-
1 они мрут как мухи
General subject: they're dying off like flies, they drop like flies -
2 муха
ж.••му́хи до́хнут — you could die of boredom
быть под му́хой разг. — be mellow, be tight, be under the sauce
как му́хи на мёд — ≈ like wasps [wɒsps] around jam
де́лать из му́хи слона́ — ≈ make a mountain out of a molehill
как со́нная му́ха — like a sleepy fly
кака́я му́ха его́ укуси́ла? — ≈ what's got into him?, what's bitten him?
до бе́лых мух — till snow falls
он и му́хи не оби́дит — he wouldn't hurt a fly
слы́шно, как му́ха пролети́т — one could hear a pin drop
счита́ть мух — gape
они́ мрут как му́хи — they drop like flies
-
3 М-301
КАК МУХИ мрут, дохнут highly coll (как + NP Invar adv(people die) in great numbers: (drop) like flies."И вы говорите, что у него, точно, люди умирают в большом количестве?» - «Как мухи мрут» (Гоголь 3). "Do you really mean that his people are dying in great numbers?" "They're dropping like flies" (3e). -
4 как мухи
• КАК МУХИ мрут, дохнут highly coll[ как + NP; Invar; adv]=====⇒ (people die) in great numbers:- (drop) like flies.♦ "И вы говорите, что у него, точно, люди умирают в большом количестве?" - "Как мухи мрут" (Гоголь 3). "Do you really mean that his people are dying in great numbers?" "They're dropping like flies" (3e).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > как мухи
См. также в других словарях:
drop like flies — This means that something is disappearing very quickly. For example, if you said people were dropping like flies, it would mean that they were dying off, quitting or giving up something rapidly … The small dictionary of idiomes
drop like flies — verb rapidly collapse, die, or drop out in large numbers the contestants dropped like flies when the thermometer hit one hundred degrees • Hypernyms: ↑break down, ↑collapse • Verb Frames: Something s Somebody s * * * see … Useful english dictionary
drop like flies — If people drop like flies, they fall ill or die in large numbers. There s a flu epidemic right now. Senior citizens are dropping like flies … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
drop — drop1 W2S1 [drɔp US dra:p] v past tense and past participle dropped present participle dropping ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(let something fall)¦ 2¦(fall)¦ 3¦(move your body down)¦ 4¦(become less)¦ 5¦(reduce)¦ 6¦(not include)¦ 7¦(stop doing something)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
As the Crow Flies (novel) — This article is about the Jeffrey Archer novel. For other uses, see As the Crow Flies (disambiguation). As the Crow Flies … Wikipedia
Whatever You Love, You Are — Infobox Album | Name = Whatever You Love, You are Type = Album Artist = Dirty Three |280px Released = March 2000 Recorded = July 1999 Genre = Instrumental rock Length = 48:17 Label = Touch and Go Records Producer = Dirty Three Reviews = *AMG… … Wikipedia
David Hoyle (performance artist) — David Hoyle Hoyle in character as The Divine David , 2000. Born Blackpool, Lancashire, England Occupation Performance artist, Actor, Comedian … Wikipedia
Florena Budwin — (died January 251865) was an American woman who, during the Civil War, disguised herself as a man and enlisted in the Union Army with her husband. They were both captured and confined at Confederacy s most notoriously brutal prisoner of war… … Wikipedia
break down — verb 1. make ineffective (Freq. 3) Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination • Syn: ↑crush • Derivationally related forms: ↑breakdown • Hypernyms: ↑change, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
List of Marvel Family enemies — Through his adventures, Fawcett Comics/DC Comics superhero Captain Marvel and his Marvel Family gained a host of enemies, including the following: Contents 1 Acrobat 2 Adolf Hitler 3 Amoeba Family … Wikipedia
List of Emily Dickinson poems — This is a list of Emily Dickinson poems. There are 1,775 known poems that have been written by Dickinson. The poems are alphabetized by their first line. Punctuation, capitalization and even in some cases wording of the first lines may vary… … Wikipedia
