may God help you

may God help you!

"1. Allah, God. 2. How wonderful! Really! -ım! My God! -tan 1. luckily, fortunately. 2. from birth. - acısın. May God have pity on him./Only God can help him. - (acısını) unutturmasın. May God spare you from a greater sorrow (said when one is subjected to a great loss or grief). - adamı man of God. - akıllar/akıl fikir versin. colloq. Where is your good sense? l am surprised at you/him. -ü âlem 1. probably. 2. maybe. 3. God knows. - Allah! 1. colloq. Goodness gracious!/How strange! 2. a Turkish battle cry. - aratmasın. May God spare you from having to get along without what you now have (said when one is discontented). - artırsın. May God grant you prosperity. - aşkına! colloq. 1. For heaven´s sake. l beg you. 2. How wonderful! - bağışlasın. God bless him/her (a child, a loved one, etc.). - bana, ben de sana. colloq. I´ll pay you my debt when l can get some money. -ın belası 1. nuisance, pest. 2. pestiferous, pesky. - belanı versin/vermesin. colloq. God damn you! - belasını versin. colloq. Damn him! - beterinden esirgesin/saklasın. May God protect you/him from worse trouble. - bilir. colloq. Only God knows./It´s hard to say. - bilir.... It seems to me.... -ın bildiğini kuldan ne saklayayım? colloq. What´s the use of making a secret of it? -a bin şükür. Thank God. -ın binasını yıkmak to commit murder or suicide. - bir! By the one God! -a bir can borcu var. colloq. He has nothing so he has no scruples. - bir dediğinden başka/gayri sözüne inanılmaz. colloq. He is a habitual liar. - bir, söz bir. colloq. I give my word on it. - bir yastıkta kocatsın. May you have a happy life together (said to a newly married couple). -tan bulmak to get one´s just deserts from God. -ından bulsun. colloq. Let God punish him. - büyüktür. 1. Some day God will right the wrong that has been done to us. 2. God is sure to punish him some day for what he has done. - canını alsın/almasın. colloq. God damn you. - cezanı versin/vermesin. colloq. God damn you. -ın cezası damn, damned. -ı çok, insanı az bir yer a deserted place. - derim. colloq. All l can say is “O God.” - dört gözden ayırmasın. /ı/ May God save (this child) from being an orphan. - düşmanıma vermesin. colloq. I wouldn´t wish it on my worst enemy. - ecir sabır versin. May God give you/him patience (said in condolence). - eksik etmesin. May we not suffer his loss. I am very grateful for what he has done. - eksikliğini göstermesin. I am grateful for it anyway. -a emanet. May God protect him. -a emanet etmek /ı/ to leave the rest to God (said after sending off someone one has nurtured or a work one has prepared). -a emanet olun. Good-bye (said by one who is leaving). - emeklerini eline vermesin. May you enjoy the fruit of your labor. -ın emri, Peygamberin kavliyle according to the command of God and the word of the Prophet (said in asking a family for their daughter as a bride). - esirgesin/saklasın. God forbid. - etmesin. God forbid. - evi place of worship. -ın evi the heart of man. - gani gani rahmet eylesin. May God have abundant mercy upon him (said for a dead person). -ın gazabı a scourge of God. - gecinden versin. May God ordain it to be late (used when mentioning death). - göstermesin! colloq. God forbid! -ın günü every single day, every darn day (said in exasperation or impatience). - hakkı için in God´s name. -a havale etmek /ı/ to leave (punishment, revenge) to God. - hayırlı etsin. May God turn it to good. - herkesin gönlüne göre versin. May God grant the wishes of everyone. -ın hikmeti something incredible, something extraordinary, something miraculous. -ın hikmeti! colloq. Incredible!/Extraordinary!/God be praised!/It´s a miracle! - hoşnut olsun. God bless you (for your kindness to me). - ıslah etsin. May God mend his ways. -a ısmarladık. Good-bye (said by the person leaving). - için truly, to be fair. - imdat eylesin. colloq. May God help you. - (seni) inandırsın.... Believe me.... - isterse if possible, if

aide [εd]

1. feminine noun

   a. ( = assistance) help

• apporter son aide à qn to help sb

• à l'aide ! help!

► à l'aide de with the help of

• ouvrir qch à l'aide d'un couteau to open sth with a knife

   b. (en équipement, en argent etc) aid

• l'aide humanitaire humanitarian aid

2. masculine noun, feminine noun

( = personne) assistant

3. compounds

► aide au développement development aid

► aide à l'embauche employment incentive

► aide familiale ( = personne) home help (Brit), home helper (US)

► aide judiciaire legal aid

► aide maternelle, aide ménagère ( = personne) home help (Brit), home helper (US)

► aide personnalisée au logement ≈ housing benefit (Brit) or subsidy (US)

► aide aux personnes âgées care for the elderly

► aide sociale social security (Brit), welfare (US)

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nom masculin et féminin ( dans un travail) assistant

aide- (in compounds)

- aide de camp

1) ( secours) (d'individu, de groupe) help, assistance; (d'État, organisme) assistance

2) ( en argent) aid [U]

•

- aide au développement

- aide à domicile

- aide familiale

- aide judiciaire

- aide sociale

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1. nmf

2. nf

1) (= secours, assistance) help, assistance

2) [organisations humanitaires ou charitables] aid

3) (= contribution financière, subvention) financial assistance

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aide ⇒ Les métiers et les professions

A nmf ( dans un travail) assistant.

