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1 they are much of a muchness
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2 they're all much of a muchness
English-German idiom dictionary > they're all much of a muchness
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much·ness[ˈmʌtʃnəs]to be much of a \muchness so ziemlich das Gleiche seinthe songs you hear on the radio these days all sound much of a \muchness die Lieder, die man heutzutage im Radio hört, hören sich alle gleich an* * *['mʌtʃnɪs]n (Brit inf)they're much of a muchness (things) — das ist eins wie das andere; (people) sie sind einer wie der andere
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tr['mʌʧnəs]\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be much of a muchness ser más o menos iguales'mʌtʃnəs, 'mʌtʃnɪsto be much of a muchness — (BrE) ser* tres cuartos de lo mismo (fam)
['mʌtʃnɪs]N* * *['mʌtʃnəs, 'mʌtʃnɪs]to be much of a muchness — (BrE) ser* tres cuartos de lo mismo (fam)
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5 much
much [mʌt∫]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. pronoun2. adjective3. adverb━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. pronoun• does it cost much? est-ce que ça coûte cher ?• is it worth much? est-ce que ça a de la valeur ?► much of ( = a large part of) une bonne partie de• much of what you say une bonne partie de ce que vous dites► to make much of sth attacher beaucoup d'importance à qch► not/nothing... much ( = a small amount) pas beaucoup• what was stolen? -- nothing much qu'est-ce qui a été volé ? -- pas grand-chose━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Constructions with valoir are often used when assessing value or merit.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• there isn't much in it (in choice, competition) ça se vaut2. adjective• it's a bit much! (inf) c'est un peu fort !3. adverba. ( = to a great degree) beaucoup• I very much hope that... j'espère de tout cœur que...b. ( = more or less) it's much the same c'est quasiment la même chose► as much• I thought as much! c'est bien ce que je pensais !• as much time as... autant de temps que...• twice as much money as... deux fois plus d'argent que...• you could pay as much as $200 for that ça peut te coûter jusqu'à 200 dollars► however much• however much you like him... quelle que soit votre affection pour lui,...► how much? combien ?• how much does it cost? combien ça coûte ?► much as• much as I dislike doing this,... bien que je n'aime pas du tout faire cela,...► much less ( = and even less)he couldn't understand the question, much less answer it il ne pouvait pas comprendre la question et encore moins y répondre► not much of a (inf) ( = not a great)• he'd drunk so much that... il avait tellement bu que...• so much so that... à tel point que...• so much for his help! c'est ça qu'il appelle aider !• so much for that! tant pis !• so much the better! tant mieux !► not so much... as• I think of her not so much as a doctor but as a friend je la considère plus comme une amie que comme un médecin► this/that much• this much? (ça ira) comme ça ?• I know this much... ce que je sais, c'est que...• this much is certain... un point est acquis...* * *Note: When much is used as an adverb, it is translated by beaucoup: it's much longer = c'est beaucoup plus long; she doesn't talk much = elle ne parle pas beaucoupFor particular usages, see I belowWhen much is used as a pronoun, it is usually translated by beaucoup: there is much to learn = il y a beaucoup à apprendre. However, in negative sentences grand-chose is also used: I didn't learn much = je n'ai pas beaucoup appris or je n'ai pas appris grand-choseWhen much is used as a quantifier, it is translated by beaucoup de: they don't have much money = ils n'ont pas beaucoup d'argent[mʌtʃ] 1.1) ( to a considerable degree) beaucoup2) ( often) beaucoup, souvent3) ( nearly) plus ou moins, à peu prèsvery much — ( a lot) beaucoup; ( absolutely) tout à fait
I thought as much — ça ne m'étonne pas, je m'en doutais
you'll have to accept the decision however much you disagree — il va falloir que tu acceptes la décision même si tu n'es pas d'accord
5) (emphatic: setting up a contrast)2.the discovery wasn't so much shocking as depressing — la découverte était moins choquante que déprimante
1) ( a great deal) beaucoup; ( in negative sentences) grand-chosemuch of the difficulty lies in... — une grande partie de la difficulté réside dans...
to make much of something — ( focus on) insister sur quelque chose; ( understand) comprendre quelque chose
2) (expressing a relative amount, degree)so much — tellement, tant
so much of the time, it's a question of patience — la plupart du temps c'est une question de patience
it's too much! — lit c'est trop!; ( in protest) c'en est trop!
I'll say this much for him, he's honest — il a au moins ça pour lui, il est honnête
this much is certain, we'll have no choice — une chose est certaine, nous n'aurons pas le choix
it can cost as much as £50 — ça peut coûter jusqu'à 50 livres sterling
as much as to say... — d'un air de dire...
do you know how much this means to me? — est-ce que tu sais à quel point or combien c'est important pour moi?
3) (focusing on limitations, inadequacy)it's not ou nothing much — ce n'est pas grand-chose
it's not up to much — GB ça ne vaut pas grand-chose
3.I'm not much of a one for cooking — (colloq) la cuisine ce n'est pas mon fort (colloq)
quantifier beaucoup de4.much+ combining form5.much-loved/-respected — très apprécié/respecté
much as conjunctional phrase bien que (+ subj)6.much as we regret our decision we have no choice — bien que nous regrettions or nous avons beau regretter notre décision, nous n'avons pas le choix
much less conjunctional phrase encore moins7.I've never seen him much less spoken to him — je n'ai jamais eu l'occasion de le voir encore moins de lui parler
so much as adverbial phrasewithout so much as saying goodbye/as an apology — sans même dire au revoir/s'excuser
••there isn't much in GB ou to US it — (in contest, competition) ils se suivent de près
there isn't much in it for us — ( to our advantage) ça ne va pas nous apporter grand-chose
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['mʌtʃnɪs]they're much of a muchness — = sono molto simili
* * *muchness /ˈmʌtʃnəs/n.– (nella loc.) much of a muchness, di valore, interesse ecc. sostanzialmente uguale: They are much of a muchness, sono quasi uguali; l'uno vale l'altro● ( modo prov.) It's much of a muchness, se non è zuppa è pan bagnato.* * *['mʌtʃnɪs]they're much of a muchness — = sono molto simili
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subst. \/ˈmʌtʃnəs\/( hverdagslig) likhet -
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n. be much of a muchness brit. inf. си личат како јајце на јајце; скоро исто (ти се фаќа); не по врат, по шија: They're much of a muchness Тие си личат како јајце на јајце -
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s. (familiar)they're much of a muchness son prácticamente iguales -
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muchness ['mʌtʃnɪs] -
14 gentle and simple
люди всякого звания [gentle знатный, родовитый]The miller's daughter of fourteen could not believe that high gentry behaved badly to their wives, but her mother instructed her: ‘Oh, child, men's men: gentle or simple, they're much of a muchness.’ (G. Eliot, ‘Daniel Deronda’, ch. XXXI) — четырнадцатилетняя дочка мельника не могла поверить, что господа плохо обращаются со своими женами, но мать наставляла ее: "Ты ведь еще сущее дитя. Мужчины всегда остаются мужчинами, к какому бы сословию они ни принадлежали. Все они сшиты на один лад"
Mark them as they surge along - men and women, old and young, gentle and simple, fair and foul, rich and poor, merry and sad - all hurrying, bustling, scrambling. (J. K. Jerome, ‘Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow’, ‘On Getting On in the World’) — Посмотрите на них - мужчин и женщин, старых и молодых, людей всякого звания, честных и бесчестных, богатых и бедных, веселых и грустных, - все они суетятся, толкают друг друга, стремясь сделать карьеру.
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