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1 прошибать лбом стену
1) General subject: batter( one's) head against a brick wall, batter (one's) head against a stone wall, run one's head against a brick wall, run head against a wall2) Literal: run one's head against a wallУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > прошибать лбом стену
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2 прошибать стену лбом
1) General subject: run head against a wall2) Makarov: bang (one's) head against a brick wall, bang ( one's) head against a wall, run (one's) head against a brick wall, run (one's) head against a wallУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > прошибать стену лбом
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3 пытаться сделать невозможное
1) General subject: number sands, hold the eel by the tail, make a pint measure hold a quart, run head against a wall, try to put a quart into a pint pot2) Australian slang: push shit uphill3) Makarov: assay the impossible, bang ( one's) head against a brick wall, bang (one's) head against a wall, run (one's) head against a brick wall, run (one's) head against a wall, set the tortoise to catch the hare, square the circle4) Taboo: shovel the shitУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > пытаться сделать невозможное
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4 стукнуться головой о стену
1) General subject: run head against a wall2) Makarov: run (one's) head against a wallУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > стукнуться головой о стену
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5 лезть на рожон
1) General subject: ask for, ask for it, kick against the pricks, show hackles, take a bear by the tooth, kick against the prick, knock head against a brick wall, look for trouble, run head against a brick wall, stick neck out, stick one's neck out2) Colloquial: ask for trouble, invite trouble, put one's head into a noose3) Jargon: shine4) Set phrase: kick against the pricks (дословно: Лягать колючки. Смысл: сопротивляться во вред себе)5) Makarov: head for trouble, knock ( one's) head against a brick wall, run (one's) head against a brick wall -
6 лбом стену прошибать
1) General subject: knock head against a brick wall, lash the waves, run head against a brick wall2) Makarov: knock (one's) head against a brick wall, run ( one's) head against a brick wallУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > лбом стену прошибать
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7 биться головой о стенку
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > биться головой о стенку
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8 биться головой об стенку
1) General subject: knock one's head against a brick wall2) Literal: bash (one's) head against the wall3) Phraseological unit: run into a brick wall (делать что-то без особого успеха)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > биться головой об стенку
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9 стукнуться головой об стену
General subject: run one's head against a wallУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > стукнуться головой об стену
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10 прошибить лбом стену
run one's head against a brick wall словосочетание:Русско-английский синонимический словарь > прошибить лбом стену
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11 упираться
несов. - упира́ться, сов. - упере́ться1) (тв. в вн.; находить опору) rest (d against), set (d against)упира́ться ло́ктем в сте́ну — set one's elbow against the wall; lean one's elbow on / against the wall
упира́ться нога́ми в зе́млю — take a firm stand; dig one's heels in the ground
2) ( упрямиться) jib, balk, refuse3) тк. несов. (в вн.; встречать препятствие) be hampered (by), be held back (by); ( зависеть от чего-л) hinge (on)реше́ние вопро́са упира́ется в недоста́ток вре́мени — progress on the issue is being hampered [held back] by the lack of time
всё упира́ется в реше́ние нача́льника — everything hinges on the boss's decision
••упере́ться глаза́ми в кого́-л разг. — stare at smb
упира́ться ро́гом, упира́ться рука́ми и нога́ми (про́тив) разг. — make a dead set (against), run one's head (against)
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12 добиваться невозможного
1) General subject: run one's head against a brick wall, square the circle2) Mathematics: attempt the impossibleУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > добиваться невозможного
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13 добиваться невозможного
square the circle словосочетание:run one's head against a brick wall (добиваться невозможного, прошибить лбом стену)Русско-английский синонимический словарь > добиваться невозможного
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