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1 Л-38
ЛЕГЧЕ ЛЁГКОГО coll AdjP Invar subj-compl with copula ( subj: usu. это or infin) fixed WOit is very easy (to do sth.): это легче легкого = it's as easy (simple) as can beitis (as) easy as pie (as falling off a log) itfs the easiest thing in the world.Боясь связываться с вредной старухой, мои экзаменаторы не решились меня провалить, хотя сделать это было легче легкого: ведь я не владела искусством перебрасываться с преподавателями вопросами и ответами, словно теннисными мячами, и вполне могла перепутать все съезды... (Мандельштам 1). Afraid of antagonizing the difficult old lady, my examiners hesitated to fail me, though it would have been the easiest thing in the world: I had not mastered the art of bandying question-and-answer, like a tennis ball, with the lecturers, and I was quite capable of mixing up the Party Congresses (1a). -
2 легче легкого
• ЛЕГЧЕ ЛЕГКОГО coll[AdjP; Invar; subj-compl with copula (subj: usu. это or infin); fixed WO]=====⇒ it is very easy (to do sth.):- it's the easiest thing in the world.♦ Боясь связываться с вредной старухой, мои экзаменаторы не решились меня провалить, хотя сделать это было легче легкого: ведь я не владела искусством перебрасываться с преподавателями вопросами и ответами, словно теннисными мячами, и вполне могла перепутать все съезды... (Мандельштам 1). Afraid of antagonizing the difficult old lady, my examiners hesitated to fail me, though it would have been the easiest thing in the world: I had not mastered the art of bandying question-and-answer, like a tennis ball, with the lecturers, and I was quite capable of mixing up the Party Congresses (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > легче легкого
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3 Р-35
РАЗ ПЛЮНУТЬ (кому) highly coll Invar usu. subj-compl with бытье (subj. usu. infin or это) fixed WOdoing sth. is very easy, requires very little effort (from s.o.): (Y-y) сделать X - раз плюнуть - doing X is a cinch (a snap, a breeze, nothing, no sweat, as easy as pie) (for Y)doing X is a piece of cake (for Y) (there's) nothing to it (to doing X) doing X is as easy (for Y) as falling off a log.Ему любую алгебраическую задачу решить - раз плюнуть. Solving any algebra problem is a cinch for him.«...B связи... с отравлением атмосферы... заразу ликвидировать и учредить в отдаленной местности. Годится?» -...«Молодец, -сказал бургомистр. - Голова...» - «Ерунда, - сказал Росше-пер. — Раз плюнуть...» (Стругацкие 1). "In view of the poisoning of the atmosphere...the germs are to be liquidated and reestablished in a remote province. Hows that?"..."Good boy," said the burgomaster. "What a mind..." "Peanuts," said Rosheper. "Nothing to it" (1a). -
4 раз плюнуть
• РАЗ ПЛЮНУТЬ ( кому) highly coll=====⇒ doing sth. is very easy, requires very little effort (from s.o.):- (Y-y) сделать X - раз плюнуть≈ doing X is a cinch <a snap, a breeze, nothing, no sweat, as easy as pie> (for V);- (there's) nothing to it < to doing X>;- doing X is as easy (for Y) as falling off a log.♦ Ему любую алгебраическую задачу решить - раз плюнуть. Solving any algebra problem is a cinch for him.♦ "... В связи... с отравлением атмосферы... заразу ликвидировать и учредить в отдаленной местности. Годится?" -..."Молодец, - сказал бургомистр. - Голова..." - "Ерунда, - сказал Росшепер. - Раз плюнуть..." (Стругацкие 1). "In view of the poisoning of the atmosphere...the germs are to be liquidated and reestablished in a remote province. Hows that?"..."Good boy," said the burgomaster. "What a mind..." "Peanuts," said Rosheper. "Nothing to it" (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > раз плюнуть
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5 проще простого
1) General subject: as easy as pie, as easy as shelling peas, it is simplicity itself, plain sailing, waltz, as easy as ABC, as simple as ABC, there is nothing to it, it's as simple as anything, as easy as falling off a log, piece of cake, (it's a cakewalk) cakewalk, it couldn't be any easier, shooting fish in a barrel, it's a snap, simple as rolling off a log2) Slang: it's a joke, kid's stuff3) American: like taking candy from a baby -
6 проще пареной репы
1) General subject: piece of cake, as easy as falling off a log, shooting fish in a barrel, simple as rolling off a log2) Colloquial: kid stuff (Climbing that hill is kid stuff), duck soup (The exam was duck soup. I am sure that I did very well - Сдать экзамен было проще пареной репы. Уверен, что справился.), kid's stuff (напр.: Driving an automatic car is kid’s stuff), a piece of cake, a piece of piss, it's a snap, no sweat3) Idiomatic expression: as easy as apple pieУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > проще пареной репы
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7 щёлкать как семечки
( что)разг.make light (short) work of smth.; deal with smth. very easy (as easy as shelling peas; as easy as falling off a log, as easy as pie)Я задумал перерешать все задачи для третьего класса. Там было много простых задач, и я щёлкал их, как будто семечки, но попадались и такие, над которыми приходилось ломать голову. (Н. Носов, Витя Малеев в школе и дома) — I had made up my mind to go through last year's arithmetic from beginning to end. Most of the problems were as easy as shelling peas, but there were some that gave me quite a bit of trouble.
