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  • 21 и так и сяк

    [AdvP; these forms only; fixed WO]
    =====
    1. [adv or predic (subj: human)]
    ⇒ (to do or try to do sth.) in various ways:
    - first one way, then another;
    - in all different ways.
         ♦ Редкие стрелы дождя, утратившего и строй, и вес, и способность шуметь, невпопад, так и сяк вспыхивали на солнце (Набоков 1). Stray arrows of rain that had lost both rhythm and weight and the ability to make any sound, flashed at random, this way and that, in the sun (1a).
    2. Also: ТАК-СЯК [adv]
    ⇒ not especially well but bearably, tolerably:
    - fair to middling.
         ♦ "Каково торгует ваша милость?" - спросил Адриян. "Э-хе-хе, - отвечал Шульц, - и так и сяк. Пожаловаться не могу" (Пушкин 3). "How's Your Honor's business?" asked Adrian. "Oh, well," answered Schulz, uso-so. I can't complain" (3a).
         ♦ Остальной персонал отеля относится ко мне так-сяк (Лимонов 1). The rest of the hotel staff treat me passably (1a).
    3. Also: ТАК-СЯК [subj-compl with copula (subj: any common noun)]
    ⇒ a person (thing, place etc) is not especially good but is bearable, tolerable, such that one can accept him (or it):
    - X will do.
         ♦ [Себейкин:] Шашлычная ешё так-сяк, у нас там возле артели стекляшку построили... (Рошин 2). [S.:] A shashlik place isn't so bad. They built one near our shop, all made of glass... (2a).
         ♦ [Ихарев:] Балык, кажется, не того, а икра ешё так и сяк (Гоголь 2). [I.:] The salmon's not up to scratch, but the caviar's satisfactory (2a).

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  • 22 так и сяк

    [AdvP; these forms only; fixed WO]
    =====
    1. [adv or predic (subj: human)]
    ⇒ (to do or try to do sth.) in various ways:
    - first one way, then another;
    - in all different ways.
         ♦ Редкие стрелы дождя, утратившего и строй, и вес, и способность шуметь, невпопад, так и сяк вспыхивали на солнце (Набоков 1). Stray arrows of rain that had lost both rhythm and weight and the ability to make any sound, flashed at random, this way and that, in the sun (1a).
    2. Also: ТАК-СЯК [adv]
    ⇒ not especially well but bearably, tolerably:
    - fair to middling.
         ♦ "Каково торгует ваша милость?" - спросил Адриян. "Э-хе-хе, - отвечал Шульц, - и так и сяк. Пожаловаться не могу" (Пушкин 3). "How's Your Honor's business?" asked Adrian. "Oh, well," answered Schulz, uso-so. I can't complain" (3a).
         ♦ Остальной персонал отеля относится ко мне так-сяк (Лимонов 1). The rest of the hotel staff treat me passably (1a).
    3. Also: ТАК-СЯК [subj-compl with copula (subj: any common noun)]
    ⇒ a person (thing, place etc) is not especially good but is bearable, tolerable, such that one can accept him (or it):
    - X will do.
         ♦ [Себейкин:] Шашлычная ешё так-сяк, у нас там возле артели стекляшку построили... (Рошин 2). [S.:] A shashlik place isn't so bad. They built one near our shop, all made of glass... (2a).
         ♦ [Ихарев:] Балык, кажется, не того, а икра ешё так и сяк (Гоголь 2). [I.:] The salmon's not up to scratch, but the caviar's satisfactory (2a).

