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(by acting clumsily)

  • 1 verprellen

    v/t
    1. put off; (beleidigen) offend, put out; siehe auch vergrämen
    2. Jägerspr. scare off (by acting clumsily)
    * * *
    ver|prẹl|len ptp verpre\#llt
    vt
    to put off, to intimidate
    * * *
    ver·prel·len *
    vt
    jdn \verprellen to annoy [or fam aggravate] sb
    Wild \verprellen to scatter game
    * * *
    1. put off; (beleidigen) offend, put out; auch vergrämen
    2. JAGD scare off (by acting clumsily)

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > verprellen

  • 2 anstellen

    (trennb., hat -ge-)
    I v/t
    1. (Gas, Wasser etc.) turn on; (Radio, Licht etc.) auch switch on; (Motor) start
    2. (jemanden) (einstellen) employ, take on, bes. Am. hire; jemanden fest / zur Probe / vorübergehend anstellen employ s.o. permanently / on a trial basis / temporarily; angestellt sein bei work for, be employed by ( oder with); wo sind Sie angestellt? where do you work?; jemanden zu etw. anstellen umg., fig. rope s.o. in to do s.th. ( oder into doing s.th.)
    3. umg. (tun) do ( mit with); (bewerkstelligen) manage; was soll ich damit anstellen? what am I supposed to do with it?; was soll ich nur mit dir anstellen? you’re a hopeless (Sl. right) case, you are; wie hast du das nur angestellt? how on earth did you manage that?; wie soll ich es nur anstellen, diesen Job zu bekommen? what’s the best way of making sure I get that job?
    4. umg. (Dummheiten etc.) be up to; etwas anstellen get ( oder be) up to mischief; stell bloß nichts an! don’t get up to any mischief ( oder anything naughty)!
    5. (anlehnen) put, lean (an + Akk oder Dat against); an eine Reihe: add
    6. (vornehmen): Experimente anstellen conduct ( oder carry out) experiments; Nachforschungen anstellen make enquiries; Überlegungen anstellen make observations; Vergleiche anstellen make ( oder draw) comparisons, compare; Vermutungen anstellen make assumptions ( oder suppositions); den Versuch anstellen zu (+ Inf.) make an attempt to (+ Inf.)
    II v/refl
    1. queue up, auch Am. line up, get in line
    2. sich anstellen, als ob... act as if...; pretend to (+ Inf.) er hat sich sehr geschickt angestellt he tackled it very well, he made a good job of it, Am. he did a good job; er hat sich sehr ungeschickt angestellt he made a really bad job of it, he made a real hash of it, Am. auch he did a really bad job; wie kann man sich so dumm anstellen! how can anyone be ( oder do s.th.) so stupid!; stell dich nicht so an! umg. stop making such a fuss; weitS. stop acting stupid
    * * *
    (anlehnen) to lean; to put;
    (einschalten) to start; to switch on; to turn on;
    (engagieren) to employ; to take on; to engage; to hire; to place;
    sich anstellen
    (in der Schlange) to queue up; to queue; to line up
    * * *
    ạn|stel|len sep
    1. vt
    1) (= danebenstellen) to place; (= anlehnen) to lean (
    an +acc against)
    2) (= dazustellen) to add (
    an +acc to)
    3) (= beschäftigen) to employ, to take on

    jdn zu etw anstellen (inf)to get sb to do sth

    See:
    auch angestellt
    4) (= anmachen, andrehen) to turn on; (= in Gang setzen) to start
    5) Betrachtung, Vermutung etc to make; Vergleich to draw, to make; Experiment to conduct

    (neue) Überlegungen anstellen(, wie...) — to (re)consider (how...)

    6) (= machen, unternehmen) to do; (= fertigbringen) to manage

    ich weiß nicht, wie ich es anstellen soll or kann — I don't know how to do or manage it

    7) (inf = Unfug treiben) to get up to, to do

    was hast du da wieder angestellt? — what have you done now?, what have you been up to now?

