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much as I hate to admit (say) it

  • 1 Д-138

    ГРЕШНЫМ ДЕЛОМ coll, occas. humor NP instrum Invar sent adv (often parenth) fixed WO
    used by the speaker to admit his own or another's mistake, weakness, oversight etc, or to inquire if another (often the interlocutor) has made a mistake, given in to a weakness, overlooked sth. etc: I'm afraid
    much as I hate to admit (say) it I'm ashamed to say sad to say
    (in refer, to the interlocutor or a third party only) you (he etc) didn't go and (do sth.), did you (he etc)? «Они (два студента) как-то очень просто и хорошо обратились к старику. Он даже прослезился. Грешным делом, и я тоже» (Некрасов 1). "What they (two students) said to the old man was very simple, direct, sincere. He even shed a few tears. I'm afraid I did, too" (1a).
    Когда я поступал в ресторан, у меня грешным делом мелькала мысль, что я... смогу завести какие-то знакомства (Лимонов 1). When I started at the restaurant, I am ashamed to say, I had the fleeting thought that I...could make some contacts (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > Д-138

  • 2 грешным делом

    ГРЕШНЫМ ДЕЛОМ coll, occas. humor
    [NPmstrum; Invar; sent adv (often parenth); fixed WO]
    =====
    used by the speaker to admit his own or another's mistake, weakness, oversight etc, or to inquire if another (often the interlocutor) has made a mistake, given in to a weakness, overlooked sth. etc:
    - [in refer, to the interlocutor or a third party only] you (he etc) didn't go and (do sth.), did you (he etc)?
         ♦ "Они [два студента] как-то очень просто и хорошо обратились к старику. Он даже прослезился. Грешным делом, и я тоже" (Некрасов 1). "What they [two students] said to the old man was very simple, direct, sincere. He even shed a few tears. I'm afraid I did, too" (1a).
         ♦ Когда я поступал в ресторан, у меня грешным делом мелькала мысль, что я... смогу завести какие-то знакомства (Лимонов 1). When I started at the restaurant, I am ashamed to say, I had the fleeting thought that I...could make some contacts (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > грешным делом

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