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  • 23 так-сяк

    [AdvP; these forms only; fixed WO]
    =====
    1. [adv or predic (subj: human)]
    ⇒ (to do or try to do sth.) in various ways:
    - first one way, then another;
    - in all different ways.
         ♦ Редкие стрелы дождя, утратившего и строй, и вес, и способность шуметь, невпопад, так и сяк вспыхивали на солнце (Набоков 1). Stray arrows of rain that had lost both rhythm and weight and the ability to make any sound, flashed at random, this way and that, in the sun (1a).
    2. Also: ТАК-СЯК [adv]
    ⇒ not especially well but bearably, tolerably:
    - fair to middling.
         ♦ "Каково торгует ваша милость?" - спросил Адриян. "Э-хе-хе, - отвечал Шульц, - и так и сяк. Пожаловаться не могу" (Пушкин 3). "How's Your Honor's business?" asked Adrian. "Oh, well," answered Schulz, uso-so. I can't complain" (3a).
         ♦ Остальной персонал отеля относится ко мне так-сяк (Лимонов 1). The rest of the hotel staff treat me passably (1a).
    3. Also: ТАК-СЯК [subj-compl with copula (subj: any common noun)]
    ⇒ a person (thing, place etc) is not especially good but is bearable, tolerable, such that one can accept him (or it):
    - X will do.
         ♦ [Себейкин:] Шашлычная ешё так-сяк, у нас там возле артели стекляшку построили... (Рошин 2). [S.:] A shashlik place isn't so bad. They built one near our shop, all made of glass... (2a).
         ♦ [Ихарев:] Балык, кажется, не того, а икра ешё так и сяк (Гоголь 2). [I.:] The salmon's not up to scratch, but the caviar's satisfactory (2a).

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  • 24 ничего

    1. мест.; род. п. от ничто 2. нареч.; разг.
    (неплохо, сносно) not (too) badly; so-so; passably, all right; ( в функции сказуемого) not (too) bad
    3. предик.
    ( несущественно) no(t) matter; never mind!, that's all right!

    Русско-английский словарь по общей лексике > ничего

  • 25 Неплохо

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  • 26 неплохо

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > неплохо

  • 27 Х-108

    HE ХУДО (HE ДУРНО, HE ПЛОХО) (БЫ) coll these forms only impers predic with быть» usu. foil. by infin fixed WO
    it would not be bad, it is desirable, advisable (todo sth.): it's not (it wouldn't be) a bad idea (for s.o. to do sth.)
    it wouldn't be a bad thing (if s.o. did sth. (for s.o. to do sth.)) it would be a good idea (for s.o. to do sth.) it won't (wouldn't, couldn't) hurt ( s.o. to do sth.) s.o. wouldn't do badly (by doing sth.).
    (Кочкарев:) Да ведь ты сейчас объявил, что хочешь (жениться). (Подколесин:) Я говорил только, что не худо бы (Гоголь 1). (К.:) But you just now said that you wanted to (get married). (P:) I only said that it wouldn't be a bad idea (1a).
    «...Псарня чудная, вряд людям вашим житьё такое ж, как вашим собакам». Один из псарей обиделся. «Мы на своё житье, - сказал он, - благодаря бога и барина не жалуемся, а что правда, то правда, иному и дворянину не худо бы променять усадьбу на любую здешнюю конурку» (Пушкин 1). "...The kennels are marvellous...but I don't imagine your servants live as well as your dogs." One of the grooms took offence at this remark. "Thanks to God and our master, we have no complaints about how we live," he said, "but it's only true to say that some noblemen wouldn't do badly by exchanging their estate for any one of our kennels here" (1b).

