möglich that may well be
    2. attr (potenziell) potential
    3. pred (durchführbar) possible
    ist denn so was \möglich? (fam) is this really possible?
    es ist \möglich, dass... it is possible that...
    jdm ist es \möglich, etw zu tun sb is able to [or can] [or it is possible for sb to] do sth
    komm doch mit, wenn es dir \möglich ist come with us, if you're able to
    [jdm] etw \möglich machen to make sth possible [for sb]
    es \möglich machen, etw zu tun to make it possible to do sth
    falls [o wenn] [irgend] \möglich if [at all] possible
    [das ist doch] nicht \möglich! [that's] impossible!, I don't believe it!
    so... wie \möglich as... as possible
    komme so schnell wie \möglich come as quickly as possible
    * * *
    Adjektiv possible

    es war ihm nicht möglich [zu kommen] — he was unable [to come]; it was not possible for him [to come]

    sobald/so gut es mir möglich ist — as soon/as well as I can; das od

    alles Mögliche tun, sein Möglichstes tun — do everything possible; do one's utmost

    dort kann man alles Mögliche kaufen(ugs.) you can get all sorts of things there

    alle möglichen Leute(ugs.) all sorts of people

    das ist gut/leicht/durchaus möglich — that is very/wholly/entirely possible

    [das ist doch] nicht möglich! — impossible!; I don't believe it!

    * * *
    1. possible (
    jemandem for sb); (durchführbar) auch practicable, feasible;
    alle möglichen … all sorts of …;
    alles Mögliche all sorts of things;
    alles Mögliche tun do everything possible;
    sein Möglichstes tun do one’s best ( oder utmost), do everything in one’s power;
    im Bereich des Möglichen within the realm ( oder bounds) of possibility;
    es (jemandem) möglich machen zu (+inf) make it possible (for sb) to (+inf) auch ermöglichen;
    nicht möglich! I don’t believe it!; umg no kidding!;
    das ist (gut) möglich that’s (quite) possible;
    schon möglich umg could be;
    das ist eher möglich that’s more likely;
    es ist möglich, dass er kommt he may come;
    es ist mir nicht möglich zu (+inf) I can’t …; stärker: I can’t possibly …, there’s no way I can …;
    es war mir nicht möglich I wasn’t able to do it, I didn’t manage (to do) it;
    wenn es mir (irgendwie) möglich ist if I can (possibly) manage it;
    wenn irgend möglich if at all possible;
    wäre es möglich, dass du mir hilfst? auch iron do you think you could just possibly help me?;
    so bald etc
    wie möglich as soon etc as possible; möglichst
    2. (eventuell) potential; (denkbar) conceivable;
    alle möglichen Einwände every conceivable objection;
    alles Mögliche einkalkulieren take into account every possible eventuality
    * * *
    Adjektiv possible

    es war ihm nicht möglich [zu kommen] — he was unable [to come]; it was not possible for him [to come]

    sobald/so gut es mir möglich ist — as soon/as well as I can; das od

    alles Mögliche tun, sein Möglichstes tun — do everything possible; do one's utmost

    dort kann man alles Mögliche kaufen(ugs.) you can get all sorts of things there

    alle möglichen Leute(ugs.) all sorts of people

    das ist gut/leicht/durchaus möglich — that is very/wholly/entirely possible

    [das ist doch] nicht möglich! — impossible!; I don't believe it!

    * * *
    adj.
    contingent adj.
    eventual adj.
    feasible adj.
    possible adj.
    potential adj. adv.
    possibly adv.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > möglich

  • 10 вполне возможно

    1) General subject: perhaps, there is just a chance, entirely possible (It is entirely possible the company will bring in replacement workers if the strike goes on past next weekend.), as likely as not, arguably
    2) Makarov: very much so

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > вполне возможно

  • 11 не исключено

    General subject: as like as not, believe (см. возможность использования этого варианта по контексту; англ. перевод приводится по: Палажченко П.Р. Несистематический словарь-2005. — М.: Р. Валент, 2005; Палажченко П.Р. Мой несистематическ), do not rule out the possibility (англ. перевод приводится по: Палажченко П.Р. Несистематический словарь-2005. — М.: Р. Валент, 2005; Палажченко П.Р. Мой несистематический словарь (Из записной книжки пере), it is entirely possible (англ. перевод приводится по: Палажченко П.Р. Несистематический словарь-2005. — М.: Р. Валент, 2005; Палажченко П.Р. Мой несистематический словарь (Из записной книжки переводчика)), it is possible (англ. перевод приводится по: Палажченко П.Р. Несистематический словарь-2005. — М.: Р. Валент, 2005; Палажченко П.Р. Мой несистематический словарь (Из записной книжки переводчика). — 6-е и), may (см. возможность использования этого варианта по контексту; англ. перевод приводится по: Палажченко П.Р. Несистематический словарь-2005. — М.: Р. Валент, 2005; Палажченко П.Р. Мой несистематический с), quite possibly (англ. перевод приводится по: Палажченко П.Р. Несистематический словарь-2005. — М.: Р. Валент, 2005; Палажченко П.Р. Мой несистематический словарь (Из записной книжки переводчика). — 6-е и), as likely as not, it is not impossible that, it is not improbable

