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  • 1 Старого учить, что мертвого лечить

    You cannot make old people change their way of life, ideas, methods of work, etc. See Молод - перебесится, а стар - не переменится (M), Старого пономаря не перепономаришь (C), Старого пса к цепи не приучишь (C)
    Cf: It is hard to teach an old dog tricks (Br.). An old dog cannot alter his way of barking (Br.). An old dog will learn no new tricks (Am., Br.). An old dog will learn no tricks (Am.). You can't teach an old dog new tricks (Am., Br.). You can't teach an old horse new tricks (Am.). You might as well physic the dead as give advice to an old man (Br.)

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  • 2 ищи ветра в поле

    разг.
    cf. it's like catching the wind in a net; you might as well whistle for it (him, her, etc.); you might as well look for a needle in a haystack; it is going on a wild-goose chase; catch me (him, her, etc.) if you can!

    Смеюсь в душе над своими преследователями: - Ищите в поле ветра! (А. Новиков-Прибой, По-тёмному) — I am secretly laughing at my pursuers. Catch me if you can!

    - Ты пришёл домой, а их нет? - Нет. Ничего нет. И родителей нету и вещей нету. Ничего нету. А там жил хозяин такой, так он сказал: ищи ветра в поле. (А. Макаренко, Флаги на башнях) — 'You mean you came home and they'd gone?' 'Yes, gone. There wasn't anything there. No parents, no clothes. Everything had gone. The man who lived in the house - he owned it - said I might as well look for a needle in a haystack.'

    Сиденье было неудобное, и Андрей крепко обнял меня за талию. "А то выпадешь, - смеясь, сказал он, - и ищи ветра в поле". (В. Каверин, Открытая книга) — The seat was uncomfortable and Andrei grasped me firmly round the waist. 'You'll fall out,' he said laughing, 'and then it'll be like looking for the wind in the field.'

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  • 3 С-565

    КАК ОБ (В) СТЁНКУ (ОБ СТЕНУ, ОБ СТЕНУ, В СТЕНУ) ГОРОХ (ГОРОХОМ) КАК ОТ СТЁНКИ (ОТ СТЕНЫ) ГОРОХ ЧТО СТЕНЕ (СТЁНКЕ) ГОРОХ all coll, disapprov (как + PrepP or что + NP these forms only usu. subj-compl with copula ( subj: abstr, often всё, infin, or a clause) fixed WO
    all requests (orders etc) are ignored, disregarded by s.o.
    all attempts to persuade s.o. to do sth. or to change his mode of behavior produce no results, have no effect on s.o.: (itfs) like beating (banging) your (one's) head against the wall (a wall, a brick wall, a stone wall) (itfs) like talking to the wall (a brick wall) you might as well beat (bang) your head against a wall (a brick wall, a stone wall) you might as well talk to the wall (a wall, a brick wall).
    Обо всём этом ему (Наделашину) говорилось тогда же. Но Наделашину сколько ни говори - всё как об стенку горох (Солженицын 3). Не (Nadelashin) had been told about it at the time. But no matter how often one spoke to Nadelashin, it was like beating one's head against a stone wall (3a).
    «Пробовал я договориться с этим Големом - как об стену горох...» (Стругацкие 1). "I tried to come to an agreement with this Golem. It's like talking to a brick wall" (1a).
    Осторожно. Скользко тут. Сколько раз говорила, чтобы не выливали помоев перед дверью, - как об стену горох» (Пастернак 1). "Careful — it's slippery. I don't know how many times I've told them not to throw the slops out of the door - might as well talk to a wall" (1a).