B nf

1 ( secours) (d'individu, de groupe) help, assistance; (d'État, organisme) assistance; appeler à l'aide to call for help; à l'aide! help!; avec/sans l'aide de qn with/without sb's help; à l'aide de with the help ou aid of [tournevis, dictionnaire, police]; proposer son aide à qn to offer to help sb; apporter son aide à qn to help sb; il m'a apporté une aide considérable he was a great help to me; venir/aller à l'aide de qn to come/to go to sb's aid ou assistance; venir en aide à qn ( financièrement) to help ou aid sb;

2 ( en argent) ( à un pays) aid ¢; ( aux démunis) aid ¢, allowance ∁; (à une industrie, un organisme) aid ¢, subsidy ∁; ( pour un projet) aid ¢, grant ∁; recevoir des aides de to receive financial backing ou aid from [État, organisme]; les aides à la famille financial aid for families; recevoir une aide de 2 000 euros to receive 2,000 euros in aid.

aide de camp aide-de-camp; aide au développement foreign aid; aide à domicile home help GB, home helper US; aide familiale mother's help GB, mother's helper US; aide française international aid programme^GB; aide judiciaire legal aid; aide légale = aide judiciaire; aide maternelle = aide familiale; aide médicale health care; aide médicale gratuite free health care; aide ménagère = aide à domicile; aide au retour incentive for voluntary repatriation; aide sociale social security benefits GB, welfare benefits US.

ⓘ Aide au retour A government measure to encourage the repatriation of foreign nationals who wish to return to their country of origin.

ⓘ Aide française This refers to the government programme of international aid, mainly directed to French-speaking countries in Africa.

ⓘ Aide judiciaire The legal aid available to those whose income is below a certain level. This includes awards for the costs of a case and also free initial legal consultations.

[ɛd] nom féminin

1. [appui] help, assistance, aid

2. INFORMATIQUE

3. [don d'argent] aid

aide à la reconversion des entreprises industrial reconversion grants

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aides nom féminin pluriel

à l'aide de locution prépositionnelle

1. [avec] with the help of

2. [au secours de]

[ɛd] nom masculin

1. [assistant - payé] assistant ; [ - bénévole] helper

2. (comme adjectif; avec ou sans trait d'union) assistant (modificateur)

3. MILITAIRE

aide de camp aide-de-camp

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[ɛd] nom féminin

a. [travailleuse familiale] home help

b. [jeune fille au pair] au pair

a) ask God for it, not me!, may God help you! b) may you enjoy it!

du/ad. to help, aid; Jainkoak durgatzula may God help you

,-ti 1. kindness, benevolence. 2. the grace of God. -te bulunmak to do a favor. - etmek /a/ 1. to do a favor (to). 2. to be gracious (to). 3. kindly to give one´s attention (to). - ola! May God help you! (said to a beggar when refusing to give him/her anything).

1. \Б-143 (кого от чего). Also: УПАСЙ (СОХРАНИ, ОБОРОНИ obs) БОГ (ГОСПОДЬ)

2. Also: УПАСИ (СОХРАНИ, ОБОРОНИ) БОГ (ГОСПОДЬ)

3. ( usu. predic (with subj: any common noun), modif, or adv ( intensif)) (a person or thing is) extremely bad, awful etc, (some undesirable quality is) very strongly manifested, (some undesirable action is carried out) with extreme intensity: God (may the Lord) save us (you etc) from such a NP (from a NP like that) God (may the Lord) spare you (me etc) a NP like that

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1. боже оборони (кого от чего). Also: УПАСИ( СОХРАНИ, ОБОРОНИ obs) БОГ < ГОСПОДЬ>; БОЖЕ СОХРАНИ <ОБОРОНИ obs>-, ИЗБАВИ БОГ <БОЖЕ, ГОСПОДИ> [usu. indep. sent, sent adv (parenth), or predic (with subj: infin)]

⇒ used to express caution, concern that sth. undesirable may happen, or a warning to s.o. not to do sth.:

- God (heaven) forbid;

- (may) God preserve (save) s.o. (from sth.);

- God (heaven) help s.o. (if...);

- [in limited contexts](don't do sth.) for God's (heaven's) sake.

     ♦ "Если вы заботитесь о своем пищеварении, мой добрый совет - не говорите за обедом о большевизме и о медицине. И, Боже вас сохрани, не читайте до обеда советских газет" (Булгаков 11). "If you care about your digestion, my advice is-don't talk about Bolshevism or medicine at the table. And, God forbid - never read Soviet newspapers before dinner" (lib).

     ♦ "Избави бог его [Абуталипа] от такого [от равнодушия детей]. Хватит ему и других горестей", - подумал Едигей (Айтматов 2). "God preserve him [Abutalip] from that [from his children's indifference]. He has enough other troubles," thought Yedigei (2a).

     ♦ Но боже упаси тебя сделать что-нибудь из ряда вон выходящее или, страшно подумать, выдающееся! (Зиновьев 1). But God help you if you produce something out of the ordinary or, horror of horrors, outstanding! (1a).

