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ДО МОРКОВКИНА ЗАГОВЕНЬЯ highly coll, humor PrepP Invar adv fixed WOfor an indefinitely long timetill doomsdaytill hell freezes over till the end of time till the cows come home.Снова ходили они вокруг дерева, трогали его топорами, пытались рубить и оставляли эти попытки: топоры, соскребая тонкую гарь, отскакивали от ствола, как от резины... «Пилу надо». - «Пилой ты его до морковкиного заговенья будешь ширкать ( substand = пилить)» (Распутин 4). They circled the tree again, touching it with their axes, trying to chop it and dropping their attemptsthe axes, scraping off a thin layer of burned wood, pushed off from the trunk as if it were rubber.... "We need a saw." "You'll be sawing till doomsday" (4a). -
2 до морковкина заговенья
• ДО МОРКОВКИНА ЗАГОВЕНЬЯ highly coll, humor[PrepP; Invar; adv; fixed WO]=====⇒ for an indefinitely long time:- till the cows come home.♦ Снова ходили они вокруг дерева, трогали его топорами, пытались рубить и оставляли эти попытки: топоры, соскребая тонкую гарь, отскакивали от ствола, как от резины... "Пилу надо". - "Пилой ты его до морковкиного заговенья будешь ширкать [substand = пилить]" (Распутин 4). They circled the tree again, touching it with their axes, trying to chop it and dropping their attempts: the axes, scraping off a thin layer of burned wood, pushed off from the trunk as if it were rubber.... "We need a saw." "You'll be sawing till doomsday" (4a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > до морковкина заговенья
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3 до второго пришествия
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > до второго пришествия
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4 до бесконечности
1) General subject: endlessly, till the crack of doom, to the crack of doom, until the cows come home, till the cows come home, till hell freezes over2) Latin: ad infinitum3) Mathematics: ad inf (ad infinitum), indefinitely, infinitely4) Religion: ad infinitum (Latin for "without end or limit")5) Makarov: infinity, to infinity -
5 до морковкина заговенья
Graphic expression: till doomsday, till hell freezes over, till the cows come homeУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > до морковкина заговенья
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6 навсегда
1) General subject: always, everlastingly, evermore, for all, for altogether, for ever, for ever and a day, for ever and ay, for ever and aye, for good, for keeps, for long, for perpetuity, forever, forever more (может также иметь написание forevermore, for evermore), in perpetuity, once for all, to perpetuity, without end, permanently, once-for-all-time2) Jargon: all the way3) Sublime: for evermore, forevermore4) Makarov: for good and all, from now till doomsday, perpetuity5) Taboo: till hell freezes over -
7 после дождика в четверг
1) General subject: at latter Lammas, when pigs begin to fly2) Politics: till hell freezes over, when pigs fly, when two Sundays come togetherУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > после дождика в четверг
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8 после дождичка в четверг
1) General subject: at latter Lammas, in a month of Sundays, on (at) the Greek calends, on (at) the Greek kalends, till the cows come home, tomorrow come never, when two Sundays come together, when the cows come home, when it's Christmas in July, when hell freezes over (They will pay us when hell freezes over. Они нам заплатят после дождичка в четверг.)2) Colloquial: a cold day in hell (= никогда)3) Jocular: at the Greek calends, on the Greek calends, on/at the greek calends4) Jargon: until kingdom come, when two friday come together5) Set phrase: when pigs fly, when pigs fly (дословно: Когда свиньи полетят), when the devil is blind (дословно: Когда чёрт ослепнет (т.е. никогда))6) Makarov: once in a blue moon7) Saying: not in a month of Sundays8) Idiomatic expression: tomorrow never comesУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > после дождичка в четверг
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9 когда рак свистнет
1) General subject: till the cows come home, (на горе) tomorrow come never, when two Sundays come together2) American: in a pig's eye3) Jargon: until kingdom come4) Graphic expression: on a cold day in hell, when hell freezes over5) Set phrase: when pigs fly (дословно: Когда свиньи полетят)6) Makarov: when the devil is blindУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > когда рак свистнет
См. также в других словарях:
till hell freezes over — informal phrase used for saying that something is very unlikely to happen Hell will freeze over before she ever utters the word ‘Sorry’. Thesaurus: not likely to happensynonym general words meaning to happensynonym Main entry … Useful english dictionary
till hell freezes over — mod. forever. (Use caution with hell.) □ That’s all right, boss; I can wait till hell freezes over for your answer. □ I’ll be here till hell freezes over … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
till hell freezes over — until the end of time, until the end of the world You can wait till hell freezes over but they won t pay their bill … English idioms
till hell freezes over — informal used for saying that something is very unlikely to happen Hell will freeze over before she ever utters the word Sorry … English dictionary
till hell freezes over — idi an impossibly long time; forever … From formal English to slang
until hell freezes over — until (or till) hell freezes over for an extremely long time or forever … Useful english dictionary
hell — O.E. hel, helle, nether world, abode of the dead, infernal regions, from P.Gmc. *haljo the underworld (Cf. O.Fris. helle, Du. hel, O.N. hel, Ger. Hölle, Goth. halja hell ) the underworld, lit. concealed place (Cf. O.N. hellir … Etymology dictionary
hell — I UK [hel] / US noun [uncountable] *** 1) Hell in some religions, the place where bad people are sent to suffer for ever when they die. The place where good people are believed to go is called Heaven. 2) a situation that is extremely unpleasant… … English dictionary
hell — /hɛl / (say hel) noun 1. (also upper case) (in many religions and mythologies) the abode of the spirits of the dead, often, as in Christianity, a place or state of existence where the wicked are punished after death. See Gehenna, Hades. Compare… …
hell — [[t]hɛl[/t]] n. 1) rel the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits 2) any place or state of torment or misery: to make someone s life hell[/ex] 3) cvb something that causes torment or misery … From formal English to slang
forever — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adv. always, ever, eternally; incessantly, unceasingly. See durability, perpetuity. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [For all time] Syn. everlastingly, permanently, always, eternally, immortally, until the end… … English dictionary for students