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  • 4 как в в стену горох

    • КАК ОБ <В> СТЕНКУ <ОБ СТЕНУ, ОБ СТЕНУ, В СТЕНУ> ГОРОХ < ГОРОХОМ>; КАК ОТ СТЕНКИ < ОТ СТЕНЫ> ГОРОХ; ЧТО СТЕНЕ < СТЕНКЕ> ГОРОХ all coll. disapprov
    [ как + PrepP or что + NP; these forms only; usu. subj-compl with copula (subj: abstr, often всё, infin, or a clause); fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ all requests (orders etc) are ignored, disregarded by s.o.; all attempts to persuade s.o. to do sth. or to change his mode of behavior produce no results, have no effect on s.o.:
    - (it's) like beating (banging) your (one's) head against the wall (a wall, a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well beat (bang) your head against a wall (a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well talk to the wall (a wall, a brick wall).
         ♦ Обо всём этом ему [Наделашину] говорилось тогда же. Но Наделашину сколько ни говори - всё как об стенку горох (Солженицын 3). Не [Nadelashin] had been told about it at the time. But no matter how often one spoke to Nadelashin, it was like beating one's head against a stone wall (3a).
         ♦ "Пробовал я договориться с этим Големом - как об стену горох..." (Стругацкие 1). "I tried to come to an agreement with this Golem. It's like talking to a brick wall" (1a).
         ♦ "Осторожно. Скользко тут. Сколько раз говорила, чтобы не выливали помоев перед дверью, - как об стену горох" (Пастернак 1). "Careful - it's slippery. I don't know how many times I've told them not to throw the slops out of the door - might as well talk to a wall" (1a).

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  • 5 как в в стену горохом

    • КАК ОБ <В> СТЕНКУ <ОБ СТЕНУ, ОБ СТЕНУ, В СТЕНУ> ГОРОХ < ГОРОХОМ>; КАК ОТ СТЕНКИ < ОТ СТЕНЫ> ГОРОХ; ЧТО СТЕНЕ < СТЕНКЕ> ГОРОХ all coll. disapprov
    [ как + PrepP or что + NP; these forms only; usu. subj-compl with copula (subj: abstr, often всё, infin, or a clause); fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ all requests (orders etc) are ignored, disregarded by s.o.; all attempts to persuade s.o. to do sth. or to change his mode of behavior produce no results, have no effect on s.o.:
    - (it's) like beating (banging) your (one's) head against the wall (a wall, a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well beat (bang) your head against a wall (a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well talk to the wall (a wall, a brick wall).
         ♦ Обо всём этом ему [Наделашину] говорилось тогда же. Но Наделашину сколько ни говори - всё как об стенку горох (Солженицын 3). Не [Nadelashin] had been told about it at the time. But no matter how often one spoke to Nadelashin, it was like beating one's head against a stone wall (3a).
         ♦ "Пробовал я договориться с этим Големом - как об стену горох..." (Стругацкие 1). "I tried to come to an agreement with this Golem. It's like talking to a brick wall" (1a).
         ♦ "Осторожно. Скользко тут. Сколько раз говорила, чтобы не выливали помоев перед дверью, - как об стену горох" (Пастернак 1). "Careful - it's slippery. I don't know how many times I've told them not to throw the slops out of the door - might as well talk to a wall" (1a).

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  • 6 как в стенку горох

    • КАК ОБ <В> СТЕНКУ <ОБ СТЕНУ, ОБ СТЕНУ, В СТЕНУ> ГОРОХ < ГОРОХОМ>; КАК ОТ СТЕНКИ < ОТ СТЕНЫ> ГОРОХ; ЧТО СТЕНЕ < СТЕНКЕ> ГОРОХ all coll. disapprov
    [ как + PrepP or что + NP; these forms only; usu. subj-compl with copula (subj: abstr, often всё, infin, or a clause); fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ all requests (orders etc) are ignored, disregarded by s.o.; all attempts to persuade s.o. to do sth. or to change his mode of behavior produce no results, have no effect on s.o.:
    - (it's) like beating (banging) your (one's) head against the wall (a wall, a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well beat (bang) your head against a wall (a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well talk to the wall (a wall, a brick wall).
         ♦ Обо всём этом ему [Наделашину] говорилось тогда же. Но Наделашину сколько ни говори - всё как об стенку горох (Солженицын 3). Не [Nadelashin] had been told about it at the time. But no matter how often one spoke to Nadelashin, it was like beating one's head against a stone wall (3a).
         ♦ "Пробовал я договориться с этим Големом - как об стену горох..." (Стругацкие 1). "I tried to come to an agreement with this Golem. It's like talking to a brick wall" (1a).
         ♦ "Осторожно. Скользко тут. Сколько раз говорила, чтобы не выливали помоев перед дверью, - как об стену горох" (Пастернак 1). "Careful - it's slippery. I don't know how many times I've told them not to throw the slops out of the door - might as well talk to a wall" (1a).

