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101 keep your fingers crossed
hope that nothing will go wrong надеяться, что все пройдет гладкоI have a job interview today. Keep your fingers crossed for me, will you? I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you.
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102 be all fingers and thumbs / my etc fingers are all thumbs
(to be very awkward or clumsy in handling or holding things: He was so excited that his fingers were all thumbs and he dropped the cup.) είμαι άγαρμποςEnglish-Greek dictionary > be all fingers and thumbs / my etc fingers are all thumbs
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103 be all fingers and thumbs / my etc fingers are all thumbs
(to be very awkward or clumsy in handling or holding things: He was so excited that his fingers were all thumbs and he dropped the cup.) mít obě ruce levéEnglish-Czech dictionary > be all fingers and thumbs / my etc fingers are all thumbs
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104 be all fingers and thumbs / my etc fingers are all thumbs
(to be very awkward or clumsy in handling or holding things: He was so excited that his fingers were all thumbs and he dropped the cup.) mať obidve ruky ľavéEnglish-Slovak dictionary > be all fingers and thumbs / my etc fingers are all thumbs
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105 all fingers and thumbs
Неловкий, неуклюжий. Искажённый вариант от all my fingers are thumbs («все мои пальцы большие» — «у меня руки-крюки»), т. е. человек не может координировать свои движения из-за сильного возбуждения или стресса.When the time came to open the Christmas presents Peter couldn't unwrap his fast enough. He was all fingers and thumbs. — Когда пришло время открывать рождественские подарки, Питер не смог быстро раскрыть свой. Он был очень неуклюж.
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106 you can count them on your fingers
You can count them on your fingers. /Can be counted on the fingers of one hand Раз - два и обчелсяEnglish-Russian combinatory dictionary > you can count them on your fingers
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107 keep your fingers crossed
keep your fingers crossed (cross your fingers) тьфу-тьфу́, не сгла́зить!The Americanisms. English-Russian dictionary. > keep your fingers crossed
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108 green fingers
n pl BrE infmlThe new dictionary of modern spoken language > green fingers
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109 snap one's fingers at
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110 three fingers
n pl infmlI'll take three fingers. It's been a hard day — Я немного выпью. Сегодня был тяжелый день
Your wife told me not to give you three fingers anymore — Твоя жена сказала мне, чтобы я тебе больше не наливал
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111 have smth. at one's fingers' ends
(have smth. at one's fingers' ends (finger-ends, finger tips или finger-tips))знать что-л. как свои пять пальцев, владеть чем-л. в совершенстве; ≈ собаку съесть на чём-лVicar: "I see you have the usual Rationalistic arguments at your fingers' ends." (W. S. Maugham, ‘The Unknown’, act 2) — Викарий: "Вы, как видно, мастер по части рационалистической аргументации."
Anderson was giving a course of lectures on the present business and... had all the figures at his finger-tips. (U. Sinclair, ‘Between Two Worlds’, ch. 37) — Андерсон читал курс лекций о современном капитализме и... приводил по памяти все цифры.
Nora had every detail of his banking and Stock Exchange transactions at her finger tips... (K. S. Prichard, ‘Winged Seeds’, ch. XIII) — Нора знала назубок все подробности биржевых и банковских сделок Фриско...
He had the scientific world at his finger-tips, and was one of the shrewdest men I knew... (C. P. Snow, ‘The Search’, part III, ch. VIII) — Макдональд знал ученый мир как свои пять пальцев и был одним из самых умных людей, каких я когда-либо встречал...
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112 have sticky fingers
амер.; жарг.на руку нечист; см. тж. stick to smb.'s fingersDon't leave money in your locker; some of the boys have sticky fingers. (DAI) — Не оставляйте деньги в шкафчике: у некоторых здешних ребят деньги прямо-таки прилипают к рукам.