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  • 28 не дурно

    • НЕ ХУДО <НЕ ДУРНО, НЕ ПЛОХО> (БЫ) coll
    [these forms only; impers predic with быть; usu. foll. by infin; fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ it would not be bad, it is desirable, advisable (todo sth.):
    - it's not < it wouldn't be> a bad idea (for s.o. to do sth.);
    - it wouldn't be a bad thing (if s.o. did sth. <for s.o. to do sth.>);
    - it would be a good idea (for s.o. to do sth.);
    - it won't (wouldn't, couldn't) hurt (s.o. to do sth.;
    - s.o. wouldn't do badly (by doing sth.).
         ♦ [Кочкарев:] Да ведь ты сейчас объявил, что хочешь [жениться]. [Подколесин:] Я говорил только, что не худо бы (Гоголь 1). [К.:] But you just now said that you wanted to [get marned]. [P:] I only said that it wouldn't be a bad idea (1a).
         ♦ "...Псарня чудная, вряд людям вашим житьё такое ж, как вашим собакам". Один из псарей обиделся. "Мы на своё житье, - сказал он, - благодаря бога и барина не жалуемся, а что правда, то правда, иному и дворянину не худо бы променять усадьбу на любую здешнюю конурку" (Пушкин 1).
         ♦... The kennels are marvellous...but I don't imagine your servants live as well as your dogs." One of the grooms took offence at this remark. "Thanks to God and our master, we have no complaints about how we live," he said, "but it's only true to say that some noblemen wouldn't do badly by exchanging their estate for any one of our kennels here" (1b).

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  • 29 не дурно бы

    • НЕ ХУДО <НЕ ДУРНО, НЕ ПЛОХО> (БЫ) coll
    [these forms only; impers predic with быть; usu. foll. by infin; fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ it would not be bad, it is desirable, advisable (todo sth.):
    - it's not < it wouldn't be> a bad idea (for s.o. to do sth.);
    - it wouldn't be a bad thing (if s.o. did sth. <for s.o. to do sth.>);
    - it would be a good idea (for s.o. to do sth.);
    - it won't (wouldn't, couldn't) hurt (s.o. to do sth.;
    - s.o. wouldn't do badly (by doing sth.).
         ♦ [Кочкарев:] Да ведь ты сейчас объявил, что хочешь [жениться]. [Подколесин:] Я говорил только, что не худо бы (Гоголь 1). [К.:] But you just now said that you wanted to [get marned]. [P:] I only said that it wouldn't be a bad idea (1a).
         ♦ "...Псарня чудная, вряд людям вашим житьё такое ж, как вашим собакам". Один из псарей обиделся. "Мы на своё житье, - сказал он, - благодаря бога и барина не жалуемся, а что правда, то правда, иному и дворянину не худо бы променять усадьбу на любую здешнюю конурку" (Пушкин 1).
         ♦... The kennels are marvellous...but I don't imagine your servants live as well as your dogs." One of the grooms took offence at this remark. "Thanks to God and our master, we have no complaints about how we live," he said, "but it's only true to say that some noblemen wouldn't do badly by exchanging their estate for any one of our kennels here" (1b).

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  • 30 не плохо

    • НЕ ХУДО <НЕ ДУРНО, НЕ ПЛОХО> (БЫ) coll
    [these forms only; impers predic with быть; usu. foll. by infin; fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ it would not be bad, it is desirable, advisable (todo sth.):
    - it's not < it wouldn't be> a bad idea (for s.o. to do sth.);
    - it wouldn't be a bad thing (if s.o. did sth. <for s.o. to do sth.>);
    - it would be a good idea (for s.o. to do sth.);
    - it won't (wouldn't, couldn't) hurt (s.o. to do sth.;
    - s.o. wouldn't do badly (by doing sth.).
         ♦ [Кочкарев:] Да ведь ты сейчас объявил, что хочешь [жениться]. [Подколесин:] Я говорил только, что не худо бы (Гоголь 1). [К.:] But you just now said that you wanted to [get marned]. [P:] I only said that it wouldn't be a bad idea (1a).
         ♦ "...Псарня чудная, вряд людям вашим житьё такое ж, как вашим собакам". Один из псарей обиделся. "Мы на своё житье, - сказал он, - благодаря бога и барина не жалуемся, а что правда, то правда, иному и дворянину не худо бы променять усадьбу на любую здешнюю конурку" (Пушкин 1).
         ♦... The kennels are marvellous...but I don't imagine your servants live as well as your dogs." One of the grooms took offence at this remark. "Thanks to God and our master, we have no complaints about how we live," he said, "but it's only true to say that some noblemen wouldn't do badly by exchanging their estate for any one of our kennels here" (1b).

