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X and Y are like (as different as) heaven and earth

  • 1 Н-50

    (КАК) НЁБО И ЗЕМЛИ coll ((как +) NP these forms only subj-compl with бытье (subj: human, abstr, or concr, usu. pi) usu. this WO (to be) not at all alike, complete opposites
    X и Y - это (как) небо и земля = X and Y are like (as different as) heaven and earth
    X and Y are like (as different as) day and night (night and day) there's a world of difference between X and Y.
    «Вот так жизнь и устроена, что рядом с Евгением Николаевичем живёт Петька Ларионов, а они друг дружке как небо и земля» (Распутин 1). "Funny thing: there's Evgeny Nikolaevich living next door to Piotr Larionov, and the two of them as different as heaven and earth" (1a).
    Скажу вам как специалист: на обувной фабрике склад готовой продукции и склад сырья -это небо и земля (Рыбаков 1). I'd like to say something, as an expert. In a shoe factory, the finished goods store and the raw material store are as different as day and night (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > Н-50

  • 2 как небо и земля

    [(как +) NP; these forms only; subj-compl with быть (subj: human, abstr, or concr, usu. pl; usu. this WO]
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    ⇒ (to be) not at all alike, complete opposites:
    - there's a world of difference between X and Y.
         ♦ "Вот так жизнь и устроена, что рядом с Евгением Николаевичем живёт Петька Ларионов, а они друг дружке как небо и земля" (Распутин 1). "Funny thing: there's Evgeny Nikolaevich living next door to Piotr Larionov, and the two of them as different as heaven and earth" (1a).
         ♦ Скажу вам как специалист: на обувной фабрике склад готовой продукции и склад сырья - это небо и земля( Рыбаков 1). I'd like to say something, as an expert. In a shoe factory, the finished goods store and the raw material store are as different as day and night (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > как небо и земля

  • 3 небо и земля

    • (КАК) НЕБО И ЗЕМЛЯ coll
    [(как +) NP; these forms only; subj-compl with быть (subj: human, abstr, or concr, usu. pl; usu. this WO]
    =====
    ⇒ (to be) not at all alike, complete opposites:
    - there's a world of difference between X and Y.
         ♦ "Вот так жизнь и устроена, что рядом с Евгением Николаевичем живёт Петька Ларионов, а они друг дружке как небо и земля" (Распутин 1). "Funny thing: there's Evgeny Nikolaevich living next door to Piotr Larionov, and the two of them as different as heaven and earth" (1a).
         ♦ Скажу вам как специалист: на обувной фабрике склад готовой продукции и склад сырья - это небо и земля( Рыбаков 1). I'd like to say something, as an expert. In a shoe factory, the finished goods store and the raw material store are as different as day and night (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > небо и земля

  • 4 Н-51

    КАК НЁБО ОТ ЗЕМЛИ отличаться coll (как + NP Invar adv fixed WO
    (to differ) very much, sharply
    X отличается от Y-a как небо от земли = X and Y are as different as heaven and earth (as night and day)
    X is the exact (the very) opposite of Y X is poles apart from Y X and Y are poles (worlds) apart.
    "Я не понимаю, отец, как с добрейшей душой, какая у тебя, и таким редким сердцем ты будешь принимать человека, который как небо от земли от тебя, о котором сам знаешь, что он дурён» (Гоголь 3). "I can't understand, father, how a man with a heart of gold like yours, a man as kind as you, can go on receiving a man who's the very opposite of you and who you know yourself is a bad character" (За). "I don't understand, father, that a man with a heart of gold like yours can go on receiving a person who is poles apart from you and whom you yourself know to be a bad character" (3d).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > Н-51

  • 5 как небо от земли

    [ как + NP; Invar; adv; fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ (to differ) very much, sharply:
    - X отличается от Y-а как небо от земли≈ X and Y are as different as heaven and earth (as night and day);
    - X and Y are poles (worlds) apart.
         ♦ "Я не понимаю, отец, как с добрейшей душой, какая у тебя, и таким редким сердцем ты будешь принимать человека, который как небо от земли от тебя, о котором сам знаешь, что он дурён" (Гоголь 3). "I can't understand, father, how a man with a heart of gold like yours, a man as kind as you, can go on receiving a man who's the very opposite of you and who you know yourself is a bad character" (За). "I don't understand, father, that a man with a heart of gold like yours can go on receiving a person who is poles apart from you and whom you yourself know to be a bad character" (3d).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > как небо от земли

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