X has been (gone) through fire and water

(of a person who, in the course of a difficult or complex life, has acquired vast life experience

X прошёл огонь и воду (и медные трубы) - X has been (gone) through fire and water

• ПРОЙТИ (СКВОЗЬ <ЧЕРЕЗ, И> ОГОНЬ И ВОДУ < ОГНИ И воды> (И МЕДНЫЕ ТРУБЫ) coll

[VP; subj: human; usu. past; the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WO]

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⇒ (of a person who, in the course of a difficult or complex life, has acquired vast life experience; occas. of a person with a tarnished reputation, undiscriminating sexual experiences etc) to experience, endure much:

- X прошёл огонь и воду( и медные трубы) ≈ X has been (gone) through fire and water;

- X has survived fire and water;

- X has been through the mill (through it all, through hell, through the wringer);

- X has been there and back;

- [in limited contexts] there's nothing X doesn't know.

     ♦ Осталась она [при немцах] потому, что как пострадавшая от Советской власти ждала себе от немцев много хорошего и, пройдя огни и воды и медные трубы... решила, что и здесь не пропадёт (Рыбаков 1). She had stayed behind because she thought that, as someone who had suffered under Soviet rule, she could do well for herself with the Germans, and as she had already survived fire and water...she thought she would survive this, too (1a).

     ♦ Её [Одинцову] не любили в губернии... рассказывали про неё всевозможные небылицы, уверяли, что она помогала отцу в его шулерских проделках... "Прошла через огонь и воду", - говорили о ней (Тургенев 2). She [Madame Odintsov] was not popular in the province:...all sorts of impossible stories were invented about her: it was asserted that she had helped her father in his gambling escapades....'There's nothing she doesn't know," they said of her... (2c).

• ПРОЙТИ (СКВОЗЬ <ЧЕРЕЗ, И> ОГОНЬ И ВОДУ < ОГНИ И воды> (И МЕДНЫЕ ТРУБЫ) coll

[VP; subj: human; usu. past; the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WO]

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⇒ (of a person who, in the course of a difficult or complex life, has acquired vast life experience; occas. of a person with a tarnished reputation, undiscriminating sexual experiences etc) to experience, endure much:

- X прошёл огонь и воду( и медные трубы) ≈ X has been (gone) through fire and water;

- X has survived fire and water;

- X has been through the mill (through it all, through hell, through the wringer);

- X has been there and back;

- [in limited contexts] there's nothing X doesn't know.

     ♦ Осталась она [при немцах] потому, что как пострадавшая от Советской власти ждала себе от немцев много хорошего и, пройдя огни и воды и медные трубы... решила, что и здесь не пропадёт (Рыбаков 1). She had stayed behind because she thought that, as someone who had suffered under Soviet rule, she could do well for herself with the Germans, and as she had already survived fire and water...she thought she would survive this, too (1a).

     ♦ Её [Одинцову] не любили в губернии... рассказывали про неё всевозможные небылицы, уверяли, что она помогала отцу в его шулерских проделках... "Прошла через огонь и воду", - говорили о ней (Тургенев 2). She [Madame Odintsov] was not popular in the province:...all sorts of impossible stories were invented about her: it was asserted that she had helped her father in his gambling escapades....'There's nothing she doesn't know," they said of her... (2c).

• ПРОЙТИ (СКВОЗЬ <ЧЕРЕЗ, И> ОГОНЬ И ВОДУ < ОГНИ И воды> (И МЕДНЫЕ ТРУБЫ) coll

[VP; subj: human; usu. past; the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WO]

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⇒ (of a person who, in the course of a difficult or complex life, has acquired vast life experience; occas. of a person with a tarnished reputation, undiscriminating sexual experiences etc) to experience, endure much:

- X прошёл огонь и воду( и медные трубы) ≈ X has been (gone) through fire and water;

- X has survived fire and water;

- X has been through the mill (through it all, through hell, through the wringer);

- X has been there and back;

- [in limited contexts] there's nothing X doesn't know.

     ♦ Осталась она [при немцах] потому, что как пострадавшая от Советской власти ждала себе от немцев много хорошего и, пройдя огни и воды и медные трубы... решила, что и здесь не пропадёт (Рыбаков 1). She had stayed behind because she thought that, as someone who had suffered under Soviet rule, she could do well for herself with the Germans, and as she had already survived fire and water...she thought she would survive this, too (1a).

