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1 витать в облаках
витать (парить) в облаках (в эмпиреях, между небом и землёй)разг., неодобр.be <up> in the clouds; be (live) in cloudland; have one's head in the clouds; dwell in the Empyrean; cf. day-dream; soar; go woolgathering; let one's thoughts go woolgatheringНо между тем как скороспелый миллионер наш находился, так сказать, в эмпиреях, произошло совершенно постороннее обстоятельство. (Ф. Достоевский, Идиот) — But while our new-fledged millionaire was dwelling in the Empyrean, so to say, there came an absolutely new development...
Любовь, о которой говорила Нина Георгиевна, казалась ей книжной романтикой: мама всегда витает в облаках. (И. Оренбург, Девятый вал) — Love, about which Nina Georgievna used to speak, seemed to her a romantic literary idea: Mama was always up in the clouds.
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > витать в облаках
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1) General subject: absence (обыкн. absence of mind), absence of mind, absent mindedness, absent-mindedness, abstractedness, abstraction, distraction, obliviousness, preoccupation, stargazing, vacancy, wool gathering, wool-gathering, woolgathering, absentmindedness, distractibility2) Aviation: absent-mindness3) Law: dispersion4) Psychology: a short span of attention, a span of attention, scater5) Aviation medicine: absent-minded behavior6) Psychoanalysis: scatter7) Makarov: absent-minded behaviour, dissipation of mind -
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1) General subject: daydreaming, woolgathering2) Psychology: day-dream -
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ГЛАЗА НА ЗАТЫЛКЕ у кого coll, humor VP subj. with бытье, pres only)1. (in refer, to an inattentive, absent-minded person) s.o. is not watching, paying attention to what he is doing or what is going on around him: у X-a глаза на затылке = X is out of itX's mind is somewhere else(in questions only) у тебя что, глаза на затылке? - what, are you daydreaming (woolgathering)?2. s.o. notices everything happening around him, does not miss anything: у X-a глаза на затылке \Г-53 X has eyes in the back of his headX doesn't miss a trick. -
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• ГЛАЗА НА ЗАТЫЛКЕ у кого coll, humor[VPsubj with быть, pres only]=====1. (in refer, to an inattentive, absent-minded person) s.o. is not watching, paying attention to what he is doing or what is going on around him: у X-a глаза на затылке ≈ X is out of it; X's mind is somewhere else; || [in questions only]2. s.o. notices everything happening around him, does not miss anything: у X-a глаза на затылке ≈ X has eyes in the back of his head; X doesn't miss a trick.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > глаза на затылке
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soar, hover; ( о мыслях) wander♢
витать в облаках разг. — be up in the clouds, go* woolgathering -
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с. (прям. и перен.)cloudдождевые облака — rainclouds; nimbi научн.
слоистые облака — strata научн.
перистые облака — cirri; cirrus cloud sg.
кучевые облака — cumuli; cumulus cloud sg.; fleecy clouds
дымовое облако воен. — smoke cloud
грибовидное облако ( ядерного взрыва) — mushroom cloud
покрываться облаками — be overcast; be covered with clouds
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витать в облаках — be up in the clouds, go* woolgathering -
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9 витать между небом и землей
Новый русско-английский словарь > витать между небом и землей
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высок.soar, hover; ( о мыслях) wanderего́ мы́сли вита́ли далеко́ — his thoughts were far away
смерть вита́ла над ней — death was hovering over her
••вита́ть в облака́х — be up in the clouds, go woolgathering
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с.дождевы́е облака́ — rainclouds; nimbi научн.
слои́стые облака́ — strata ['strɑːtə] научн.
пе́ристые облака́ — cirri; cirrus cloud sg
кучевы́е облака́ — cumuli; cumulus cloud sg; fleecy clouds
дымово́е о́блако воен. — smoke cloud
грибови́дное о́блако (ядерного взрыва) — mushroom cloud
покрыва́ться облака́ми — be overcast; be covered with clouds
••вита́ть в облака́х — be up in the clouds, go woolgathering
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12 рассеянность
1. absence of mindзабывчивость; рассеянность — absence of mind
2. abstractedness3. woolgathering4. absent-mindedness5. vacancyСинонимический ряд:невнимание (сущ.) невнимание; невнимательность; ротозействоАнтонимический ряд:
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Woolgathering — Author(s) Patti … Wikipedia
Woolgathering — Wool gath er*ing, n. Indulgence in idle imagination; a foolish or useless pursuit or design. [1913 Webster] His wits were a woolgathering, as they say. Burton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Woolgathering — Wool gath er*ing, a. Indulging in a vagrant or idle exercise of the imagination; roaming upon a fruitless quest; idly fanciful. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
woolgathering — 1550s, indulging in wandering fancies and purposeless thinking, from the lit. meaning gathering fragments of wool torn from sheep by bushes, etc. (see WOOL (Cf. wool) + GATHER (Cf. gather)) … Etymology dictionary
woolgathering — /wool gadh euhr ing/, n. 1. indulgence in idle fancies and in daydreaming; absentmindedness: His woolgathering was a handicap in school. 2. gathering of the tufts of wool shed by sheep and caught on bushes. [1545 55; WOOL + GATHERING] * * * … Universalium
woolgathering — noun a) Gathering fragments of wool torn from sheep by bushes, etc. I had bad times after that crying at night and woolgathering by day. For two terms I slackened and had bad reports. b) Indulging in idle fancies or daydreams. See Also: wool… … Wiktionary
woolgathering — noun lost in her daily woolgathering Syn: daydreaming, reverie, dreaming, musing, abstraction, preoccupation; absentmindedness, forgetfulness … Thesaurus of popular words
woolgathering — I noun an idle indulgence in fantasy • Derivationally related forms: ↑woolgather • Hypernyms: ↑dream, ↑dreaming II adjective dreamy in mood or nature a woolgathering moment … Useful english dictionary
woolgathering — noun Date: 1553 indulgence in idle daydreaming … New Collegiate Dictionary
woolgathering — Synonyms and related words: Walter Mitty, absence of mind, absent, absentminded, absentmindedness, absorbed, absorption, abstracted, abstractedness, abstraction, bemused, bemusement, brown study, castle building, daydream, daydreamer, daydreaming … Moby Thesaurus
woolgathering — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. absentmindedness, daydreaming. See imagination, inactivity. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. absentmindedness, daydreaming, dreaming, reverie, *castle building, abstraction, preoccupation. III… … English dictionary for students