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to give food for thought

  • 1 размышление размышлени·е

    reflection, meditation, deliberation

    зрелое размышление — mature deliberation / reflection

    по зрелом размышлении — on reflection, on second thought

    это наводит на размышления — it makes one think / wonder

    Russian-english dctionary of diplomacy > размышление размышлени·е

  • 2 будить мысль

    to set (one) thinking, to give food for thought

    Русско-английский словарь по общей лексике > будить мысль

  • 3 давать пищу

    (чему, для чего)
    книжн.
    give (provide) food for smth.

    Нюрнбергский процесс оказался таким явлением в истории международных отношений, которое на многие десятилетия вперёд дало пищу уму и государственных деятелей, и историков, и юристов, и дипломатов. (А. Полторак, Нюрнбергский процесс) — The Nuremberg trial proved to be a phenomenon in the history of international relations which for many decades in advance gave food for thought to statesmen, historians, lawyers and diplomatists.

    Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > давать пищу

  • 4 повод

    I м
    причина cause, grounds pl, occasion lit

    по́вод для размышле́ний — food for thought

    дать по́вод к чему-л — to give cause for sth

    дать по́вод для спле́тен — to set the tongues wagging

    без вся́кого по́вода — without cause, without any/the slightest provocation

    II м
    - быть у на поводу
    - он пошёл у них на поводу

    Русско-английский учебный словарь > повод

  • 5 давать обильную пищу для размышлений на темы

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > давать обильную пищу для размышлений на темы

  • 6 закрывать глаза

    I
    • ЗАКРЫВАТЬ/ЗАКРЫТЬ ГЛАЗА
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    1. закрывать глаза кому to be with a dying person in his last moments and shut his eyes after death:
    - X закрыл Y-y глаза≈ X closed Y's eyes.
         ♦...Отец его, дед, дети, внучата и гости сидели или лежали в ленивом покое, зная, что есть в доме... непокладные руки, которые обошьют их, накормят, напоят... спать положат, а при смерти закроют им глаза... (Гончаров 1)....The father, grandfather, children, grandchildren, and guests, all sat or lay about, indolent and idle, knowing that they were continually attended by...untiring hands, which were there to sew for them, to give them food and drink... put them to bed, and close their eyes when they were dead (1b).
    2. [pfv only]
    ⇒ to expire:
    - X закрыл глаза≈ X died;
    - X passed on < away>.
         ♦ [ Бабушка:] Сейчас я могла бы спокойно закрыть глаза, он окружён любящей, дружной семьёй (Панова 1). [Grandmother:] Now I'm ready to die peacefully, content that he's surrounded by a devoted, closely knit family (1a).
    II
    • ЗАКРЫВАТЬ/ЗАКРЫТЬ ГЛАЗА на что
    [VP; subj: human; often infin with нельзя, (не) надо etc]
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    ⇒ to ignore sth. (usu. sth. important, some problem etc) intentionally, stop o.s. deliberately from paying attention to or becoming concerned with sth.:
    - X закрывает глаза на Y - X closes < shuts> his eyes to Y;
    - [in limited contexts] X is blind to Y.
         ♦ Некоторые из наиболее радикальных "заграничных русских" закрывают глаза на интеллектуальную жизнь Советской страны... (Эткинд 1). Some of the most radical emigre Russians close their eyes to the intellectual life of the Soviet Union... (1a).
         ♦ В той жизни, которую мы прожили, люди со здоровой психикой невольно закрывали глаза на действительность, чтобы не принять её за бред (Мандельштам 1). In our sort of life people of sound mind had to shut their eyes to their surroundings - otherwise they would have thought they were having hallucinations (1a).
         ♦ Начальство, до того закрывавшее глаза на истязание юноши, испугалось огласки и поспешило откомандировать его в полковую швальню (Лившиц 1). Before that the authorities had turned a blind eye to the torturing of the young man, but they became afraid of the publicity and hastened to post him to the regimental tailor's shop (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > закрывать глаза

  • 7 закрыть глаза

    I
    • ЗАКРЫВАТЬ/ЗАКРЫТЬ ГЛАЗА
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    1. закрыть глаза кому to be with a dying person in his last moments and shut his eyes after death:
    - X закрыл Y-y глаза≈ X closed Y's eyes.
         ♦...Отец его, дед, дети, внучата и гости сидели или лежали в ленивом покое, зная, что есть в доме... непокладные руки, которые обошьют их, накормят, напоят... спать положат, а при смерти закроют им глаза... (Гончаров 1)....The father, grandfather, children, grandchildren, and guests, all sat or lay about, indolent and idle, knowing that they were continually attended by...untiring hands, which were there to sew for them, to give them food and drink... put them to bed, and close their eyes when they were dead (1b).
    2. [pfv only]
    ⇒ to expire:
    - X закрыл глаза≈ X died;
    - X passed on < away>.
         ♦ [ Бабушка:] Сейчас я могла бы спокойно закрыть глаза, он окружён любящей, дружной семьёй (Панова 1). [Grandmother:] Now I'm ready to die peacefully, content that he's surrounded by a devoted, closely knit family (1a).
    II
    • ЗАКРЫВАТЬ/ЗАКРЫТЬ ГЛАЗА на что
    [VP; subj: human; often infin with нельзя, (не) надо etc]
    =====
    ⇒ to ignore sth. (usu. sth. important, some problem etc) intentionally, stop o.s. deliberately from paying attention to or becoming concerned with sth.:
    - X закрывает глаза на Y - X closes < shuts> his eyes to Y;
    - [in limited contexts] X is blind to Y.
         ♦ Некоторые из наиболее радикальных "заграничных русских" закрывают глаза на интеллектуальную жизнь Советской страны... (Эткинд 1). Some of the most radical emigre Russians close their eyes to the intellectual life of the Soviet Union... (1a).
         ♦ В той жизни, которую мы прожили, люди со здоровой психикой невольно закрывали глаза на действительность, чтобы не принять её за бред (Мандельштам 1). In our sort of life people of sound mind had to shut their eyes to their surroundings - otherwise they would have thought they were having hallucinations (1a).
         ♦ Начальство, до того закрывавшее глаза на истязание юноши, испугалось огласки и поспешило откомандировать его в полковую швальню (Лившиц 1). Before that the authorities had turned a blind eye to the torturing of the young man, but they became afraid of the publicity and hastened to post him to the regimental tailor's shop (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > закрыть глаза

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