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  • 1 неспособный передвигаться

    Sociology: unable to move

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > неспособный передвигаться

  • 2 В-92

    НИ ВЗАД НИ ВПЕРЁД coll AdvP Invar fixed WO
    1. Also: НИ ВЗАД И НИ ВПЕРЁД ( adv or predic (subj: human, animal, or a noun denoting a vehicle)) (some person, animal, or vehicle is) unable to move in any direction, (does) not move from one's or its place
    X ни взад ни вперёд = X won't (can't) move (go) backward or forward
    X won't move (go) one way or the other (either one way or the other) X won't move an inch X won't budge (an inch).
    Машина застряла в грязи - и ни взад ни вперёд. The car got stuck in the mud and couldn't go backward or forward.
    2. (predic with subj: abstr, concr, or human) (of a person's work, matters etc, or of a person who is trying to do a project, task etc) not to show any progress, be in the same state
    X ни взад ни вперёд - X is making no progress (headway)
    X is at a (complete) standstill there is absolutely no progress with thing X X isn't getting anywhere.

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  • 3 ни взад и ни вперед

    [AdvP; Invar; fixed WO]
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    1. Also: НИ ВЗАД И НИ ВПЕРЕД [adv or predic (subj: human, animal, or a noun denoting a vehicle)]
    ⇒ (some person, animal, or vehicle is) unable to move in any direction, (does) not move from one's or its place:
    - X ни взад ни вперёд≈ X won't (can't) move <go> backward or forward;
    - X won't move <go> one way or the other (either one way or the other);
    - X won't budge (an inch).
         ♦ Машина застряла в грязи - и ни взад ни вперёд. The car got stuck in the mud and couldn't go backward or forward.
    2. [predic with subj: abstr, concr, or human]
    ⇒ (of a person's work, matters etc, or of a person who is trying to do a project, task etc) not to show any progress, be in the same state:
    - X isn't getting anywhere.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > ни взад и ни вперед

  • 4 ни взад ни вперед

    [AdvP; Invar; fixed WO]
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    1. Also: НИ ВЗАД И НИ ВПЕРЕД [adv or predic (subj: human, animal, or a noun denoting a vehicle)]
    ⇒ (some person, animal, or vehicle is) unable to move in any direction, (does) not move from one's or its place:
    - X ни взад ни вперёд≈ X won't (can't) move <go> backward or forward;
    - X won't move <go> one way or the other (either one way or the other);
    - X won't budge (an inch).
         ♦ Машина застряла в грязи - и ни взад ни вперёд. The car got stuck in the mud and couldn't go backward or forward.
    2. [predic with subj: abstr, concr, or human]
    ⇒ (of a person's work, matters etc, or of a person who is trying to do a project, task etc) not to show any progress, be in the same state:
    - X ни взад ни вперёд≈ X is making no progress (headway);
    - X isn't getting anywhere.

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  • 5 Я-49

    БЕЗ ЯЗЫКА быть*?, остаться obsoles PrepP Invar subj-compl with copula (subj: human) to have lost permanently or temporarily the ability to speak
    X остался без языка = X was unable to speak
    X was incapable of speaking (speech) (of a temporary inability to speak) X was tongue-tied.
    Прошло несколько дней, и я узнала, что у Кривицкого -второй удар. Теперь он опять без языка и почти неподвижен (Гинзбург 2). A few days went by and I learned that Krivitsky had had a second stroke. He was once more unable to speak and almost unable to move (2a).
    Дело касалось его старинного друга... положение было отвратительное, разбирательство очень тяжёлое и чреватое (друг этот не то что-то написал, не то что-то подписал, не то напечатал, не то вслух сказал...), Лёва не то был замешан, не то касался боком... От него - требовалось. Он совсем потерял себя и ходил вовсе без лица и без языка... (Битов 2). The affair concerned an old friend...the situation was wretched, the investigation very painful and highly charged (the friend had maybe written something, or signed something, or printed it, or said it aloud...), Lyova was either implicated or indirectly involved... Something was required of him. He utterly lost his composure and went around totally blank-faced and tongue-tied... (2a).

