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1 ловля блох
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2 выискивание недостатков
General subject: nit picking, nit-pickingУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > выискивание недостатков
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3 мелочные придирки
1) General subject: cheap jibes, hair splitting, hairsplitting, nit picking2) Colloquial: nit-picking3) Advertising: minute criticism4) Makarov: cheap gibes -
4 педантство
General subject: lucubration (стиля), nit picking, nit-picking, scholasticism -
5 Б-82
ЛОВИТЬ (ВЫИСКИВАТЬ и т. п.) БЛОХ highly coll VP subj: usu. human or collect) to find fault with s.o. or sth. for small and unimportant deficienciesX ловит блох == X nitpicks (nit-picks)X splits hairs X picks (minor) holes in sth.Она заговорила о том, что всякая критика должна быть в первую очередь объективной, оценивать в целом, а потом уж выискивать блох (Трифонов 2). She said that criticism should above all be objective and should assess the work as a whole, and only then proceed to nit-picking (2a).После цепочки редакторов, трудившихся над книгой, цензору оставалось только вылавливать блох, чтобы оправдать свой кусок хлеба с маслом (Мандельштам 2). After a book had been thoroughly worked over by one editor after another, little remained for the censor to do except to pick a few minor holes here and there in order to justify the butter he got with his daily bread (2a). -
6 выискивать блох
• ЛОВИТЬ( ВЫИСКИВАТЬ и т. п.) БЛОХ highly coll[VP; subj: usu. human or collect]=====⇒ to find fault with s.o. or sth. for small and unimportant deficiencies:- X picks (minor) holes in sth.♦ Она заговорила о том, что всякая критика должна быть в первую очередь объективной, оценивать в целом, а потом уж выискивать блох (Трифонов 2). She said that criticism should above all be objective and should assess the work as a whole, and only then proceed to nit-picking (2a).♦ После цепочки редакторов, трудившихся над книгой, цензору оставалось только вылавливать блох, чтобы оправдать свой кусок хлеба с маслом (Мандельштам 2). After a book had been thoroughly worked over by one editor after another, little remained for the censor to do except to pick a few minor holes here and there in order to justify the butter he got with his daily bread (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > выискивать блох
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7 ловить блох
• ЛОВИТЬ( ВЫИСКИВАТЬ и т. п.) БЛОХ highly coll[VP; subj: usu. human or collect]=====⇒ to find fault with s.o. or sth. for small and unimportant deficiencies:- X picks (minor) holes in sth.♦ Она заговорила о том, что всякая критика должна быть в первую очередь объективной, оценивать в целом, а потом уж выискивать блох (Трифонов 2). She said that criticism should above all be objective and should assess the work as a whole, and only then proceed to nit-picking (2a).♦ После цепочки редакторов, трудившихся над книгой, цензору оставалось только вылавливать блох, чтобы оправдать свой кусок хлеба с маслом (Мандельштам 2). After a book had been thoroughly worked over by one editor after another, little remained for the censor to do except to pick a few minor holes here and there in order to justify the butter he got with his daily bread (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > ловить блох
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8 ловля блох
General subject: nit-picking -
9 критиканство
с. разг.captiousness, nit-picking -
10 педантство
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11 блоха
жен.ловля блох — разг. nit-picking
Поспешность нужна только при ловле блох. — Nothing must be done hastily but killing of fleas.
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12 педантство
pedant имя существительное: -
13 придирки
arraignment имя существительное:
См. также в других словарях:
nit-picking — ► NOUN informal ▪ fussy or pedantic fault finding. DERIVATIVES nit pick verb nit picker noun … English terms dictionary
nit-picking — ☆ nit picking [nit′pik΄iŋ ] adj., n. 〚 NIT1 + PICK2〛 (a) paying too much attention to petty details; niggling * * * … Universalium
nit-picking — ☆ nit picking [nit′pik΄iŋ ] adj., n. [ NIT1 + PICK2] (a) paying too much attention to petty details; niggling … English World dictionary
nit-picking — nit .picking n [U] informal when someone argues about small unimportant details or tries to find small mistakes in something ▪ Soames was getting impatient with his daughter s constant nitpicking. >nitpicking adj >nitpicker n … Dictionary of contemporary English
nit-picking — n. too much minor criticism; overly particular criticism; nagging. □ I am tired of all your nit picking. D Enough nit picking! What are the major problems? … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
nit-picking — informal noun fussy or pedantic fault finding. adjective overly fussy and pedantic. Derivatives nit pick verb nit picker noun … English new terms dictionary
nit picking — Synonyms and related words: adverse criticism, animadversion, aspersion, bad notices, bad press, bickering, boggling, captiousness, carping, cavil, caviling, censoriousness, chicane, chicanery, criticism, dodging, equivocation, evasion, exception … Moby Thesaurus
nit-picking — noun Etymology: 1nit Date: 1956 minute and usually unjustified criticism … New Collegiate Dictionary
nit-picking — see nitpicking … English dictionary
nit-picking — adj quibbling, carping, finicky, fussy, hair splitting, hypercritical, pedantic, captious, pettifogging, cavilling … Useful english dictionary
nit-pick — nitˈ pick intransitive verb • • • Main Entry: ↑nit * * * nit pick «NIHT PIHK», Informal. –v.t. to pick at (something) in a petty or niggling manner, as if removing a nit or louse; examine pedantically; search for petty faults: »To make a show of… … Useful english dictionary