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1 mince words
1) Общая лексика: деликатно выражаться (Our mayor is feisty and outspoken, he'll tell you what he thinks, and he rarely minces words. - не любит деликатничать), деликатничать2) Образное выражение: (with smb.) ходить вокруг да около, говорить полунамеками -
2 andarse con rodeos
to beat about the bush* * *(v.) = mince + words, go round in + circles, beat about/around + the bushEx. Although not a polemicist, the author minces no words in condemning the brutality and stupidity of the communist leadership.Ex. This type of discussion makes the conflict endless and the argument is going round in circles because different people are trying to solve different problems.Ex. There is no excuse for beating about the bush when combating poverty and social exclusion.* * *(v.) = mince + words, go round in + circles, beat about/around + the bushEx: Although not a polemicist, the author minces no words in condemning the brutality and stupidity of the communist leadership.
Ex: This type of discussion makes the conflict endless and the argument is going round in circles because different people are trying to solve different problems.Ex: There is no excuse for beating about the bush when combating poverty and social exclusion. -
3 andarse por las ramas
figurado to beat about the bush* * ** * *(v.) = mince + wordsEx. Although not a polemicist, the author minces no words in condemning the brutality and stupidity of the communist leadership.* * *(v.) = mince + wordsEx: Although not a polemicist, the author minces no words in condemning the brutality and stupidity of the communist leadership.
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4 tener pelos en la lengua
(v.) = mince + wordsEx. Although not a polemicist, the author minces no words in condemning the brutality and stupidity of the communist leadership.* * *(v.) = mince + wordsEx: Although not a polemicist, the author minces no words in condemning the brutality and stupidity of the communist leadership.
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5 polemista
f. & m.polemicist.* * *1 polemicist* * *SMF polemicist* * *masculino y femenino polemicist* * *= disputer, polemicist, debater.Ex. The modern creator is a synthesiser, a collator, a commentator, a disputer; collective intellectual endeavour is the norm for industrial research and academe = El autor moderno es un sintetizador, un compendiador, un comentarista, un polemista; el esfuerzo intelectual colectivo es la norma de la investigación industrial y del mundo académico.Ex. Although not a polemicist, the author minces no words in condemning the brutality and stupidity of the communist leadership.Ex. While he boozed, Kerry was on three athletic teams and became a notable college debater.* * *masculino y femenino polemicist* * *= disputer, polemicist, debater.Ex: The modern creator is a synthesiser, a collator, a commentator, a disputer; collective intellectual endeavour is the norm for industrial research and academe = El autor moderno es un sintetizador, un compendiador, un comentarista, un polemista; el esfuerzo intelectual colectivo es la norma de la investigación industrial y del mundo académico.
Ex: Although not a polemicist, the author minces no words in condemning the brutality and stupidity of the communist leadership.Ex: While he boozed, Kerry was on three athletic teams and became a notable college debater.* * *polemicist* * *polemista nmfpolemicist* * *m/f polemicist -
6 деликатно выражаться
General subject: mince words (Our mayor is feisty and outspoken, he'll tell you what he thinks, and he rarely minces words. - не любит деликатничать)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > деликатно выражаться
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7 сглаживать острые углы
smooth over the rough spots; conceal one's opinion in delicate phrases; cf. paper over the cracks- Я не привык срезать острые углы, прятаться за чужую спину и уходить в деликатные формы выражения... (Б. Можаев, Трое) — 'I am not a person who minces words, who hides behind other people's backs and who conceals his opinions in delicate phrases.'
И, как и раньше, когда острые углы сглаживала именно она, Элеонора позаботилась о примирении. (В. Черняк, Час пробил) — And, just like before when she was the one who smoothed over the rough spots, Eleanor made the effort toward reconciliation.
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > сглаживать острые углы
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