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  • 6 без языка

    • БЕЗ ЯЗЫКА быть, остаться obsoles
    [PrepP; Invar; subj-compl with copula (subj: human)]
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    ⇒ to have lost permanently or temporarily the ability to speak:
    - X остался без языка≈ X was unable to speak;
    - X was incapable of speaking < speech>;
    - [of a temporary inability to speak] X was tongue-tied.
         ♦ Прошло несколько дней, и я узнала, что у Кривицкого - второй удар. Теперь он опять без языка и почти неподвижен (Гинзбург 2). A few days went by and I learned that Krivitsky had had a second stroke. He was once more unable to speak and almost unable to move (2a).
         ♦ Дело касалось его старинного друга... положение было отвратительное, разбирательство очень тяжёлое и чреватое (друг этот не то что-то написал, не то что-то подписал, не то напечатал, не то вслух сказал...), Лёва не то был замешан, не то касался боком... От него - требовалось. Он совсем потерял себя и ходил вовсе без лица и без языка... (Битов 2). The affair concerned an old friend...the situation was wretched, the investigation very painful and highly charged (the friend had maybe written something, or signed something, or printed it, or said it aloud...), Lyova was either implicated or indirectly involved... Something was required of him. He utterly lost his composure and went around totally blank-faced and tongue-tied... (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > без языка

  • 7 немобильный

    1) Military: immobile
    2) Automobile industry: non-mobile
    3) Sociology: unable to move

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > немобильный

  • 8 представитель офисного планктона

    General subject: microserf (An individual working in a low-paid service industry position using information technologies, usually with only basic qualification, unable to move to a higher paid positi)

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > представитель офисного планктона

  • 9 Н-111

    БЕЗ ЗАДНИХ НОГ PrepP Invar fixed WO
    1. бытье, остаться, вернуться и т. п. - highly coll. Also: БЕЗ НОГ coll
    subj-compl with copula (subj: human) (to be, come back etc) exhausted, unable to move (because of walking, work etc)
    X был - - X was dead on his feet
    X was dropping in his tracks X was ready to drop X was dead beat (dead tired, dog-tired) X was bushed (worn out etc) X had worn himself out (in limited contexts) X was tuckered out.
    Дай ей отдохнуть немного, она вернулась домой без задних ног. Let her rest up a bit, she came home dead on her feet
    ...Ha похоронах из жильцов, званых на похороны... никто почти не был... Пётр Петрович Лужин, например, самый, можно сказать, солиднейший из всех жильцов, не явился... Не пришел тоже и толстый подполковник (в сущности, отставной штабс-капитан), но оказалось, что он «без задних ног» еще со вчерашнего утра (Достоевский 3)...Of the lodgers that had been invited to the funeral, practically nobody had attended... Pyotr Petrovich Luzhin, for example, the most respectable, one might say, of all the lodgers, had not put in an appearance....A stout lieutenant colonel (in reality a retired second lieutenant) had not come either, but it turned out he had been "dead beat" since yesterday morning (3a).
    Калошин:) Если бегать каждому в анкету заглядывать - без ног останешься (Вампилов 1). (К..) If you had to run and check what everyone wrote on his registration form you'd wear yourself out... (1a)
    2. coll спать -
    adv
    (to sleep) very soundly
    X спит - — X is fast (sound) asleep
    X is sleeping like a log X is dead to the world.
    «Даже не шевельнулся, спит без задних ног» (Распутин 4). "Не didn't even stir, he's fast asleep" (4a)

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  • 10 без задних ног

    [PrepP; Invar; fixed WO]
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    1. быть, остаться, вернуться и т.п. без задних ног highly coll. Also: БЕЗ НОГ coll [subj-compl with copula (subj: human)]
    ⇒ (to be, come back etc) exhausted, unable to move (because of walking, work etc):
    - X was dead beat (dead tired, dog-tired);
    - X was bushed (worn out etc);
    - [in limited contexts] X was tuckered out.
         ♦ Дай ей отдохнуть немного, она вернулась домой без задних ног. Let her rest up a bit, she came home dead on her feet
         ♦...На похоронах из жильцов, званых на похороны... никто почти не был... Пётр Петрович Лужин, например, самый, можно сказать, солиднейший из всех жильцов, не явился... Не пришел тоже и толстый подполковник (в сущности, отставной штабс-капитан), но оказалось, что он "без задних ног" еще со вчерашнего утра (Достоевский 3)....Of the lodgers that had been invited to the funeral, practically nobody had attended... Pyotr Petrovich Luzhin, for example, the most respectable, one might say, of all the lodgers, had not put in an appearance....A stout lieutenant colonel (in reality a retired second lieutenant) had not come either, but it turned out he had been "dead beat" since yesterday morning (3a).
         ♦ [Калошин:] Если бегать каждому в анкету заглядывать - без ног останешься (Вампилов 1). [К..] If you had to run and check what everyone wrote on his registration form you'd wear yourself out... (1a)
    2. coll спать - [adv]
    ⇒ (to sleep) very soundly:
    - X спит - - X is fast (sound) asleep;
    - X is dead to the world.
         ♦ "Даже не шевельнулся, спит без задних ног" (Распутин 4). "He didn't even stir, he's fast asleep" (4a)

