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1 пустая трата времени (useless , not worth the time)
British English: schtrops (Yiddish)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > пустая трата времени (useless , not worth the time)
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2 WORTH
• He whose own worth does speak need not speak his own worth - Хороший товар сам себя хвалит (X)• I give it for what it is worth - За что купил, за то и продаю (3), Люди ложь, и мы то ж (Л)• It is not worth powder and shot - Игра не стоит свеч (И)• I will tell you for what it's worth - За что купил, за то и продаю (3), Люди ложь, и мы то ж (Л)• We know the worth of a thing when we have lost it - Цену вещи узнаешь, когда потеряешь (Ц), Что имеем, не храним, потерявши, плачем (4)• Worth of a thing is best known by its want (by the want of it) (The) - Что имеем, не храним, потерявши, плачем (4) -
3 гроша ломаного не стоит
не стоит благодарности — you are welcome; don't mention it
ничего не стоит, никуда не годится — not worth a picayune
нет ни грана; ни гроша не стоит — not worth an ace
Русско-английский большой базовый словарь > гроша ломаного не стоит
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4 игра не стоит свеч
not worth the trouble словосочетание:Русско-английский синонимический словарь > игра не стоит свеч
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5 гроша не стоит
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6 не за что
not at all, don't mention it, not worth mentioning, nothing to speak of -
7 не стоит хлопот
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8 не стоящий внимания
Русско-английский синонимический словарь > не стоящий внимания
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9 грош цена
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10 гроша ломаного не стоит
1) General subject: dead duck, it is not worth a farthing, it's not worth a (brass) farthing, not worth a bean, not worth a doit, not worth a tinker's damn, not worth a plugged nickel, not to be worth a red cent, not to be worth a damn, worth virtually zilch2) American: not worth a continental3) British English: not worth a brass farthing4) American English: not worth a plugged quarter, not worth a plugged dime5) Makarov: it isn't worth a rap, it's not worth a farthing, not worth a button, not worth a curse, not worth a damn, not worth a darn, not worth a dump, not worth a fig, not worth a groat, not worth a hang, not worth a pin, not worth a plack, not worth a red cent, not worth a snap, not worth a straw, not worth a whoop, not worth an old song, not worth shucksУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > гроша ломаного не стоит
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11 гроша медного не стоит
1) General subject: not worth a button, not worth a dump, not worth a red cent, not worth a doit, not worth a straw, not worth a continental, not worth a bean, not worth a plugged nickel, not worth a plugged quarter, not worth a hang, not worth an old song, not worth a pin, it's not worth a farthing, not worth a plugged dime, not worth a whoop, not worth a groat, not worth shucks, not worth a plack2) British English: not worth a brass farthing, it is not worth a farthing3) Makarov: not worth a damn, not worth a snapУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > гроша медного не стоит
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12 не стоит выеденного яйца
1) General subject: not worth a doit, not worth a straw, not worth a continental, not worth a bean, not worth a plugged nickel, not worth a plugged quarter, not worth a hang, not worth an old song, not worth a pin, it's not worth a farthing, not worth a plugged dime, not worth a whoop, not worth a groat, not worth shucks, not worth a plack2) British English: not worth a brass farthing, it is not worth a farthing3) American English: it doesn't amount to a hill of beans, not worth one thin dimeУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > не стоит выеденного яйца
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13 никчёмный