    2. vr
    1) (= Schlange stehen) to queue (up) (Brit), to stand in line
    2) (inf = sich verhalten) to act, to behave

    sich dumm/ungeschickt anstellen — to act stupid/clumsily, to be stupid/clumsy

    sich geschickt anstellento go about sth well

    3) (inf = sich zieren) to make a fuss, to act up (inf)
    * * *
    2) (to begin to employ (a workman etc): He engaged him as his assistant.) engage
    3) ((especially American) to employ (a workman etc): They have hired a team of labourers to dig the road.) hire
    * * *
    an|stel·len
    I. vt
    etw \anstellen Maschine, Wasser to turn on sth
    jdn [als etw] \anstellen to employ sb [as sth]
    [bei jdm/einer Firma] [als etw] angestellt sein to be employed [by sb/at [or by] a company] [as sth]
    3. (geh: durchführen)
    Betrachtungen/Vermutungen [über etw akk/zu etw dat] \anstellen to make observations [on sth]/assumptions [about sth]
    Nachforschungen [über etw akk/zu etw dat] \anstellen to conduct [or make] enquiries [or inquiries] [or investigations] [into sth]
    [neue] Überlegungen [über etw akk/zu etw dat] \anstellen to [re]consider [sth]
    4. (fam: bewerkstelligen)
    etw \anstellen to do [or manage] sth
    etw geschickt \anstellen to bring [or fam pull] sth off
    ich weiß nicht, wie ich es \anstellen soll I don't know how to do [or manage] it
    es \anstellen, dass man etw tut to go about doing sth
    5. (fam: anrichten)
    Blödsinn \anstellen to get up to nonsense
    was hast du da wieder angestellt? what have you [ fam gone and] done now?
    dass ihr mir ja nichts anstellt! see to it that you don't get up to anything!
    etw [an etw akk] \anstellen to lean sth against sth
    eine Leiter [an einen Baum/eine Wand] \anstellen to put up [or stand] a ladder [against a tree/wall]
    etw \anstellen [an etw akk] to add sth [to sth]
    II. vr
    sich akk \anstellen
    1. (Schlange stehen) to queue [up] BRIT, to line up AM
    sich hinten \anstellen to join the back of the queue [or AM line[-up]
    2. (fam: sich verhalten) to act, to behave
    sich akk dumm \anstellen to act as if one is stupid, to play the fool
    3. (wehleidig sein) to make a fuss, kick up a shindy fam
    stell dich nicht [so] an! don't go making a fuss!
    * * *
    1.
    1) (warten) queue [up], (Amer.) stand in line ( nach for)
    2) (ugs.): (sich verhalten) act; behave

    sich dumm/ungeschickt anstellen — act or behave stupidly/be clumsy

    sich dumm/ungeschickt bei etwas anstellen — go about something stupidly/clumsily

    stell dich nicht [so] an! — don't make [such] a fuss!

    2.
    1) (aufdrehen) turn on
    2) (einschalten) switch on; turn on, switch on < radio, television>; start < engine>
    3) (einstellen) employ ( als as)
    4) (ugs.): (beschäftigen)

    jemanden zum Kartoffelschälen usw. anstellen — get somebody to peel the potatoes etc.

