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1 в ус не дуть
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2 ни в грош не ставить
Русско-английский словарь по общей лексике > ни в грош не ставить
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3 ни в грош не ставить
Русско-английский большой базовый словарь > ни в грош не ставить
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4 плевать
несов. - плева́ть, сов. - плю́нуть1) ( извергать слюну) spit; expectorate2) разг. (на вн.; относиться с пренебрежением) spit (upon); not care a straw / bit (about); shrug off (d)ему́ плева́ть на всё [он плюёт на всё] — he doesn't care a straw [he doesn't give a damn about anything; he lets things go hang]
я плева́ть хоте́л — I don't care (a fig / damn)
••не плюй в коло́дец: пригоди́тся воды́ напи́ться посл. — don't foul the well, you may need its waters
плева́ть в потоло́к — ≈ sit twiddling one's thumbs
э́то ему́ раз плю́нуть разг. — it's a piece of cake [child's play] for him; he can do it hands down; it's a snap for him амер.
плю́нуть не́куда прост. — barely / scarcely room to move; not enough room to swing a cat
куда́ ни плюнь прост. — everywhere you look / turn
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5 плевать
плюнутьspit*; expectorate; (на вн.; перен.) разг. spit* (upon); not care a straw / bit (about); shrug off (d.)ему плевать на всё, он плюёт на всё — he doesn't care a straw, he doesn't give a damn about anything; he lets things go hang
я плевать хотел — I don't care (a fig / damn)
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не плюй в колодец: пригодится воды напиться посл. — don't foul the well, you may need its watersплевать в потолок — sit* twiddling one's thumbs
это ему раз плюнуть разг. — it's a piece of cake, или child's play, for him; it's a snap for him амер.
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6 в ус не дуть
I( кому) уст. hold one's own with smb.; not care a fig for what smb. saysЧуб не без тайного удовольствия видел, как кузнец, который никому на селе в ус не дул... тот самый кузнец лежал теперь у его ног. (Н. Гоголь, Ночь перед Рождеством) — Chub felt a secret pleasure at seeing the blacksmith, a man who could hold his own with anyone in the village... grovel at his feet.
II- Ничего-то во мне прежнего не осталось - слабость да хворость одна! Даже девки-поганки заметили это - и в ус мне не дуют! Я слово - они два! я слово - они десять! (М. Салтыков-Щедрин, Господа Головлёвы) — 'Nothing of my old self is left - I am just a weak old woman. Those wretched maids of mine have noticed it too and don't care a fig for what I say! You should just hear the way they answer me back!'
<и> в ус < себе> не дуть разг. cf. not care a straw (a rap, a damn, a fig); not give a rap (a damn); not turn a hair; be <as> cool as a cucumber (as glass)- Было это в конце пятнадцатого. Натерпелись мы там беды!.. Солдаты гибли от тифа и голода, а офицерьё и в ус не дуло... (Н. Островский, Рождённые бурей) — 'That was at the end of' 15. We found out there what it is to endure misery!.. The soldiers died from typhus and starvation, but the staff officers didn't give a rap...'
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7 плевать
без доп.
1) spit (out)
2) (на кого-л./что-л.; разг.)
spit (upon); not care (for), not care a straw/bit (about); shrug off* * ** * *spit; expectorate* * * -
8 плевать
несовер. - плевать; совер. - плюнутьбез доп.1) spit (out); expectorate2) (на кого-л./что-л.; разг.)spit (upon); not care (for), not care a straw/bit (about); shrug off••- плевать в потолок -
9 ни гроша
1. not a stiver; not a farthingничтожная сумма; жалкие гроши — dab of money
нет ни грана; ни гроша не стоит — not worth an ace
2. not a rapничтожная сумма, жалкие гроши — just a dab of money
ни гроша; ударять; ударить; постучать; стучать — not a rap
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10 нипочём
нрч разгему́ всё нипочём — he does not care a straw, he couldn't care less
э́то ему́ нипочём легко — that is child's play to him
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11 нипочём
2. предик. (дт.):это ему нипочём ( легко) — it is child's play to him
3. нареч. ( очень дёшево) dirt-cheapпродать нипочём — sell* for a song
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12 нипочём
1) нареч. прост. ( ни за что) never, not for the world2) предик. (кому́-л) (smb) thinks nothing (of ger)ему́ всё нипочём — nothing can embarrass him; he does not care a straw
э́то ему́ нипочём (легко) — it is child's play to him
ему́ нипочём солга́ть — he thinks nothing of lying
3) нареч. ( очень дёшево) dirt cheapпрода́ть нипочём — sell for a song
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13 нипочем
(нипочём) 1. нареч.; разг.1) ( ни за что)not for the world, never; in no circumstances2) ( очень дешево)very cheap, dirt-cheap; for nothing2. предик.; (кому-л.) -
14 ус
м.1. ( человека) moustache2. ( животного) whisker3. ( насекомого) feeler, antenna (pl. -ae)♢
китовый ус — whalebone, baleenмотать что-л. себе на ус разг. — take* good note of smth.