     ♦ Её [Одинцову] не любили в губернии... рассказывали про неё всевозможные небылицы, уверяли, что она помогала отцу в его шулерских проделках... "Прошла через огонь и воду", - говорили о ней (Тургенев 2). She [Madame Odintsov] was not popular in the province:...all sorts of impossible stories were invented about her: it was asserted that she had helped her father in his gambling escapades....'There's nothing she doesn't know," they said of her... (2c).

• ПРОЙТИ (СКВОЗЬ <ЧЕРЕЗ, И> ОГОНЬ И ВОДУ < ОГНИ И воды> (И МЕДНЫЕ ТРУБЫ) coll

[VP; subj: human; usu. past; the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WO]

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⇒ (of a person who, in the course of a difficult or complex life, has acquired vast life experience; occas. of a person with a tarnished reputation, undiscriminating sexual experiences etc) to experience, endure much:

- X прошёл огонь и воду( и медные трубы) ≈ X has been (gone) through fire and water;

- X has survived fire and water;

- X has been through the mill (through it all, through hell, through the wringer);

- X has been there and back;

- [in limited contexts] there's nothing X doesn't know.

     ♦ Осталась она [при немцах] потому, что как пострадавшая от Советской власти ждала себе от немцев много хорошего и, пройдя огни и воды и медные трубы... решила, что и здесь не пропадёт (Рыбаков 1). She had stayed behind because she thought that, as someone who had suffered under Soviet rule, she could do well for herself with the Germans, and as she had already survived fire and water...she thought she would survive this, too (1a).

     ♦ Её [Одинцову] не любили в губернии... рассказывали про неё всевозможные небылицы, уверяли, что она помогала отцу в его шулерских проделках... "Прошла через огонь и воду", - говорили о ней (Тургенев 2). She [Madame Odintsov] was not popular in the province:...all sorts of impossible stories were invented about her: it was asserted that she had helped her father in his gambling escapades....'There's nothing she doesn't know," they said of her... (2c).

• ПРОЙТИ (СКВОЗЬ <ЧЕРЕЗ, И> ОГОНЬ И ВОДУ < ОГНИ И воды> (И МЕДНЫЕ ТРУБЫ) coll

[VP; subj: human; usu. past; the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WO]

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⇒ (of a person who, in the course of a difficult or complex life, has acquired vast life experience; occas. of a person with a tarnished reputation, undiscriminating sexual experiences etc) to experience, endure much:

- X прошёл огонь и воду( и медные трубы) ≈ X has been (gone) through fire and water;

- X has survived fire and water;

- X has been through the mill (through it all, through hell, through the wringer);

- X has been there and back;

- [in limited contexts] there's nothing X doesn't know.

     ♦ Осталась она [при немцах] потому, что как пострадавшая от Советской власти ждала себе от немцев много хорошего и, пройдя огни и воды и медные трубы... решила, что и здесь не пропадёт (Рыбаков 1). She had stayed behind because she thought that, as someone who had suffered under Soviet rule, she could do well for herself with the Germans, and as she had already survived fire and water...she thought she would survive this, too (1a).

     ♦ Её [Одинцову] не любили в губернии... рассказывали про неё всевозможные небылицы, уверяли, что она помогала отцу в его шулерских проделках... "Прошла через огонь и воду", - говорили о ней (Тургенев 2). She [Madame Odintsov] was not popular in the province:...all sorts of impossible stories were invented about her: it was asserted that she had helped her father in his gambling escapades....'There's nothing she doesn't know," they said of her... (2c).

• ПРОЙТИ (СКВОЗЬ <ЧЕРЕЗ, И> ОГОНЬ И ВОДУ < ОГНИ И воды> (И МЕДНЫЕ ТРУБЫ) coll

[VP; subj: human; usu. past; the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WO]

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⇒ (of a person who, in the course of a difficult or complex life, has acquired vast life experience; occas. of a person with a tarnished reputation, undiscriminating sexual experiences etc) to experience, endure much:

- X прошёл огонь и воду( и медные трубы) ≈ X has been (gone) through fire and water;

- X has survived fire and water;

- X has been through the mill (through it all, through hell, through the wringer);

- X has been there and back;

- [in limited contexts] there's nothing X doesn't know.

