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there were swarms of people there

  • 1 пропасть

    I проп`асть
    сов. от пропадать
    II пр`опасть
    ж.
    1) (обрыв, бездна) precipice, abyss; gulf
    2) ( резкое различие) gulf, chasm [k-], abyss

    ме́жду ни́ми пролега́ет пропасть — there is a chasm between them

    3) разг. (рд.; множество) a great deal (of); piles (of), heaps (of), loads (of)

    у него́ пропасть де́нег — he has piles / heaps / loads of money

    наро́ду там бы́ло пропасть — there were swarms of people there

    ••

    на краю́ пропасти — on the verge of disaster / ruin

    тьфу, пропасть! в знач. межд. — damn (it)!

    Новый большой русско-английский словарь > пропасть

  • 2 пропасть

    I ж.
    1. precipice, abyss; gulf (тж. перен.)

    на краю пропасти (перен.) — on the verge of disaster / ruin

    2. (рд.) разг. ( множество) a world (of), a lot (of), a great deal (of)
    II сов. см. пропадать

    Русско-английский словарь Смирнитского > пропасть

  • 3 Т-252

    тьма-тьмущая2 кого-чего coll usu. subj or quantit subj-compl with copula ( subj / gen
    any common noun)) very many, a countless number: vast numbers
    countless multitudes millions and millions (of people and animals only) hordes and hordes swarms and swarms.
    ...Он получил неслыханный урожай огурцов. Сколько ни шарили в кустах колхозники, проходившие мимо его бахчи, огурцов оставалась тьма-тьмущая (Искандер 3)....He had an unparalleled crop. No matter how often the cucumber patch was rifled by passing kolkhoz workers, countless multitudes of cucumbers remained (3a).
    ...Он (Сталин) уничтожил тьму-тьмущую людей... (Искандер 5). Не (Stalin) wiped out millions and millions of people... (5a).
    Из-за Дымера кубарем прилетали сельские полицаи и старосты, рассказывали, что идет партизан тьма-тьмущая... (Кузнецов 1). Rural Polizei (German = police) and village elders came pouring in from beyond Dymer, reporting that hordes and hordes of the partisans were advancing... (1a).
    «Одно горе - крысы. Тьма тьмущая, отбою нет» (Пастернак 1). "Our only trouble is rats. There are swarms and swarms of them, and you can't get rid of them" (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > Т-252

  • 4 тьма-тьмущая

    I
    [NP; sing only]
    =====
    ⇒ total darkness:
    - pitch-darkness.
    II
    [usu. subj or quantit subj-compl with copula (subj/ gen: any common noun)]
    =====
    ⇒ very many, a countless number:
    - [of people and animals only] hordes and hordes;
    - swarms and swarms.
         ♦...Он получил неслыханный урожай огурцов. Сколько ни шарили в кустах колхозники, проходившие мимо его бахчи, огурцов оставалась тьма-тьмушая (Искандер 3)....He had an unparalleled crop. No matter how often the cucumber patch was rifled by passing kolkhoz workers, countless multitudes of cucumbers remained (3a).
         ♦...Он [Сталин] уничтожил тьму-тьмущую людей... (Искандер 5). Не [Stalin] wiped out millions and millions of people... (5a).
         ♦ Из-за Дымера кубарем прилетали сельские полицаи и старосты, рассказывали, что идет партизан тьма-тьмущая... (Кузнецов 1). Rural Polizei [German = police] and village elders came pouring in from beyond Dymer, reporting that hordes and hordes of the partisans were advancing... (1a).
         ♦ " Одно rope - крысы. Тьма тьмущая, отбою нет" (Пастернак 1). "Our only trouble is rats. There are swarms and swarms of them, and you can't get rid of them" (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > тьма-тьмущая

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