    etwas an etwas (Akk.) anstellen — put or place something against something

    etwas/Unfug anstellen — get up to something/to mischief

    7) (bewerkstelligen) manage
    8) (vornehmen) do < calculation>; make <comparison, assumption>
    * * *
    anstellen (trennb, hat -ge-)
    A. v/t
    1. (Gas, Wasser etc) turn on; (Radio, Licht etc) auch switch on; (Motor) start
    2. (jemanden) (einstellen) employ, take on, besonders US hire;
    jemanden fest/zur Probe/vorübergehend anstellen employ sb permanently/on a trial basis/temporarily;
    angestellt sein bei work for, be employed by ( oder with);
    wo sind Sie angestellt? where do you work?;
    jemanden zu etwas anstellen umg, fig rope sb in to do sth ( oder into doing sth)
    3. umg (tun) do (
    mit with); (bewerkstelligen) manage;
    was soll ich damit anstellen? what am I supposed to do with it?;
    was soll ich nur mit dir anstellen? you’re a hopeless (sl right) case, you are;
    wie hast du das nur angestellt? how on earth did you manage that?;
    wie soll ich es nur anstellen, diesen Job zu bekommen? what’s the best way of making sure I get that job?
    4. umg (Dummheiten etc) be up to;
    etwas anstellen get ( oder be) up to mischief;
    stell bloß nichts an! don’t get up to any mischief ( oder anything naughty)!
    5. (anlehnen) put, lean (
    an +akk oder dat against); an eine Reihe: add
    Experimente anstellen conduct ( oder carry out) experiments;
    Nachforschungen anstellen make enquiries;
    Überlegungen anstellen make observations;
    Vergleiche anstellen make ( oder draw) comparisons, compare;
    Vermutungen anstellen make assumptions ( oder suppositions);
    den Versuch anstellen zu (+inf) make an attempt to (+inf)
    B. v/r
    1. queue up, auch US line up, get in line
    2.
    sich anstellen, als ob … act as if …; pretend to (+inf)
    er hat sich sehr geschickt angestellt he tackled it very well, he made a good job of it, US he did a good job;
    er hat sich sehr ungeschickt angestellt he made a really bad job of it, he made a real hash of it, US auch he did a really bad job;
    wie kann man sich so dumm anstellen! how can anyone be ( oder do sth) so stupid!;
    stell dich nicht so an! umg stop making such a fuss; weitS. stop acting stupid
    * * *
    1.
    1) (warten) queue [up], (Amer.) stand in line ( nach for)
    2) (ugs.): (sich verhalten) act; behave

    sich dumm/ungeschickt anstellen — act or behave stupidly/be clumsy

    sich dumm/ungeschickt bei etwas anstellen — go about something stupidly/clumsily

    stell dich nicht [so] an! — don't make [such] a fuss!

    2.
    1) (aufdrehen) turn on
    2) (einschalten) switch on; turn on, switch on <radio, television>; start < engine>
    3) (einstellen) employ ( als as)
    4) (ugs.): (beschäftigen)

    jemanden zum Kartoffelschälen usw. anstellen — get somebody to peel the potatoes etc.

    etwas an etwas (Akk.) anstellen — put or place something against something

    etwas/Unfug anstellen — get up to something/to mischief

    8) (vornehmen) do < calculation>; make <comparison, assumption>
    * * *
    v.
    to employ v.
    to engage v.
    to hire (personnel) v.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > anstellen

  • 3 В-151

    ВКРИВЬ И ВКОСЬ ВКОСЬ И ВКРИВЬ obs AdvP these forms only adv
    1. Also: И ВКРИВЬ И ВКОСЬ ( fixed WO
    (of numerous disorderly lines made when writing, drawing, stitching etc, of tracks left by vehicles or people, of a person's gait etc) unsystematically, in an irregular or disorderly fashion, in different ways or directions
    in all (different) directions
    every which way all over (the place (the paper etc » this way and that (way) (in limited contexts) crisscrossing (in all directions) (in limited contexts) all askew
    написано (напечатано) вкривь и вкось = written (printed) at all angles (across the page).
    Столы были сдвинуты со своих, геометрией подсказанных, правильных мест и стояли то там, то сям, вкривь и вкось... (Битов 2). The tables had been moved from their geometrically suggested correct places to stand here and there, every which way (2a).
    Для довершения сходства (с медведем) фрак на нём был совершенно медвежьего цвета, рукава длинны, панталоны длинны, ступнями ступал он и вкривь и вкось и наступал беспрестанно на чужие ноги (Гоголь 3). То complete the resemblance (to a bear), his frock coat was precisely the color of a bear's pelt, with sleeves and trousers that were too long, he set his feet down clumsily, this way and that way, and was continually treading on other people's feet (3c).
    С ними (оловянными солдатиками) происходило что-то совсем необыкновенное... Усы, нарисованные вкривь и вкось, стали на свои места и начали шевелиться... (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). Something quite unusual was happening to (the tin soldiers)....Their mustaches, painted all askew, rose up in their places and began to twitch... (1a).
    2. ( sth. is going, progressing) poorly
    ( sth. is done) not as it should be (done)
    all wrong
    sloppily any old way twisted and awry.
    И мне плохо. Плохо оттого, что всё идёт у нас с Юркой вкривь и вкось, и он этого не замечает (Михайловская 1). And I feel rotten. Because everything between Yuri and me is twisted and awry and he fails to notice it (1a).
    3. толковать (что), судить и т. п. \В-151. Also: ВКРИВЬ (ВКОСЬ) И ВПРЯМЬ obs, coll ( fixed WO
    (to interpret sth.) the way one wants to (with the implication that one's interpretation is incorrect or unfounded, that one distorts the phenomenon's true nature or meaning)
    in any way one likes
    every which way (in limited contexts) (interpret etc sth.) to suit one's own interests.
    «Давно пора понять, что это всё - пустые фразы, которые можно толковать вкривь и вкось» (Зиновьев 2). "It's high time to realise that all that is just empty phrases which you can interpret in any way you like" (2a).
    ...(Троекуров) мало заботился о выигрыше им затеянного дела, Шабашкин за него хлопотал, действуя от его имени, стращая и подкупая судей и толкуя вкривь и впрямь всевозможные указы (Пушкин 1). (Troekurov) cared... little about winning the case he had initiated. It was Shabashkin who kept busy on his behalf, acting in his name, intimidating and bribing judges, and interpreting every possible edict every which way (1a).

