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81 one's word of honour
чьё-л. чecтнoe cлoвoWilfred. Then what d'you expect me to lend you the money on? Collie. I'll give you my word of honour to return it as soon as ever I can (W. S. Maugham) -
82 merde
n. f.1. 'Shit', 'crap', excrement.2. Une merde (of person): A 'turd', a despicable character.3. 'Crap', rubbish, useless stuff. Qu'est-ce que vous voulez que je foute avec toute cette merde?! What do you expect me to do with all this Junk?!4. Ne pas se prendre pour de la merde: To think the world of oneself.5. Semer la merde: To get everyone in a panic.6. Etre dans la merde ( jusqu'au cou): To 'be in the soup', to 'be (deep) in it', to be in a (right old) fix.7. Traîner quelqu'un dans la merde: To resort to smear tactics.8. Merde alors! This expletive is only translatable in its spoken context. It is very much a case of who says what; on certain lips, it can be jocular and near-meaningless, on others, near-blasphemous.a To tell someone to 'get knotted', to tell someone where he can go (i.e. to hell!).b To wish someone luck. (It is interesting to note that coming in contact with excrement, i.e. walking in animal faeces, is deemed in France to bring luck, probably a consolation for having soiled one's shoes! Likewise, wishing someone merde is considered as a good luck omen, the ultimate being to wish someone Merde puissance treize: Good luck to the power of thirteen.)10. Oui ou merde?! For God's sake, make your mind up!11. Faire sa merde: To 'strut about', to act important.12. (Typographers' slang): Printers' ink.13. (Aviation slang): 'Pea-soup', thick mantle of fog.14. (Drugs): 'Hash', hashish.15. Piquer une merde (sch.): To get 0/20. -
83 no hog ever grunted the ring out of its nose
syn: you can't take the grunt out of a pigще ні одній свині не вдалося вирохкати кільце з носа ≅ прибери свиню хоч в золото, вона все одно в хлів піде a pig in the parlor is still a pigEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > no hog ever grunted the ring out of its nose
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84 a stroke of work
1) минимум работы (употр. в отрицательных предложениях)‘You've never done a stroke of work in your life. What do you expect to do to earn money?’ ‘Sell old clothes,’ grinned George. (W. S. Maughatn, ‘Complete Short Stories’, ‘At Alien Corn’) — - Ты палец о палец не ударил в жизни. Как же ты думаешь деньги зарабатывать? - Старое барахло буду продавать, - усмехнулся Джордж.
She had not done a stroke of work all evening... (A. J. Cronin, ‘Hatter's Castle’, book III, ch. 2) — Она решительно ничего не выучила за весь вечер...
2) много, масса работыA very different man was the captain of the boat... one of those who do a good stroke of the work of the country without getting much credit for it, or ever becoming aware of the fact... (Th. Hughes, ‘Tom Brown at Oxford’, ch. IV) — Капитан команды был совсем другим человеком... одним из тех людей, которые приносят пользу своей стране, даже не сознавая этого...
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85 один с сошкой, семеро с ложкой
один с сошкой, <а> семеро с ложкойпогов.one man does the work but seven take the pickings; one with a plough, seven with a spoon- А как платит купец? Не обсчитывает? - Ну как же не обсчитывает!.. Без этого не бывает. Вначале приёмщик обсчитывает. Ему тоже пить-есть надо. Потом кладовщик. Потом управляющий. А там дальше - хозяин. Он уж о барыше печётся... - Один - с сошкой, семеро - с ложкой, - усмехнулся Акимов. (Г. Марков, Сибирь) — 'How does the merchant pay you? Does he cheat?' 'Naturally! What would you expect? First he warms his hands. He's got to eat and drink, doesn't he? Then the warehouse man. Then the manager. Then the boss himself - he's concerned with profit...' 'In other words, one man does the work but seven take the pickings,' Akimov said with a chuckle.
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > один с сошкой, семеро с ложкой
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86 WDYE
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87 it's sure not may!