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > без задних ног

  • 11 без ног

    [PrepP; Invar; fixed WO]
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    1. быть, остаться, вернуться и т.п. без ног highly coll. Also: БЕЗ НОГ coll [subj-compl with copula (subj: human)]
    ⇒ (to be, come back etc) exhausted, unable to move (because of walking, work etc):
    - X was dead beat (dead tired, dog-tired);
    - X was bushed (worn out etc);
    - [in limited contexts] X was tuckered out.
         ♦ Дай ей отдохнуть немного, она вернулась домой без задних ног. Let her rest up a bit, she came home dead on her feet
         ♦...На похоронах из жильцов, званых на похороны... никто почти не был... Пётр Петрович Лужин, например, самый, можно сказать, солиднейший из всех жильцов, не явился... Не пришел тоже и толстый подполковник (в сущности, отставной штабс-капитан), но оказалось, что он " без задних ног" еще со вчерашнего утра (Достоевский 3)....Of the lodgers that had been invited to the funeral, practically nobody had attended... Pyotr Petrovich Luzhin, for example, the most respectable, one might say, of all the lodgers, had not put in an appearance....A stout lieutenant colonel (in reality a retired second lieutenant) had not come either, but it turned out he had been "dead beat" since yesterday morning (3a).
         ♦ [Калошин:] Если бегать каждому в анкету заглядывать - без ног останешься (Вампилов 1). [К..] If you had to run and check what everyone wrote on his registration form you'd wear yourself out... (1a)
    2. coll спать - [adv]
    ⇒ (to sleep) very soundly:
    - X спит - - X is fast (sound) asleep;
    - X is dead to the world.
         ♦ "Даже не шевельнулся, спит без задних ног" (Распутин 4). "He didn't even stir, he's fast asleep" (4a)

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > без ног

  • 12 ревмя реветь

    прост.
    howl; howl dismally; bellow out loud; bawl one's head off

    - Потом начались приступы. И если схватит меня такой приступ где-нибудь в дороге, я не только ревмя реву, но и двигаться не имею возможности. (П. Нилин, Из африканского дневника) — Then the attacks started. And if one of them came on in the street, I not only used to bellow out loud, but was quite unable to move.

    В позапрошлом году, заблудившись за Качей, я встретил женщину, которая ревмя ревела, отыскивая какую-то контору. (В. Астафьев, Царь-рыба) — The year before last, losing my way on the other side of the Kacha, I met a woman who was bawling her head off after trying to find some office.

    Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > ревмя реветь

  • 13 Ш-20

    НИ ШАГУ NP gen Invar
    1. \Ш-20 (дальше, вперед, назад и т. п.) ( indep. sent used as imper
    do not move (used as a command forbidding s.o. to move from the precise spot where he is standing)
    not a (one) step farther!
    freeze! stay where you are! stay put! don't move (budge) (an inch)!
    2. — к кому, куда coll (predic
    subj: human usu. used as imper
    not to visit s.o. or go to some place at all ( usu. used as an order or warning): Imper к Y-y (в место Z) - ни шагу = don't (don't you dare etc) set foot in Y's house (at Y's apartment, in place Z etc)
    don't even think about going to Yb house (Yb apartment, place Z etc) don't even think about going to see Y.
    3. - откуда coll (predic
    subj: human (often omitted)) not to leave some place (for a certain period of time or ever) (often used as a command): Imper из места Z ни шагу — don't set foot outside (out of) place Z.
    (Мурзавецкая:) Смотреть за Аполлоном Викторычем, чтоб ни шагу из дому! (Островский 5). (М.:) Watch out for Apollon Viktorovich. Don't let him set foot out of the house! (5a).
    4. \Ш-20 не сделать, не предпринять (obj) not (to do or make any attempt to do) anything (in a situation where some action is expected, required etc): not make a (single) move
    not take any steps (in limited contexts) make no effort (to do sth.).
    5. - (не отставать, не отходить и т. п.) от кого-чего ( adv or predic
    subj: usu. human or animal)) not (to fall behind s.o. or sth.) even the slightest distance (when walking, running etc)
    X не отставал (не отходил) от Y-a \Ш-20 = X stayed right on person Yb heels (tail).
    6. - от кого-чего (не отходить и т. п.) ( adv or predic (with subj: human or animal)) not (to be far from s.o.) for even the slightest amount of time
    X не отходит от Y-a \Ш-20 — X is never more than a few steps (feet) away from Y
    X doesn't leave Y (Yb side) for an instant (a second, a minute) X sticks (stays) close to Y all the time (at all times etc) X stays glued to Y% side.
    7. - без кого (predic
    subj: human not to do or undertake anything (without s.o. 's consent, permission)
    X без Y-a \Ш-20 = X doesn't (dare (dare to)) take a step (make a move) without Y (Yb permission, Y's go-ahead, Yb OK etc)
    (Саяпин:)...Без жены он, сам знаешь, ни шагу. (Зилов:) А он жену вчера на юг отправил. (Саяпин:) Вот оно что. То-то загулял мужик... (Вампилов 5). (S.:)... You know he doesn't make a move without his wife. (Z.:) But he sent her off to the south yesterday. (S.:) So that's why the guy is cutting loose... (5b).
    8. \Ш-20 без кого-чего (predic
    impers or with subj: human to be unable to function, act etc without s.o. or sth.: X без Y-a \Ш-20 = X won't (can't, doesn't etc) do anything (do a thing, go anywhere etc) without Y X is lost (helpless) without Y (in limited contexts) X can't get along (make it) without Y.
    «Ведь не обходится же военная музыка без специалистов с высшим образованием?» - «Но без тебя-то, Аркадий, любая музыка обойдётся! Я в этом нисколько не сомневаюсь!» -«Ещё бы, конечно! Но ведь мне-то без неё - куда? Я без неё -ни шагу...» (Залыгин 1). "How can martial music get along without specialists with higher education?" "Any music can get along without you, Arkady! I've no doubt about that." "Of course it can! But how can I get along without it? Without it I can't do a thing..." (1a).

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  • 14 ни шагу

    [NPgen; Invar]
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    1. ни шагу (дальше, вперёд, назад и т. п.) [indep. sent used as imper]
    ⇒ do not move (used as a command forbidding s.o. to move from the precise spot where he is standing):
    - not a < one> step farther!;
    - freeze!;
    - stay where you are!;
    - stay put!;
    - don't move (budge) (an inch)!
    2. ни шагу к кому, куда coll [predic; subj: human; usu. used as imper]
    ⇒ not to visit s.o. or go to some place at all (usu. used as an order or warning):
    - Imper к Y-y (в место Z) - ни шагу≈ don't (don't you dare etc) set foot in Y's house (at Y's apartment, in place Z etc);
    - don't even think about going to Y's house <Y's apartment, place Z etc>;
    - don't even think about going to see Y.
    3. ни шагу откуда coll [predic; subj: human (often omitted)]
    ⇒ not to leave some place (for a certain period of time or ever) (often used as a command):
    - Imper из места Z ни шагу≈ don't set foot outside (out of) place Z.
         ♦ [Мурзавецкая:] Смотреть за Аполлоном Викторычем, чтоб ни шагу из дому! (Островский 5). [М.:] Watch out for Apollon Viktorovich. Don't let him set foot out of the house! (5a).
    4. ни шагу не сделать, не предпринять [obj]
    ⇒ not (to do or make any attempt to do) anything (in a situation where some action is expected, required etc):
    - [in limited contexts] make no effort (to do sth.).
    5. ни шагу (не отставать, не отходить и т. п.) от кого-чего [adv or predic (subj: usu. human or animal)]
    ⇒ not (to fall behind s.o. or sth.) even the slightest distance (when walking, running etc):
    - X не отставал (не отходил) от Y-a ни шагу ≈ X stayed right on person Y's heels (tail).
    6. ни шагу от кого-чего (не отходить и т. п.) [adv or predic (with subj: human or animal)]
    ⇒ not (to be far from s.o.) for even the slightest amount of time:
    - X doesn't leave Y (Y'sside) for an instant (a second, a minute);
    - X sticks (stays) close to Y all the time (at all times etc);
    - X stays glued to Y's side.
    7. ни шагу без кого [predic; subj: human]
    ⇒ not to do or undertake anything (without s.o.'s consent, permission):
    - X без Y-a ни шагу ≈ X doesn't (dare < dare to>) take a step (make a move) without Y <Y's permission, Y's go-ahead, Y's OK etc>.
         ♦ [Саяпин:]...Без жены он, сам знаешь, ни шагу. [Зилов:] А он жену вчера на юг отправил. [Саяпин:] Вот оно что. То-то загулял мужик... (Вампилов 5). [S.:]... You know he doesn't make a move without his wife. [Z.:] But he sent her off to the south yesterday. [S.:] So that's why the guy is cutting loose... (5b).
    8. ни шагу без кого-чего [predic; impers or with subj: human]
    ⇒ to be unable to function, act etc without s.o. or sth.:
    - X без Y-a ни шагу ≈ X won't (can't, doesn't etc) do anything (do a thing, go anywhere etc) without Y;
    - [in limited contexts] X can't get along (make it) without Y.
         ♦ "Ведь не обходится же военная музыка без специалистов с высшим образованием?" - "Но без тебя-то, Аркадий, любая музыка обойдётся! Я в этом нисколько не сомневаюсь!" - "Ещё бы, конечно! Но ведь мне-то без неё - куда? Я без неё - ни шагу..." (Залыгин 1). "How can martial music get along without specialists with higher education?" "Any music can get along without you, Arkady! I've no doubt about that." "Of course it can! But how can I get along without it? Without it I can't do a thing..." (1a).

