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1 минимальная возможность
Русско-английский политический словарь > минимальная возможность
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2 минимальная возможность
1) Politics: remote possibility2) Makarov: bare chance, bare possibilityУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > минимальная возможность
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3 отдаленная возможность
General subject: remote possibility, slim possibilityУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > отдаленная возможность
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4 маловероятная возможность
1) Jargon: outside chance2) General subject: remote possibilityУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > маловероятная возможность
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5 незначительная вероятность
General subject: remote possibilityУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > незначительная вероятность
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6 призрачная возможность
General subject: remote possibilityУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > призрачная возможность
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7 Б-85
НА БОБАХ остаться, сидеть, оставить кого coll PrepP Invar subj-compl with copula (subj: human or obj-compl with оставить ( obj: human)) (to end up, be, or leave s.o.) without sth. hoped for or counted onhigh and dryempty-handed out in the cold with nothing.И вот она (революция) пришла... а он (Аверкий Степанович), прирождённый и постоянный рабочелюбец... очутился на бобах, не у дел, в опустевшем посёлке, из которого разбежались рабочие, частью шедшие тут за меньшевиками (Пастернак 1). Now it (the revolution) had come...but he (Averkii Stepanovich), the born and faithful champion of the proletariat...had been left high and dry, instead of being in the thick of things, he was in a remote village from which the workers-some of whom were Mensheviks-had fled! (1a).(Антонина Николаевна:) Я не спешила замуж, но сейчас это надо сделать. И быстрее, иначе я рискую остаться на бобах (Розов 3). (A.N.:) I haven't rushed to get married, but now it has to be done. And rather soon, or else I run the risk of being left empty-handed (3a).Каждый держатель облигации в глубине души не верит в возможность выигрыша. Зато он очень ревниво относится к облигациям своих соседей и знакомых. Он... боится того, что выиграют они, а он, всегдашний неудачник, снова останется на бобах (Ильф и Петров 1). In the depths of his heart no bond holder believes in the possibility of a win. At the same time he is jealous of his neighbors' and friends' bonds. He is...scared that they will win and that he, the eternal loser, will be left out in the cold (1a). -
8 на бобах
• НА БОБАХ остаться, сидеть, оставить кого coll[PrepP; Invar; subj-compl with copula (subj: human) or obj-compl with оставить (obj: human)]=====⇒ (to end up, be, or leave s.o.) without sth. hoped for or counted on:- high and dry;- empty-handed;- with nothing.♦ И вот она [революция] пришла... а он [Аверкий Степанович], прирождённый и постоянный рабочелюбец... очутился на бобах, не у дел, в опустевшем посёлке, из которого разбежались рабочие, частью шедшие тут за меньшевиками (Пастернак 1). Now it [the revolution] had come...but he [Averkii Stepanovich], the born and faithful champion of the proletariat...had been left high and dry; instead of being in the thick of things, he was in a remote village from which the workers-some of whom were Mensheviks-had fled! (1a).♦ [Антонина Николаевна:] Я не спешила замуж, но сейчас это надо сделать. И быстрее, иначе я рискую остаться на бобах (Розов 3). [A.N.:] I haven't rushed to get married, but now it has to be done. And rather soon, or else I run the risk of being left empty-handed (За).♦ Каждый держатель облигации в глубине души не верит в возможность выигрыша. Зато он очень ревниво относится к облигациям своих соседей и знакомых. Он... боится того, что выиграют они, а он, всегдашний неудачник, снова останется на бобах (Ильф и Петров 1). In the depths of his heart no bond holder believes in the possibility of a win. At the same time he is jealous of his neighbors' and friends' bonds. He is...scared that they will win and that he, the eternal loser, will be left out in the cold (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > на бобах
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