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  • 31 не плохо бы

    • НЕ ХУДО <НЕ ДУРНО, НЕ ПЛОХО> (БЫ) coll
    [these forms only; impers predic with быть; usu. foll. by infin; fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ it would not be bad, it is desirable, advisable (todo sth.):
    - it's not < it wouldn't be> a bad idea (for s.o. to do sth.);
    - it wouldn't be a bad thing (if s.o. did sth. <for s.o. to do sth.>);
    - it would be a good idea (for s.o. to do sth.);
    - it won't (wouldn't, couldn't) hurt (s.o. to do sth.;
    - s.o. wouldn't do badly (by doing sth.).
         ♦ [Кочкарев:] Да ведь ты сейчас объявил, что хочешь [жениться]. [Подколесин:] Я говорил только, что не худо бы (Гоголь 1). [К.:] But you just now said that you wanted to [get marned]. [P:] I only said that it wouldn't be a bad idea (1a).
         ♦ "...Псарня чудная, вряд людям вашим житьё такое ж, как вашим собакам". Один из псарей обиделся. "Мы на своё житье, - сказал он, - благодаря бога и барина не жалуемся, а что правда, то правда, иному и дворянину не худо бы променять усадьбу на любую здешнюю конурку" (Пушкин 1).
         ♦... The kennels are marvellous...but I don't imagine your servants live as well as your dogs." One of the grooms took offence at this remark. "Thanks to God and our master, we have no complaints about how we live," he said, "but it's only true to say that some noblemen wouldn't do badly by exchanging their estate for any one of our kennels here" (1b).

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  • 32 не худо

    • НЕ ХУДО <НЕ ДУРНО, НЕ ПЛОХО> (БЫ) coll
    [these forms only; impers predic with быть; usu. foll. by infin; fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ it would not be bad, it is desirable, advisable (todo sth.):
    - it's not < it wouldn't be> a bad idea (for s.o. to do sth.);
    - it wouldn't be a bad thing (if s.o. did sth. <for s.o. to do sth.>);
    - it would be a good idea (for s.o. to do sth.);
    - it won't (wouldn't, couldn't) hurt (s.o. to do sth.;
    - s.o. wouldn't do badly (by doing sth.).
         ♦ [Кочкарев:] Да ведь ты сейчас объявил, что хочешь [жениться]. [Подколесин:] Я говорил только, что не худо бы (Гоголь 1). [К.:] But you just now said that you wanted to [get marned]. [P:] I only said that it wouldn't be a bad idea (1a).
         ♦ "...Псарня чудная, вряд людям вашим житьё такое ж, как вашим собакам". Один из псарей обиделся. "Мы на своё житье, - сказал он, - благодаря бога и барина не жалуемся, а что правда, то правда, иному и дворянину не худо бы променять усадьбу на любую здешнюю конурку" (Пушкин 1).
         ♦... The kennels are marvellous...but I don't imagine your servants live as well as your dogs." One of the grooms took offence at this remark. "Thanks to God and our master, we have no complaints about how we live," he said, "but it's only true to say that some noblemen wouldn't do badly by exchanging their estate for any one of our kennels here" (1b).