     ♦ "...Здесь распространена трахома - упаси вас господь вытираться их полотенцами!" (Рыбаков 2). "...They've got trachoma, so never dry yourself with one of their towels, for God's sake!" (2a).

2. Also: УПАСИ( СОХРАНИ, ОБОРОНИВ) БОГ < ГОСПОДЬ>; БОЖЕ СОХРАНИ <ОБОРОНИ obs>; ИЗБАВИ БОГ <БОЖЕ, ГОСПОДИ> [indep. sent or sent adv (parenth)]

⇒ used to express an emphatic denial of sth. that is, in fact, possible or may be assumed:

- God (heaven) forbid!

     ♦ "Я не хочу пугать тебя, но временами у меня ощущение, будто не сегодня-завтра меня арестуют". - "Сохрани Бог, Юрочка" (Пастернак 1). "I don't want to worry you, but occasionally I have the feeling that they might arrest me any day." "God forbid, Yurochka" (1a).

     ♦ [Они] расскажут при случае, что они, Боже упаси, не антисемиты... (Свирский 1). [They] tell you whenever the opportunity occurs that they aren't anti-Semitic, heaven forbid (1a).

3. [usu. predic (with subj: any common noun), modif, or adv (intensif)]

⇒ (a person or thing is) extremely bad, awful etc, (some undesirable quality is) very strongly manifested, (some undesirable action is carried out) with extreme intensity:

- God (may the Lord) save us (you etc) from such a [NP] (from a [NP] like that);

- God (may the Lord) spare you (me etc) a [NP] like that;

- (sth.) like I hope never to see (hear etc) again;

- goodness (God), how [AdjP] one (sth.) is;

- God, how...!;

- a God-awful [NP];

- God help us.

     ♦ И все [ведьмы], сколько ни было их там, как хмельные, отплясывали какого-то чертовского трепака. Пыль подняли боже упаси какую! (Гоголь 5). And the whole bunch of them [the witches] were dancing some sort of devil's jig as though they were drunk. What a dust they raised, God help us! (5a).

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1. боже сохрани (кого от чего). Also: УПАСИ( СОХРАНИ, ОБОРОНИ obs) БОГ < ГОСПОДЬ>; БОЖЕ СОХРАНИ <ОБОРОНИ obs>-, ИЗБАВИ БОГ <БОЖЕ, ГОСПОДИ> [usu. indep. sent, sent adv (parenth), or predic (with subj: infin)]

⇒ used to express caution, concern that sth. undesirable may happen, or a warning to s.o. not to do sth.:

- God (heaven) forbid;

- (may) God preserve (save) s.o. (from sth.);

- God (heaven) help s.o. (if...);

- [in limited contexts](don't do sth.) for God's (heaven's) sake.

     ♦ "Если вы заботитесь о своем пищеварении, мой добрый совет - не говорите за обедом о большевизме и о медицине. И, Боже вас сохрани, не читайте до обеда советских газет" (Булгаков 11). "If you care about your digestion, my advice is-don't talk about Bolshevism or medicine at the table. And, God forbid - never read Soviet newspapers before dinner" (lib).

     ♦ "Избави бог его [Абуталипа] от такого [от равнодушия детей]. Хватит ему и других горестей", - подумал Едигей (Айтматов 2). "God preserve him [Abutalip] from that [from his children's indifference]. He has enough other troubles," thought Yedigei (2a).

     ♦ Но боже упаси тебя сделать что-нибудь из ряда вон выходящее или, страшно подумать, выдающееся! (Зиновьев 1). But God help you if you produce something out of the ordinary or, horror of horrors, outstanding! (1a).

     ♦ "...Здесь распространена трахома - упаси вас господь вытираться их полотенцами!" (Рыбаков 2). "...They've got trachoma, so never dry yourself with one of their towels, for God's sake!" (2a).

2. Also: УПАСИ( СОХРАНИ, ОБОРОНИВ) БОГ < ГОСПОДЬ>; БОЖЕ СОХРАНИ <ОБОРОНИ obs>; ИЗБАВИ БОГ <БОЖЕ, ГОСПОДИ> [indep. sent or sent adv (parenth)]

⇒ used to express an emphatic denial of sth. that is, in fact, possible or may be assumed:

- God (heaven) forbid!

     ♦ "Я не хочу пугать тебя, но временами у меня ощущение, будто не сегодня-завтра меня арестуют". - "Сохрани Бог, Юрочка" (Пастернак 1). "I don't want to worry you, but occasionally I have the feeling that they might arrest me any day." "God forbid, Yurochka" (1a).

     ♦ [Они] расскажут при случае, что они, Боже упаси, не антисемиты... (Свирский 1). [They] tell you whenever the opportunity occurs that they aren't anti-Semitic, heaven forbid (1a).

3. [usu. predic (with subj: any common noun), modif, or adv (intensif)]

⇒ (a person or thing is) extremely bad, awful etc, (some undesirable quality is) very strongly manifested, (some undesirable action is carried out) with extreme intensity:

- God (may the Lord) save us (you etc) from such a [NP] (from a [NP] like that);

- God (may the Lord) spare you (me etc) a [NP] like that;

- (sth.) like I hope never to see (hear etc) again;

- goodness (God), how [AdjP] one (sth.) is;

- God, how...!;

- a God-awful [NP];

- God help us.