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  • 15 Ш-5

    НИ НА ШАГ PrepP Invar
    1. \Ш-5 (не отставать, не отходить и т. п.) от кого-чего.
    Also: НИ НА ПЯДЬ coll ( adv or predic (with subj: usu. human or animal)) not (to fall behind s.o. or sth.) even the slightest distance (when walking, running etc)
    X не отходил (не отставал) от Y-a \Ш-5 = X stayed right on person Y's heels (tail).
    Мы бежали по улице, и собака не отставала ни на шаг. We ran down the street, and the dog stayed right on our heels.
    2. \Ш-5 (не отходить, не отставать и т. п.) от кого-чего, не отпускать кого. Also: НИ НА ПЯДЬ coll ( adv or predic (with subj: human or animal)) not (to be far from s.o.) for even the slightest amount of time
    X не отходит от Y-a \Ш-5 = X is never more than a few steps (feet) away from Y
    X doesn't leave Y (Yb side) for an instant (a moment, a second, a minute) X sticks (stays) close to Y all the time (at all times etc) X stays glued to Yb side
    Y не отпускает X-a (от себя) \Ш-5 = Y doesn't let (never lets) X out of Y's sight.
    "...Здесь отец мне твердит: „Мой кабинет к твоим услугам - никто тебе мешать не будет" а сам от меня ни на шаг» (Тургенев 2). "Неге father keeps on repeating: 'My study's at your disposal - nobody will be in your way,' but he doesn't leave my side for a minute" (2a).
    «Сань, а ты меня бы туда не взял как-нибудь?»...Да пошли хоть сейчас... Только от меня ни на шаг!» (Аксёнов 6). "Sanya, I suppose you couldn't take me down there, could you?" "Sure, let's go now if you like....Only stick close to me at all times" (6a).
    В первые дни после его возвращения из лесу или со сплава двойнята ни на шаг от него... (Абрамов 1). For the first few days after he came back from the forest or the river, the twins would never let him out of their sight.. (1a).
    3. \Ш-5 без кого (predic
    subj: human not to do or undertake anything (without s.o. 's consent or permission)
    X без Y-a \Ш-5 =* X doesn't (dare to) take a step (make a move) without Y (Y4s permission, Yb go-ahead, Y's OK).
    4. \Ш-5 без кого-чего (predic
    impers or with subj: human to be unable to function, act etc without s.o. or sth.: X без Y-a \Ш-5 = X won't (can't, doesn't etc) do anything (go anywhere etc) without Y X is lost (helpless) without Y (in limited contexts) X can't get along without Y.
    Наша Лена без своей любимой куклы ни на шаг. Our Lena's lost without her favorite doll.
    5. \Ш-5 не продвинуть что, не продвинуться, не отступать от чего и т. п.
    adv
    not (to move some matter ahead, advance, deviate from some regulations etc) to any extent or in any way
    not (by) one (a, a single) step
    not in the least not at all not one bit.
    "Я — по закону-с! He отступая-с... ни на шаг-с... ни на волос-с!» (Салтыков-Щедрин 2). I'm acting according to law! Without deviating by a single step...not by a hair's breadth, sir!" (2a).
    Пьер с главноуправляющим каждый день занимался. Но он чувствовал, что занятия его ни на шаг не подвигали дела (Толстой 5). Every day Pierre went into things with his head steward. But he felt that this did not forward matters in the least (5a).
    Внутри, кажется, что-то точило его (Гришу) непобедимо. Ведь его собственные дела не продвинулись ни на шаг... (Трифонов 1)... Inside something seemed to be eating away at Grisha, something which he could not control. After all, his own career hadn't moved forward at all... (1a).