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  • 33 не худо бы

    • НЕ ХУДО <НЕ ДУРНО, НЕ ПЛОХО> (БЫ) coll
    [these forms only; impers predic with быть; usu. foll. by infin; fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ it would not be bad, it is desirable, advisable (todo sth.):
    - it's not < it wouldn't be> a bad idea (for s.o. to do sth.);
    - it wouldn't be a bad thing (if s.o. did sth. <for s.o. to do sth.>);
    - it would be a good idea (for s.o. to do sth.);
    - it won't (wouldn't, couldn't) hurt (s.o. to do sth.;
    - s.o. wouldn't do badly (by doing sth.).
         ♦ [Кочкарев:] Да ведь ты сейчас объявил, что хочешь [жениться]. [Подколесин:] Я говорил только, что не худо бы (Гоголь 1). [К.:] But you just now said that you wanted to [get marned]. [P:] I only said that it wouldn't be a bad idea (1a).
         ♦ "...Псарня чудная, вряд людям вашим житьё такое ж, как вашим собакам". Один из псарей обиделся. "Мы на своё житье, - сказал он, - благодаря бога и барина не жалуемся, а что правда, то правда, иному и дворянину не худо бы променять усадьбу на любую здешнюю конурку" (Пушкин 1).
         ♦... The kennels are marvellous...but I don't imagine your servants live as well as your dogs." One of the grooms took offence at this remark. "Thanks to God and our master, we have no complaints about how we live," he said, "but it's only true to say that some noblemen wouldn't do badly by exchanging their estate for any one of our kennels here" (1b).

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  • 34 сносная работа

    Colloquial: fair job (fair= not very good, but not too bad), a lousy job on Indonesian! (амер. англ. - not very good, but not too bad job)

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > сносная работа

  • 35 Т-225

    (ЕЩЁ) туда-сюда coll AdjP Invar subj-compl with copula ( subj: any noun) or impers predic) a person (a thing etc) is not bad, is tolerable
    X ещё туда-сюда = X is (more or less) all right
    X isn't (so (all that)) bad (in limited contexts) X is so-so X is passable X will do thing X is in reasonable shape.
    С непривычки ей было трудно (работать на 12-часовых сменах), особенно ночью. Днём ещё туда-сюда... (Грекова 3). It was hard for her (to work 12-hour shifts) because she wasn't used to such long hours, especially the night shift. But during the day she was more or less all right... (3a).
    (Виктория:) Смотреть на него (футбол) - ещё туда-сюда, а так (слушать репортаж по радио) - не понимаю (Вампилов 1). (V:) It's not so bad if you can watch it (soccer), but listening like this... I don't understand (1a).
    Автомобиль почему-то продавался вместе с искусственной пальмой в зелёной кадке. Пришлось купить и пальму. Пальма была ещё туда-сюда, но с машиной пришлось долго возиться... (Ильф и Петров 2). For some reason or other the car was sold together with an artificial palm in a green tub, so he had to take the palm as well. The palm was still in reasonable shape, but the car needed a lot of work (2a).

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  • 36 еще туда-сюда

    [AdjP; Invar; subj-compl with copula (subj: any noun) or impers predic]
    =====
    ⇒ a person (a thing etc) is not bad, is tolerable:
    - X ещё туда-сюда≈ X is (more or less) all right;
    - X isn't (so < all that>) bad;
    - [in limited contexts] X is so-so;
    - thing X is in reasonable shape.
         ♦ С непривычки ей было трудно [работать на 12-часовых сменах], особенно ночью. Днём ещё туда-сюда... (Грекова 3). It was hard for her [to work 12-hour shifts] because she wasn't used to such long hours, especially the night shift. But during the day she was more or less all right... (3a).
         ♦ [Виктория:] Смотреть на него [футбол] - ещё туда-сюда, а так [слушать репортаж по радио] - не понимаю (Вампилов 1). [V:] It's not so bad if you can watch it [soccer], but listening like this... I don't understand (1a).
         ♦ Автомобиль почему-то продавался вместе с искусственной пальмой в зелёной кадке. Пришлось купить и пальму. Пальма была ещё туда-сюда, но с машиной пришлось долго возиться... (Ильф и Петров 2). For some reason or other the car was sold together with an artificial palm in a green tub, so he had to take the palm as well. The palm was still in reasonable shape, but the car needed a lot of work (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > еще туда-сюда