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  • 4 вкось и вкривь

    ВКРИВЬ И ВКОСЬ; ВКОСЬ И ВКРИВЬ obs
    [AdvP; these forms only; adv]
    =====
    1. Also: И ВКРИВЬ И ВКОСЬ [fixed WO]
    (of numerous disorderly lines made when writing, drawing, stitching etc, of tracks left by vehicles or people, of a person's gait etc) unsystematically, in an irregular or disorderly fashion, in different ways or directions:
    - all over (the place <the paper etc>;
    - [in limited contexts] crisscrossing (in all directions);
    - [in limited contexts] all askew;
    || написано( напечатано) вкривь и вкось written (printed) at all angles (across the page).
         ♦ Столы были сдвинуты со своих, геометрией подсказанных, правильных мест и стояли то там, то сям, вкривь и вкось... (Битов 2). The tables had been moved from their geometrically suggested correct places to stand here and there, every which way (2a).
         ♦ Для довершения сходства [с медведем] фрак на нём был совершенно медвежьего цвета, рукава длинны, панталоны длинны, ступнями ступал он и вкривь и вкось и наступал беспрестанно на чужие ноги (Гоголь 3). То complete the resemblance [to a bear], his frock coat was precisely the color of a bear's pelt, with sleeves and trousers that were too long; he set his feet down clumsily, this way and that way, and was continually treading on other people's feet (3c).
         ♦ С ними [оловянными солдатиками] происходило что-то совсем необыкновенное... Усы, нарисованные вкривь и вкось, стали на свои места и начали шевелиться... (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). Something quite unusual was happening to [the tin soldiers].... Their mustaches, painted all askew, rose up in their places and began to twitch... (1a).
    2. (sth. is going, progressing) poorly; (sth. is done) not as it should be (done):
    - twisted and awry.
         ♦ И мне плохо. Плохо оттого, что все идёт у нас с Юркой вкривь и вкось, и он этого не замечает (Михайловская 1). And I feel rotten. Because everything between Yuri and me is twisted and awry and he fails to notice it (1a).
    3. толковать (что), судить и т.п. Also: ВКРИВЬ (ВКОСЬ) И ВПРЯМЬ obs, coll [fixed WO]
    (to interpret sth.) the way one wants to (with the implication that one's interpretation is incorrect or unfounded, that one distorts the phenomenon's true nature or meaning):
    - [in limited contexts](interpret etc sth.) to suit one's own interests.
         ♦ "Давно пора понять, что это всё - пустые фразы, которые можно толковать вкривь и вкось" (Зиновьев 2). "It's high time to realise that all that is just empty phrases which you can interpret in any way you like" (2a).
         ♦...[Троекуров] мало заботился о выигрыше им затеянного дела, Шабашкин за него хлопотал, действуя от его имени, стращая и подкупая судей и толкуя вкривь и впрямь всевозможные указы (Пушкин 1). [Troekurov] cared... little about winning the case he had initiated. It was Shabashkin who kept busy on his behalf, acting in his name, intimidating and bribing judges, and interpreting every possible edict every which way (1a).