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  • 16 ни на пядь

    [PrepP; Invar]
    =====
    1. ни на пядь (не отставать, не отходить и т. п.) от кого-чего. Also: НИ НА ПЯДЬ coll [adv or predic (with subj: usu. human or animal)]
    ⇒ not (to fall behind s.o. or sth.) even the slightest distance (when walking, running etc):
    - X не отходил < не отставал> от Y-a ни на пядь ≈ X stayed right on person Y's heels < tail>.
         ♦ Мы бежали по улице, и собака не отставала ни на шаг. We ran down the street, and the dog stayed right on our heels.
    2. ни на пядь (не отходить, не отставать и т. п.) от кого-чего, не отпускать кого. Also: НИ НА ПЯДЬ coll [adv or predic (with subj: human or animal)]
    ⇒ not (to be far from s.o.) for even the slightest amount of time:
    - X не отходит от Y-a ни на пядь ≈ X is never more than a few steps < feet> away from Y;
    - X doesn't leave Y (Y's side) for an instant <a moment, a second, a minute>;
    - X sticks < stays> close to Y all the time <at all times etc>;
    || Y не отпускает X-a ( от себя) ни на пядь ≈ Y doesn't let < never lets> X out of Y's sight.
         ♦ "...Здесь отец мне твердит: "Мой кабинет к твоим услугам - никто тебе мешать не будет"; а сам от меня ни на шаг" (Тургенев 2). "Here father keeps on repeating: 'My study's at your disposal - nobody will be in your way,' but he doesn't leave my side for a minute" (2a).
         ♦ "Сань, а ты меня бы туда не взял как-нибудь?" - "Да пошли хоть сейчас... Только от меня ни на шаг!" (Аксёнов 6). "Sanya, I suppose you couldn't take me down there, could you?" "Sure, let's go now if you like....Only stick close to me at all times" (6a).
         ♦ В первые дни после его возвращения из лесу или со сплава двойнята ни на шаг от него... (Абрамов 1). For the first few days after he came back from the forest or the river, the twins would never let him out of their sight... (1a).
    3. ни на пядь без кого [predic; subj: human]
    ⇒ not to do or undertake anything (without s.o.'s consent or permission):
    - X без Y-a ни на пядь ≈ X doesn't (dare to) take a step < make a move> without Y (Y's permission, Y's go-ahead, Y's OK).
    4. ни на пядь без кого-чего [predic; impers or with subj: human]
    ⇒ to be unable to function, act etc without s.o. or sth.:
    - X без Y-a ни на пядь ≈ X won't <can't, doesn't etc> do anything <go anywhere etc> without Y;
    - [in limited contexts] X can't get along without Y.
         ♦ Наша Лена без своей любимой куклы ни на шаг. Our Lena's lost without her favorite doll.
    5. ни на пядь не продвинуть что, не продвинуться, не отступать от чего и т.п. [adv]
    ⇒ not (to move some matter ahead, advance, deviate from some regulations etc) to any extent or in any way:
    - not (by) one <a, a single> step;
    - not one bit.
         ♦ "Я - по закону-с! Не отступая-с... ни на шаг-с... ни на волос-с!" (Салтыков-Щедрин 2). "I'm acting according to law! Without deviating by a single step...not by a hair's breadth, sir!" (2a).
         ♦ Пьер с главноуправляющим каждый день занимался. Но он чувствовал, что занятия его ни на шаг не подвигали дела (Толстой 5). Every day Pierre went into things with his head steward. But he felt that this did not forward matters in the least (5a).
         ♦...Внутри, кажется, что-то точило его [Гришу] непобедимо. Ведь его собственные дела не продвинулись ни на шаг... (Трифонов 1)... Inside something seemed to be eating away at Grisha, something which he could not control. After all, his own career hadn't moved forward at all... (1a).