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113 know smb. as one knows his ten fingers
(know smb. (или smth.) as one knows his ten fingers (тж. know smb. или smth. like the back или palm of one's hand, уст. as well as a beggar knows his dish))прекрасно знать кого-л. (или что-л.); ≈ знать кого-л. (или что-л.) как свои пять пальцевI know thou knowest every place by the river's side as well as... the beggar knows his dish. (W. Scott, ‘The Fortunes of Nigel’, ch. XXI) — Ты, я знаю, изучил все места на Темзе... как нищий свою суму.
Martin knows that place like the palm of his hand. (C. P. Snow, ‘The Affair’, ch. 11) — Мартин знает колледж как свои пять пальцев.
He knew his assets and his liabilities, as he knew his ten fingers. (Th. Dreiser, ‘The Financier’, ch. XXX) — Он прекрасно знал состояние своего актива и пассива.
I've lived in New York all my life, and I know Central Park like the back of my hand. (J. Salinger, ‘The Catcher in the Rye’, ch. XX) — Всю жизнь я прожил в Нью-Йорке и знаю Центральный парк вдоль и поперек.
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114 one's fingers are all thumbs
неловкий, неуклюжий человек, растяпа; ≈ у него (у неё и т. д.) всё из рук валится, у него (у неё и т. д.) руки-крюки; см. тж. be all thumbs‘Oh dear, Laurie, my fingers are all thumbs,’ she paused for a moment to collect her thoughts, then began to play. (A. J. Cronin, ‘A Song of Sixpence’, ch. III) — - Боже мой, Лори, пальцы мне не повинуются! - Мама немного помедлила, собралась с духом и начала играть.
Blanche: "When I'm so tired my fingers are all thumbs." (T. Williams, ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’, sc. VI) — Бланш: "Когда я так устаю, у меня все из рук валится."
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115 be all fingers and thumbs / my etc fingers are all thumbs
(to be very awkward or clumsy in handling or holding things: He was so excited that his fingers were all thumbs and he dropped the cup.) être empotéEnglish-French dictionary > be all fingers and thumbs / my etc fingers are all thumbs
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116 be all fingers and thumbs / my etc fingers are all thumbs
(to be very awkward or clumsy in handling or holding things: He was so excited that his fingers were all thumbs and he dropped the cup.) ter mão pesadaEnglish-Portuguese (Brazil) dictionary > be all fingers and thumbs / my etc fingers are all thumbs
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117 can be counted on the fingers of one hand
paзг. мoжнo пepecчитaть пo пaльцaм You could count on the fingers of one hand the number of times old man arrived late at the office during the thirty years he worked for the firmConcise English-Russian phrasebook > can be counted on the fingers of one hand
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118 one's fingers are all thumbs
paзг.oн нeлoвкий, нeуклюжий чeлoвeк, pacтяпa; у нeгo (у нeё и т. д.) вcё из pук вaлитcя, у нeгo (у нeё и т. д.) pуки-кpюкиBlanche. When I'm so tired my fingers are all thumbs (T. Williams). For clumsy she was. When it came to sawing, for example, her fingers were all thumbs (A. Huxley)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > one's fingers are all thumbs
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119 let smb. (or smth.) slip through one's fingers
упуcтить, выпуcтить из pук, пpoвopoнить кoгo-л. (или чтo-л.)I'm telling you, my lady, you made a big mistake when you let Joe slip through your fingers. He's the man I'd have liked to see my son-in-law (A. J. Cronin). Max, though not exactly extravagant, had a way of letting money slip through his fingers, and the thought of his practising economy seemed somehow incongruous (E. Lyalt)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > let smb. (or smth.) slip through one's fingers
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120 slip through one's fingers
уплывaть или уxoдить мeжду пaльцaми (или cквoзь пaльцы), уплывaть из pук; уcкoльзнуть oт кoгo-л. Jeeter's father had inherited about one half of the original Lester plantation and approximately half of that quickly slipped through his Fingers (E. Caldwelt). 'Will you marry me, Janna?' he said. 'Will you?' and I said, not even pausing to think, only obsessed by the fear that my lifelong desire might once again slip through my fingers, 'Oh yes, Mark - yes, I will, yes, yes, yes' (S. Howatch)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > slip through one's fingers
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