  • 37 туда-сюда

    I
    • (ЕЩЕ) ТУДА-СЮДА coll
    [AdjP; Invar; subj-compl with copula (subj: any noun) or impers predic]
    =====
    ⇒ a person (a thing etc) is not bad, is tolerable:
    - X isn't (so < all that>) bad;
    - [in limited contexts] X is so-so;
    - thing X is in reasonable shape.
         ♦ С непривычки ей было трудно [работать на 12-часовых сменах], особенно ночью. Днём ещё туда-сюда... (Грекова 3). It was hard for her [to work 12-hour shifts] because she wasn't used to such long hours, especially the night shift. But during the day she was more or less all right... (3a).
         ♦ [Виктория:] Смотреть на него [футбол] - ещё туда-сюда, а так [слушать репортаж по радио] - не понимаю (Вампилов 1). [V:] It's not so bad if you can watch it [soccer], but listening like this... I don't understand (1a).
         ♦ Автомобиль почему-то продавался вместе с искусственной пальмой в зелёной кадке. Пришлось купить и пальму. Пальма была ещё туда-сюда, но с машиной пришлось долго возиться... (Ильф и Петров 2). For some reason or other the car was sold together with an artificial palm in a green tub, so he had to take the palm as well. The palm was still in reasonable shape, but the car needed a lot of work (2a).
    II
    • (И) ТУДА И СЮДА; ТУДА-СЮДА; ТУДА, СЮДА all coll
    [AdvP; Invar]
    =====
    1. Also: ТУДА ДА СЮДА coll; ТУДЫ-СЮДЫ substand, regional [adv]
    ⇒ in one direction and then in the other or another:
    - [in limited contexts](dash <run etc>) around < about>.
         ♦ Мансуров-Курильский походил по комнате туда-сюда... (Залыгин 1)....Mansurov-Kurilsky started pacing up and down the room... (1a).
         ♦ Трещали дрова, таял снег, и чёрные тени солдат туда и сюда сновали по всему занятому, притоптанному в снегу, пространству (Толстой 7). The wood crackled, the snow began to melt, and shadowy figures of soldiers moved to and fro over the occupied space where the snow had been trodden down (7a).
    ♦ "Ax господи! Да что же это я толкусь туда и сю да, как угорелая..." (Достоевский 3). "Oh, Lord! Why am I dashing around like a madwoman?..." (3b).
    2. Also: ТУДЫ-СЮДЫ substand, regional [predic (subj: human) or adv]
    ⇒ (one looks, searches for s.o. or sth.) in several or many different places:
    - [in limited contexts] X searched for s.o. < sth.> everywhere.
         ♦ "Из крепости убёг зарестованный [ungrammat = убежал арестованный] злодей. Туды-сюды искать - нету" (Шолохов 2). "A great villain had escaped from the fortress. The authorities were searching for him everywhere but couldn't find him" (2a).
    3. [predic; subj: human]
    ⇒ (one attempts to achieve, attain etc sth.) using several or many different approaches:
    - X и туда и сюда≈ X (has) tried (acted etc) this way and that < one way and then another>;
    - X tried < did> this and that;
    - X tried several different tacks.
         ♦ Он наотрез отказался ехать с нами. Я туда, сюда - не смогла уговорить его. He refused outright to go with us. I tried this and that, but I couldn't convince him to change his mind.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > туда-сюда

  • 38 ничего

    1. рд. см. ничто 2. нареч. разг.
    1. (тж. ничего себе) (неплохо, сносно) not (too) badly, passably, so-so
    2. как предик. прил. неизм. not (too) bad
    3. предик. ( несущественно) it doesn't matter, never mind; all right

    Русско-английский словарь Смирнитского > ничего

  • 39 неплохо придумано

    1) General subject: (это) it is not a bad plan

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > неплохо придумано

  • 40 неплохой

    2) Colloquial: decent, listenable, tidy, pretty nice (It's pretty nice out there. - неплохая погода), pretty good
    3) Mathematics: fairly good, quite good
    4) British English: none so dusty

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > неплохой

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