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ЗЕМЛЯ ГОРИТ ПОД НОГАМИ чьими, у кого VP subj. pres or past fixed WO1. usu. словно (как будто) земля горит под ногами s.o. is compelled to run away from some place or to some place very quicklyX убегал, как будто земля горела у него под ногами — X ran off like the wind (like greased lightning).2. s.o. is in a difficult, dangerous situation: земля горела у X-a под ногами - X was sittingX was in hot water things were getting hot for X. -
2 земля горит под ногами
[VPsubj; pres or past; fixed WO]=====1. usu. словно (как будто) земля горит под ногами s.o. is compelled to run away from some place or to some place very quickly:- X убегал, как будто земля горела у него под ногами ≈ X ran off like the wind (like greased lightning).2. s.o. is in a difficult, dangerous situation: земля горела у X-a под ногами ≈ X was sitting (living) on a volcano; X was in hot water; things were getting hot for X.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > земля горит под ногами
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жить КАК НА ВУЛКАНЕ coll как + PrepP Invar adv(to live) in a potentially dangerous situation, expecting sth. unpleasant, disastrous to happen: (be living) on top of a volcano(be sitting) on a time bomb (a volcano).«Живем мы, знаете, как на вулкане... Всё может произойти...»(Ильф и Петров 1). "We're living on top of a volcano, you know Anything can happen" (1a).«Интересно, постигаете ли вы, на каком мы тут и без вас вулкане?» - «...Жена совершенно права. И без вас не сладко» (Пастернак 1). "I wonder if you realize what a volcano we are sitting on even without you here?" "...My wife is quite right. Things are bad enough without you" (1a). -
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• ЖИТЬ КАК НА ВУЛКАНЕ coll[ как + PrepP; Invar; adv]=====⇒ (to live) in a potentially dangerous situation, expecting sth. unpleasant, disastrous to happen:- (be sitting) on a time bomb (a volcano).♦ "Живем мы, знаете, как на вулкане... Всё может произойти..."(Ильф и Петров 1). "We're living on top of a volcano, you know. Anything can happen" (1a).♦ "Интересно, постигаете ли вы, на каком мы тут и без вас вулкане?" - "...Жена совершенно права. И без вас не сладко" (Пастернак 1). "I wonder if you realize what a volcano we are sitting on even without you here?" "...My wife is quite right. Things are bad enough without you" (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > как на вулкане
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5 вулкан
м.де́йствующий вулка́н — active volcano
спя́щий вулка́н — dormant volcano
поту́хший вулка́н — extinct volcano
••жить (как) на вулка́не — be living on the edge a volcano
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6 вулкан
м.volcano♢
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7 жить как на вулкане
[zhit' kak na vulkan'e]
To live as on a volcano.
To be in constant anticipation of trouble.
Cf. To sit on a powder-keg; to be living on the edge of a volcano; to be sitting on a volcano. Русские фразеологизмы в картинках (русско-английский словарь) > жить как на вулкане
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8 вулкан
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9 жить
несовер.; без доп.live; reside, lodge; exist, beжить на средства кого-л. — to live on smb.
начать жить по-новому — to start life afresh; to turn over a new leaf идиом.
приказать долго жить разг. — to pass on, to depart this life
жить в нищете — to live in penury; just keep body and soul together
жить иллюзиями — to live in a fool's paradise; to dream one's life away
жить в прислугах — to be a maid (at); to work as a maid (for)
жить в уединении — to live in solitude/retirement/seclusion
жить в холе — to live in clover; to be well cared for
жить впроголодь — to starve, to live from hand to mouth, to live in want
жить широко — to live in grand style, to live grandly; to live in opulence
••(за) здорово живешь разг. — for nothing; without rhyme or reason
жил-был — once upon a time there was (в сказках)
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