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мимолётные, случайные встречи (ср. разошлись как в море корабли) [первонач. амер.; выражение из стихотворения Г. Лонгфелло (Н. Longfellow):Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing.Only a signal shown and a distant voice in the darkness;So on the ocean of life we pass and speak one another.Only a look and a voice; then darkness again and a silence. (Является также названием романа Б. Харраден (В. Harraden, 1864 - 1936))]‘You remember, Fleur? The young Englishman I met at Mount Vernon.’ ‘Ships that pass in the night!’ said Fleur. (J. Galsworthy, ‘Swan Song’, part I, ch. X) — - Помнишь, Флер? Молодой англичанин, которого я встретил в Маунт-Верноне? - Мимолетное знакомство, - сказала Флер.
Don: "I'm crazy about you. I've been crazy about you for three whole years." Miranda (contemptuously): "Crazy about me! What about Beejie Lemaire, and Zenda Hicks?.." Don: "They didn't mean a thing to me, not a thing, you know they didn't. They were just ships that pass in the night." (N. Coward, ‘Relative Values’, act II, sc. II) — Дон: "Я без ума от тебя. Вот уже три года, как я без ума от тебя." Миранда (с презрением): "Без ума от меня? А как насчет Биджи Лемер и Зенды Хикс?.." Дон: "Они ничего для меня не значили, ничего. Ты же знаешь. Это были просто случайные знакомства."
It would be a great pity if we stopped being friends, simply for nothing... and drifted apart... like ships that pass in the night... (A. J. Cronin, ‘Shannon's Way’, book II, ch. 3) — Будет очень жаль, если наша дружба оборвется просто так, ни с того ни с сего... и мы разойдемся, как корабли, что встретились и разминулись в ночи...
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мимoлётныe, cлучaйныe вcтpeчи (cp. paзoшлиcь кaк в мope кopaбли) [пepвoнaч. aмep.; выpaжeниe из cтиxoтвopeния Г. Лoнгфeллo]Don. I'm crazy about you. I've been crazy about you for three whole years. Miranda (contemptuously). Crazy about me! What about Beejie Lemaire and Zenda Hicks? Don. They didn't mean a thing to me, not a thing you know they didn't. They were just ships that pass in the night (If. Coward). It would be a great pity if we stopped being friends, simply for nothing... and drifted apart... like ships that pass in the night (A. J. Cronin)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > ships that pass in the night
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