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  • 5 вкось и впрямь

    ВКРИВЬ И ВКОСЬ; ВКОСЬ И ВКРИВЬ obs
    [AdvP; these forms only; adv]
    =====
    1. Also: И ВКРИВЬ И ВКОСЬ [fixed WO]
    (of numerous disorderly lines made when writing, drawing, stitching etc, of tracks left by vehicles or people, of a person's gait etc) unsystematically, in an irregular or disorderly fashion, in different ways or directions:
    - all over (the place <the paper etc>;
    - [in limited contexts] crisscrossing (in all directions);
    - [in limited contexts] all askew;
    || написано( напечатано) вкривь и вкось written (printed) at all angles (across the page).
         ♦ Столы были сдвинуты со своих, геометрией подсказанных, правильных мест и стояли то там, то сям, вкривь и вкось... (Битов 2). The tables had been moved from their geometrically suggested correct places to stand here and there, every which way (2a).
         ♦ Для довершения сходства [с медведем] фрак на нём был совершенно медвежьего цвета, рукава длинны, панталоны длинны, ступнями ступал он и вкривь и вкось и наступал беспрестанно на чужие ноги (Гоголь 3). То complete the resemblance [to a bear], his frock coat was precisely the color of a bear's pelt, with sleeves and trousers that were too long; he set his feet down clumsily, this way and that way, and was continually treading on other people's feet (3c).
         ♦ С ними [оловянными солдатиками] происходило что-то совсем необыкновенное... Усы, нарисованные вкривь и вкось, стали на свои места и начали шевелиться... (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). Something quite unusual was happening to [the tin soldiers].... Their mustaches, painted all askew, rose up in their places and began to twitch... (1a).
    2. (sth. is going, progressing) poorly; (sth. is done) not as it should be (done):
    - twisted and awry.
         ♦ И мне плохо. Плохо оттого, что все идёт у нас с Юркой вкривь и вкось, и он этого не замечает (Михайловская 1). And I feel rotten. Because everything between Yuri and me is twisted and awry and he fails to notice it (1a).
    3. толковать (что), судить и т.п. Also: ВКРИВЬ (ВКОСЬ) И ВПРЯМЬ obs, coll [fixed WO]
    (to interpret sth.) the way one wants to (with the implication that one's interpretation is incorrect or unfounded, that one distorts the phenomenon's true nature or meaning):
    - [in limited contexts](interpret etc sth.) to suit one's own interests.
         ♦ "Давно пора понять, что это всё - пустые фразы, которые можно толковать вкривь и вкось" (Зиновьев 2). "It's high time to realise that all that is just empty phrases which you can interpret in any way you like" (2a).
         ♦...[Троекуров] мало заботился о выигрыше им затеянного дела, Шабашкин за него хлопотал, действуя от его имени, стращая и подкупая судей и толкуя вкривь и впрямь всевозможные указы (Пушкин 1). [Troekurov] cared... little about winning the case he had initiated. It was Shabashkin who kept busy on his behalf, acting in his name, intimidating and bribing judges, and interpreting every possible edict every which way (1a).

