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121 сойти с мертвой точки
• СДВИНУТЬСЯ < СОЙТИ> С МЕРТВОЙ ТОЧКИ[VP; subj: usu. abstr]=====⇒ (in refer, to a matter that has long shown no progress) to begin moving forward, showing progress:- [in limited contexts] person X stopped spinning his wheels.♦ [Сахаров] предложил очередной призыв об амнистии, который мы все, конечно, подписали, но прошёл он незамеченным. Мы понимали, однако, что с мёртвой точки сдвинуться надо (Амальрик 1).... Не [Sakharov] suggested a routine appeal for amnesty. Naturally, we all signed it, but it went unnoticed. We realized that we had to stop spinning our wheels (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > сойти с мертвой точки
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122 хоть бы хны
• ХОТЬ БЫ ХНЫ highly coll[Invar; predic]=====1. хоть бы хны (кому) disapprov [impers or with subj: human]⇒ one or s.o. is completely indifferent to, unconcerned about etc sth.:- X doesn't care (at all <in the least etc>);- X doesn't give a damn <a hoot, a darn etc>;- it doesn't mean a thing to X.♦ "[ Ты] мог бы встретить, - капризно и запальчиво выкрикивала она сквозь слёзы. - Думала, не дойду, думала, упаду, а... ему хоть бы хны" (Распутин 2). "You could have met me," she cried through her tears crankily. "I thought I wouldn't make it, I thought I would fall, and...you don't care!" (2a).2. хоть бы хны кому [impers]⇒ sth. does not affect or cause any reaction in s.o.:- it has little <no> effect on X;- [in refer, to physical sensations, usu. pain] X doesn't even feel it.♦ Один человек, допустим, такой это весёлый-весёлый, что с ним хоть что ни случись - ему хоть бы хны, плюнет и дальше жить пойдёт (Попов 1). One person, let's say, is so cheerful and jolly that no matter what happens to him, it doesn't bother him a bit; he just shrugs it off and goes on living (1a).♦ "Ты её [тётушку Хрисулу] трахнул фасолевой подпоркой, а ей хоть бы хны?!" - сказал Чунка, не глядя вниз (Искандер 5). "You bonked her [Auntie Chrysoula] with a beanpole, and she didn't even feel it?" Chunka said without looking down (5a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > хоть бы хны
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123 бросать на чашку весов
[VP; subj: human]=====⇒ (often in refer, to one's professional reputation, authority, the prestige of one's firm etc) to use sth. in the hope of gaining the advantage or a victory in some matter or area:- X бросил на чашу весов Y - X used Y in an attempt to tip < tilt> the scale(s) in his favor;- X used Y in an attempt to turn the tide in his favor.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > бросать на чашку весов
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124 бросать на чашу весов
[VP; subj: human]=====⇒ (often in refer, to one's professional reputation, authority, the prestige of one's firm etc) to use sth. in the hope of gaining the advantage or a victory in some matter or area:- X бросил на чашу весов Y - X used Y in an attempt to tip < tilt> the scale(s) in his favor;- X used Y in an attempt to turn the tide in his favor.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > бросать на чашу весов
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125 бросить на чашку весов
[VP; subj: human]=====⇒ (often in refer, to one's professional reputation, authority, the prestige of one's firm etc) to use sth. in the hope of gaining the advantage or a victory in some matter or area:- X бросил на чашу весов Y - X used Y in an attempt to tip < tilt> the scale(s) in his favor;- X used Y in an attempt to turn the tide in his favor.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > бросить на чашку весов
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126 бросить на чашу весов
[VP; subj: human]=====⇒ (often in refer, to one's professional reputation, authority, the prestige of one's firm etc) to use sth. in the hope of gaining the advantage or a victory in some matter or area:- X бросил на чашу весов Y - X used Y in an attempt to tip < tilt> the scale(s) in his favor;- X used Y in an attempt to turn the tide in his favor.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > бросить на чашу весов
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127 класть на чашку весов
[VP; subj: human]=====⇒ (often in refer, to one's professional reputation, authority, the prestige of one's firm etc) to use sth. in the hope of gaining the advantage or a victory in some matter or area:- X бросил на чашу весов Y - X used Y in an attempt to tip < tilt> the scale(s) in his favor;- X used Y in an attempt to turn the tide in his favor.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > класть на чашку весов
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128 класть на чашу весов
[VP; subj: human]=====⇒ (often in refer, to one's professional reputation, authority, the prestige of one's firm etc) to use sth. in the hope of gaining the advantage or a victory in some matter or area:- X бросил на чашу весов Y - X used Y in an attempt to tip < tilt> the scale(s) in his favor;- X used Y in an attempt to turn the tide in his favor.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > класть на чашу весов
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