1) General subject: chaffy, drossy, dud, fit for the waste-basket, fit for the waste-paper-basket, good-for-nothing, inutile, ne'er do weel, ne'er do well, ne'er-do-weel (о человеке), ne'er-do-well (о человеке), no-account, not worth (one's) salt, not worth one's salt, punky, refuse, worthless, outcast, piffling, feeble, feckless, nugatory, needless3) Bookish: epicene4) Australian slang: as useful as tits on a bull, for the birds, not worth a crumpet, rip, up to shit5) Jargon: N.G., No good, dead dog, ixnay, kaput, lousy, not dry behind the ears (обычно по возрасту), out to lunch, piss poor, raunchie, raunchy, ronchie, two-bit, wimpy, crusty, hump, humpty-dumpty, jeasely, jeasly, nix, no account, shack, the least6) Invective: shit-stick -
14 никудышный
1) General subject: crook (о чем-л.), crummy, dreadful, fit for the waste-basket, fit for the waste-paper-basket, no account, no-account, punk, punky, trifling, two bit, two-bit, wretched, worthless, ropey, no great shakes2) Colloquial: riffraff4) French: mauvais sujet5) British English: rubbish (She always told everyone I was a rubbish father, even in front of the kids.)6) Australian slang: as useful as tits on a bull, crook (о вещах), no good to gundy, not worth a crumpet7) Jargon: for the birds, sucky, not worth beans, lame8) Invective: screwed-up -
15 выеденного яйца не стоит
1) General subject: not worth a damn, (гроша ломаного) not worth a pin, not worth a plug nickel, not to be worth a red cent, not to be worth a damn2) Jargon: not worth a hill of beans3) Makarov: not worth a curse, not worth a jigger, not worth a pin, not worth a snapУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > выеденного яйца не стоит
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16 бесполезный
1) General subject: begging, bootless, bum, castaway, drippy, epicene, feckless, fiddling, futile, futility, good for nothing, good-for-nothing, hopeless, humpty dumpty, impracticable, impractical, inutile, naught, needless, no use, not( hardly) worth (one's) salt, nugatory, of no avail, of no utility, of use, otiose, profitless, purposeless, sell by auction, thriftless, unavailing, unbeneficial, unhelpful, unprevailing, useless, vain, valueless, virtueless (о лекарстве), void, without avail, without effect, worthless, arid, fruitless, idle, ineffective, unproductive, unuseful2) Geology: dead4) American: footless5) Obsolete: fatuous6) Engineering: unusable8) Railway term: inefficient9) Economy: of no effect10) Australian slang: cactus, lame duck, no good to gundy, not worth a crumpet, queer, ratshit, rip, up to mud, up to shit, as useful as a one legged bloke in an arse kicking contest11) Diplomatic term: it's of no avail13) Jargon: diddly, humpty-dumpty, not worth beans, no go15) Makarov: hardly worth (one's) salt, helpless, irrelative, irrelevant, not worth( one's) salt, not worth a jigger, not worth shucks, unpractical16) Taboo: crappy, diddly-shit, duff, (о предметах) half-assed, piddling, pissy-ass17) Phraseological unit: Not worth a plugged nickle -
17 ничего не стоит
1) General subject: is worth nothing, not worth a damn, not worth a dump -
18 Я-59
ВЫЕДЕННОГО ЯЙЦА HE СТОИТЬ coll VP subj: usu. abstr usu. 3rd pers, pres or past) not to be worth anything, not warrant attentionX выеденного яйца не стоит = X isn't worth a (tinker') damnX isn't worth wasting your (his etc) breath on X isn't worth a plugged nickel (a brass farthing, a straw) X isn't worth beans.(Муромский:)...Эти два свидетеля выеденного яйца не стоят (Сухово-Кобылин 1). (М.:)...These two witnesses aren't worth a damn (1a)....Состряпали дело, написали фельетон, ошельмовали порядочных людей, десять человек, в том числе и моего отца. Отец сказал, что всё это чепуха, неправда, яйца выеденного не стоит. Но он был наивный человек, мой отец (Рыбаков 1)....The case was cooked up, and the article written to defame decent people, ten in all, including my father. Father said the whole thing was rubbish, untrue, and not worth wasting one's breath on. But father was naive (1a).Павлу Евграфовичу) не хотелось показывать своего полнейшего равнодушия при виде её слёз, но (он) не мог себя пересилить. Чепуха всё это. Яйца выеденного не стоит (Трифонов 6). Не (Pavel Evgrafovich) was reluctant to show his utter indifference at the sight of her tears, but was unable to control himself. The whole thing was nonsense. Not worth a brass farthing (6a).«...Эти господа немцы завтра не выиграют сражение, а только нагадят, сколько их сил будет, потому что в его немецкой голове только рассуждения, не стоящие выеденного яйца, а в сердце нет того, что одно только и нужно на завтра, - то, что есть в Тимохине» (Толстой 6). "...Those German gentlemen won't win the battle tomorrow but will only make a filthy mess of it, insofar as they can, because they have nothing in their German heads but theories, which are not worth a straw, and their hearts lack the one thing needed for tomorrow-what Timokhin has" (6a). -
