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1 жёлтый дом
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2 психбольница
1) General subject: psycho ward, home for the insane, nut hospital3) Euphemism: residential treatment facility (AmE), institution4) Jargon: funny farm, funny house5) American English: nuttery -
3 Кащенко
Jocular: loony bin -
4 дурдом
1) General subject: madhouse, crazy house, funny house, insane asylum, loony bin, mental hospital, nuthouse, snake pit ( a place of overcrowded squalor, esp. a poorly run mental hospital; originally from the title of a novel by Mary Jane Ward, 1946)2) Colloquial: silly talking, waste time tales (разговор не понимающих друг друга собеседников), bedlam3) Australian slang: giggle-house4) Jargon: bughouse, nut house, nut-box, nut-box college, nut-box factory, nut-box foudry, nut-box hatch, nut-box house, booby hatch, cuckoo's nest, dorky place, laughing academy5) American English: bonzo place, funny farm, nuttery -
5 дурка
Jargon: booby hatch, crazy house, laughing academy, bughouse, loony bin, nut factory, nut house, nuthouse, nuttery -
6 умственное учреждение
Taboo: loony-binУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > умственное учреждение
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7 психушка
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8 психушка
ж. разг.mental home / clinic; funny farm, loony bin sl -
9 извини за выражение
разг.excuse the word; if you will excuse the expression (my strong language); saving your presence; cf. excuse my French joc.Лебедев.
Слушай, Матвей, договоришься ты до того, что тебя, извини за выражение, в жёлтый дом свезут. (А. Чехов, Иванов) — Lebedev. Look here, Matvei. Your arguments will land you in a loony-bin, excuse my French!Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > извини за выражение
См. также в других словарях:
loony bin — (l[=oo]n [y^] b[i^]n) n. An institution for the confinement or treatment of insane persons, such as an insane asylum or the psychiatric ward of a hospital. [slang] Syn: mental institution. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
loony bin — n informal an expression meaning a hospital for people who are mentally ill, usually considered offensive = psychiatric hospital … Dictionary of contemporary English
loony bin — loony ,bin noun count an offensive word for a hospital for mentally ill people … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
loony bin — [n] mental health facility bughouse*, funny farm*, insane asylum, madhouse*, mental hospital, mental institution, nut house*, psychiatric hospital, psychiatric ward, sanatorium; concepts 312,439,516 … New thesaurus
loony bin — n. Slang an institution for the mentally ill … English World dictionary
loony bin — noun pejorative terms for an insane asylum • Syn: ↑Bedlam, ↑booby hatch, ↑crazy house, ↑cuckoo s nest, ↑funny farm, ↑funny house, ↑madhouse, ↑nut house, ↑nuthouse, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
loony bin — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms loony bin : singular loony bin plural loony bins an offensive word for a hospital for mentally ill people … English dictionary
loony bin — n. an insane asylum; a mental hospital. □ I feel like I’m about ready for the loony bin. □ Today’s loony bins are far different from those of just a few decades ago … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
loony bin — mental hospital, nut house If you ride that giraffe downtown they ll put you in the loony bin … English idioms
loony bin — np Insane asylum. Loan you $5? You should be locked up in aloony bin! 1910s … Historical dictionary of American slang
loony bin — n a hospital for the insane or mentally sub normal, an insane asylum . The most common slang expression for such an institution in the English speaking world since the end of the 19th century. In modern British parlance it is usually shortened to … Contemporary slang