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1) General subject: crowd luck, push luck, push one's luck, stretch luck, stretch one's luck, tempt fate, tempt fortune, press luck (don't press your luck - не искушай судьбу), fly in the face of fortune, press one's luck2) Makarov: tempt Providence, chance luck, change arm, crowd luck, fly in the face of Providence -
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несов. - искуша́ть, сов. - искуси́ть; (вн.)tempt (d); ( соблазнять) seduce (d)••искуша́ть судьбу́ — tempt fate, tempt Providence
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(согласно языческой вере, непреодолимая сила, которой подвластно течение всех событий в мире) fate, fortune, destiny, providenceискушать судьбу — to tempt providence, to fly in the face of providence
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to tempt fate, to tempt providenceРусско-английский словарь по общей лексике > искушать судьбу
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жен.fate; fortune; destiny, lot ( удел)какими судьбами? разг. — fancy meeting you here!, how did you get here?; by what chance?
обиженный судьбой, обойденный судьбой — wronged by life, unfortunate
предсказать кому-л. судьбу — read fortune, tell fortunes
волею судьбы — as the fates decree, as fate (has) willed
искушать судьбу — to tempt fate, to tempt providence
не судьба нам — (делать что-л.) we are not fated (to); we have no luck (to)
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tempt fate (fortune, Providence)С той поры он старательно избегал встреч с Овражним. Не надо было искушать судьбу. Нельзя было играть чужой и своей жизнью. (М. Шолохов, Они сражались за Родину) — Since then he had carefully avoided meeting Ovrazhny. One should not tempt fate. His own and other people's lives were not to be played with.
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > искушать судьбу
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1) fate злая судьба, неотвратимый рокПресс-секретарь AYAXI отметил, что его фирма «волею судеб оказалась разработчиком президентского сайта www.kremlin.ru» («Газета»). — According to AYAXI's spokesman, "as things would have it," his company developed the president's website.
Судьба распорядилась/сложилась так, что… — It so happened, It was the will of fate that/fate so willed that ( очень выспренно)
Такая уж у меня судьба — Well, that's my destiny.
Какими судьбами? — Fancy meeting you here/ How did you get here?/ What brings you here? What are you doing here?
искушать судьбу — to tempt fate/providence (но можно также to take a/the risk)
не судьба нам — we are not fated to… /( в обыденном разговоре) bad luck
обиженный судьбой — wronged by fate/unfortunate/hapless
В 1999 году судьба забросила меня на Камчатку — In 1999, I had to travel to Kamchatka.
2) the past, historyЯ до сих пор не знаю, какова судьба моего заявления — I still don't know what happened to my application
У этой рукописи интересная судьба — The story of this manuscript is quite interesting.
Ее судьба поистине удивительна — The story of her life is amazing/Her life was amazing.
Cудьба Годунова на Западе сложилась не так, как у Нуреева — In the West, Godunov's career/life was quite unlike Nureyev's /Unlike Nureyev, life in the West didn't turn out well for Godunov.
Печальной оказалась судьба кота (Гроссман, пример из книги Вежбицкой) — The cat came to a sad end.
Cудьба психоанализа в России — The story of psychoanalysis in Russia.
Здание в Гонолулу чуть не постигла участь ВТЦ в Нью-Йорке — The building in Honolulu could have come to the same end as the World Trade Center.
По большому счету любая летная судьба необычна — Actually, the life of any pilot is extraordinary.
Судьба известного лица - The life and times of…
3) the futureсудьбы/судьба страны – в наших руках — the future of the country is in our hands
ООН обеспокоена судьбой чеченских беженцев — The United Nations is concerned about the plight of Chechen refugees.
В судьбе ростовских шахтеров приближается развязка — The Rostov coal miners' crisis is nearing its end.
Судьбой зданий на Исаакиевской площади займется специальная комиссия — A special panel will decide/consider the issue of/the dispute over St.Isaac's Square buildings.
Переговоры о судьбе заложников продолжаются — Talks to resolve the hostage situation/crisis are continuing.
4)Судьбу матча решил гол, забитый на первых минутах — The (outcome of the) match was decided in its first minutes/The decisive goal was scored in the game's first minutes.
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to tempt fate/providence
См. также в других словарях:
tempt providence — If you tempt providence, you take a risk that may well have unpleasant consequences. ( Tempt fate is also used.) … The small dictionary of idiomes
tempt providence — tempt fate/providence/ phrase to say or to do something that may cause problems, or to cause your good luck to end Don’t tempt fate by saying we can win. Thesaurus: to cause problems for yourselfsynonym fate and destinysynonym … Useful english dictionary
tempt providence — ► tempt fate (or providence) do something risky or dangerous. Main Entry: ↑tempt … English terms dictionary
tempt providence — tempt fate/providence 1. to do something which involves a risk and may cause something unpleasant to happen. I always feel it s tempting fate to leave the house without an umbrella. 2. to cause bad luck for yourself by talking too confidently… … New idioms dictionary
tempt Providence — Synonyms and related words: bell the cat, brave, chance, court danger, court destruction, dare, defy danger, face up to, flirt with death, forget the odds, gamble, go for broke, hazard, play Russian roulette, play with fire, risk, run the chance … Moby Thesaurus
tempt Providence — take an unnecessary risk … English contemporary dictionary
tempt — S3 [tempt] v [T] [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: tempter, tenter, from Latin temptare, tentare to feel, try, tempt ] 1.) to try to persuade someone to do something by making it seem attractive tempt sb into doing sth ▪ The new program is… … Dictionary of contemporary English
tempt — ► VERB 1) entice (someone) to do something against their better judgement. 2) (be tempted to do) have an urge or inclination to do. 3) attract; charm. ● tempt fate (or providence) Cf. ↑tempt providence … English terms dictionary
providence — /ˈprɒvədəns / (say provuhduhns) noun 1. the foreseeing care and guardianship of God over His creatures. 2. (upper case) God. 3. a manifestation of the divine care or direction. 4. provident or prudent management of resources; economy. 5. Rare… …
tempt fate — ● tempt * * * tempt fate/providence/ phrase to say or to do something that may cause problems, or to cause your good luck to end Don’t tempt fate by saying we can win. Thesaurus: to cause problems for yourself … Useful english dictionary
tempt — [ tempt ] verb transitive ** 1. ) often passive to make you want to do or have something, especially something that is not good for you: The store windows were lit invitingly, tempting the late shoppers. Do you want another drink? I m tempted. be … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English