     ♦ И все [ведьмы], сколько ни было их там, как хмельные, отплясывали какого-то чертовского трепака. Пыль подняли боже упаси какую! (Гоголь 5). And the whole bunch of them [the witches] were dancing some sort of devil's jig as though they were drunk. What a dust they raised, God help us! (5a).

• БОЖЕ УПАСИ coll

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1. боже упаси (кого от чего). Also: УПАСИ( СОХРАНИ, ОБОРОНИ obs) БОГ < ГОСПОДЬ>; БОЖЕ СОХРАНИ <ОБОРОНИ obs>-, ИЗБАВИ БОГ <БОЖЕ, ГОСПОДИ> [usu. indep. sent, sent adv (parenth), or predic (with subj: infin)]

⇒ used to express caution, concern that sth. undesirable may happen, or a warning to s.o. not to do sth.:

- God (heaven) forbid;

- (may) God preserve (save) s.o. (from sth.);

- God (heaven) help s.o. (if...);

- [in limited contexts](don't do sth.) for God's (heaven's) sake.

     ♦ "Если вы заботитесь о своем пищеварении, мой добрый совет - не говорите за обедом о большевизме и о медицине. И, Боже вас сохрани, не читайте до обеда советских газет" (Булгаков 11). "If you care about your digestion, my advice is-don't talk about Bolshevism or medicine at the table. And, God forbid - never read Soviet newspapers before dinner" (lib).

     ♦ "Избави бог его [Абуталипа] от такого [от равнодушия детей]. Хватит ему и других горестей", - подумал Едигей (Айтматов 2). "God preserve him [Abutalip] from that [from his children's indifference]. He has enough other troubles," thought Yedigei (2a).

     ♦ Но боже упаси тебя сделать что-нибудь из ряда вон выходящее или, страшно подумать, выдающееся! (Зиновьев 1). But God help you if you produce something out of the ordinary or, horror of horrors, outstanding! (1a).

     ♦ "...Здесь распространена трахома - упаси вас господь вытираться их полотенцами!" (Рыбаков 2). "...They've got trachoma, so never dry yourself with one of their towels, for God's sake!" (2a).

2. Also: УПАСИ( СОХРАНИ, ОБОРОНИВ) БОГ < ГОСПОДЬ>; БОЖЕ СОХРАНИ <ОБОРОНИ obs>; ИЗБАВИ БОГ <БОЖЕ, ГОСПОДИ> [indep. sent or sent adv (parenth)]

⇒ used to express an emphatic denial of sth. that is, in fact, possible or may be assumed:

- God (heaven) forbid!

     ♦ "Я не хочу пугать тебя, но временами у меня ощущение, будто не сегодня-завтра меня арестуют". - "Сохрани Бог, Юрочка" (Пастернак 1). "I don't want to worry you, but occasionally I have the feeling that they might arrest me any day." "God forbid, Yurochka" (1a).

     ♦ [Они] расскажут при случае, что они, Боже упаси, не антисемиты... (Свирский 1). [They] tell you whenever the opportunity occurs that they aren't anti-Semitic, heaven forbid (1a).

3. [usu. predic (with subj: any common noun), modif, or adv (intensif)]

⇒ (a person or thing is) extremely bad, awful etc, (some undesirable quality is) very strongly manifested, (some undesirable action is carried out) with extreme intensity:

- God (may the Lord) save us (you etc) from such a [NP] (from a [NP] like that);

- God (may the Lord) spare you (me etc) a [NP] like that;

- (sth.) like I hope never to see (hear etc) again;

- goodness (God), how [AdjP] one (sth.) is;

- God, how...!;

- a God-awful [NP];

- God help us.

     ♦ И все [ведьмы], сколько ни было их там, как хмельные, отплясывали какого-то чертовского трепака. Пыль подняли боже упаси какую! (Гоголь 5). And the whole bunch of them [the witches] were dancing some sort of devil's jig as though they were drunk. What a dust they raised, God help us! (5a).

• БОЖЕ УПАСИ coll

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1. избави бог (кого от чего). Also: УПАСИ( СОХРАНИ, ОБОРОНИ obs) БОГ < ГОСПОДЬ>; БОЖЕ СОХРАНИ <ОБОРОНИ obs>-, ИЗБАВИ БОГ <БОЖЕ, ГОСПОДИ> [usu. indep. sent, sent adv (parenth), or predic (with subj: infin)]

⇒ used to express caution, concern that sth. undesirable may happen, or a warning to s.o. not to do sth.:

- God (heaven) forbid;

- (may) God preserve (save) s.o. (from sth.);

- God (heaven) help s.o. (if...);

- [in limited contexts](don't do sth.) for God's (heaven's) sake.

     ♦ "Если вы заботитесь о своем пищеварении, мой добрый совет - не говорите за обедом о большевизме и о медицине. И, Боже вас сохрани, не читайте до обеда советских газет" (Булгаков 11). "If you care about your digestion, my advice is-don't talk about Bolshevism or medicine at the table. And, God forbid - never read Soviet newspapers before dinner" (lib).

