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1 лезть на рожон
1) General subject: ask for, ask for it, kick against the pricks, show hackles, take a bear by the tooth, kick against the prick, knock head against a brick wall, look for trouble, run head against a brick wall, stick neck out, stick one's neck out2) Colloquial: ask for trouble, invite trouble, put one's head into a noose3) Jargon: shine4) Set phrase: kick against the pricks (дословно: Лягать колючки. Смысл: сопротивляться во вред себе)5) Makarov: head for trouble, knock ( one's) head against a brick wall, run (one's) head against a brick wall -
2 лбом стену прошибать
1) General subject: knock head against a brick wall, lash the waves, run head against a brick wall2) Makarov: knock (one's) head against a brick wall, run ( one's) head against a brick wallУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > лбом стену прошибать
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3 головой стенку прошибать
1) General subject: knock head against a brick wall2) Makarov: knock (one's) head against a brick wallУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > головой стенку прошибать
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4 биться головой о стенку
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > биться головой о стенку
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5 биться головой об стенку
1) General subject: knock one's head against a brick wall2) Literal: bash (one's) head against the wall3) Phraseological unit: run into a brick wall (делать что-то без особого успеха)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > биться головой об стенку
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6 биться
1) (с тв.; сражаться) fight (with, against)2) (о вн.; ударяться) knock (against), hit (against), strike (d)би́ться о ка́мни (о волнах) — crash against rocks
3) ( пульсировать) beatсе́рдце си́льно бьётся — smb's heart is throbbing / thumping / pounding
4) ( дёргаться) thrash, tossры́ба би́лась в сети́ — the fishes thrashed about in the net
в печи́ бьётся ого́нь поэт. — fire flickers / flashes in the stove брит. / furance амер.
би́ться в исте́рике — writhe in hysterics
она́ бьётся в исте́рике — she is having hysterics [a fit of hysteria]
5) (над тв.; прилагать усилия) struggle (with)он бьётся над э́той зада́чей — he is struggling with this problem, he is racking his brains over this problem
как он ни би́лся — however hard he tried
6) (сов. поби́ться) (портиться - о фруктах, овощах) be bruisedэ́то стекло́ бьётся — this glass is breakable
••би́ться голово́й о́б стену — beat / bang one's head against a brick wall
би́ться как ры́ба об лёд — ≈ struggle to keep one's head above water
би́ться об закла́д — см. заклад
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7 вести бесполезную борьбу
1) General subject: knock one's head against a brick wall2) Makarov: fight with own shadowУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > вести бесполезную борьбу
См. также в других словарях:
knock one's head against a brick wall — To meet with total resistance or refusal to compromise • • • Main Entry: ↑knock … Useful english dictionary
bang one's head against a brick wall — If you bang or knock your head against a brick wall, you continue vainly to try to achieve something in spite of several unsuccessful attempts. I ve been banging my head against a brick wall trying to explain the internet to my… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
knock one's head against a brick wall — try and do the impossible; hit one s head against the side of a building … English contemporary dictionary
head — head1 W1S1 [hed] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(top of body)¦ 2¦(mind)¦ 3¦(calm/sensible)¦ 4¦(person in charge)¦ 5¦(front/leading position)¦ 6¦(crazy)¦ 7 a head/per head 8¦(river/valley)¦ 9 come to a head 9 bring something to a head … Dictionary of contemporary English
brick — n., v., & adj. n. 1 a a small, usu. rectangular, block of fired or sun dried clay, used in building. b the material used to make these. c a similar block of concrete etc. 2 Brit. a child s toy building block. 3 a brick shaped solid object (a… … Useful english dictionary
head */*/*/ — I UK [hed] / US noun Word forms head : singular head plural heads 1) [countable] the top part of your body that has your brain, eyes, mouth etc in it a bruise on the side of her head • Collocations: Verbs frequently used with head as the object… … English dictionary
head — head1 [ hed ] noun *** ▸ 1 top part of body ▸ 2 your mind and thoughts ▸ 3 leader of group ▸ 4 top/front part of something ▸ 5 white bubbles on beer ▸ 6 where river begins ▸ 7 top of drum ▸ 8 center of spot on skin ▸ 9 for counting animals ▸ 10… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
head — noun 1》 the upper part of the human body, or the front or upper part of the body of an animal, typically separated from the rest of the body by a neck, and containing the brain, mouth, and sense organs. ↘(heads) the side of a coin bearing the … English new terms dictionary
bang — 1 noun 1 (C) a sudden loud noise caused by something such as a gun or an object hitting a hard surface: The front door slammed with a loud bang. 2 (C) a hard knock or hit against something: That was a nasty bang on the head. 3 bangs (plural) AmE… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
bang — [[t]bæ̱ŋ[/t]] bangs, banging, banged 1) N COUNT; SOUND A bang is a sudden loud noise such as the noise of an explosion. I heard four or five loud bangs... She slammed the door with a bang... The television went bang. 2) VERB If something bangs,… … English dictionary
Fourth wall — The fourth wall is the imaginary wall at the front of the stage in a proscenium theater, through which the audience sees the action in the world of the play. It was made explicit by Denis Diderot [ The Fourth Wall and the Third Space by John… … Wikipedia
