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1 страх
I муж.
1) fear, fright;
terror страх перед неизвестностью ≈ fear of the unknown под страхом смерти ≈ on pain of death испытывающий непонятный страх ≈ eerie безрассудный страх ≈ irrational fear держать в страхе ≈ to keep in awe страха ради ≈ for fear, from fear физический страх ≈ bodily fear
2) мн.;
разг. terrors
3) (риск) risk, peril, responsibility на свой страх и риск, на свой страх ≈ at one's own risk/responsibility ∙ не за страх, а за совесть ≈ with total dedication/devotion у страха глаза велики ≈ the eyes of fear see danger everywhere II нареч.;
разг. awfully, terriblyм. fear;
(перед будущим тж.) dread;
(ужас) terror;
~ Божий церк. Fear of God;
~ смерти fear of death;
смертельный ~ mortal fear;
~ перед неизвестностью fear/dread of the unknown;
быть в ~е be* terrified;
из ~а перед кем-л., чем-л. for fear of smb., smth. ;
от ~a with fear;
от ~а у него отнялся язык he was speechless with terror;
натерпеться ~y be* terrified, have* a terrible fright;
испытывать ~ перед кем-л. be* terrified of smb., dread smb. ;
под ~ом смерти under pain of death;
под ~ом суровых наказаний under pain of severe penalties;
у ~а глаза велики погов. fear sees danger everywhere;
на свой ~ (и риск) at one`s own risk, on one`s own responsibility. -
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У СТРАХА ГЛАЗА ВЕЛИКИ (saying) when a person fears sth., he imagines there is danger where, in reality, there is none: = the eyes of fear see danger everywhere the fear's greater than the reason for it fear closes the ears of the mind fear always exaggerates (things).Стаднюк встретил его (Игоря) радушно... А еще совсем недавно... всего час назад, замышлялся ему здесь разнос. «Впрочем, - мелькнуло у Игоря, - у страха глаза велики. Замышлялся ли?» (Ерофеев 3). Stadniuk had given him (Igor) a cordial reception....And to think that just a little while ago, not more than an hour ago, he had expected Stadniuk to really give it to him. They do say that fear always exaggerates, thought Igor. Maybe I just imagined it all? (3a). -
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[saying]=====⇒ when a person fears sth., he imagines there is danger where, in reality, there is none:- fear always exaggerates (things).♦ Стаднюк встретил его [Игоря] радушно... А еще совсем недавно... всего час назад, замышлялся ему здесь разнос. "Впрочем, - мелькнуло у Игоря, - у страха глаза велики. Замышлялся ли?" (Ерофеев 3). Stadniuk had given him [Igor] a cordial reception....And to think that just a little while ago, not more than an hour ago, he had expected Stadniuk to really give it to him. They do say that fear always exaggerates, thought Igor. Maybe I just imagined it all? (3a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > у страха глаза велики
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4 страх
I муж.1) fear, fright; terrorстраха ради — for fear, from fear
2) мн. ч.; разг. terrors3) ( риск) risk, peril, responsibilityна свой страх и риск, на свой страх — at one's own risk/responsibility
••II нареч.; разг.не за страх, а за совесть — with total dedication/devotion
awfully, terribly -
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посл.lit. fear has big eyes; fear is liable to make one see all sorts of things; fear takes molehills for mountains; fear breeds terror; fear sees danger everywhere; faint hearts see danger lurking even where is noneГлухая пора листопада, / Последних гусей косяки, / Расстраиваться не надо: / У страха глаза велики. (Б. Пастернак, Иней) — Dead season of dead leaves falling, / The last flocks of geese in the skies. / There's no need to feel uneasy: / Fear has enormous eyes.
У страха глаза велики. Да и не тот у Барклая глаз, что у Багратиона. И князь Пётр Иванович решился выяснить, чего именно боится Барклай. (С. Голубов, Багратион) — Faint hearts see danger lurking even when there is none. Not so Bagrattion! At last Prince Peter determined to ascertain what it was precisely that Barclay feared.
Во всяком случае, можно поручиться, что близ заимки, близ дороги никого нет. И не может быть в такое время. А у страха глаза велики. Не надо, однако, настраивать себя на всякие ужасы. (П. Нилин, Жестокость) — It was certain, at any rate, that there was no one near the farmsteads and out along the road. How could there be at such a time? Why work oneself up that way? Fear is liable to make one see all sorts of things.
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