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > не исключено

  • 12 не исключено

    it is (entirely) possible, quite possibly, may

    ...201-я дивизия в Таджикистане, где скоро, не исключено, начнутся крупномасштабные боевые действия («Известия»). — The 201st division is in Tajikistan, where, quite possibly, large-scale hostilities will soon begin/which may soon become the scene of major hostilities

    He исключено, что Аль-Каеда обладает ядерным оружием («Независимая газета»). — It is possible that Al-Qaeda has nuclear weapons/Al Qaeda may (well) have nuclear weapons.

    3. В МИДе РФ не исключают, что определенные ограничения на выдачу американских виз гражданам России сохранятся и впредь («Газета»). — Russian Foreign Ministry officials believe (do not rule out the possibility) that some restrictions on issuance of U.S. visas to Russian citizens may be retained.

    Русско-английский словарь общей лексики > не исключено

  • 13 нельзя исключать, что

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > нельзя исключать, что

  • 14 Д-221

    ЧЕГО ДОБРОГО coll Invar sent adv (parenth) usu. used in declarative sentences (with pfv fut, subjunctive, or могу, может etc + the infin of another verb) also used in questions containing не... ли the potential nature of the action, event etc expressed by the Russian idiom (or the Russian idiom in conjunction with мочь) is usu. conveyed in English through "might" or "may" fixed WO
    ( sth. is) entirely possible ( usu. used in refer, to the possibility that sth. disagreeable or undesirable may occur)
    for all one knows, s.o. sth. might (may)...
    who can tell (you never know), s.o. (sth.) might... s.o. sth. might easily (very well)... s.o. sth. might even... perhaps...(you never can tell) (in limited contexts) s.o. might take it into his head (to do sth.) you're (hefc etc) not by any chance (going to do sth., are you (is he etc))?
    (when the speaker emphasizes his strong negative reaction to the possibility in question) I'm afraid s.o. sth. might......И от мысли, что где-нибудь... он, чего доброго, может встретиться с тревожными, скорбными глазами этого господина, всё вокруг принималось жить по-ночному, как природа во время затмения (Набоков 1)....The thought that somewhere... for all he knew, he might meet the anxious, mournful eyes of this gentleman, caused everything around him to assume nocturnal habits of life, like nature during an eclipse (1a).
    «Я тебя, говорит (генерал), не оставлю... Чего доброго, я ещё в дядья тебе запишусь...» (Пастернак 1). "I won't leave you this way, he (the General) said....Who can tell, I might put myself down as your uncle..." (1a).
    ...Отказать (отказаться от вызова на дуэль) было невозможно ведь он меня, чего доброго, ударил бы, и тогда... Тогда пришлось бы задушить его, как котёнка» (Тургенев 2). "...It was impossible to refuse (the duel)
    why, he might easily have hit me, and then....Then I'd have had to strangle him like a kitten" (2e).
    Какой-то сволочной, под сибирского деланный, кот-бродяга вынырнул из-за водосточной трубы и, несмотря на вьюгу, учуял краковскую (колбасу). Пёс Шарик свету невзвидел при мысли, что богатый чудак, подбирающий раненых псов в подворотне, чего доброго, и этого вора прихватит с собой... (Булгаков 11). A mangy stray torn, pretending to be Siberian, dived out from behind a drainpipe, he had caught a whiff of the sausage despite the storm. |The dog) Sharik went blind with rage at the thought that the rich eccentric who picked up wounded mutts in gateways might take it into his head to bring along that thief as well (11a).
    (Кулыгин:) Если тринадцать за столом, то, значит, есть тут влюблённые. Уж не вы ли, Иван Романович, чего доброго... (Чехов 5). (К:) If there are thirteen at the table it means that someone here is in love. Its not you by any chance, Ivan Ro-manovich? (5a).
    Артемий Филиппович:)...Уж (городничий) и в генералы лезет. Чего доброго, может и будет генералом (Гоголь 4). (А.Е.)...He's (the Mayor is) bucking for general. I'm afraid that maybe he'll be a general at that (4a).
    Больше всего она (Ахматова) боялась, чтобы какие-нибудь авангардисты не оторвали их (её и Мандельштама) друг от друга, зачислив его посмертно в футуристы, в братья Хлебникову или, чего доброго, в Леф (Мандельштам 2). ( context transl) What she (Akhmatova) feared most of all was that some avant-gardists might try to dissociate them (her and Mandelstam) by making him posthumously into a Futurist, a fellow spirit of Khlebnikov, or even, perish the thought, a member of LEF (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > Д-221