19 выеденного яйца не стоить
• ВЫЕДЕННОГО ЯЙЦА НЕ СТОИТЬ coll[VP; subj: usu. abstr; usu. 3rd pers, pres or past]=====⇒ not to be worth anything, not warrant attention:- X isn't worth wasting your <his etc> breath on;- X isn't worth a plugged nickel <a brass far-thing, a straw>;- X isn't worth beans.♦ [Муромский:]...Эти два свидетеля выеденного яйца не стоят (Сухово-Кобылин 1). [М.:]... These two witnesses aren't worth a damn (1a).♦...Состряпали дело, написали фельетон, ошельмовали порядочных людей, десять человек, в том числе и моего отца. Отец сказал, что всё это чепуха, неправда, яйца выеденного не стоит. Но он был наивный человек, мой отец (Рыбаков 1)....The case was cooked up, and the article written to defame decent people, ten in all, including my father. Father said the whole thing was rubbish, untrue, and not worth wasting one's breath on. But father was naive (1a).♦ [Павлу Евграфовичу] не хотелось показывать своего полнейшего равнодушия при виде её слёз, но [он] не мог себя пересилить. Чепуха всё это. Яйца выеденного не стоит (Трифонов 6). Не [Pavel Evgrafovich] was reluctant to show his utter indifference at the sight of her tears, but was unable to control himself. The whole thing was nonsense. Not worth a brass farthing (6a).♦ "...Эти господа немцы завтра не выиграют сражение, а только нагадят, сколько их сил будет, потому что в его немецкой голове только рассуждения, не стоящие выеденного яйца, а в сердце нет того, что одно только и нужно на завтра, - то, что есть в Тимохине" (Толстой 6). "...Those German gentlemen won't win the battle tomorrow but will only make a filthy mess of it, insofar as they can, because they have nothing in their German heads but theories, which are not worth a straw, and their hearts lack the one thing needed for tomorrow-what Timokhin has" (6a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > выеденного яйца не стоить
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20 овчинка выделки не стоит
1) General subject: not worth powder and shot, be more trouble than it's worth, it is not worth the trouble, it's not worth the bother2) Set phrase: it is not worth powder and shot, the game is not worth the can die, the game is not worth the candle3) Makarov: he is not a halfpenny the worse for itУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > овчинка выделки не стоит
См. также в других словарях:
not worth a hill of beans — See: NOT WORTH A TINKER S DAMN … Dictionary of American idioms
not worth a hill of beans — See: NOT WORTH A TINKER S DAMN … Dictionary of American idioms
not\ worth\ a\ tinker's\ dam — • not worth a tinker s dam • not worth a tinker s damn adj. phr. informal Not worth anything; valueless. As a bricklayer he was not worth a tinker s damn. I am not familiar with the subject so my opinion would not be worth a tinker s dam … Словарь американских идиом
not\ worth\ a\ tinker's\ damn — • not worth a tinker s dam • not worth a tinker s damn adj. phr. informal Not worth anything; valueless. As a bricklayer he was not worth a tinker s damn. I am not familiar with the subject so my opinion would not be worth a tinker s dam … Словарь американских идиом
not worth the candle — chiefly Brit old fashioned : not worth the necessary effort, cost, or trouble The car is so old that replacing the engine is not worth the candle. [=the effort isn t worth the cost] • • • Main Entry: ↑candle not worth the candle see ↑candle • • • … Useful english dictionary
not worth a dime — See: NOT WORTH A TINKER S DAMN … Dictionary of American idioms
not worth a red cent — See: NOT WORTH A TINKER S DAMN … Dictionary of American idioms
not worth a dime — See: NOT WORTH A TINKER S DAMN … Dictionary of American idioms
not worth a red cent — See: NOT WORTH A TINKER S DAMN … Dictionary of American idioms
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not worth the paper it is written on — not worth the paper it is written/printed/on phrase used for saying that a written agreement is not worth having because the person who signed it is not likely to do what they said they would do We signed a year’s lease on this place, but it’s… … Useful english dictionary