     ♦ "Избави бог его [Абуталипа] от такого [от равнодушия детей]. Хватит ему и других горестей", - подумал Едигей (Айтматов 2). "God preserve him [Abutalip] from that [from his children's indifference]. He has enough other troubles," thought Yedigei (2a).

     ♦ Но боже упаси тебя сделать что-нибудь из ряда вон выходящее или, страшно подумать, выдающееся! (Зиновьев 1). But God help you if you produce something out of the ordinary or, horror of horrors, outstanding! (1a).

     ♦ "...Здесь распространена трахома - упаси вас господь вытираться их полотенцами!" (Рыбаков 2). "...They've got trachoma, so never dry yourself with one of their towels, for God's sake!" (2a).

2. Also: УПАСИ( СОХРАНИ, ОБОРОНИВ) БОГ < ГОСПОДЬ>; БОЖЕ СОХРАНИ <ОБОРОНИ obs>; ИЗБАВИ БОГ <БОЖЕ, ГОСПОДИ> [indep. sent or sent adv (parenth)]

⇒ used to express an emphatic denial of sth. that is, in fact, possible or may be assumed:

- God (heaven) forbid!

     ♦ "Я не хочу пугать тебя, но временами у меня ощущение, будто не сегодня-завтра меня арестуют". - "Сохрани Бог, Юрочка" (Пастернак 1). "I don't want to worry you, but occasionally I have the feeling that they might arrest me any day." "God forbid, Yurochka" (1a).

     ♦ [Они] расскажут при случае, что они, Боже упаси, не антисемиты... (Свирский 1). [They] tell you whenever the opportunity occurs that they aren't anti-Semitic, heaven forbid (1a).

3. [usu. predic (with subj: any common noun), modif, or adv (intensif)]

⇒ (a person or thing is) extremely bad, awful etc, (some undesirable quality is) very strongly manifested, (some undesirable action is carried out) with extreme intensity:

- God (may the Lord) save us (you etc) from such a [NP] (from a [NP] like that);

- God (may the Lord) spare you (me etc) a [NP] like that;

- (sth.) like I hope never to see (hear etc) again;

- goodness (God), how [AdjP] one (sth.) is;

- God, how...!;

- a God-awful [NP];

- God help us.

     ♦ И все [ведьмы], сколько ни было их там, как хмельные, отплясывали какого-то чертовского трепака. Пыль подняли боже упаси какую! (Гоголь 5). And the whole bunch of them [the witches] were dancing some sort of devil's jig as though they were drunk. What a dust they raised, God help us! (5a).

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1. избави боже (кого от чего). Also: УПАСИ( СОХРАНИ, ОБОРОНИ obs) БОГ < ГОСПОДЬ>; БОЖЕ СОХРАНИ <ОБОРОНИ obs>-, ИЗБАВИ БОГ <БОЖЕ, ГОСПОДИ> [usu. indep. sent, sent adv (parenth), or predic (with subj: infin)]

⇒ used to express caution, concern that sth. undesirable may happen, or a warning to s.o. not to do sth.:

- God (heaven) forbid;

- (may) God preserve (save) s.o. (from sth.);

- God (heaven) help s.o. (if...);

- [in limited contexts](don't do sth.) for God's (heaven's) sake.

     ♦ "Если вы заботитесь о своем пищеварении, мой добрый совет - не говорите за обедом о большевизме и о медицине. И, Боже вас сохрани, не читайте до обеда советских газет" (Булгаков 11). "If you care about your digestion, my advice is-don't talk about Bolshevism or medicine at the table. And, God forbid - never read Soviet newspapers before dinner" (lib).

     ♦ "Избави бог его [Абуталипа] от такого [от равнодушия детей]. Хватит ему и других горестей", - подумал Едигей (Айтматов 2). "God preserve him [Abutalip] from that [from his children's indifference]. He has enough other troubles," thought Yedigei (2a).

     ♦ Но боже упаси тебя сделать что-нибудь из ряда вон выходящее или, страшно подумать, выдающееся! (Зиновьев 1). But God help you if you produce something out of the ordinary or, horror of horrors, outstanding! (1a).

     ♦ "...Здесь распространена трахома - упаси вас господь вытираться их полотенцами!" (Рыбаков 2). "...They've got trachoma, so never dry yourself with one of their towels, for God's sake!" (2a).

2. Also: УПАСИ( СОХРАНИ, ОБОРОНИВ) БОГ < ГОСПОДЬ>; БОЖЕ СОХРАНИ <ОБОРОНИ obs>; ИЗБАВИ БОГ <БОЖЕ, ГОСПОДИ> [indep. sent or sent adv (parenth)]

⇒ used to express an emphatic denial of sth. that is, in fact, possible or may be assumed:

- God (heaven) forbid!

     ♦ "Я не хочу пугать тебя, но временами у меня ощущение, будто не сегодня-завтра меня арестуют". - "Сохрани Бог, Юрочка" (Пастернак 1). "I don't want to worry you, but occasionally I have the feeling that they might arrest me any day." "God forbid, Yurochka" (1a).