  • 15 З-172

    КАК (ПОЧЁМ) ЗНАТЬ coll indep. sent or sent adv (parenth) these forms only fixed WO
    although it is not known, it is entirely possible (when used as a rejoinder, may imply that the opposite may be true)
    who knows?
    you never know (one never knows) you (one) never can tell who can tell? how can you (one) tell? how can you (one) be sure? therefe no telling (knowing) I (he, it etc) might...
    "...Поздно мне каяться. Для меня не будет помилования. Буду продолжать как начал. Как знать? Авось и удастся!» (Пушкин 2). "It's too late for me to repent. There'll be no mercy for me. I will continue as I have begun. Who knows? Perhaps I'll succeed" (2b).
    «Вы - не Достоевский», - сказала гражданка, сбиваемая с толку Коровьевым. «Ну, почем знать, почём знать», — ответил тот (Булгаков 9). uYou are not Dostoevsky," said the woman, somewhat rattled by Koroviev's logic. "You never can tell, you never can tell," he answered (9a).
    Всех же не выгонишь и не посадишь». - «Как знать, - сказал Антон. — Если нужно, могут посадить и всех» (Зиновьев 2). "And they can't expel everyone or send them all to jail." "How can you tell?" said Anton. "If they had to, they wouldn't be past jailing everybody" (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > З-172

  • 16 М-278

    МУДРЁНОГО НЕТ ЧТО МУДРЁНОГО both coll VPsubJ/ gen (1st van) VP subj. with быть« (2nd var.)) there is nothing surprising about sth., it is entirely possible
    it's no wonder
    that comes as no surprise it's not surprising it's only natural.
    "...Нет ничего мудрёного, что лица, получившие такое воспитание, оказываются неспособными выражать свои мысли связно и последовательно...» (Салтыков-Щедрин 2). "It is...no wonder that persons who have received such an education find it difficult to express their thoughts with any clarity or coherence..." (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > М-278

  • 17 чего доброго

    [Invar; sent adv (parenth; usu. used in declarative sentences (with pfv fut, subjunctive, or могу, может etc + the infin of another verb); also used in questions containing не... ли; the potential nature of the action, event etc expressed by the Russian idiom (or the Russian idiom in conjunction with мочь) is usu. conveyed in English through "might" or "may"; fixed WO]
    =====
    (sth. is) entirely possible (usu. used in refer, to the possibility that sth. disagreeable or undesirable may occur):
    - for all one knows, s.o. < sth.> might < may>...;
    - who can tell < you never know>, s.o. < sth.> might...;
    - s.o. < sth.> might easily (very well)...;
    - s.o. < sth.> might even...;
    - perhaps...(you never can tell);
    - [in limited contexts] s.o. might take it into his head (to do sth.);
    - you're (he's etc) not by any chance (going to do sth., are you <is he etc>)?;
    - [when the speaker emphasizes his strong negative reaction to the possibility in question] I'm afraid s.o. < sth.> might...
         ♦...И от мысли, что где-нибудь... он, чего доброго, может встретиться с тревожными, скороными глазами этого господина, всё вокруг принималось жить по-ночному, как природа во время затмения (Набоков 1)....The thought that somewhere... for all he knew, he might meet the anxious, mournful eyes of this gentleman, caused everything around him to assume nocturnal habits of life, like nature during an eclipse (1a).
         ♦ "Я тебя, говорит [ генерал], не оставлю... Чего доброго, я ещё в дядья тебе запишусь..." (Пастернак 1). "I won't leave you this way, he [the General] said....Who can tell, I might put myself down as your uncle..." (1a).
         ♦ "... Отказать [отказаться от вызова на дуэль] было невозможно; ведь он меня, чего доброго, ударил бы, и тогда... Тогда пришлось бы задушить его, как котёнка" (Тургенев 2). "...It was impossible to refuse [the duel]; why, he might easily have hit me, and then....Then I'd have had to strangle him like a kitten" (2e).
         ♦ Какой-то сволочной, под сибирского деланный, кот-бродяга вынырнул из-за водосточной трубы и, несмотря на вьюгу, учуял краковскую [колбасу]. Пёс Шарик свету невзвидел при мысли, что богатый чудак, подбирающий раненых псов в подворотне, чего доброго, и этого вора прихватит с собой... (Булгаков 11). A mangy stray tom, pretending to be Siberian, dived out from behind a drainpipe; he had caught a whiff of the sausage despite the storm. |The dog] Sharik went blind with rage at the thought that the rich eccentric who picked up wounded mutts in gateways might take it into his head to bring along that thief as well (I la).
         ♦ [Кулыгин:] Если тринадцать за столом, то, значит, есть тут влюблённые. Уж не вы ли, Иван Романович, чего доброго... (Чехов 5). [К:] If there are thirteen at the table it means that someone here is in love. Its not you by any chance, Ivan Romanovich? (5a).
         ♦ [Артемий Филиппович:]...Уж [городничий] и в генералы лезет. Чего доброго, может и будет генералом (Гоголь 4). [А.Е.]... Hes [the Mayor is] bucking for general. I'm afraid that maybe he'll be a general at that (4a).
         ♦ Больше всего она [Ахматова] боялась, чтобы какие-нибудь авангардисты не оторвали их [ её и Мандельштама] друг от друга, зачислив его посмертно в футуристы, в братья Хлебникову или, чего доброго, в Леф (Мандельштам 2). [context transl] What she [Akhmatova] feared most of all was that some avant-gardists might try to dissociate them [her and Mandelstam] by making him posthumously into a Futurist, a fellow spirit of Khlebnikov, or even, perish the thought, a member of LEF (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > чего доброго

