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1 как сыр в масле кататься
1) General subject: live in easy street, live like a lord, pigs in clover, to be in clover, be in clover, live in clover, live like fighting cocks, living in a clover2) Colloquial: got a fat-city3) Set phrase: live the life of Riley, live on the fat of the land4) Phraseological unit: live the life of luxuryУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > как сыр в масле кататься
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2 жить
1) ( существовать) live; be aliveдо чего́ же хорошо́ жить! — it's so good / great to live [be alive]!
он бу́дет жить? — will he live?
жить у друзе́й — stay with one's friends
жить в гости́нице — stay at a hotel
жить в гуверна́нтках у кого́-л уст. — be a governess at smb's place
3) ( о животных - обитать) liveры́бы живу́т в воде́ — fish live in water
4) ( вести какой-л образ жизни) live; live / lead a life ( of some kind)я хочу́ жить, а не существова́ть! — I want to live, not just to exist!
жить скро́мно — live modestly
жить одино́ко — live a solitary life
жить зажи́точно — live in easy circumstances, be well off
жить в ро́скоши — live a life of luxury
жить в нищете́ — live in penury; just keep body and soul together идиом.
жить по́лной [счастли́вой] жи́знью — live a full [happy] life
жить забо́той о де́тях — live for the sake of one's children
он живёт свое́й рабо́той — his work makes his life
жить иллю́зиями — live in a world of illusions
жить одно́й мы́слью — live with one idea in one's mind
5) (на вн.; обеспечивать себя) live (on); support oneself (with); (за счёт рд.) live (off)жить на свои́ сре́дства — support oneself
жить на сре́дства кого́-л — live on / off smb
жить по сре́дствам — live within one's means
ему́ не́ на что жить — he has nothing to live on
жить за счёт инвести́ций — live off one's investments
6) разг. (с кем-л; состоять в интимных отношениях) live (with)жить друг с дру́гом — live together
7) (о традициях, идеях, памяти и т.п. - сохраняться) be alive; live onпа́мять о ней живёт — her memory lives on
••жить в века́х — live / remain forever
жить и здра́вствовать — be alive and well
живи́ и дай жить други́м — live and let live
за здоро́во живёшь разг. — 1) ( ни за что) for nothing 2) ( без всякой причины) without rhyme or reason
живём! в знач. межд. (выражает радость при получении или обнаружении чего-л полезного) — now we live!, now there's something to get along with!
жил-был, жил да был (традиционное начало русских народных сказок) — once (upon a time) there was / lived
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3 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)
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