     ♦ [Они] расскажут при случае, что они, Боже упаси, не антисемиты... (Свирский 1). [They] tell you whenever the opportunity occurs that they aren't anti-Semitic, heaven forbid (1a).

3. [usu. predic (with subj: any common noun), modif, or adv (intensif)]

⇒ (a person or thing is) extremely bad, awful etc, (some undesirable quality is) very strongly manifested, (some undesirable action is carried out) with extreme intensity:

- God (may the Lord) save us (you etc) from such a [NP] (from a [NP] like that);

- God (may the Lord) spare you (me etc) a [NP] like that;

- (sth.) like I hope never to see (hear etc) again;

- goodness (God), how [AdjP] one (sth.) is;

- God, how...!;

- a God-awful [NP];

- God help us.

     ♦ И все [ведьмы], сколько ни было их там, как хмельные, отплясывали какого-то чертовского трепака. Пыль подняли боже упаси какую! (Гоголь 5). And the whole bunch of them [the witches] were dancing some sort of devil's jig as though they were drunk. What a dust they raised, God help us! (5a).

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1. избави господи (кого от чего). Also: УПАСИ( СОХРАНИ, ОБОРОНИ obs) БОГ < ГОСПОДЬ>; БОЖЕ СОХРАНИ <ОБОРОНИ obs>-, ИЗБАВИ БОГ <БОЖЕ, ГОСПОДИ> [usu. indep. sent, sent adv (parenth), or predic (with subj: infin)]

⇒ used to express caution, concern that sth. undesirable may happen, or a warning to s.o. not to do sth.:

- God (heaven) forbid;

- (may) God preserve (save) s.o. (from sth.);

- God (heaven) help s.o. (if...);

- [in limited contexts](don't do sth.) for God's (heaven's) sake.

     ♦ "Если вы заботитесь о своем пищеварении, мой добрый совет - не говорите за обедом о большевизме и о медицине. И, Боже вас сохрани, не читайте до обеда советских газет" (Булгаков 11). "If you care about your digestion, my advice is-don't talk about Bolshevism or medicine at the table. And, God forbid - never read Soviet newspapers before dinner" (lib).

     ♦ "Избави бог его [Абуталипа] от такого [от равнодушия детей]. Хватит ему и других горестей", - подумал Едигей (Айтматов 2). "God preserve him [Abutalip] from that [from his children's indifference]. He has enough other troubles," thought Yedigei (2a).

     ♦ Но боже упаси тебя сделать что-нибудь из ряда вон выходящее или, страшно подумать, выдающееся! (Зиновьев 1). But God help you if you produce something out of the ordinary or, horror of horrors, outstanding! (1a).

     ♦ "...Здесь распространена трахома - упаси вас господь вытираться их полотенцами!" (Рыбаков 2). "...They've got trachoma, so never dry yourself with one of their towels, for God's sake!" (2a).

2. Also: УПАСИ( СОХРАНИ, ОБОРОНИВ) БОГ < ГОСПОДЬ>; БОЖЕ СОХРАНИ <ОБОРОНИ obs>; ИЗБАВИ БОГ <БОЖЕ, ГОСПОДИ> [indep. sent or sent adv (parenth)]

⇒ used to express an emphatic denial of sth. that is, in fact, possible or may be assumed:

- God (heaven) forbid!

     ♦ "Я не хочу пугать тебя, но временами у меня ощущение, будто не сегодня-завтра меня арестуют". - "Сохрани Бог, Юрочка" (Пастернак 1). "I don't want to worry you, but occasionally I have the feeling that they might arrest me any day." "God forbid, Yurochka" (1a).

     ♦ [Они] расскажут при случае, что они, Боже упаси, не антисемиты... (Свирский 1). [They] tell you whenever the opportunity occurs that they aren't anti-Semitic, heaven forbid (1a).

3. [usu. predic (with subj: any common noun), modif, or adv (intensif)]

⇒ (a person or thing is) extremely bad, awful etc, (some undesirable quality is) very strongly manifested, (some undesirable action is carried out) with extreme intensity:

- God (may the Lord) save us (you etc) from such a [NP] (from a [NP] like that);

- God (may the Lord) spare you (me etc) a [NP] like that;

- (sth.) like I hope never to see (hear etc) again;

- goodness (God), how [AdjP] one (sth.) is;

- God, how...!;

- a God-awful [NP];

- God help us.

     ♦ И все [ведьмы], сколько ни было их там, как хмельные, отплясывали какого-то чертовского трепака. Пыль подняли боже упаси какую! (Гоголь 5). And the whole bunch of them [the witches] were dancing some sort of devil's jig as though they were drunk. What a dust they raised, God help us! (5a).

• БОЖЕ УПАСИ coll

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1. оборони бог (кого от чего). Also: УПАСИ( СОХРАНИ, ОБОРОНИ obs) БОГ < ГОСПОДЬ>; БОЖЕ СОХРАНИ <ОБОРОНИ obs>-, ИЗБАВИ БОГ <БОЖЕ, ГОСПОДИ> [usu. indep. sent, sent adv (parenth), or predic (with subj: infin)]

⇒ used to express caution, concern that sth. undesirable may happen, or a warning to s.o. not to do sth.:

- God (heaven) forbid;

- (may) God preserve (save) s.o. (from sth.);

- God (heaven) help s.o. (if...);

- [in limited contexts](don't do sth.) for God's (heaven's) sake.

