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1 хвост
м.1) (животного, птицы) tail; (павлина тж.) train; ( лисицы) brush; (кролика, оленя) scutобре́занный хвост — docked tail, bobtail
бить хвосто́м — lash / swish / whisk its tail
2) ( длинная оконечность чего-л) tailхвост коме́ты — tail / train of a comet ['kɒ-]
3) ( концевая часть) end, tailхвост проце́ссии — tail [back end] of the procession
хвост по́езда — rear of train
плести́сь в хвосте́ — lag / drag behind; be at the tail / rear end; trail along at the back
4) разг. ( очередь) queue [kjuː] брит.; line амер.стоя́ть в хвосте́ [выстра́иваться в хвост] (за тв.) — queue брит. / line амер. up (for)
5) разг. ( несданный экзамен) failed test / examination6) разг. (сыщик, преследователь) tail; shadowза мной (увяза́лся) хвост — they have put a tail on me; I've got company (i.e. there's a spy following me)
7) мн. тех. (отходы, отвалы) tails, tailing, rejectsхвосты́ флота́ции — slime
••(и) в хвост и в гри́ву разг. — ≈ with might and main; like nobody's business
верте́ть хвосто́м (говорить уклончиво) — hedge; beat about the bush
виля́ть хвосто́м — 1) ( о собаке) wag [wæg] its tail 2) (пе́ред; заискивать) kiss up (to)
вильну́ть хвосто́м (уклониться от каких-л обязанностей) — skip out; do a disappearing act
хвост виля́ет соба́кой — it's a case of a tail wagging the dog
держа́ть хвост морко́вкой / пистоле́том — см. пистолет
задра́ть хвост (заважничать) прост. — stick one's nose in the air
ко́нский хвост (причёска) — ponytail
накрути́ть хвост (дт.) прост. — 1) ( отчитать кого-л) chew / bawl (d) out 2) ( настроить кого-л в своих интересах) put ideas into smb's head
наступа́ть на хвост кому́-л, сиде́ть на хвосте́ у кого́-л разг. (близко следовать за кем-л) — be / sit on smb's tail
наступи́ть на хвост кому́-л разг. (ущемить чьи-л интересы) — step on smb's toes
поджа́ть хвост — have one's tail between one's legs
поджа́в хвост (прям. и перен.) — with one's tail between one's legs
псу / коту́ / ко́шке под хвост — см. пёс
распусти́ть хвост — 1) ( о павлине) spread one's tail 2) разг. неодобр. ( о человеке) strut like a peacock, strut one's stuff
соро́ка на хвосте́ принесла́ шутл. — ≈ a little bird told me
схвати́ть за хвост (вн.; успеть поймать) шутл. — catch (d) by the tail
укороти́ть / прищеми́ть хвост (дт.; поставить кого-л на место) разг. — bring (d) in line [to heel]; take (d) down a peg / notch or two
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2 поджать хвост
1) General subject: get (one's) tail down, put tail between legs, tail away, tail off2) Literal: sing small3) Jargon: tuck tail4) Set phrase: put one's tail between one's legs -
3 поджимать
поджатьподжать хвост — put* the tail between the legs; have one's tail between one's legs (тж. перен.)
сидеть, поджав ноги — sit* cross-legged
сроки поджимают — time presses sg.
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4 поджимать
несов. - поджима́ть, сов. - поджа́ть; (вн.)1) ( подбирать под себя) tuck up (d)сиде́ть, поджа́в но́ги — sit with one's legs tucked up beneath one
поджа́ть хвост — have one's tail between one's legs
2) (напрягать, втягивать в себя) tuck in (d)подожми́ живо́т — tuck in your stomach ['stʌmək]
3) разг. (прижимать, зажимать) press (d)ло́дку поджа́ло к бе́регу безл. — the boat was pressed / pushed close [-s] to the bank
поджима́ть га́йку — tighten a nut on the bolt
5) (оказывать нажим, требовать чего-л) put / exert pressure (on), press (d), put the screws (on)поставщики́ нас поджима́ют — the suppliers are putting pressure on us
••поджа́ть гу́бы (в знак обиды и т.п.) — purse [press up] one's lips
поджа́в хвост (униженно, заискивающе) — with one's tail between one's legs
сро́ки поджима́ют — time presses
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5 поджимать
vt; св - поджа́тьto draw in/upподжима́ть гу́бы — to purse one's lips
поджима́ть под себя́ но́ги — to draw up/to bend one's legs under one
вре́мя их поджима́ет разг — they are pressed for time
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6 поджимать хвост
to draw in one's tail; to put the tail between the legs; to have one's tail between one's legs перен. тж.Русско-английский словарь по общей лексике > поджимать хвост
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7 поджимать хвост
прост.put one's tail between one's legs; cf. show the white feather- Больно спесив Кирила Петрович! а небось поджал хвост, когда Гришка мой закричал ему: вон, старый пёс! - долой со двора! (А. Пушкин, Дубровский) — 'Kirila Petrovich is too proud; and yet he did put his tail between his legs when my Grishka cried out to him: 'Be off, you old cur! Clear out of the place!''
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > поджимать хвост
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8 поджать хвост
[podzhat' khvost] To turn one's tail between one's legs. To become more cautious, circumspect; to cease boasting; to become less self-assured. Cf. To have/put one's tail between one's legs; to sing small.Русские фразеологизмы в картинках (русско-английский словарь) > поджать хвост
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