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  • 7 как в стенку горохом

    • КАК ОБ <В> СТЕНКУ <ОБ СТЕНУ, ОБ СТЕНУ, В СТЕНУ> ГОРОХ < ГОРОХОМ>; КАК ОТ СТЕНКИ < ОТ СТЕНЫ> ГОРОХ; ЧТО СТЕНЕ < СТЕНКЕ> ГОРОХ all coll. disapprov
    [ как + PrepP or что + NP; these forms only; usu. subj-compl with copula (subj: abstr, often всё, infin, or a clause); fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ all requests (orders etc) are ignored, disregarded by s.o.; all attempts to persuade s.o. to do sth. or to change his mode of behavior produce no results, have no effect on s.o.:
    - (it's) like beating (banging) your (one's) head against the wall (a wall, a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well beat (bang) your head against a wall (a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well talk to the wall (a wall, a brick wall).
         ♦ Обо всём этом ему [Наделашину] говорилось тогда же. Но Наделашину сколько ни говори - всё как об стенку горох (Солженицын 3). Не [Nadelashin] had been told about it at the time. But no matter how often one spoke to Nadelashin, it was like beating one's head against a stone wall (3a).
         ♦ "Пробовал я договориться с этим Големом - как об стену горох..." (Стругацкие 1). "I tried to come to an agreement with this Golem. It's like talking to a brick wall" (1a).
         ♦ "Осторожно. Скользко тут. Сколько раз говорила, чтобы не выливали помоев перед дверью, - как об стену горох" (Пастернак 1). "Careful - it's slippery. I don't know how many times I've told them not to throw the slops out of the door - might as well talk to a wall" (1a).

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  • 8 как в стену горох

    • КАК ОБ <В> СТЕНКУ <ОБ СТЕНУ, ОБ СТЕНУ, В СТЕНУ> ГОРОХ < ГОРОХОМ>; КАК ОТ СТЕНКИ < ОТ СТЕНЫ> ГОРОХ; ЧТО СТЕНЕ < СТЕНКЕ> ГОРОХ all coll. disapprov
    [ как + PrepP or что + NP; these forms only; usu. subj-compl with copula (subj: abstr, often всё, infin, or a clause); fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ all requests (orders etc) are ignored, disregarded by s.o.; all attempts to persuade s.o. to do sth. or to change his mode of behavior produce no results, have no effect on s.o.:
    - (it's) like beating (banging) your (one's) head against the wall (a wall, a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well beat (bang) your head against a wall (a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well talk to the wall (a wall, a brick wall).
         ♦ Обо всём этом ему [Наделашину] говорилось тогда же. Но Наделашину сколько ни говори - всё как об стенку горох (Солженицын 3). Не [Nadelashin] had been told about it at the time. But no matter how often one spoke to Nadelashin, it was like beating one's head against a stone wall (3a).
         ♦ "Пробовал я договориться с этим Големом - как об стену горох..." (Стругацкие 1). "I tried to come to an agreement with this Golem. It's like talking to a brick wall" (1a).
         ♦ "Осторожно. Скользко тут. Сколько раз говорила, чтобы не выливали помоев перед дверью, - как об стену горох" (Пастернак 1). "Careful - it's slippery. I don't know how many times I've told them not to throw the slops out of the door - might as well talk to a wall" (1a).