Разговорное выражение: не май месяц (Ну и холодина!-Естественно, не май месяц.-Boy, is it cold out!-What do you expect this time of year?; холодно cold weather (in Russian literally "it's not May")) -
88 не май месяц
Colloquial: it's sure not may! (Ну и холодина!-Естественно, не май месяц.-Boy, is it cold out!-What do you expect this time of year?; холодно cold weather (in Russian literally "it's not May")), this time of year, it's not springtime -
89 У-124
НА УРА PrepP Invar adv1. взять, захватить что (крепость, город и т. п.) - (to take, seize sth. - a fortress, town etc) by a swift assault, attackby storm.2. coll (to venture sth.) without adequate preparation, hoping to be aided by luck, or (to succeed in accomplishing sth.) even though one did not prepare adequately, aided by luckon luck alone.«Ты что, надеешься сдать экзамен на ура?» - спросила мать, видя, что Сергей даже не притронулся к учебникам. "What, do you expect to pass your exam on luck alone?" asked Sergei's mother, seeing that he hadn't even touched his books.3. прошёл, приняли кого-что и т. п. - coll sth. went excellently, s.o. or sth. was received with enthusiasm: ( s.o. sth. was) a hit (a smash, a smash hit)( s.o. sth. was) a tremendous (smashing, great etc) success sth. went off tremendously (wonderfully etc) ( s.o. sth. was received) enthusiastically ( s.o. sth. was received) with hurrahs (in limited contexts) (pass an exam (a test etc)) with flying colors....Читка прошла «на ура», и по дороге домой Маяковский был в прекрасном настроении... (Катаев 3)....The reading was a tremendous success and on the way home Mayakovsky was jubilant... (3a).С того письма, нет, уже с «Августа» начинается процесс раскола моих читателей, потери сторонников, и со мной остаётся меньше, чем уходит. «На ура» принимали меня пока я был, по видимости, только против сталинских злоупотреблений... (Солженицын 2). It is not from this letter, but earlier, from the appearance of August 1914, that we must date the schism among my readers, the steady loss of supporters, with more leaving me than remained behind. I was received with "hurrahs" as long as I appeared to be against Stalinist abuses only... (2a).Так или иначе, а Ирина Викторовна прошла в НИИ-9 «на ура»... (Залыгин 1). All in all Irina Viktorovna passed the test with flying colours... (1a) -
90 на ура
• НА УРА[PrepP; Invar; adv]=====1. взять, захватить что (крепость, город и т. п.) - (to take, seize sth. - a fortress, town etc) by a swift assault, attack:- by storm.2. coll (to venture sth.) without adequate preparation, hoping to be aided by luck, or (to succeed in accomplishing sth.) even though one did not prepare adequately, aided by luck:- on luck alone.♦ "Ты что, надеешься сдать экзамен на ура?" - спросила мать, видя, что Сергей даже не притронулся к учебникам. "What, do you expect to pass your exam on luck alone?" asked Sergei's mother, seeing that he hadn't even touched his books.3. прошёл, приняли кого-что и т.п. на ура coll sth. went excellently, s.o. or sth. was received with enthusiasm:- (s.o. (sth.) was) a hit (a smash, a smash hit);- (s.o. (sth.) was) a tremendous (smashing, great etc) success;- (sth.) went off tremendously (wonderfully etc);- (s.o. (sth.) was received) enthusiastically;- (s.o. (sth.) was received) with hurrahs;- [in limited contexts](pass an exam <a test etc>) with flying colors.♦...Читка прошла "на ура", и по дороге домой Маяковский был в прекрасном настроении... (Катаев 3)....The reading was a tremendous success and on the way home Mayakovsky was jubilant... (3a).♦ С того письма, нет, уже с "Августа" начинается процесс раскола моих читателей, потери сторонников, и со мной остаётся меньше, чем уходит. "На ура" принимали меня пока я был, по видимости, только против сталинских злоупотреблений... (Солженицын 2). It is not from this letter, but earlier, from the appearance of August 1914, that we must date the schism among my readers, the steady loss of supporters, with more leaving me than remained behind. I was received with "hurrahs" as long as I appeared to be against Stalinist abuses only... (2a).♦ Так или иначе, а Ирина Викторовна прошла в НИИ-9 "на ура"... (Залыгин 1). All in all Irina Viktorovna passed the test with flying colours... (1a) -
91 PIG
• He who scrubs every pig he sees will not long be clean himself - Грязью играть - руки марать (Г)• If a pig had wings, he might fly - Бывает, что и корова летает (Б), На море овин горит, по небу медведь летит (H), Немой караул закричал, безногий на пожар побежал (H)• Lead a pig to Rhine, it remains a pig - Ворона за море летала, а умнее не стала (B)• Let every pig dig for himself - Всяк за себя (B), Спасение утопающего - дело рук самого утопающего (C)• Little pigs have long ears - Что говорит большой, слышит и малый (4)• Pig in the parlo(u)r is still a pig (A) - Посади свинью за стол, она и ноги на стол (11)• Pigs are pigs - Наряди свинью хоть в серьги, а она все в навоз пойдет (H), Посади свинью за стол, она и ноги на стол (П)• Pigs grunt about everything and nothing - На чужой роток не накинешь платок (H)• Pigs might fly /if they had wings/ (, but they are very unlikely birds) - Бывает, что и корова летает (Б), На море овин горит, по небу медведь летит (H), Немой караул закричал, безногий на пожар побежал (H)• Pig that has two owners is sure to die of hunger (A) - У семи нянек дитя без глазу (У)• Pig used to dirt turns up its nose at rice boiled in milk (A) - Кому что, а курице просо (K), У всякого свой вкус, а у осла ослиный (У)• Still pig gets all the slop (The) - Ласковое теля двух маток сосет (Л)• We don't kill a pig every day - Не все коту масленица (H), Праздник бывает не каждый день (П)• What can you expect from a pig but a grunt? - От лихого не услышишь доброго слова (O)• When a pig is proffered, hold up the poke - Дают - бери, а бьют - беги (Д)• When pigs fly - Когда рак свистнет и рыба запоет (K), После дождичка в четверг (П)• Young pig grunts as the old sow (The) - Маленькая собачка лает - большой подражает (M) -
92 brøl
howl, roar, shout* * *(et -) roar;( tyrs) bellow,( kos) moo;[ man kan ikke vente andet af en stud end et brøl] what can you expect from a pig but a grunt. -
93 car
I.car1 [kaʀ]masculine nounII.car2 [kaʀ]* * *
I kaʀconjonction because, for
II kaʀPhrasal Verbs:* * *kaʀ1. nmcoach Grande-Bretagne bus2. conjNous sommes inquiets car il n'est pas encore rentré. — We're worried because he isn't back yet.