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  • 17 ни на шаг

    [PrepP; Invar]
    =====
    1. ни на шаг (не отставать, не отходить и т. п.) от кого-чего. Also: НИ НА ПЯДЬ coll [adv or predic (with subj: usu. human or animal)]
    ⇒ not (to fall behind s.o. or sth.) even the slightest distance (when walking, running etc):
    - X не отходил < не отставал> от Y-a ни на шаг ≈ X stayed right on person Y's heels < tail>.
         ♦ Мы бежали по улице, и собака не отставала ни на шаг. We ran down the street, and the dog stayed right on our heels.
    2. ни на шаг (не отходить, не отставать и т. п.) от кого-чего, не отпускать кого. Also: НИ НА ПЯДЬ coll [adv or predic (with subj: human or animal)]
    ⇒ not (to be far from s.o.) for even the slightest amount of time:
    - X не отходит от Y-a ни на шаг ≈ X is never more than a few steps < feet> away from Y;
    - X doesn't leave Y (Y's side) for an instant <a moment, a second, a minute>;
    - X sticks < stays> close to Y all the time <at all times etc>;
    || Y не отпускает X-a ( от себя) ни на шаг ≈ Y doesn't let < never lets> X out of Y's sight.
         ♦ "...Здесь отец мне твердит: "Мой кабинет к твоим услугам - никто тебе мешать не будет"; а сам от меня ни на шаг" (Тургенев 2). "Here father keeps on repeating: 'My study's at your disposal - nobody will be in your way,' but he doesn't leave my side for a minute" (2a).
         ♦ "Сань, а ты меня бы туда не взял как-нибудь?" - "Да пошли хоть сейчас... Только от меня ни на шаг!" (Аксёнов 6). "Sanya, I suppose you couldn't take me down there, could you?" "Sure, let's go now if you like....Only stick close to me at all times" (6a).
         ♦ В первые дни после его возвращения из лесу или со сплава двойнята ни на шаг от него... (Абрамов 1). For the first few days after he came back from the forest or the river, the twins would never let him out of their sight... (1a).
    3. ни на шаг без кого [predic; subj: human]
    ⇒ not to do or undertake anything (without s.o.'s consent or permission):
    - X без Y-a ни на шаг ≈ X doesn't (dare to) take a step < make a move> without Y (Y's permission, Y's go-ahead, Y's OK).
    4. ни на шаг без кого-чего [predic; impers or with subj: human]
    ⇒ to be unable to function, act etc without s.o. or sth.:
    - X без Y-a ни на шаг ≈ X won't <can't, doesn't etc> do anything <go anywhere etc> without Y;
    - [in limited contexts] X can't get along without Y.
         ♦ Наша Лена без своей любимой куклы ни на шаг. Our Lena's lost without her favorite doll.
    5. ни на шаг не продвинуть что, не продвинуться, не отступать от чего и т.п. [adv]
    ⇒ not (to move some matter ahead, advance, deviate from some regulations etc) to any extent or in any way:
    - not (by) one <a, a single> step;
    - not one bit.
         ♦ "Я - по закону-с! Не отступая-с... ни на шаг-с... ни на волос-с!" (Салтыков-Щедрин 2). "I'm acting according to law! Without deviating by a single step...not by a hair's breadth, sir!" (2a).
         ♦ Пьер с главноуправляющим каждый день занимался. Но он чувствовал, что занятия его ни на шаг не подвигали дела (Толстой 5). Every day Pierre went into things with his head steward. But he felt that this did not forward matters in the least (5a).
         ♦...Внутри, кажется, что-то точило его [Гришу] непобедимо. Ведь его собственные дела не продвинулись ни на шаг... (Трифонов 1)... Inside something seemed to be eating away at Grisha, something which he could not control. After all, his own career hadn't moved forward at all... (1a).