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  • 9 как в стену горохом

    • КАК ОБ <В> СТЕНКУ <ОБ СТЕНУ, ОБ СТЕНУ, В СТЕНУ> ГОРОХ < ГОРОХОМ>; КАК ОТ СТЕНКИ < ОТ СТЕНЫ> ГОРОХ; ЧТО СТЕНЕ < СТЕНКЕ> ГОРОХ all coll. disapprov
    [ как + PrepP or что + NP; these forms only; usu. subj-compl with copula (subj: abstr, often всё, infin, or a clause); fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ all requests (orders etc) are ignored, disregarded by s.o.; all attempts to persuade s.o. to do sth. or to change his mode of behavior produce no results, have no effect on s.o.:
    - (it's) like beating (banging) your (one's) head against the wall (a wall, a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well beat (bang) your head against a wall (a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well talk to the wall (a wall, a brick wall).
         ♦ Обо всём этом ему [Наделашину] говорилось тогда же. Но Наделашину сколько ни говори - всё как об стенку горох (Солженицын 3). Не [Nadelashin] had been told about it at the time. But no matter how often one spoke to Nadelashin, it was like beating one's head against a stone wall (3a).
         ♦ "Пробовал я договориться с этим Големом - как об стену горох..." (Стругацкие 1). "I tried to come to an agreement with this Golem. It's like talking to a brick wall" (1a).
         ♦ "Осторожно. Скользко тут. Сколько раз говорила, чтобы не выливали помоев перед дверью, - как об стену горох" (Пастернак 1). "Careful - it's slippery. I don't know how many times I've told them not to throw the slops out of the door - might as well talk to a wall" (1a).

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  • 10 как об стенку горох

    • КАК ОБ <В> СТЕНКУ <ОБ СТЕНУ, ОБ СТЕНУ, В СТЕНУ> ГОРОХ < ГОРОХОМ>; КАК ОТ СТЕНКИ < ОТ СТЕНЫ> ГОРОХ; ЧТО СТЕНЕ < СТЕНКЕ> ГОРОХ all coll. disapprov
    [ как + PrepP or что + NP; these forms only; usu. subj-compl with copula (subj: abstr, often всё, infin, or a clause); fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ all requests (orders etc) are ignored, disregarded by s.o.; all attempts to persuade s.o. to do sth. or to change his mode of behavior produce no results, have no effect on s.o.:
    - (it's) like beating (banging) your (one's) head against the wall (a wall, a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well beat (bang) your head against a wall (a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well talk to the wall (a wall, a brick wall).
         ♦ Обо всём этом ему [Наделашину] говорилось тогда же. Но Наделашину сколько ни говори - всё как об стенку горох (Солженицын 3). Не [Nadelashin] had been told about it at the time. But no matter how often one spoke to Nadelashin, it was like beating one's head against a stone wall (3a).
         ♦ "Пробовал я договориться с этим Големом - как об стену горох..." (Стругацкие 1). "I tried to come to an agreement with this Golem. It's like talking to a brick wall" (1a).
         ♦ "Осторожно. Скользко тут. Сколько раз говорила, чтобы не выливали помоев перед дверью, - как об стену горох" (Пастернак 1). "Careful - it's slippery. I don't know how many times I've told them not to throw the slops out of the door - might as well talk to a wall" (1a).

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  • 11 как об стенку горохом

    • КАК ОБ <В> СТЕНКУ <ОБ СТЕНУ, ОБ СТЕНУ, В СТЕНУ> ГОРОХ < ГОРОХОМ>; КАК ОТ СТЕНКИ < ОТ СТЕНЫ> ГОРОХ; ЧТО СТЕНЕ < СТЕНКЕ> ГОРОХ all coll. disapprov
    [ как + PrepP or что + NP; these forms only; usu. subj-compl with copula (subj: abstr, often всё, infin, or a clause); fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ all requests (orders etc) are ignored, disregarded by s.o.; all attempts to persuade s.o. to do sth. or to change his mode of behavior produce no results, have no effect on s.o.:
    - (it's) like beating (banging) your (one's) head against the wall (a wall, a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well beat (bang) your head against a wall (a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well talk to the wall (a wall, a brick wall).
         ♦ Обо всём этом ему [Наделашину] говорилось тогда же. Но Наделашину сколько ни говори - всё как об стенку горох (Солженицын 3). Не [Nadelashin] had been told about it at the time. But no matter how often one spoke to Nadelashin, it was like beating one's head against a stone wall (3a).
         ♦ "Пробовал я договориться с этим Големом - как об стену горох..." (Стругацкие 1). "I tried to come to an agreement with this Golem. It's like talking to a brick wall" (1a).
         ♦ "Осторожно. Скользко тут. Сколько раз говорила, чтобы не выливали помоев перед дверью, - как об стену горох" (Пастернак 1). "Careful - it's slippery. I don't know how many times I've told them not to throw the slops out of the door - might as well talk to a wall" (1a).