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > щёлкать как семечки
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8 Д-123
ПЛЁВОЕ ДЕЛО highly coll NP\ sing only usu. subj-compl with copula, nom or instrum ( subj: infin or abstr, often это))1. doing sth. is very easy, does not require any effort: (it's) a snap (a cinch, a breeze)(that's) nothing (as) easy as pie (as) easy as falling off a log.Собрать автомат за 25 секунд с завязанными глазами было для Мосина плёвым делом. Reassembling a submachine gun in 25 seconds with his eyes blindfolded was a snap for Mosin(author's usage) «По мне, мужики, чего ни делается, все к лучшему, сунут нашим корешам от силы по пятерику (пять лет тюрьмы) за соучастие, детский срок, плёвое дело...» (Максимов 1). ( context transl) uIn my opinion, lads, whatever happens is for the best. They'll give our mates five years at the most for complicity-kids' stuff, hardly worth bothering about" (1a).2. doing sth. reprehensible (unethical etc) is easy for s.o., elicits in s.o. no feelings of regret, remorse etc: сделать Y для X-a -плёвое дело - X doesn't feel the least bit bad about (guilty for) doing YX doesn't feel bad at all about doing Y X doesn't think ift (doesn't consider it) any big deal to do Y (in limited contexts) X would do Y to s.o. as soon as look at him. -
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• ПЛЕВОЕ ДЕЛО highly coll[NP; sing only; usu. subj-compl with copula, nom or instrum (subj: infin or abstr, often это)]=====1. doing sth. is very easy, does not require any effort:- (it's) a snap <a cinch, a breeze>;- (as) easy as falling off a log.♦ Собрать автомат за 25 секунд с завязанными глазами было для Мосина плёвым делом. Reassembling a submachine gun in 25 seconds with his eyes blindfolded was a snap for Mosin♦ [author's usage] "По мне, мужики, чего ни делается, все к лучшему, сунут нашим корешам от силы по пятерику [пять лет тюрьмы] за соучастие, детский срок, плёвое дело..." (Максимов 1). [context transl] "In my opinion, lads, whatever happens is for the best. They'll give our mates five years at the most for complicity-kids' stuff, hardly worth bothering about" (1a).2. doing sth. reprehensible (unethical etc) is easy for s.o., elicits in s.o. no feelings of regret, remorse etc: сделать Y для X-a - плёвое дело ≈ X doesn't feel the least bit bad about (guilty for) doing Y; X doesn't feel bad at all about doing Y; X doesn't think it's (doesn't consider it) any big deal to do Y; [in limited contexts] X would do Y to s.o. as soon as look at him.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > плевое дело
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10 проще пареной репы
прост.nothing could be simpler; cf. as easy as ABC (as falling (rolling) off a log); as easy as dawn it; easy as pie- А ну давай сюда твою задачку! - сказал лётчик... Эта? Так! Условие вполне подходящее. Ну-с, с чего начнём? Угу, понял! Дело ясное, проще пареной репы. (Л. Кассиль, Черемыш, брат героя) — 'Let's have a look at your problem!' Clementy said... 'This one? Hm! The conditions are clear. Well, what do we begin with? Uh-huh... Fine! It's as easy as pie.'
- Я бы попросил вас позвонить... В одно место... - Ну, это проще пареной репы, - сказал Академик. - А почему ты не позвонишь сам? (В. Белов, Всё впереди) — 'I was just wondering if you could call...' Nothing could be simpler,' said the Academician. 'But why don't you do it yourself?'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > проще пареной репы
См. также в других словарях:
as easy as anything pie ABC falling off a log — as ˌeasy as ˈanything/as ˈpie/as ABˈC/as falling off a ˈlog idiom (informal) very easy or very easily • Fooling him was as easy as falling off a log. Main entry: ↑easyidiom … Useful english dictionary
as easy as as pie ABC falling off a log — as ˌeasy as ˈanything/as ˈpie/as ABˈC/as falling off a ˈlog idiom (informal) very easy or very easily • Fooling him was as easy as falling off a log. Main entry: ↑easyidiom … Useful english dictionary
as easy as anything pie as falling off a log — as ˌeasy as ˈanything/as ˈpie/as ABˈC/as falling off a ˈlog idiom (informal) very easy or very easily • Fooling him was as easy as falling off a log. Main entry: ↑easyidiom … Useful english dictionary
as easy as as pie as falling off a log — as ˌeasy as ˈanything/as ˈpie/as ABˈC/as falling off a ˈlog idiom (informal) very easy or very easily • Fooling him was as easy as falling off a log. Main entry: ↑easyidiom … Useful english dictionary
easy as falling off a log — (as) easy as falling off a log See: as easy as pie … New idioms dictionary
as easy as anything as ABC falling off a log — as ˌeasy as ˈanything/as ˈpie/as ABˈC/as falling off a ˈlog idiom (informal) very easy or very easily • Fooling him was as easy as falling off a log. Main entry: ↑easyidiom … Useful english dictionary
as easy as as as ABC falling off a log — as ˌeasy as ˈanything/as ˈpie/as ABˈC/as falling off a ˈlog idiom (informal) very easy or very easily • Fooling him was as easy as falling off a log. Main entry: ↑easyidiom … Useful english dictionary
as easy as anything as as falling off a log — as ˌeasy as ˈanything/as ˈpie/as ABˈC/as falling off a ˈlog idiom (informal) very easy or very easily • Fooling him was as easy as falling off a log. Main entry: ↑easyidiom … Useful english dictionary
as easy as as as as falling off a log — as ˌeasy as ˈanything/as ˈpie/as ABˈC/as falling off a ˈlog idiom (informal) very easy or very easily • Fooling him was as easy as falling off a log. Main entry: ↑easyidiom … Useful english dictionary
as easy as falling off a log — (as) easy as falling off a log See: as easy as pie … New idioms dictionary
easy as pie — [adj] very easy duck soup, easily done, easily managed, easy as can be, like falling off a log*, like shooting fish in a barrel*, like stealing candy from a baby*, no sweat, simple, simple as ABC; concepts 527,565 … New thesaurus