     ♦ Осталась она [при немцах] потому, что как пострадавшая от Советской власти ждала себе от немцев много хорошего и, пройдя огни и воды и медные трубы... решила, что и здесь не пропадёт (Рыбаков 1). She had stayed behind because she thought that, as someone who had suffered under Soviet rule, she could do well for herself with the Germans, and as she had already survived fire and water...she thought she would survive this, too (1a).

     ♦ Её [Одинцову] не любили в губернии... рассказывали про неё всевозможные небылицы, уверяли, что она помогала отцу в его шулерских проделках... "Прошла через огонь и воду", - говорили о ней (Тургенев 2). She [Madame Odintsov] was not popular in the province:...all sorts of impossible stories were invented about her: it was asserted that she had helped her father in his gambling escapades....'There's nothing she doesn't know," they said of her... (2c).

• ПРОЙТИ (СКВОЗЬ <ЧЕРЕЗ, И> ОГОНЬ И ВОДУ < ОГНИ И воды> (И МЕДНЫЕ ТРУБЫ) coll

[VP; subj: human; usu. past; the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WO]

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⇒ (of a person who, in the course of a difficult or complex life, has acquired vast life experience; occas. of a person with a tarnished reputation, undiscriminating sexual experiences etc) to experience, endure much:

- X прошёл огонь и воду( и медные трубы) ≈ X has been (gone) through fire and water;

- X has survived fire and water;

- X has been through the mill (through it all, through hell, through the wringer);

- X has been there and back;

- [in limited contexts] there's nothing X doesn't know.

     ♦ Осталась она [при немцах] потому, что как пострадавшая от Советской власти ждала себе от немцев много хорошего и, пройдя огни и воды и медные трубы... решила, что и здесь не пропадёт (Рыбаков 1). She had stayed behind because she thought that, as someone who had suffered under Soviet rule, she could do well for herself with the Germans, and as she had already survived fire and water...she thought she would survive this, too (1a).

     ♦ Её [Одинцову] не любили в губернии... рассказывали про неё всевозможные небылицы, уверяли, что она помогала отцу в его шулерских проделках... "Прошла через огонь и воду", - говорили о ней (Тургенев 2). She [Madame Odintsov] was not popular in the province:...all sorts of impossible stories were invented about her: it was asserted that she had helped her father in his gambling escapades....'There's nothing she doesn't know," they said of her... (2c).

• ПРОЙТИ (СКВОЗЬ <ЧЕРЕЗ, И> ОГОНЬ И ВОДУ < ОГНИ И воды> (И МЕДНЫЕ ТРУБЫ) coll

[VP; subj: human; usu. past; the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WO]

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⇒ (of a person who, in the course of a difficult or complex life, has acquired vast life experience; occas. of a person with a tarnished reputation, undiscriminating sexual experiences etc) to experience, endure much:

- X прошёл огонь и воду( и медные трубы) ≈ X has been (gone) through fire and water;

- X has survived fire and water;

- X has been through the mill (through it all, through hell, through the wringer);

- X has been there and back;

- [in limited contexts] there's nothing X doesn't know.

     ♦ Осталась она [при немцах] потому, что как пострадавшая от Советской власти ждала себе от немцев много хорошего и, пройдя огни и воды и медные трубы... решила, что и здесь не пропадёт (Рыбаков 1). She had stayed behind because she thought that, as someone who had suffered under Soviet rule, she could do well for herself with the Germans, and as she had already survived fire and water...she thought she would survive this, too (1a).

     ♦ Её [Одинцову] не любили в губернии... рассказывали про неё всевозможные небылицы, уверяли, что она помогала отцу в его шулерских проделках... "Прошла через огонь и воду", - говорили о ней (Тургенев 2). She [Madame Odintsov] was not popular in the province:...all sorts of impossible stories were invented about her: it was asserted that she had helped her father in his gambling escapades....'There's nothing she doesn't know," they said of her... (2c).

• ПРОЙТИ (СКВОЗЬ <ЧЕРЕЗ, И> ОГОНЬ И ВОДУ < ОГНИ И воды> (И МЕДНЫЕ ТРУБЫ) coll

[VP; subj: human; usu. past; the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WO]

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⇒ (of a person who, in the course of a difficult or complex life, has acquired vast life experience; occas. of a person with a tarnished reputation, undiscriminating sexual experiences etc) to experience, endure much:

- X прошёл огонь и воду( и медные трубы) ≈ X has been (gone) through fire and water;

- X has survived fire and water;

- X has been through the mill (through it all, through hell, through the wringer);

- X has been there and back;

- [in limited contexts] there's nothing X doesn't know.

