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1 плыть по течению
1) General subject: drift, go with the stream, go with the times, resign oneself to the fatality of life, tide, to be adrift, to be on the drift, be adrift, do with the tide, swim with the stream, go with the stream (против течения), follow the crowd, swim with the tide2) Naval: drop down3) Fishery: go down stream4) Graphic expression: go with the flow5) Banking: run with the wind (The Fed’s switch from pro-cyclical to anti-cyclical monetary policy, where it leans into the wind rather than running with it)6) Set phrase: go with the tide -
2 плыть
нсв vi1) передвигаться по или в воде to swim; держаться на поверхности to float; двигаться, куда несёт течение to driftон ме́дленно плыл к бе́регу — he slowly swam towards the shore
посреди́ реки́ плыло бревно́ — there was a log floating in the middle of the river
по не́бу плыла́ луна́ — the moon was sailing across the sky
2) о судне to sail, to goплыть по тече́нию — to go/to drift/to float downstream
— to go with the stream, to swim with the tideплыть про́тив тече́ния — to go upstream
— to go against the stream, to swim against the tide3) ехать по воде to go, to sailплыть на парохо́де — to sail, to go by boat/ship/sea
пять дней мы плыли через Атланти́ческий океа́н — we sailed (across) the Atlantic for five days
- плыть в рукимы плывём уже́ три дня — we've been at sea for three days now
- это само плыло в руки
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3 примкнуть к большинству
General subject: swim with the stream, swim with the tideУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > примкнуть к большинству
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4 примыкать к большинству
General subject: swim with the tideУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > примыкать к большинству
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5 течение
с1) поток воды flow; current, streamплыть по тече́нию — to go/to swim with the current/tide, to go with the flow
плыть про́тив тече́ния — to go/to swim against the current/tide
2) направление trend, tendencyосновны́е тече́ния в литерату́ре — the major trends in literature
3) ход времени courseв тече́ние дня — during the day, in the course of the day
в тече́ние всего́ го́да — throughout the year
в тече́ние мно́гих/до́лгих лет — for years/ages coll
с тече́нием вре́мени — in the course of time, in time
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6 сила солому ломит
посл.lit. force can break a straw; cf. there is no arguing with a large fist; might is right; one cannot swim against the tide; what may the mouse <do> against the cat; oaks may fall when reeds stand the stormФилька хмурит брови. Но сила солому ломит, и Филька, не поднимая бровей, поднимает руку: - Есть, час ареста и ещё час ареста. (А. Макаренко, Флаги на башнях) — Filka frowns. But one can't swim against the tide and, though his brows remain bent, his arm comes up in a salute. 'Very good, Comrade Director. One hour's detention plus another hour's detention.'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > сила солому ломит
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7 плыть против течения
1) General subject: struggle against the stream, swim against the stream, go against the stream, contend with the tide, go against the grain2) Fishery: go up stream3) Banking: lean into the wind4) Makarov: go against the tide, row against the flood, row against the stream, row against the tide, row against the wind, stem (и т.п.)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > плыть против течения
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8 плавать
(опред. плыть, сов. поплыть)1. ( о человеке и животном) swim*плыть под парусами — sail, go* under sail
плыть в гондоле и т. п. — float / glide in a gondola, etc.
плыть по течению — go* down stream; (перен.) go* / swim* with the stream / tide
плыть против течения — go* up stream; (перен.) go* against the stream
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всё плывёт передо мной — everything is swimming before my eyes, my head is swimmingплыть в руки разг. — drop into smb.'s lap
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9 плавать
несовер.; без доп.1) swim2) float, drift; sail; steam3) sail, navigate ( на судне)плавать под парусами — to sail, to go under sail
плавать против течения — to go up stream; to go against the stream перен.
плавать по течению — to go down stream; to go/swim with the stream/tide перен.
••он мелко плавает — he is beyond his depth in smth. (в смысле своих знаний, способностей); he is a small fry ( в смысле своего социального положения)
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10 плавать по течению
to go down stream; to go/swim with the stream/tide перен.Русско-английский словарь по общей лексике > плавать по течению
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11 течение
ср.1) flow; (о времени, событиях и т.п.) courseв течение всего дня — throughout the day, the whole day long
в течение недели — in the course of a week, within a week
в течение — (чего-л.) during
с течением времени — in (the course of) time, with time, after a time, in due course, eventually, as times goes by
2) (ток, струя) current, streamплыть/идти против течения — to go against the stream, to swim against the current тж. перен., to breast the current
плыть по течению — to drift with the current тж. перен.
сильное приливное течение — ( в узких устьях рек) bore
быстрое течение — rapid/swift current
встречное течение — head tide, head current, cross-current
обратное течение — сущ. contraflow
плыть по течению — to go with the stream тж. перен.
постоянное течение — мор. current
3) (направление в искусстве, науке, политике) current, trend, tendency•в течение продолжительного времени — for any length of time, for an appreciable length of time
в течение длительного времени — for long, over a long period (of time)
См. также в других словарях:
swim with the tide — If you swim with the tide, you do the same as people around you and accept the general consensus. ( Go with the tide is an alternative form.) … The small dictionary of idiomes
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swim with the tide — If you swim with the tide, you do the same as people around you and accept the general consensus. ( Go with the tide is an alternative form.) (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
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swim with the tide — go with the flow, do as everyone else does … English contemporary dictionary
swim against the tide — swim against/with/the tide phrase to do or believe the opposite to other people the same as other people Thesaurus: to be similar to, or the same as, something or someonesynonym to be different from somethingsynonym … Useful english dictionary
go with the tide — go/swim with the tide go/swim against the tide to do the opposite of what most other people are doing. If you don t feel strongly about an issue, you may as well just swim with the tide … New idioms dictionary
go with the tide — go, swim, etc. with/against the ˈtide idiom to agree with/oppose the attitudes or opinions that most other people have Main entry: ↑tideidiom … Useful english dictionary
swim with/against the tide — see ↑tide, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑swim … Useful english dictionary
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go against the tide — go, swim, etc. with/against the ˈtide idiom to agree with/oppose the attitudes or opinions that most other people have Main entry: ↑tideidiom … Useful english dictionary