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within these four walls

  • 1 С-562

    В ЧЕТЫРЁХ СТЕНАХ сидеть, жить и т. п. PrepP Invar adv
    1. (to spend all or almost all of one's time) in one's home or a certain building: (be (live)) within these (those, one's own) four walls.
    (Домна Пантелевна:) Измучилась я в театре-то: жара, духота, радехонька, что выкатилась. (Матрена:) Да вестимо, летнее дело в четырех стенах сидеть... (Островский 11). ( context transl) (D.R:) That theatre wore me out
    it was so hot and stuffy I was glad to come away (M.:) It's a shame to be cooped up in summer (11a).
    2. (to live) like a recluse, associating little or not at all with others and spending all one's time inside: (stay (be buried, hole o.s. up)) within these (those, one's own) four walls.
    (Войницкий:) Двадцать пять лет я вот с этою матерью, как крот, сидел в четырех стенах... (Чехов 3). (V.:) For twenty-five years I have sat here with this mother, buried like a mole within these four walls... (3a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > С-562

  • 2 в четырех стенах

    В ЧЕТЫРЕХ СТЕНАХ сидеть, жить и т. п.
    [PrepP; Invar; adv]
    =====
    1. (to spend all or almost all of one's time) in one's home or a certain building:
    - (be < live>) within these (those, one's own) four walls.
         ♦ [Домна Пантелевна:] Измучилась я в театре-то: жара, духота, радехонька, что выкатилась. [Матрена:] Да вестимо, летнее дело в четырех стенах сидеть... (Островский 11). [context transl] [D.P:] That theatre wore me out; it was so hot and stuffy I was glad to come away [M.:] It's a shame to be cooped up in summer (11a).
    2. (to live) like a recluse, associating little or not at all with others and spending all one's time inside:
    - (stay <be buried, hole o.s. up>) within these (those, one's own) four walls.
         ♦ [Войницкий:] Двадцать пять лет я вот с этою матерью, как крот, сидел в четырёх стенах... (Чехов 3). [V.:] For twenty-five years I have sat here with this mother, buried like a mole within these four walls... (3a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > в четырех стенах

  • 3 погребать себя заживо

    тж. погрести себя в четырёх стенах
    bury oneself within your walls; bury oneself alive

    Попова. Я навеки погребла себя в четырёх стенах и до самой могилы не сниму этого траура. (А. Чехов, Медведь)Popova. I have buried myself forever within these four walls and shall never discard this mourning to my dying day

    Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > погребать себя заживо

  • 4 строго между нами

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > строго между нами

  • 5 только между нами

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > только между нами

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