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  • 12 как об стену горох

    • КАК ОБ <В> СТЕНКУ <ОБ СТЕНУ, ОБ СТЕНУ, В СТЕНУ> ГОРОХ < ГОРОХОМ>; КАК ОТ СТЕНКИ < ОТ СТЕНЫ> ГОРОХ; ЧТО СТЕНЕ < СТЕНКЕ> ГОРОХ all coll. disapprov
    [ как + PrepP or что + NP; these forms only; usu. subj-compl with copula (subj: abstr, often всё, infin, or a clause); fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ all requests (orders etc) are ignored, disregarded by s.o.; all attempts to persuade s.o. to do sth. or to change his mode of behavior produce no results, have no effect on s.o.:
    - (it's) like beating (banging) your (one's) head against the wall (a wall, a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well beat (bang) your head against a wall (a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well talk to the wall (a wall, a brick wall).
         ♦ Обо всём этом ему [Наделашину] говорилось тогда же. Но Наделашину сколько ни говори - всё как об стенку горох (Солженицын 3). Не [Nadelashin] had been told about it at the time. But no matter how often one spoke to Nadelashin, it was like beating one's head against a stone wall (3a).
         ♦ "Пробовал я договориться с этим Големом - как об стену горох..." (Стругацкие 1). "I tried to come to an agreement with this Golem. It's like talking to a brick wall" (1a).
         ♦ "Осторожно. Скользко тут. Сколько раз говорила, чтобы не выливали помоев перед дверью, - как об стену горох" (Пастернак 1). "Careful - it's slippery. I don't know how many times I've told them not to throw the slops out of the door - might as well talk to a wall" (1a).

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  • 13 как об стену горохом

    • КАК ОБ <В> СТЕНКУ <ОБ СТЕНУ, ОБ СТЕНУ, В СТЕНУ> ГОРОХ < ГОРОХОМ>; КАК ОТ СТЕНКИ < ОТ СТЕНЫ> ГОРОХ; ЧТО СТЕНЕ < СТЕНКЕ> ГОРОХ all coll. disapprov
    [ как + PrepP or что + NP; these forms only; usu. subj-compl with copula (subj: abstr, often всё, infin, or a clause); fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ all requests (orders etc) are ignored, disregarded by s.o.; all attempts to persuade s.o. to do sth. or to change his mode of behavior produce no results, have no effect on s.o.:
    - (it's) like beating (banging) your (one's) head against the wall (a wall, a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well beat (bang) your head against a wall (a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well talk to the wall (a wall, a brick wall).
         ♦ Обо всём этом ему [Наделашину] говорилось тогда же. Но Наделашину сколько ни говори - всё как об стенку горох (Солженицын 3). Не [Nadelashin] had been told about it at the time. But no matter how often one spoke to Nadelashin, it was like beating one's head against a stone wall (3a).
         ♦ "Пробовал я договориться с этим Големом - как об стену горох..." (Стругацкие 1). "I tried to come to an agreement with this Golem. It's like talking to a brick wall" (1a).
         ♦ "Осторожно. Скользко тут. Сколько раз говорила, чтобы не выливали помоев перед дверью, - как об стену горох" (Пастернак 1). "Careful - it's slippery. I don't know how many times I've told them not to throw the slops out of the door - might as well talk to a wall" (1a).