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  • 18 Ш-24

    ШАГУ НЕЛЬЗЯ (НЕВОЗМОЖНО, HE МОЧЬ, HE СМЕТЬ) СТУПИТЬ (СДЕЛАТЬ) coll ( impers predic with бытье (variants with нельзя, невозможно) or VP (subj: human)
    1. \Ш-24 (без кого-чего) s.o. is unable to act independently (because he is insecure, because another prohibits it etc)
    X шагу ступить не может = X can't (doesn't dare (to)) take a step (make a move) on his own (without person Yb permission, without person Y's go-ahead etc)
    (Муров:) Я совершеннолетний, а не смею ступить шагу без позволения... (Островский 3). (М.:)...Неге I am, a grown man, and I cannot take a step without her permission... (3a).
    2. \Ш-24 без кого-чего s.o. cannot function, act etc without another person or some thing
    X шагу ступить не может без Y-a - X is lost (helpless) without Y
    X can't get along (manage, do anything etc) without Y X can't (can barely etc) take a (single) step without Y.
    Прошло несколько дней с тех пор, как исчезло ведомство капитана Миляги, но в районе никто этого не заметил. И ведь пропала не иголка в сене, а солидное Учреждение, занимавшее в ряду других учреждений весьма заметное место. Такое учреждение, что без него вроде и шагу ступить нельзя (Войнович 2). Several days had passed since Captain Milyaga's department had vanished, but nobody in the district seemed to notice. And after all it wasn't a needle that had vanished in a haystack but a reputable Institution which occupied a prominent place among other institutions. An Institution without which you could barely take a single step (2a).

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  • 19 шагу не мочь сделать

    • ШАГУ НЕЛЬЗЯ (НЕВОЗМОЖНО, НЕ МОЧЬ, НЕ СМЕТЬ) СТУПИТЬ (СДЕЛАТЬ) coll
    [impers predic with быть (variants with нельзя, невозможно) or VP (subj: human)]
    =====
    1. шагу не мочь сделать (без кого-чего) s.o. is unable to act independently (because he is insecure, because another prohibits it etc):
    - X шагу ступить не может≈ X can't (doesn't dare <to>) take a step (make a move) on his own (without person Y's permission, without person Y's go-ahead etc).
         ♦ [Муров:] Я совершеннолетний, а не смею ступить шагу без позволения... (Островский 3). [М.:]... Here I am, a grown man, and I cannot take a step without her permission... (3a).
    2. шагу не мочь сделать без кого-чего s.o. cannot function, act etc without another person or some thing:
    - X шагу ступить не может без Y-a ≈ X is lost (helpless) without Y;
    - X can't get along (manage, do anything etc) without Y;
    - X can't (can barely etc) take a (single) step without Y.
         ♦ Прошло несколько дней с тех пор, как исчезло ведомство капитана Миляги, но в районе никто этого не заметил. И ведь пропала не иголка в сене, а солидное Учреждение, занимавшее в ряду других учреждений весьма заметное место. Такое учреждение, что без него вроде и шагу ступить нельзя (Войнович 2). Several days had passed since Captain Milyaga's department had vanished, but nobody in the district seemed to notice. And after all it wasn't a needle that had vanished in a haystack but a reputable Institution which occupied a prominent place among other institutions. An Institution without which you could barely take a single step (2a).

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  • 20 шагу не мочь ступить

    • ШАГУ НЕЛЬЗЯ (НЕВОЗМОЖНО, НЕ МОЧЬ, НЕ СМЕТЬ) СТУПИТЬ (СДЕЛАТЬ) coll
    [impers predic with быть (variants with нельзя, невозможно) or VP (subj: human)]
    =====
    1. шагу не мочь ступить (без кого-чего) s.o. is unable to act independently (because he is insecure, because another prohibits it etc):
    - X шагу ступить не может≈ X can't (doesn't dare <to>) take a step (make a move) on his own (without person Y's permission, without person Y's go-ahead etc).
         ♦ [Муров:] Я совершеннолетний, а не смею ступить шагу без позволения... (Островский 3). [М.:]... Here I am, a grown man, and I cannot take a step without her permission... (3a).
    2. шагу не мочь ступить без кого-чего s.o. cannot function, act etc without another person or some thing:
    - X шагу ступить не может без Y-a ≈ X is lost (helpless) without Y;
    - X can't get along (manage, do anything etc) without Y;
    - X can't (can barely etc) take a (single) step without Y.
         ♦ Прошло несколько дней с тех пор, как исчезло ведомство капитана Миляги, но в районе никто этого не заметил. И ведь пропала не иголка в сене, а солидное Учреждение, занимавшее в ряду других учреждений весьма заметное место. Такое учреждение, что без него вроде и шагу ступить нельзя (Войнович 2). Several days had passed since Captain Milyaga's department had vanished, but nobody in the district seemed to notice. And after all it wasn't a needle that had vanished in a haystack but a reputable Institution which occupied a prominent place among other institutions. An Institution without which you could barely take a single step (2a).

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