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losing proposition

  • 1 Д-75

    ГИБЛОЕ (ПРОПАЩЕЕ) ДЕЛО NP sing only subj-compl with copula, nom or instrum ( subj: usu. infin or это, often omitted)) doing sth. is futile and may, in addition, result in unfavorable consequences
    lost cause
    losing proposition hopeless undertaking ( sth. is) hopeless.
    ...Спорить с Юркой об архитектуре - дело гиблое (Михайловская 1)....It is a lost cause, arguing with Yuri about architecture (1a).
    В общем, лично мне это надоело... Артель «Напрасный труд». Мы пробурили этот живописный распадок в двух местах и сейчас бурили в третьем. Гиблое дело -нет здесь ее (нефти) (Аксёнов 1). Actually, I for one was fed up with it... The uLabor-in-Vain Co-op." We drilled this picturesque ravine in two spots and now we were drilling in a third. A losing proposition— there isn't any (oil) here (1a).
    Весь январь сорок седьмого года я провёл на Ярославском вокзале... С семи утра встречал пригородные поезда, вечером с пяти и до двенадцати ночи их провожал... Гиблое дело... Нет Гали... (Рыбаков 1). I spent the whole of January 1947 at Yaroslav Station....From seven in the morning I met the suburban trains and from five o'clock to midnight I watched them leave....It was hopeless. No Galya (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > Д-75

  • 2 гиблое дело

    • ГИБЛОЕ < ПРОПАЩЕЕ> ДЕЛО
    [NP; sing only; subj-compl with copula, nom or instrum (subj: usu. infin or это, often omitted)]
    =====
    ⇒ doing sth. is futile and may, in addition, result in unfavorable consequences:
    - (sth. is) hopeless.
         ♦...Спорить с Юркой об архитектуре - дело гиблое (Михайловская 1)....It is a lost cause, arguing with Yuri about architecture (1a).
         ♦ В общем, лично мне это надоело... Артель "Напрасный труд". Мы пробурили этот живописный распадок в двух местах и сейчас бурили в третьем. Гиблое дело - нет здесь ее [нефти] (Аксёнов 1). Actually, I for one was fed up with it... The "Labor-in-Vain Co-op." We drilled this picturesque ravine in two spots and now we were drilling in a third. A losing proposition - there isn't any [oil] here (1a).
         ♦ Весь январь сорок седьмого года я провел на Ярославском вокзале... С семи утра встречал пригородные поезда, вечером с пяти и до двенадцати ночи их провожал... Гиблое дело... Нет Гали... (Рыбаков 1). I spent the whole of January 1947 at Yaroslav Station....From seven in the morning I met the suburban trains and from five o'clock to midnight I watched them leave....It was hopeless. No Galya (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > гиблое дело

  • 3 пропащее дело

    • ГИБЛОЕ < ПРОПАЩЕЕ> ДЕЛО
    [NP; sing only; subj-compl with copula, nom or instrum (subj: usu. infin or это, often omitted)]
    =====
    ⇒ doing sth. is futile and may, in addition, result in unfavorable consequences:
    - (sth. is) hopeless.
         ♦...Спорить с Юркой об архитектуре - дело гиблое (Михайловская 1)....It is a lost cause, arguing with Yuri about architecture (1a).
         ♦ В общем, лично мне это надоело... Артель "Напрасный труд". Мы пробурили этот живописный распадок в двух местах и сейчас бурили в третьем. Гиблое дело - нет здесь ее [нефти] (Аксёнов 1). Actually, I for one was fed up with it... The "Labor-in-Vain Co-op." We drilled this picturesque ravine in two spots and now we were drilling in a third. A losing proposition - there isn't any [oil] here (1a).
         ♦ Весь январь сорок седьмого года я провел на Ярославском вокзале... С семи утра встречал пригородные поезда, вечером с пяти и до двенадцати ночи их провожал... Гиблое дело... Нет Гали... (Рыбаков 1). I spent the whole of January 1947 at Yaroslav Station....From seven in the morning I met the suburban trains and from five o'clock to midnight I watched them leave....It was hopeless. No Galya (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > пропащее дело

  • 4 нерентабельный

    1) General subject: unprofitable, uneconomic, unviable (AD), a losing proposition, operating at a loss, failing to post a profit
    2) Geology: unpay

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > нерентабельный

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