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safe (sheltered) refuge

  • 1 З-23

    ТИХАЯ ЗАВОДЬ NP sing only fixed WO
    a quiet, undisturbed place where one feels protected from the outside world
    quiet (peaceful) haven
    safe (sheltered) refuge (in limited contexts) quiet little backwater.
    ...Много лет спустя бывал я часто у своих знакомых... Однажды я неожиданно застал их в ожесточённом споре. Вся семья, включая старую бабку, спорила о Ленине... На следующий день зашёл я к ним опять - и опять застал их в споре о Ленине... И так недели две... Пропала моя тихая заводь, где можно было отдохнуть душой (Буковский 1). Some years later, I had some friends I often used to visit....One day I was surprised to find the entire family, including the ancient grandmother, engaged in a violent argument about Lenin....The following day I saw them again, and again they were arguing about Lenin....And so it continued for a couple of weeks. The peaceful haven where I had been able to refresh my soul was destroyed (1a).
    Прощай, деткомбинат, моя тихая заводь! (Гинзбург 2). Good-by, children's home, my quiet little backwater (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > З-23

  • 2 тихая заводь

    [NP; sing only; fixed WO]
    =====
    a quiet, undisturbed place where one feels protected from the outside world:
    - quiet < peaceful> haven;
    - [in limited contexts] quiet little backwater.
         ♦...Много лет спустя бывал я часто у своих знакомых... Однажды я неожиданно застал их в ожесточённом споре. Вся семья, включая старую бабку, спорила о Ленине... На следующий день зашёл я к ним опять - и опять застал их в споре о Ленине... И так недели две... Пропала моя тихая заводь, где можно было отдохнуть душой (Буковский 1). Some years later, I had some friends I often used to visit....One day I was surprised to find the entire family, including the ancient grandmother, engaged in a violent argument about Lenin....The following day I saw them again, and again they were arguing about Lenin....And so it continued for a couple of weeks. The peaceful haven where I had been able to refresh my soul was destroyed (1a).
         ♦ Прощай, деткомбинат, моя тихая заводь! (Гинзбург 2). Good-by, children's home, my quiet little backwater (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > тихая заводь

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