* * *I.car conj because, for.II.car nm ( véhicule) coach GB, bus; prendre le car to take the coach; voyager en car to travel by coach.car de police police van; car (de ramassage) scolaire school bus.III[kar] conjonctionil est efficace, car très bien secondé he is efficient because he has very good back-upcar enfin, à quoi vous attendiez-vous? I mean, what did you expect? -
94 habis
finished, at en end, nothing left, gone, done* * *[used up/finished]* * *well, that is the way it is, what do you expect -
95 cosa vuoi, sono bambini!
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96 poveruomo
poveruomo s.m.1 ( che desta compassione) poor creature, poor fellow, poor devil: Poveruomo! é finito proprio male!, Poor devil! It ended up badly for him!2 (spreg.) nobody, nonentity: Cosa t'aspetti da lui? é un poveruomo!, What do you expect from him? He's just a nonentity.* * ** * *poveruomopl. poveruomini /pove'rwɔmo, pover'wɔmini/sostantivo m.(povero) poor man*, poor fellow. -
97 bad actor
n AmE sl1)He's a bad actor, he's better off dead — Он плохой человек, лучше ему умереть
2)What can you expect from a bad actor like him? — А что можно ожидать от такого отпетого типа, как он?
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98 do one's number
expr AmE infml1)2)That guy was doing his number again. What could you expect from the likes of him? — Этот парень опять принялся за старое. А что еще можно от таких ожидать?
The new dictionary of modern spoken language > do one's number
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99 gone coon
n AmE slWhat can you expect from a gone coon like him? — А что можно ожидать от такого пропащего человека, как он?
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100 sad sack
n AmE sl1)2)Who's that sad sack moping in the corner? — Что это за бедолага скучает там, в углу?
What can you expect from a hopeless sad sack like him? — Что можно ожидать от такой бестолочи, как он?
См. также в других словарях:
what can you expect? — what do/can you expect? spoken phrase used for saying that something does not surprise you, even though it is unpleasant or makes you feel disappointed The food was awful, but from a school canteen what do you expect? Thesaurus: ways of saying… … Useful english dictionary
what do you expect? — what do/can you expect? spoken phrase used for saying that something does not surprise you, even though it is unpleasant or makes you feel disappointed The food was awful, but from a school canteen what do you expect? Thesaurus: ways of saying… … Useful english dictionary
what can you expect from a hog but a grunt? — (USA) This means that you can t expect people to behave in a way that is not in their character a hog is a pig , so an unrefined person can t be expected to behave in a refined way … The small dictionary of idiomes
what do you expect...? — what/how/when etc/do you expect...? spoken phrase used for telling someone in a slightly annoyed way that something is not possible or reasonable How do you expect me to guess what you’re thinking? Thesaurus: ways of emphasizing when you are… … Useful english dictionary
what can you expect from a pig but a grunt? — Used rhetorically with reference to coarse or boorish behaviour. 1731 Poor Robin’s Almanack C6 If we petition a Hog, what can we expect but a grunt. 1827 SCOTT Journal 10 Apr. (1941) 41 They refuse a draught of £20, because, in mistake, it was £8 … Proverbs new dictionary
what can you expect from a hog but a grunt? — (USA) This means that you can t expect people to behave in a way that is not in their character a hog is a pig , so an unrefined person can t be expected to behave in a refined way. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
what (else) do you expect? — what (else) do you exˈpect? idiom (informal) used to tell sb not to be surprised by sth • She swore at you? What do you expect when you treat her like that? Main entry: ↑expectidiom … Useful english dictionary
how do you expect...? — what/how/when etc/do you expect...? spoken phrase used for telling someone in a slightly annoyed way that something is not possible or reasonable How do you expect me to guess what you’re thinking? Thesaurus: ways of emphasizing when you are… … Useful english dictionary
when do you expect...? — what/how/when etc/do you expect...? spoken phrase used for telling someone in a slightly annoyed way that something is not possible or reasonable How do you expect me to guess what you’re thinking? Thesaurus: ways of emphasizing when you are… … Useful english dictionary
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expect — expect, hope, look, await are comparable when they mean to have something in mind as more or less certain to happen or come about. They vary, however, so greatly in their implications and in their constructions that they are seldom… … New Dictionary of Synonyms