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  • 14 как от стенки горох

    • КАК ОБ <В> СТЕНКУ <ОБ СТЕНУ, ОБ СТЕНУ, В СТЕНУ> ГОРОХ < ГОРОХОМ>; КАК ОТ СТЕНКИ < ОТ СТЕНЫ> ГОРОХ; ЧТО СТЕНЕ < СТЕНКЕ> ГОРОХ all coll. disapprov
    [ как + PrepP or что + NP; these forms only; usu. subj-compl with copula (subj: abstr, often всё, infin, or a clause); fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ all requests (orders etc) are ignored, disregarded by s.o.; all attempts to persuade s.o. to do sth. or to change his mode of behavior produce no results, have no effect on s.o.:
    - (it's) like beating (banging) your (one's) head against the wall (a wall, a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well beat (bang) your head against a wall (a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well talk to the wall (a wall, a brick wall).
         ♦ Обо всём этом ему [Наделашину] говорилось тогда же. Но Наделашину сколько ни говори - всё как об стенку горох (Солженицын 3). Не [Nadelashin] had been told about it at the time. But no matter how often one spoke to Nadelashin, it was like beating one's head against a stone wall (3a).
         ♦ "Пробовал я договориться с этим Големом - как об стену горох..." (Стругацкие 1). "I tried to come to an agreement with this Golem. It's like talking to a brick wall" (1a).
         ♦ "Осторожно. Скользко тут. Сколько раз говорила, чтобы не выливали помоев перед дверью, - как об стену горох" (Пастернак 1). "Careful - it's slippery. I don't know how many times I've told them not to throw the slops out of the door - might as well talk to a wall" (1a).

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  • 15 как от стены горох

    • КАК ОБ <В> СТЕНКУ <ОБ СТЕНУ, ОБ СТЕНУ, В СТЕНУ> ГОРОХ < ГОРОХОМ>; КАК ОТ СТЕНКИ < ОТ СТЕНЫ> ГОРОХ; ЧТО СТЕНЕ < СТЕНКЕ> ГОРОХ all coll. disapprov
    [ как + PrepP or что + NP; these forms only; usu. subj-compl with copula (subj: abstr, often всё, infin, or a clause); fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ all requests (orders etc) are ignored, disregarded by s.o.; all attempts to persuade s.o. to do sth. or to change his mode of behavior produce no results, have no effect on s.o.:
    - (it's) like beating (banging) your (one's) head against the wall (a wall, a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well beat (bang) your head against a wall (a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well talk to the wall (a wall, a brick wall).
         ♦ Обо всём этом ему [Наделашину] говорилось тогда же. Но Наделашину сколько ни говори - всё как об стенку горох (Солженицын 3). Не [Nadelashin] had been told about it at the time. But no matter how often one spoke to Nadelashin, it was like beating one's head against a stone wall (3a).
         ♦ "Пробовал я договориться с этим Големом - как об стену горох..." (Стругацкие 1). "I tried to come to an agreement with this Golem. It's like talking to a brick wall" (1a).
         ♦ "Осторожно. Скользко тут. Сколько раз говорила, чтобы не выливали помоев перед дверью, - как об стену горох" (Пастернак 1). "Careful - it's slippery. I don't know how many times I've told them not to throw the slops out of the door - might as well talk to a wall" (1a).

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  • 16 как стену горох

    • КАК ОБ <В> СТЕНКУ <ОБ СТЕНУ, ОБ СТЕНУ, В СТЕНУ> ГОРОХ < ГОРОХОМ>; КАК ОТ СТЕНКИ < ОТ СТЕНЫ> ГОРОХ; ЧТО СТЕНЕ < СТЕНКЕ> ГОРОХ all coll. disapprov
    [ как + PrepP or что + NP; these forms only; usu. subj-compl with copula (subj: abstr, often всё, infin, or a clause); fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ all requests (orders etc) are ignored, disregarded by s.o.; all attempts to persuade s.o. to do sth. or to change his mode of behavior produce no results, have no effect on s.o.:
    - (it's) like beating (banging) your (one's) head against the wall (a wall, a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well beat (bang) your head against a wall (a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well talk to the wall (a wall, a brick wall).
         ♦ Обо всём этом ему [Наделашину] говорилось тогда же. Но Наделашину сколько ни говори - всё как об стенку горох (Солженицын 3). Не [Nadelashin] had been told about it at the time. But no matter how often one spoke to Nadelashin, it was like beating one's head against a stone wall (3a).
         ♦ "Пробовал я договориться с этим Големом - как об стену горох..." (Стругацкие 1). "I tried to come to an agreement with this Golem. It's like talking to a brick wall" (1a).
         ♦ "Осторожно. Скользко тут. Сколько раз говорила, чтобы не выливали помоев перед дверью, - как об стену горох" (Пастернак 1). "Careful - it's slippery. I don't know how many times I've told them not to throw the slops out of the door - might as well talk to a wall" (1a).

