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1 О-48
ОВЧИНКА ВЫДЕЛКИ HE СТОИТ (saying) the matter in question is not worth the time, energy, resources spent on it: - the game isn't worth the candle itfs more trouble than it's worth it's not worth the trouble it won't pay.Относись к своей работе как ко всякой работе, дающей средства существования, но не вкладывай в нее душу. Овчинка выделки не стоит (Зиновьев 2). Consider your work like any job that keeps you in food, but don't try to put your soul into it. The game isn't worth the candle (2a)....Ведь для этой десятиминутной игры Брюсову пришлось выучить наизусть с полсотни трудных и плохо запоминающихся строк. Забава была в стиле десятых годов, но стоила ли овчинка выделки? (Мандельштам 2)....For the sake of his ten minutes' fun, Briusov must have learned by heart at least fifty difficult and not very memorable lines. It was a practical joke very much in the style of the pre-Revolutionary years, but was it really worth all the trouble? (2a). -
2 овчинка выделки не стоит
[saying]=====⇒ the matter in question is not worth the time, energy, resources spent on it:- it won't pay.♦ Относись к своей работе как ко всякой работе, дающей средства существования, но не вкладывай в неё душу. Овчинка выделки не стоит (Зиновьев 2). Consider your work like any job that keeps you in food, but don't try to put your soul into it. The game isn't worth the candle (2a).♦...Ведь для этой десятиминутной игры Брюсову пришлось выучить наизусть с полсотни трудных и плохо запоминающихся строк. Забава была в стиле десятых годов, но стоила ли овчинка выделки? (Мандельштам 2)....For the sake of his ten minutes' fun, Briusov must have learned by heart at least fifty difficult and not very memorable lines. It was a practical joke very much in the style of the pre-Revolutionary years, but was it really worth all the trouble? (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > овчинка выделки не стоит
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3 овчинка выделки не стоит
1) General subject: not worth powder and shot, be more trouble than it's worth, it is not worth the trouble, it's not worth the bother2) Set phrase: it is not worth powder and shot, the game is not worth the can die, the game is not worth the candle3) Makarov: he is not a halfpenny the worse for itУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > овчинка выделки не стоит
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4 себе дороже
General subject: it's more trouble than it is worth (Abbyy Lingvo), it isn't worth the effort -
5 дорого
I кратк. прил.см. дорогойII нареч.1) ( по высокой цене) at a high price; too much; expensive(ly)э́то до́рого сто́ит — it is expensive
до́рого обойти́сь кому́-л — cost smb a lot
2) (ценой усилий, жертв) dear(ly)до́рого заплати́ть (за вн.) — pay dearly (for)
э́та оши́бка до́рого нам обошла́сь — we paid dearly for our mistake; this mistake cost us dear; it was an expensive mistake of ours
••до́рого бы я дал, что́бы (+ инф.) — I would give anything (+ to inf)
себе́ доро́же (сто́ит) — it's more trouble than it is worth; it isn't worth the effort
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6 Д-287
СЕБЕ ДОРОЖЕ СЕБЕ ДОРОЖЕ СТОИТ coll AdjP, Invar, subj-compl with бытье, стать etc (1st van) VP, usu. pres (2nd van) subj: abstr or infin ( occas. omitted) fixed WOsth. (or doing sth.) does not justify the effort, will have unpleasant consequences, will affect s.o. adverselyitis likely to cost person X dearlyitfs more trouble (bother, hassle) than ift worth person X stands to lose more than he gains. -
7 себе дороже
• СЕБЕ ДОРОЖЕ; СЕБЕ ДОРОЖЕ СТОИТ coll[AdjP, Invar, subj-compl with быть, стать etc (1st var.; VP, usu. pres (2nd var.; subj: abstr or infin (occas. omitted); fixed WO]=====⇒ sth. (or doing sth.) does not justify the effort, will have unpleasant consequences, will affect s.o. adversely:- it's more trouble <bother, hassle> than it's worth;- person X stands to lose more than he gains.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > себе дороже
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8 себе дороже стоит
• СЕБЕ ДОРОЖЕ; СЕБЕ ДОРОЖЕ СТОИТ coll[AdjP, Invar, subj-compl with быть, стать etc (1st var.; VP, usu. pres (2nd var.; subj: abstr or infin (occas. omitted); fixed WO]=====⇒ sth. (or doing sth.) does not justify the effort, will have unpleasant consequences, will affect s.o. adversely:- it's more trouble <bother, hassle> than it's worth;- person X stands to lose more than he gains.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > себе дороже стоит
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9 испортить много крови
испортить (попортить, перепортить) много крови ( кому), тж. столько (сколько) крови испортить (попортить и т. п.) ( кому)неодобр.worry smb. needlessly (unnecessarily); cause no end of trouble (worry); be a thorn in the side of smb.Всё же на Вашем месте я бы не волновался так отчаянно. И роль Анны и сама пьеса не стоят того, чтобы из-за них портили столько крови и нервов. (А. Чехов, Письмо О. Л. Книппер, 1 ноября 1899) — But yet in your place I would not be so desperately upset. Both the part of Anna and the play itself are not worth wasting so much feeling and nerves over.
- Вот уж истинная напасть на мою голову это начальство! Сколько оно мне портит крови! - Значительно больше, чем японцы, - иронически заметил Борейко. (А. Степанов, Порт-Артур) — 'Those Brass Hats are a veritable curse!' he added in disgust. 'The trouble they give us is beyond belief!' 'Much more than the Japanese!' observed Boreiko ironically.
- Я бы посоветовал вам, Грубский, серьёзно подумать над вашей ролью. Руководство стройки нам не жаловалось, но мы и сами знаем, сколько крови вы испортили Беридзе и его помощникам. (В. Ажаев, Далеко от Москвы) — I should advise you, Grubsky, to give serious thought to the role you are playing. The construction management has not complained to us, but we know ourselves that you have been a thorn in the side of Beridze and his assistants.
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > испортить много крови
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10 Не имей сто рублей, а имей сто друзей
Friends who help you out of trouble or make your life pleasant are worth more than money Var.: Не держи сто рублей, /а/ держи сто друзей Cf: A faithful friend is better than gold (Am.). They are rich who have true friends (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Не имей сто рублей, а имей сто друзей
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