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жить КАК НА ВУЛКАНЕ coll как + PrepP Invar adv(to live) in a potentially dangerous situation, expecting sth. unpleasant, disastrous to happen: (be living) on top of a volcano(be sitting) on a time bomb (a volcano).«Живем мы, знаете, как на вулкане... Всё может произойти...»(Ильф и Петров 1). "We're living on top of a volcano, you know Anything can happen" (1a).«Интересно, постигаете ли вы, на каком мы тут и без вас вулкане?» - «...Жена совершенно права. И без вас не сладко» (Пастернак 1). "I wonder if you realize what a volcano we are sitting on even without you here?" "...My wife is quite right. Things are bad enough without you" (1a). -
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• ЖИТЬ КАК НА ВУЛКАНЕ coll[ как + PrepP; Invar; adv]=====⇒ (to live) in a potentially dangerous situation, expecting sth. unpleasant, disastrous to happen:- (be sitting) on a time bomb (a volcano).♦ "Живем мы, знаете, как на вулкане... Всё может произойти..."(Ильф и Петров 1). "We're living on top of a volcano, you know. Anything can happen" (1a).♦ "Интересно, постигаете ли вы, на каком мы тут и без вас вулкане?" - "...Жена совершенно права. И без вас не сладко" (Пастернак 1). "I wonder if you realize what a volcano we are sitting on even without you here?" "...My wife is quite right. Things are bad enough without you" (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > как на вулкане
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