     ♦ "Если вы заботитесь о своем пищеварении, мой добрый совет - не говорите за обедом о большевизме и о медицине. И, Боже вас сохрани, не читайте до обеда советских газет" (Булгаков 11). "If you care about your digestion, my advice is-don't talk about Bolshevism or medicine at the table. And, God forbid - never read Soviet newspapers before dinner" (lib).

     ♦ "Избави бог его [Абуталипа] от такого [от равнодушия детей]. Хватит ему и других горестей", - подумал Едигей (Айтматов 2). "God preserve him [Abutalip] from that [from his children's indifference]. He has enough other troubles," thought Yedigei (2a).

     ♦ Но боже упаси тебя сделать что-нибудь из ряда вон выходящее или, страшно подумать, выдающееся! (Зиновьев 1). But God help you if you produce something out of the ordinary or, horror of horrors, outstanding! (1a).

     ♦ "...Здесь распространена трахома - упаси вас господь вытираться их полотенцами!" (Рыбаков 2). "...They've got trachoma, so never dry yourself with one of their towels, for God's sake!" (2a).

2. Also: УПАСИ( СОХРАНИ, ОБОРОНИВ) БОГ < ГОСПОДЬ>; БОЖЕ СОХРАНИ <ОБОРОНИ obs>; ИЗБАВИ БОГ <БОЖЕ, ГОСПОДИ> [indep. sent or sent adv (parenth)]

⇒ used to express an emphatic denial of sth. that is, in fact, possible or may be assumed:

- God (heaven) forbid!

     ♦ "Я не хочу пугать тебя, но временами у меня ощущение, будто не сегодня-завтра меня арестуют". - "Сохрани Бог, Юрочка" (Пастернак 1). "I don't want to worry you, but occasionally I have the feeling that they might arrest me any day." "God forbid, Yurochka" (1a).

     ♦ [Они] расскажут при случае, что они, Боже упаси, не антисемиты... (Свирский 1). [They] tell you whenever the opportunity occurs that they aren't anti-Semitic, heaven forbid (1a).

3. [usu. predic (with subj: any common noun), modif, or adv (intensif)]

⇒ (a person or thing is) extremely bad, awful etc, (some undesirable quality is) very strongly manifested, (some undesirable action is carried out) with extreme intensity:

- God (may the Lord) save us (you etc) from such a [NP] (from a [NP] like that);

- God (may the Lord) spare you (me etc) a [NP] like that;

- (sth.) like I hope never to see (hear etc) again;

- goodness (God), how [AdjP] one (sth.) is;

- God, how...!;

- a God-awful [NP];

- God help us.

     ♦ И все [ведьмы], сколько ни было их там, как хмельные, отплясывали какого-то чертовского трепака. Пыль подняли боже упаси какую! (Гоголь 5). And the whole bunch of them [the witches] were dancing some sort of devil's jig as though they were drunk. What a dust they raised, God help us! (5a).

• БОЖЕ УПАСИ coll

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1. оборони господь (кого от чего). Also: УПАСИ( СОХРАНИ, ОБОРОНИ obs) БОГ < ГОСПОДЬ>; БОЖЕ СОХРАНИ <ОБОРОНИ obs>-, ИЗБАВИ БОГ <БОЖЕ, ГОСПОДИ> [usu. indep. sent, sent adv (parenth), or predic (with subj: infin)]

⇒ used to express caution, concern that sth. undesirable may happen, or a warning to s.o. not to do sth.:

- God (heaven) forbid;

- (may) God preserve (save) s.o. (from sth.);

- God (heaven) help s.o. (if...);

- [in limited contexts](don't do sth.) for God's (heaven's) sake.

     ♦ "Если вы заботитесь о своем пищеварении, мой добрый совет - не говорите за обедом о большевизме и о медицине. И, Боже вас сохрани, не читайте до обеда советских газет" (Булгаков 11). "If you care about your digestion, my advice is-don't talk about Bolshevism or medicine at the table. And, God forbid - never read Soviet newspapers before dinner" (lib).

     ♦ "Избави бог его [Абуталипа] от такого [от равнодушия детей]. Хватит ему и других горестей", - подумал Едигей (Айтматов 2). "God preserve him [Abutalip] from that [from his children's indifference]. He has enough other troubles," thought Yedigei (2a).

     ♦ Но боже упаси тебя сделать что-нибудь из ряда вон выходящее или, страшно подумать, выдающееся! (Зиновьев 1). But God help you if you produce something out of the ordinary or, horror of horrors, outstanding! (1a).

     ♦ "...Здесь распространена трахома - упаси вас господь вытираться их полотенцами!" (Рыбаков 2). "...They've got trachoma, so never dry yourself with one of their towels, for God's sake!" (2a).

2. Also: УПАСИ( СОХРАНИ, ОБОРОНИВ) БОГ < ГОСПОДЬ>; БОЖЕ СОХРАНИ <ОБОРОНИ obs>; ИЗБАВИ БОГ <БОЖЕ, ГОСПОДИ> [indep. sent or sent adv (parenth)]

⇒ used to express an emphatic denial of sth. that is, in fact, possible or may be assumed:

- God (heaven) forbid!

