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МОЧИТЬСЯ ПРОТИВ ВЕТРА slang VP subj: human to do sth. that goes against a general tendency, prevailing policies etc: X мочится против ветра = X is pissing (spitting) in(to) the wind.«Там перед самой зоной старик один обитает... пасеку обихаживает, рыбкой промышляет для офицерского стола. Нам тоже не отказывает, сообразительный старикан, против ветра не мочится» (Максимов 1). "There's an old man just outside the zone... - he looks after the bees and earns a living by supplying fish for the officers' table. He won't refuse us either. A quick-witted old fellow, he is. He won't piss in the wind" (1a). -
2 мочиться против ветра
[VP; subj: human]=====⇒ to do sth. that goes against a general tendency, prevailing policies etc:- X мочится против ветра≈ X is pissing (spitting) in(to) the wind.♦ "Там перед самой зоной старик один обитает... пасеку обихаживает, рыбкой промышляет для офицерского стола. Нам тоже не отказывает, сообразительный старикан, против ветра не мочится" (Максимов 1). "There's an old man just outside the zone... - he looks after the bees and earns a living by supplying fish for the officers' table. He won't refuse us either. A quick-witted old fellow, he is. He won't piss in the wind" (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > мочиться против ветра
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3 груши околачивать
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4 вести себя неразумно
1) Jargon: go ape2) Taboo: piss against the windУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > вести себя неразумно
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5 мочиться против ветра
Saying: piss into the wind (смысл тот же, что и в русском)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > мочиться против ветра
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6 пускаться в бесполезное предприятие
Australian slang: piss into the windУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > пускаться в бесполезное предприятие
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7 хвастливый
1) General subject: Falstaffian, Gascon, as cocky as the king of spades, big, blusterous, blustery, boastful, bouncing, braggart, bucko, bully, fanfaron, full of big talk, huff cap, huff-cap, ostentatious, quackish, rodomontade, swank, swanky, swashbuckling, swashing, tall, thrasonic, thrasonical, vainglorious, vaporish, vapouring, vauntful, windy, bragging, big-mouthed2) American: blowhard, spread-eagle3) Obsolete: brag4) Jargon: gassy, rootin'-tootin', large -
8 пустая болтовня
1) General subject: cobblers, gossipy conversation, hog-wash, idle talk, jive, lip labour, lip work, lip-labour, lip-work, make talk, maunder, maundering, mere declamation, moonshine, palaver, poppycock, prittle prattle, rigmarole, small talk, talkie talkie, talkie-talkie, talky talk, twaddle, twiddle twaddle, twiddle-twaddle, vapouring, waffle, blatherskite, pointless blathering3) American: kafooster4) Diplomatic term: hogwash5) Jargon: jazz, scuttle-butt, yackety-yak, yakitty-yak, guff goff6) Advertising: loose talk7) Makarov: idle chatter, innocent tattling8) Taboo: piss and wind9) Idiomatic expression: more heat than light (The meeting that was held to discuss the problem generated more heat than light. Встреча, которая состоялась для обсуждения проблемы, вылилась в пустую болтовню.)
См. также в других словарях:
piss in the wind — in. to do something that is futile and counter productive; to waste one’s time doing something. (Usually objectionable.) □ Shut up! You’re just pissing in the wind! □ I’m tired of pissing in the wind. I’m gonna look for a new job … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
piss in the wind — vb to do something futile, make a doomed attempt. A vulgar version of such collo quialisms as whistle in the wind/dark … Contemporary slang
piss in the wind — Vrb phrs. To do something futile. E.g. You re pissing in the wind if you think Kristina s going to sleep with you … English slang and colloquialisms
Piss in the wind — embark on a futile course of action … Dictionary of Australian slang
piss in the wind — Australian Slang embark on a futile course of action … English dialects glossary
piss in the wind — v. waste time; do something unproductive or futile … English slang
piss in the wind — do something that is ineffective or a waste of time … Useful english dictionary
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