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  • 17 что стене горох

    • КАК ОБ <В> СТЕНКУ <ОБ СТЕНУ, ОБ СТЕНУ, В СТЕНУ> ГОРОХ < ГОРОХОМ>; КАК ОТ СТЕНКИ < ОТ СТЕНЫ> ГОРОХ; ЧТО СТЕНЕ < СТЕНКЕ> ГОРОХ all coll. disapprov
    [ как + PrepP or что + NP; these forms only; usu. subj-compl with copula (subj: abstr, often всё, infin, or a clause); fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ all requests (orders etc) are ignored, disregarded by s.o.; all attempts to persuade s.o. to do sth. or to change his mode of behavior produce no results, have no effect on s.o.:
    - (it's) like beating (banging) your (one's) head against the wall (a wall, a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well beat (bang) your head against a wall (a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well talk to the wall (a wall, a brick wall).
         ♦ Обо всём этом ему [Наделашину] говорилось тогда же. Но Наделашину сколько ни говори - всё как об стенку горох (Солженицын 3). Не [Nadelashin] had been told about it at the time. But no matter how often one spoke to Nadelashin, it was like beating one's head against a stone wall (3a).
         ♦ "Пробовал я договориться с этим Големом - как об стену горох..." (Стругацкие 1). "I tried to come to an agreement with this Golem. It's like talking to a brick wall" (1a).
         ♦ "Осторожно. Скользко тут. Сколько раз говорила, чтобы не выливали помоев перед дверью, - как об стену горох" (Пастернак 1). "Careful - it's slippery. I don't know how many times I've told them not to throw the slops out of the door - might as well talk to a wall" (1a).

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  • 18 что стенке горох

    • КАК ОБ <В> СТЕНКУ <ОБ СТЕНУ, ОБ СТЕНУ, В СТЕНУ> ГОРОХ < ГОРОХОМ>; КАК ОТ СТЕНКИ < ОТ СТЕНЫ> ГОРОХ; ЧТО СТЕНЕ < СТЕНКЕ> ГОРОХ all coll. disapprov
    [ как + PrepP or что + NP; these forms only; usu. subj-compl with copula (subj: abstr, often всё, infin, or a clause); fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ all requests (orders etc) are ignored, disregarded by s.o.; all attempts to persuade s.o. to do sth. or to change his mode of behavior produce no results, have no effect on s.o.:
    - (it's) like beating (banging) your (one's) head against the wall (a wall, a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well beat (bang) your head against a wall (a brick wall, a stone wall);
    - you might as well talk to the wall (a wall, a brick wall).
         ♦ Обо всём этом ему [Наделашину] говорилось тогда же. Но Наделашину сколько ни говори - всё как об стенку горох (Солженицын 3). Не [Nadelashin] had been told about it at the time. But no matter how often one spoke to Nadelashin, it was like beating one's head against a stone wall (3a).
         ♦ "Пробовал я договориться с этим Големом - как об стену горох..." (Стругацкие 1). "I tried to come to an agreement with this Golem. It's like talking to a brick wall" (1a).
         ♦ "Осторожно. Скользко тут. Сколько раз говорила, чтобы не выливали помоев перед дверью, - как об стену горох" (Пастернак 1). "Careful - it's slippery. I don't know how many times I've told them not to throw the slops out of the door - might as well talk to a wall" (1a).

