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1 OIL
• Add not oil to the fire - Маслом огонь не заливают (M)• Oil not, neither will you spin - Не подмажешь - не поедешь (H)• Pour not oil on flame (on the fire) - Маслом огонь не заливают (M)• Spoonful of oil on the troubled waters goes farther than a quart of vinegar (A) - Ласка вернее таски (Л), Ласковое слово и буйную голову смиряет (Л)• То pour oil on the fire is not the way to quench it - Маслом огонь не заливают (M) -
2 действовать успокаивающе
1) General subject: pour oil on troubled waters, pour oil upon troubled waters2) Makarov: pour oil on the troubled waters, pour oil on watersУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > действовать успокаивающе
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3 успокаивать волнение
1) General subject: allay excitement, pour oil on troubled waters, pour oil upon troubled waters2) Makarov: pour oil on the troubled waters, pour oil on watersУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > успокаивать волнение
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4 умиротворять
1) General subject: appease, becalm, calm, mitigate, mollify ( smb by smth), pacify, placate, pour oil on troubled waters, propitiate, soothe, unsteel, conciliate, disarm2) Poetical language: serene3) Bookish: pacificate4) Makarov: assuage, heal, pour oil on the troubled waters, pour oil on waters -
5 утихомирить
1) General subject: cushion, de-escalate, disarm, hush hush, shush, still, stroke somebody down (кого-либо), talk down (кого-л.), silence2) leg.N.P. calm, pacify, placate, quiet3) Makarov: pour oil on the troubled waters, pour oil on waters -
6 успокаивать волнение
pour oil on troubled waters словосочетание:Русско-английский синонимический словарь > успокаивать волнение
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7 остужать страсти
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8 снимать напряжённость
General subject: pour oil on troubled waters, relieve tensions, relax tensionУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > снимать напряжённость
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9 снимать напряжение
1) General subject: unkink, de-stress, pour oil on troubled waters2) Engineering: kill, remote stress, remove stress3) Mathematics: dump4) Metallurgy: relieve stress5) Astronautics: de-energize6) Polymers: relieve7) Makarov: tap off voltage (для использования, измерения и т.п.; не путать с выключать напряжение)8) Electrical engineering: deenergizeУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > снимать напряжение
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10 снимать напряженность
General subject: pour oil on troubled waters, relieve tensions, relax tensionУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > снимать напряженность
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11 снять напряжённость
1) General subject: pour oil on troubled waters, relieve tensions, relax tension2) Diplomatic term: remove tensionУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > снять напряжённость
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12 снять напряжение
1) General subject: pour oil on troubled waters, relieve distress, alleviate tension3) Diplomatic term: defuse tenses4) Astronautics: de-energize5) Drilling: kill6) Makarov: defuse tension7) Drugs: allay tension -
13 снять напряженность
1) General subject: pour oil on troubled waters, relieve tensions, relax tension2) Diplomatic term: remove tensionУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > снять напряженность
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14 умерять страсти
General subject: pour oil on troubled waters -
15 успокаивать
1) General subject: allay (волнение, подозрение, боль), appease, assuage (гнев), assure, attemper, balm, balsam, becalm, become quiet, calm, calm down, charm (боль), comfort, compose, content, ease, gentle, hush, hush hush, hush-hush, kill, lay, lull (боль), lullaby, mince, mollify, pacify, placate, propitiate, quell (страх и т. п.), quiet, quieten, reassure, relax, relieve, salve (совесть), satisfy, sedate, set at rest, set somebody at ease, set somebody's mind at rest (кого-либо), settle, silence, slake, smooth, soften, solace, soothe, still, stroke somebody down (кого-либо), subside, tranquillize, conciliate, dampen the agitation, pour oil on troubled waters, calm down (ся), smooth down (ся), allay concerns, quite down, sooth2) Geology: damp (магнитную стрелку)3) Medicine: abirritate, mitigate, obtund, smooth down4) Obsolete: supple5) Sports: settle down9) Construction: steady10) Religion: pacificate11) Railway term: damp (стрелку или подвижную систему)12) Australian slang: make it all right with13) Automobile industry: dash16) Advertising: make comforting noises -
16 умиротворять
square off глагол:conciliate (примирять, снискать доверие, снискать любовь, расположить к себе, успокаивать, умиротворять)словосочетание:pour oil on troubled waters (умиротворять, успокаивать волнение)
См. также в других словарях:
pour oil on troubled waters — see under ↑water • • • Main Entry: ↑pour pour oil on troubled waters To take measures to calm down a stormy state of affairs, from the effect of pouring oil on rough water • • • Main Entry: ↑water * * * pour oil on troubled waters phrase to try… … Useful english dictionary
pour oil on troubled waters — If someone pours oil on troubled waters, they try to calm things down … The small dictionary of idiomes
pour oil on troubled waters — ► pour oil on troubled waters try to calm a dispute with placatory words. Main Entry: ↑pour … English terms dictionary
pour oil on troubled waters — If someone pours oil on troubled waters, they try to calm things down. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** If a person pours oil on troubled waters, they do or say something to calm a tense situation. James is a good negotiator, and is … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
pour oil on troubled waters — verb To calm something or someone who is tenacious or misbehaving. I better go pour oil on those troubled waters the children are making over there … Wiktionary
pour oil on troubled waters — calm down a quarrel, say something to lessen anger and bring peace to a situation They tried to pour oil on troubled waters after they noticed the argument among the students … Idioms and examples
pour oil on troubled waters — to do or say something in order to make people stop arguing and become calmer. She was furious with Dave for forgetting her birthday so I tried to pour oil on troubled waters by offering to take them both out for a meal … New idioms dictionary
pour oil on troubled waters — {v. phr.} To quiet a quarrel; say something to lessen anger and bring peace. * /The troops were nearing a bitter quarrel until the leader poured oil on the troubled waters./ … Dictionary of American idioms
pour oil on troubled waters — {v. phr.} To quiet a quarrel; say something to lessen anger and bring peace. * /The troops were nearing a bitter quarrel until the leader poured oil on the troubled waters./ … Dictionary of American idioms
pour\ oil\ on\ troubled\ waters — v. phr. To quiet a quarrel; say something to lessen anger and bring peace. The troops were nearing a bitter quarrel until the leader poured oil on the troubled waters … Словарь американских идиом
pour oil on troubled waters — Meaning Attempt to calm a problematic situation. Origin From the property of oil of flattening out the ripples on water when it spreads over it very thinly … Meaning and origin of phrases