и в ус (себе) не дуть разг. — not care a straw, или a rap
по усам текло, а в рот не попало погов. — there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip
(мы) сами с усами разг., шутл. — we weren't born yesterday
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15 ус
м.1) ( человека) moustache [mə'stɑːʃ]2) ( животного) whisker3) ( насекомого) feeler, antenna (pl -ae)••кито́вый ус — whalebone, baleen
мота́ть что-л себе́ на ус разг. — take good note of smth
и в ус (себе́) не дуть разг. — not care a straw [a rap]
по уса́м текло́, а в рот не попа́ло погов. — ≈ there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip
(мы) са́ми с уса́ми разг., шутл. — we weren't born yesterday
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16 относиться безразлично
1) General subject: not to care a straw, not to care a tuppence, not to care a twopence, not to care tuppenceУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > относиться безразлично
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17 в грош не ставить
<ни> в < медный> грош не ставить (кого, что)разг.not care a brass farthing (button, pin, fig, straw) for smb., smth.; not give a damn (curse, darn, hoot) for smb., smth.; think that smb., smth. is not worth a groat; make no account of smb., smth.- Рады вы меня видеть или не рады, для меня решительно всё равно, так как милостивое внимание ко мне господ мужчин я не ставлю ни в грош. (А. Чехов, Три года) — 'Whether you are glad to see me or not is absolutely nothing to me, for I don't care a straw for the gracious attentions of you lords of creation.'
- Ребята, нашего Михаилу циркач в грош не ставит! Не давай в обиду товарища! (Ф. Гладков, Мятежная юность) — 'Listen, fellows, that circus wrestler doesn't think our Mikhailo's worth a groat. Don't let him insult your comrade.'
Лицо Катерины омрачилось. - А меня вот сынок ни в грош не ставит. Только слава, что под одной крышей ночуем. (А. Мусатов, Стожары) — Katerina's face clouded. 'My son doesn't care a pin for me. We sleep under the same roof, and that's about all.'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > в грош не ставить
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18 Т-223
ТРЫН-ТРАВА кому, для кого coll NP Invar subj-compl with быть0 ( subj: usu. всё, всё это)) s.o. is not troubled or concerned (about sth. or anything at all)X-y всё трын-трава — (in refer, to a given situation) it doesn't affect (ruffle) X at all (a bit)it has no effect on X X doesn't care (couldn't care less, could care less) about it X doesn't care a straw (a rap etc) for it it doesn't mean a thing to X X doesn't take it seriously (in refer, to s.o. 's general attitude toward things) nothing affects (ruffles) X X couldn't care less about anything X doesn't care a fig (a rap) for anything X doesn't take anything (takes nothing) seriously.«Безденежье, бесхлебье, бессапожье!.. Трын-трава бы это было все, если бы был молод и один» (Гоголь 3). "No money, no bread, no boots! I wouldn't care a straw for all that if only I were young and single" (3b).«Для Нади веб трын-трава!» - говорила с лёгким осуждением мама. Беспечность тети Нади вошла в нашей семье в поговорку (Паустовский 1). "Nadya doesn't саге а fig for anything!" Mama used to say with a slight reproach in her voice. Aunt Nadya's happy-go-lucky good spirits were proverbial in our family (1b). -
19 мне наплевать
1) General subject: I don't care a brass farthing, I don't care a button, I don't care a chip, I don't care a damn, I don't care a feather, I don't care a fig, I don't care a hang, I don't care a pin, I don't care a rap, I don't care a red cent, I don't care a red cent for, I don't care a straw, I don't care a whoop, I don't care shucks about it, I don't give a rat's ass, I don't give a two pins, not worth shucks don't care shucks about it2) Colloquial: see if I care3) American: I don't care a continental4) Makarov: I don't care a groat, don't care shucks about it -
20 хоть трава не расти
[khot' trava n'e rasti] Who cores whether or not the grass grows. One couldn't care less; it's all the same to someone. Cf. Not to care a straw.Русские фразеологизмы в картинках (русско-английский словарь) > хоть трава не расти
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