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  • 6 вкривь и вкось

    ВКРИВЬ И ВКОСЬ; ВКОСЬ И ВКРИВЬ obs
    [AdvP; these forms only; adv]
    =====
    1. Also: И ВКРИВЬ И ВКОСЬ [fixed WO]
    (of numerous disorderly lines made when writing, drawing, stitching etc, of tracks left by vehicles or people, of a person's gait etc) unsystematically, in an irregular or disorderly fashion, in different ways or directions:
    - all over (the place <the paper etc>;
    - [in limited contexts] crisscrossing (in all directions);
    - [in limited contexts] all askew;
    || написано( напечатано) вкривь и вкось written (printed) at all angles (across the page).
         ♦ Столы были сдвинуты со своих, геометрией подсказанных, правильных мест и стояли то там, то сям, вкривь и вкось... (Битов 2). The tables had been moved from their geometrically suggested correct places to stand here and there, every which way (2a).
         ♦ Для довершения сходства [с медведем] фрак на нём был совершенно медвежьего цвета, рукава длинны, панталоны длинны, ступнями ступал он и вкривь и вкось и наступал беспрестанно на чужие ноги (Гоголь 3). То complete the resemblance [to a bear], his frock coat was precisely the color of a bear's pelt, with sleeves and trousers that were too long; he set his feet down clumsily, this way and that way, and was continually treading on other people's feet (3c).
         ♦ С ними [оловянными солдатиками] происходило что-то совсем необыкновенное... Усы, нарисованные вкривь и вкось, стали на свои места и начали шевелиться... (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). Something quite unusual was happening to [the tin soldiers].... Their mustaches, painted all askew, rose up in their places and began to twitch... (1a).
    2. (sth. is going, progressing) poorly; (sth. is done) not as it should be (done):
    - twisted and awry.
         ♦ И мне плохо. Плохо оттого, что все идёт у нас с Юркой вкривь и вкось, и он этого не замечает (Михайловская 1). And I feel rotten. Because everything between Yuri and me is twisted and awry and he fails to notice it (1a).
    3. толковать (что), судить и т.п. Also: ВКРИВЬ (ВКОСЬ) И ВПРЯМЬ obs, coll [fixed WO]
    (to interpret sth.) the way one wants to (with the implication that one's interpretation is incorrect or unfounded, that one distorts the phenomenon's true nature or meaning):
    - [in limited contexts](interpret etc sth.) to suit one's own interests.
         ♦ "Давно пора понять, что это всё - пустые фразы, которые можно толковать вкривь и вкось" (Зиновьев 2). "It's high time to realise that all that is just empty phrases which you can interpret in any way you like" (2a).
         ♦...[Троекуров] мало заботился о выигрыше им затеянного дела, Шабашкин за него хлопотал, действуя от его имени, стращая и подкупая судей и толкуя вкривь и впрямь всевозможные указы (Пушкин 1). [Troekurov] cared... little about winning the case he had initiated. It was Shabashkin who kept busy on his behalf, acting in his name, intimidating and bribing judges, and interpreting every possible edict every which way (1a).

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  • 7 вкривь и впрямь

    ВКРИВЬ И ВКОСЬ; ВКОСЬ И ВКРИВЬ obs
    [AdvP; these forms only; adv]
    =====
    1. Also: И ВКРИВЬ И ВКОСЬ [fixed WO]
    (of numerous disorderly lines made when writing, drawing, stitching etc, of tracks left by vehicles or people, of a person's gait etc) unsystematically, in an irregular or disorderly fashion, in different ways or directions:
    - all over (the place <the paper etc>;
    - [in limited contexts] crisscrossing (in all directions);
    - [in limited contexts] all askew;
    || написано( напечатано) вкривь и вкось written (printed) at all angles (across the page).
         ♦ Столы были сдвинуты со своих, геометрией подсказанных, правильных мест и стояли то там, то сям, вкривь и вкось... (Битов 2). The tables had been moved from their geometrically suggested correct places to stand here and there, every which way (2a).
         ♦ Для довершения сходства [с медведем] фрак на нём был совершенно медвежьего цвета, рукава длинны, панталоны длинны, ступнями ступал он и вкривь и вкось и наступал беспрестанно на чужие ноги (Гоголь 3). То complete the resemblance [to a bear], his frock coat was precisely the color of a bear's pelt, with sleeves and trousers that were too long; he set his feet down clumsily, this way and that way, and was continually treading on other people's feet (3c).
         ♦ С ними [оловянными солдатиками] происходило что-то совсем необыкновенное... Усы, нарисованные вкривь и вкось, стали на свои места и начали шевелиться... (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). Something quite unusual was happening to [the tin soldiers].... Their mustaches, painted all askew, rose up in their places and began to twitch... (1a).
    2. (sth. is going, progressing) poorly; (sth. is done) not as it should be (done):
    - twisted and awry.
         ♦ И мне плохо. Плохо оттого, что все идёт у нас с Юркой вкривь и вкось, и он этого не замечает (Михайловская 1). And I feel rotten. Because everything between Yuri and me is twisted and awry and he fails to notice it (1a).
    3. толковать (что), судить и т.п. Also: ВКРИВЬ (ВКОСЬ) И ВПРЯМЬ obs, coll [fixed WO]
    (to interpret sth.) the way one wants to (with the implication that one's interpretation is incorrect or unfounded, that one distorts the phenomenon's true nature or meaning):
    - [in limited contexts](interpret etc sth.) to suit one's own interests.
         ♦ "Давно пора понять, что это всё - пустые фразы, которые можно толковать вкривь и вкось" (Зиновьев 2). "It's high time to realise that all that is just empty phrases which you can interpret in any way you like" (2a).
         ♦...[Троекуров] мало заботился о выигрыше им затеянного дела, Шабашкин за него хлопотал, действуя от его имени, стращая и подкупая судей и толкуя вкривь и впрямь всевозможные указы (Пушкин 1). [Troekurov] cared... little about winning the case he had initiated. It was Shabashkin who kept busy on his behalf, acting in his name, intimidating and bribing judges, and interpreting every possible edict every which way (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > вкривь и впрямь