     ♦ "Я не хочу пугать тебя, но временами у меня ощущение, будто не сегодня-завтра меня арестуют". - "Сохрани Бог, Юрочка" (Пастернак 1). "I don't want to worry you, but occasionally I have the feeling that they might arrest me any day." "God forbid, Yurochka" (1a).

     ♦ [Они] расскажут при случае, что они, Боже упаси, не антисемиты... (Свирский 1). [They] tell you whenever the opportunity occurs that they aren't anti-Semitic, heaven forbid (1a).

3. [usu. predic (with subj: any common noun), modif, or adv (intensif)]

⇒ (a person or thing is) extremely bad, awful etc, (some undesirable quality is) very strongly manifested, (some undesirable action is carried out) with extreme intensity:

- God (may the Lord) save us (you etc) from such a [NP] (from a [NP] like that);

- God (may the Lord) spare you (me etc) a [NP] like that;

- (sth.) like I hope never to see (hear etc) again;

- goodness (God), how [AdjP] one (sth.) is;

- God, how...!;

- a God-awful [NP];

- God help us.

     ♦ И все [ведьмы], сколько ни было их там, как хмельные, отплясывали какого-то чертовского трепака. Пыль подняли боже упаси какую! (Гоголь 5). And the whole bunch of them [the witches] were dancing some sort of devil's jig as though they were drunk. What a dust they raised, God help us! (5a).

• БОЖЕ УПАСИ coll

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1. сохрани бог (кого от чего). Also: УПАСИ( СОХРАНИ, ОБОРОНИ obs) БОГ < ГОСПОДЬ>; БОЖЕ СОХРАНИ <ОБОРОНИ obs>-, ИЗБАВИ БОГ <БОЖЕ, ГОСПОДИ> [usu. indep. sent, sent adv (parenth), or predic (with subj: infin)]

⇒ used to express caution, concern that sth. undesirable may happen, or a warning to s.o. not to do sth.:

- God (heaven) forbid;

- (may) God preserve (save) s.o. (from sth.);

- God (heaven) help s.o. (if...);

- [in limited contexts](don't do sth.) for God's (heaven's) sake.

     ♦ "Если вы заботитесь о своем пищеварении, мой добрый совет - не говорите за обедом о большевизме и о медицине. И, Боже вас сохрани, не читайте до обеда советских газет" (Булгаков 11). "If you care about your digestion, my advice is-don't talk about Bolshevism or medicine at the table. And, God forbid - never read Soviet newspapers before dinner" (lib).

     ♦ "Избави бог его [Абуталипа] от такого [от равнодушия детей]. Хватит ему и других горестей", - подумал Едигей (Айтматов 2). "God preserve him [Abutalip] from that [from his children's indifference]. He has enough other troubles," thought Yedigei (2a).

     ♦ Но боже упаси тебя сделать что-нибудь из ряда вон выходящее или, страшно подумать, выдающееся! (Зиновьев 1). But God help you if you produce something out of the ordinary or, horror of horrors, outstanding! (1a).

     ♦ "...Здесь распространена трахома - упаси вас господь вытираться их полотенцами!" (Рыбаков 2). "...They've got trachoma, so never dry yourself with one of their towels, for God's sake!" (2a).

2. Also: УПАСИ( СОХРАНИ, ОБОРОНИВ) БОГ < ГОСПОДЬ>; БОЖЕ СОХРАНИ <ОБОРОНИ obs>; ИЗБАВИ БОГ <БОЖЕ, ГОСПОДИ> [indep. sent or sent adv (parenth)]

⇒ used to express an emphatic denial of sth. that is, in fact, possible or may be assumed:

- God (heaven) forbid!

     ♦ "Я не хочу пугать тебя, но временами у меня ощущение, будто не сегодня-завтра меня арестуют". - "Сохрани Бог, Юрочка" (Пастернак 1). "I don't want to worry you, but occasionally I have the feeling that they might arrest me any day." "God forbid, Yurochka" (1a).

     ♦ [Они] расскажут при случае, что они, Боже упаси, не антисемиты... (Свирский 1). [They] tell you whenever the opportunity occurs that they aren't anti-Semitic, heaven forbid (1a).

3. [usu. predic (with subj: any common noun), modif, or adv (intensif)]

⇒ (a person or thing is) extremely bad, awful etc, (some undesirable quality is) very strongly manifested, (some undesirable action is carried out) with extreme intensity:

- God (may the Lord) save us (you etc) from such a [NP] (from a [NP] like that);

- God (may the Lord) spare you (me etc) a [NP] like that;

- (sth.) like I hope never to see (hear etc) again;

- goodness (God), how [AdjP] one (sth.) is;

- God, how...!;

- a God-awful [NP];

- God help us.

     ♦ И все [ведьмы], сколько ни было их там, как хмельные, отплясывали какого-то чертовского трепака. Пыль подняли боже упаси какую! (Гоголь 5). And the whole bunch of them [the witches] were dancing some sort of devil's jig as though they were drunk. What a dust they raised, God help us! (5a).