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1 к чему …
фраз. what's the use of
фраз. what's the use of arguing etc.? — к чему … (спорить и т.п.)Дополнительный универсальный русско-английский словарь > к чему …
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2 К чему спорить?
Colloquial: What's the use of arguing? -
3 к чему
Cliche: what's the use of (...) (arguing etc.) ? (спорить и т.п.;...) -
4 толочь воду в ступе
разг., неодобр.lit. grind water in one's mortar; cf. beat the air (wind); flog the air; bay the moon; bite (gnaw) the file; beat (flog) a dead horse; make bricks without straw; lash the waves; mill the wind; plough the sands; thrash over old straw- Не привычен болтать, - ответил резко Антонов. - Да и что толку? Толчёте воду в ступе. Ты своё, вон тот, в очках, своё. (Н. Вирта, Одиночество) — 'I'm no talker,' Antonov answered brusquely. 'And what's the use anyway? All your arguing is just flogging the air. You stick to your point, and so does that fellow there, in the glasses.'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > толочь воду в ступе
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5 толк
м1) смысл senseс толком — sensibly, intelligently, со знанием дела competently
взять в толк разг понять — to understand, to grasp, to figure out
2) польза good, useбе́з толку разг без цели — to no purpose, pointlessly, без результата in vain, to no avail
с ним говори́ть об э́том бе́з толку — it's no use talking to him about it
из э́того не вы́йдет толку — nothing (good) will come of it
из него́ не вы́йдет толку — he won't ever get anywhere, he's good-for-nothing
что толку спо́рить с ним, он всё равно́ не изме́нит реше́ния — what's the good/use of arguing with him, he won't change his mind anyway
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6 плетью обуха не перешибёшь
посл.lit. a whip cannot stand up to an axe; cf. there is no arguing with a large fist; might is right; wood can't be chopped with a rusty knife (with a penknife); you can't knock down a wall with a pea-shooter; it's no use butting your head against a wall- Не наше холопье дело разбирать барские воли, а, ей-богу, напрасно батюшка ваш пошёл на Кирила Петровича, плетью обуха не перешибёшь. (А. Пушкин, Дубровский) — 'It is not the business of us servants to have a say about what our masters please to do, but God knows that your father had no business to go against the will of Kirila Petrovich: it's no use butting your head against a wall.'
Чёрт с ним! - наконец решил [Василий Петрович]. - Поставлю этому подлецу тройку. Видно, плетью обуха не перешибёшь. (В. Катаев, Хуторок в степи) — 'To hell with it!' he decided at last. 'I'll give the young swine a bare pass. You can't knock down a wall with a pea-shooter.'
- Не брат ты мне, раз судьбу мою до конца изувечить решил. Так вот знай, плетью обуха не перешибёшь, а судьбу руками не разведёшь! (П. Проскурин, Судьба) — 'You're no brother of mine if you've decided to ruin my life altogether. Then let me remind you that wood can't be chopped with a rusty knife, and bare hands cannot break a life.'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > плетью обуха не перешибёшь
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