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1 nothing to write home about
разг.ничего особенного, ничего интересного, так себе, средне, нечем похвастаться, не ахти какой [первонач. воен.; жарг.]; см. тж. something to write home about и write home aboutThe dog was nothing to write home about, a cross between a ne'er-do-well heeler and a dingo... (K. S. Prichard, ‘N'Goola and Other Stories’, ‘His Dog’) — Эта собака ничего собой не представляла: помесь дворняжки с динго...
‘Your mother is very kind, Dorothy. She's asked us to dinner - I mean, to lunch - tomorrow.’ ‘So what? Our grub is nothing to write home about.’ ‘Oh, it's not that... I just appreciate the thought.’ (A. J. Cronin, ‘The Northern Light’, part II, ch. 2) — - Твоя мама очень добра, Дороти. Она приглашает нас завтра к обеду, то есть, я хочу сказать, к ленчу. - Ну и что же? Ты думаешь, у нас деликатесы подают, что ли? - Не в этом дело... Мне это просто приятно.
A few tables were occupied and he considered the noise nothing to write home about. (A. Sillitoe, ‘Saturday Night and Sunday Morning’, part I, ch. X) — Было занято всего несколько столиков, и шум показался Артуру вполне терпимым.
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2 nothing to write home about
paзг.ничeгo ocoбeннoгo, ничeгo интepecнoгo, тaк ceбe, cpeднe, нeчeм пoxвacтaтьcя, нe axти кaкoй [пepвoнaч. aмep. cл.]The dog was nothing to write home about, a cross between a ne'er-do-well he'eler and a dingo (K. S. Prichard). A few tables were occupied and he considered the noise nothing to write home about (A. Sillitoe)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > nothing to write home about
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3 nothing etc to write home about
adj infmlThat's nothing to write home about — Подумаешь, невидаль!
I don't fancy that he was anything to write home about — Не думаю, что он был какой-то особенный
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