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1 жить припеваючи
1) General subject: live high on the hog, live in easy street, live like a fighting cock, live like fighting cocks, live the life of Riley2) Jargon: on the grind3) Set phrase: be in clover4) Makarov: crack a tidy crust5) Taboo: piss on ice -
2 жить в роскоши
1) General subject: be lapped in luxury, live high, live in luxury, live like a fighting cock, live like a lord, luxuriate, roll in luxury, to be in clover, live in cloven, live in great splendor, live on the fat of the land, walk in golden slippers, live the high life2) Jargon: eat high of the hog, eat high on the hog3) Graphic expression: live off the fat of the land (библейск. происхождения)4) Makarov: live in great splendour5) Taboo: shit in high cotton (особ. после полосы неудач) -
3 как кум королю
прост., шутл.cf. sit on top of the world; be (live) in clover, live like a fighting cock; live like a lord (like a prince); be comfy and cosy; be fortune's darlingНищая.
До революции я жила - кум королю! В то время я юродивой ходила. У меня в банке три с половиной тыщи лежало золотом. (Н. Погодин, Кремлёвские куранты) — Beggar: Before the Revolution I was sitting on top of the world! I played the weak-witted pious beggar then. And I had three and a half thousand in gold put away in the bank.Он сидел на высоком табурете, окружённый приборами, включал, выключал, настраивал, сам себе хозяин, кум королю. (Д. Гранин, Иду на грозу) — He sat on a high stool surrounded by apparatus. He switched on and switched off, and made adjustments, he was his own master, fortune's darling.
- Две ночи там переночевал, как кум королю. А вчерась всех нас - взашей! (Ю. Бондарев, Выбор) — 'We spent two nights there, comfy and cozy. But yesterday - we all got kicked out!'
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4 жить припеваючи
разг.cf. live in clover; live on the fat of the land; live on Easy Street; live like a fighting cockРусско-английский фразеологический словарь > жить припеваючи
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5 как сыр в масле кататься
как (будто, словно, точно) сыр в масле кататьсяразг., ирон., шутл.live (be) in clover; live on the fat of the land; eat the bread of luxury; live in a bed of roses; live like a fighting cockПокуда гостила Евдокия Лукинична, Ася с Людой и Матвеем катались как сыр в масле. Комната убрана, обед приготовлен, Матвейка обстиран - земной рай! (И. Грекова, Кафедра) — While Yevdokiya Lukinichna stayed with them, Asya, Lyuda and Matvei lived in clover. The room was clean, lunch prepared, Matvei's clothes washed - heaven on earth!
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