  • 8 и вкривь и вкось

    ВКРИВЬ И ВКОСЬ; ВКОСЬ И ВКРИВЬ obs
    [AdvP; these forms only; adv]
    =====
    1. Also: И ВКРИВЬ И ВКОСЬ [fixed WO]
    (of numerous disorderly lines made when writing, drawing, stitching etc, of tracks left by vehicles or people, of a person's gait etc) unsystematically, in an irregular or disorderly fashion, in different ways or directions:
    - all over (the place <the paper etc>;
    - [in limited contexts] crisscrossing (in all directions);
    - [in limited contexts] all askew;
    || написано( напечатано) вкривь и вкось written (printed) at all angles (across the page).
         ♦ Столы были сдвинуты со своих, геометрией подсказанных, правильных мест и стояли то там, то сям, вкривь и вкось... (Битов 2). The tables had been moved from their geometrically suggested correct places to stand here and there, every which way (2a).
         ♦ Для довершения сходства [с медведем] фрак на нём был совершенно медвежьего цвета, рукава длинны, панталоны длинны, ступнями ступал он и вкривь и вкось и наступал беспрестанно на чужие ноги (Гоголь 3). То complete the resemblance [to a bear], his frock coat was precisely the color of a bear's pelt, with sleeves and trousers that were too long; he set his feet down clumsily, this way and that way, and was continually treading on other people's feet (3c).
         ♦ С ними [оловянными солдатиками] происходило что-то совсем необыкновенное... Усы, нарисованные вкривь и вкось, стали на свои места и начали шевелиться... (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). Something quite unusual was happening to [the tin soldiers].... Their mustaches, painted all askew, rose up in their places and began to twitch... (1a).
    2. (sth. is going, progressing) poorly; (sth. is done) not as it should be (done):
    - twisted and awry.
         ♦ И мне плохо. Плохо оттого, что все идёт у нас с Юркой вкривь и вкось, и он этого не замечает (Михайловская 1). And I feel rotten. Because everything between Yuri and me is twisted and awry and he fails to notice it (1a).
    3. толковать (что), судить и т.п. Also: ВКРИВЬ (ВКОСЬ) И ВПРЯМЬ obs, coll [fixed WO]
    (to interpret sth.) the way one wants to (with the implication that one's interpretation is incorrect or unfounded, that one distorts the phenomenon's true nature or meaning):
    - [in limited contexts](interpret etc sth.) to suit one's own interests.
         ♦ "Давно пора понять, что это всё - пустые фразы, которые можно толковать вкривь и вкось" (Зиновьев 2). "It's high time to realise that all that is just empty phrases which you can interpret in any way you like" (2a).
         ♦...[Троекуров] мало заботился о выигрыше им затеянного дела, Шабашкин за него хлопотал, действуя от его имени, стращая и подкупая судей и толкуя вкривь и впрямь всевозможные указы (Пушкин 1). [Troekurov] cared... little about winning the case he had initiated. It was Shabashkin who kept busy on his behalf, acting in his name, intimidating and bribing judges, and interpreting every possible edict every which way (1a).

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