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  • 19 в лицо

    I
    • В ЛИЦО кому говорить что, называть кого чем, смеяться, лгать и т.п.
    [PrepP; Invar; adv]
    =====
    ⇒ (to say sth., call s.o. sth., laugh at s.o., lie to s.o. etc) openly, directly addressing the person involved:
    - (right < straight>) to s.o.'s face;
    - (tell s.o. sth.) face to face;
    - (laugh) in s.o.'s face;
    - [in refer, to lying] tell a boldfaced (barefaced) lie;
    - lie through one's teeth.
         ♦ Она [Фанни Невская] - настоящая, с ней нельзя болтать, ей нельэя солгать, она заставляет говорить, как на исповеди. Она говорит в лицо то, что думает (Аллилуева 2). She [Fanny Nevskaya] was a real person. You couldn't just gossip with her, or lie to her. With her you spoke as if you were at confession. And she always said straight to your face what she thought (2a).
         ♦ Они лежали и говорили о чём придется, точно обкладывая то самое главное, хрупкое и ломкое, что было сказано, мягкими оберегающими пустяками. Когда лежишь, легче вести такой разговор: можно, закрыв глаза, сказать то, что в лицо говорить не решишься... (Распутин 2). They lay and talked about anything that came to mind, bolstering the most important thing, delicate and fragile, with soft padding trifles. It's always easier to have a conversation like that when you're lying down: you can say things with your eyes closed that you could never say to someone's face.. (2a)
    II
    [PrepP; Invar; adv]
    =====
    ⇒ (to know s.o.) by his outward appearance (without being acquainted with him):
    - X знает Y-а в лицо≈ X knows Y by sight;
    - X would recognize Y.
         ♦ Митя хоть и знал этого купца в лицо, но знаком с ним не был и даже ни разу не говорил с ним (Достоевский 1). Though Mitya knew the merchant by sight, he was not acquainted with him and had never once spoken to him (1a).
         ♦ Вскоре Ольга Петровна знала уже всех в издательстве - и по фамилиям, и по должности, и в лицо: счетоводов, редакторов, техредов, курьерш (Чуковская 1). Soon Olga Petrovna knew everyone in the publishing house - their names, their jobs and what they looked like - ledger clerks, editors, technical editors, messengers (1a).
         ♦ Игорь Владимирович танцевал не так профессионально, как Левочка, но хорошо, на них [Игоря Владимировича и Варю] обращали внимание - он был известен, его знали в лицо (Рыбаков 2). Igor Vladimirovich danced very well, not as professionally as Lyova, but people watched as they [Igor Vladimirovich and Varya] danced. They recognized him (2a).
    • СМОТРЕТЬ( ГЛЯДЕТЬ, ВЗГЛЯНУТЬ) ПРАВДЕ В ГЛАЗА (в ЛИЦО)
    [VP: subj: human or collect; often infin with надо, нужно, будем etc]
    =====
    ⇒ to see things or evaluate facts as they really are, look at things clearly, soberly:
    - надо смотреть правде в глаза≈ we (you etc) must look the truth (straight) in the eye;
    - we (you etc) must face (up to) the truth;
    - we (you etc) must look the facts in the face;
    - we (you etc) must face (the) facts;
    - we (you etc) must face up to reality;
    - we (you etc) must confront the truth;
    - [in limited contexts] left (you might as well etc) face it.
         ♦ [Трофимов:] Продано ли сегодня имение или не продано - не все ли равно? С ним давно уже покончено, нет поворота назад... Надо хоть раз в жизни взглянуть правде прямо в глаза (Чехов 2). [Т..] Whether or not the estate is sold today -does it really matter? That's all done with long ago, there's no turning back. At least once in one's life one ought to look the truth straight in the eye (2a).
         ♦ "Нас казаки предали, не пошли за нами и не пойдут. Надо иметь мужество и смотреть правде в глаза, а не обольщаться дурацкими надеждами" (Шолохов 5). "The Cossacks have betrayed us. They didn't follow us then and they won't now. You've got to have the courage to face the truth, not comfort yourself with vain hopes (5a).
         ♦ Глянем правде в глаза. Его [мой роман] никто не читал (Булгаков 12)....No one, let's face it, had read it [my novel](12a).

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  • 20 Г-400

    ХОТЬ В ГРОБ ЛОЖИСЬ coll (хоть + VPimpcr Invar usu. used as subord clause fixed WO
    (used to express despair, hopelessness) there is no escape from a desperate situation
    there is nothing (left) to do but lie down and die
    you (person X) might just as well lie down and die you might as well kill yourself.

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