  • 18 как знать

    КАК < ПОЧЕМ> ЗНАТЬ coll
    [indep. sent or sent adv (parenth); these forms only; fixed WO]
    =====
    although it is not known, it is entirely possible (when used as a rejoinder, may imply that the opposite may be true):
    - who knows?;
    - who can tell?;
    - how can you (one) tell?;
    - how can you (one) be sure?;
    - I (he, it etc) might...
         ♦ "...Поздно мне каяться. Для меня не будет помилования. Буду продолжать как начал. Как знать? Авось и удастся!" (Пушкин 2). "It's too late for me to repent. There'll be no mercy for me. I will continue as I have begun. Who knows? Perhaps I'll succeed" (2b).
         ♦ "Вы - не Достоевский", - сказала гражданка, сбиваемая с толку Коровьевым. "Ну, почём знать, почём знать", - ответил тот (Булгаков 9). "You are not Dostoevsky," said the woman, somewhat rattled by Koroviev's logic. "You never can tell, you never can tell," he answered (9a).
         ♦ "Всех же не выгонишь и не посадишь". - "Как знать, - сказал Антон. - Если нужно, могут посадить и всех" (Зиновьев 2). "And they can't expel everyone or send them all to jail." "How can you tell?" said Anton. "If they had to, they wouldn't be past jailing everybody" (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > как знать

  • 19 почем знать

    КАК < ПОЧЕМ> ЗНАТЬ coll
    [indep. sent or sent adv (parenth); these forms only; fixed WO]
    =====
    although it is not known, it is entirely possible (when used as a rejoinder, may imply that the opposite may be true):
    - who knows?;
    - who can tell?;
    - how can you (one) tell?;
    - how can you (one) be sure?;
    - I (he, it etc) might...
         ♦ "...Поздно мне каяться. Для меня не будет помилования. Буду продолжать как начал. Как знать? Авось и удастся!" (Пушкин 2). "It's too late for me to repent. There'll be no mercy for me. I will continue as I have begun. Who knows? Perhaps I'll succeed" (2b).
         ♦ "Вы - не Достоевский", - сказала гражданка, сбиваемая с толку Коровьевым. "Ну, почём знать, почём знать", - ответил тот (Булгаков 9). "You are not Dostoevsky," said the woman, somewhat rattled by Koroviev's logic. "You never can tell, you never can tell," he answered (9a).
         ♦ "Всех же не выгонишь и не посадишь". - "Как знать, - сказал Антон. - Если нужно, могут посадить и всех" (Зиновьев 2). "And they can't expel everyone or send them all to jail." "How can you tell?" said Anton. "If they had to, they wouldn't be past jailing everybody" (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > почем знать

  • 20 мудреного нет

    МУДРЕНОГО НЕТ; ЧТО МУДРЕНОГО both coll
    [VPsubj/ gen, (1st var.; VPsubj with бытья (2nd var.)]
    =====
    there is nothing surprising about sth., it is entirely possible:
    - it's only natural.
         ♦ "...Нет ничего мудрёного, что лица, получившие такое воспитание, оказываются неспособными выражать свои мысли связно и последовательно..." (Салтыков-Щедрин 2). "It is...no wonder that persons who have received such an education find it difficult to express their thoughts with any clarity or coherence..." (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > мудреного нет

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