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1 посмотреть, куда ветер дует
1) General subject: find see which way the wind blows2) Diplomatic term: find out how the wind lies, know how the wind blows, know how the wind lies, see how the wind liesУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > посмотреть, куда ветер дует
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2 выяснить, куда ветер дует
1) Diplomatic term: find out how the wind lies, know how the wind blows, know how the wind lies, see how the wind liesУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > выяснить, куда ветер дует
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3 узнать, куда ветер дует
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > узнать, куда ветер дует
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4 посмотреть, каково общее мнение
1) General subject: find see which way the wind blowsУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > посмотреть, каково общее мнение
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5 куда ветер дует
разг.1) пренебр. (о нестойком, беспринципном человеке, часто меняющем свои взгляды в зависимости от обстановки) one who goes whichever way the wind blows; a weathercock; one who sees how the gander hops2) тж. откуда ветер дует (как обстоят дела, на кого или на что следует ориентироваться) find out which way the wind is blowing; see how (which way) the cat jumps (the gander hops); trim one's sails to the windХоть был он зубоскалом, доносчиком он не был, и если порой лез к полицейской сволочне, то лез с единственным желанием разнюхать, куда там у начальства ветер дует... (Г. Марков, Сибирь) — Although he talked a lot, he was not an informer, and if he sometimes hobnobbed with the police, it was only to find out which way the wind was blowing...
3) тж. откуда ветер дует ( что является или явилось причиной чего-либо) what wind has blown that in?- Теперь мне предъявили ещё одно обвинение - в святотатстве. Откуда подул этот ветер? Не со стороны ли кафедрального собора? - и профессор Сальвадор посмотрел на епископа. (А. Беляев, Человек-амфибия) — 'Now another charge is being lined up against me, that of sacrilege. What wind has blown that in? Not from the direction of the Cathedral, by any chance?' and Salvator looked straight at the bishop.
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > куда ветер дует
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