     ♦ Осталась она [при немцах] потому, что как пострадавшая от Советской власти ждала себе от немцев много хорошего и, пройдя огни и воды и медные трубы... решила, что и здесь не пропадёт (Рыбаков 1). She had stayed behind because she thought that, as someone who had suffered under Soviet rule, she could do well for herself with the Germans, and as she had already survived fire and water...she thought she would survive this, too (1a).

     ♦ Её [Одинцову] не любили в губернии... рассказывали про неё всевозможные небылицы, уверяли, что она помогала отцу в его шулерских проделках... "Прошла через огонь и воду", - говорили о ней (Тургенев 2). She [Madame Odintsov] was not popular in the province:...all sorts of impossible stories were invented about her: it was asserted that she had helped her father in his gambling escapades....'There's nothing she doesn't know," they said of her... (2c).

• ПРОЙТИ (СКВОЗЬ <ЧЕРЕЗ, И> ОГОНЬ И ВОДУ < ОГНИ И воды> (И МЕДНЫЕ ТРУБЫ) coll

[VP; subj: human; usu. past; the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WO]

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⇒ (of a person who, in the course of a difficult or complex life, has acquired vast life experience; occas. of a person with a tarnished reputation, undiscriminating sexual experiences etc) to experience, endure much:

- X прошёл огонь и воду( и медные трубы) ≈ X has been (gone) through fire and water;

- X has survived fire and water;

- X has been through the mill (through it all, through hell, through the wringer);

- X has been there and back;

- [in limited contexts] there's nothing X doesn't know.

     ♦ Осталась она [при немцах] потому, что как пострадавшая от Советской власти ждала себе от немцев много хорошего и, пройдя огни и воды и медные трубы... решила, что и здесь не пропадёт (Рыбаков 1). She had stayed behind because she thought that, as someone who had suffered under Soviet rule, she could do well for herself with the Germans, and as she had already survived fire and water...she thought she would survive this, too (1a).

     ♦ Её [Одинцову] не любили в губернии... рассказывали про неё всевозможные небылицы, уверяли, что она помогала отцу в его шулерских проделках... "Прошла через огонь и воду", - говорили о ней (Тургенев 2). She [Madame Odintsov] was not popular in the province:...all sorts of impossible stories were invented about her: it was asserted that she had helped her father in his gambling escapades....'There's nothing she doesn't know," they said of her... (2c).

• ПРОЙТИ (СКВОЗЬ <ЧЕРЕЗ, И> ОГОНЬ И ВОДУ < ОГНИ И воды> (И МЕДНЫЕ ТРУБЫ) coll

[VP; subj: human; usu. past; the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WO]

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⇒ (of a person who, in the course of a difficult or complex life, has acquired vast life experience; occas. of a person with a tarnished reputation, undiscriminating sexual experiences etc) to experience, endure much:

- X прошёл огонь и воду( и медные трубы) ≈ X has been (gone) through fire and water;

- X has survived fire and water;

- X has been through the mill (through it all, through hell, through the wringer);

- X has been there and back;

- [in limited contexts] there's nothing X doesn't know.

     ♦ Осталась она [при немцах] потому, что как пострадавшая от Советской власти ждала себе от немцев много хорошего и, пройдя огни и воды и медные трубы... решила, что и здесь не пропадёт (Рыбаков 1). She had stayed behind because she thought that, as someone who had suffered under Soviet rule, she could do well for herself with the Germans, and as she had already survived fire and water...she thought she would survive this, too (1a).

     ♦ Её [Одинцову] не любили в губернии... рассказывали про неё всевозможные небылицы, уверяли, что она помогала отцу в его шулерских проделках... "Прошла через огонь и воду", - говорили о ней (Тургенев 2). She [Madame Odintsov] was not popular in the province:...all sorts of impossible stories were invented about her: it was asserted that she had helped her father in his gambling escapades....'There's nothing she doesn't know," they said of her... (2c).

• ПРОЙТИ (СКВОЗЬ <ЧЕРЕЗ, И> ОГОНЬ И ВОДУ < ОГНИ И воды> (И МЕДНЫЕ ТРУБЫ) coll

[VP; subj: human; usu. past; the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WO]

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⇒ (of a person who, in the course of a difficult or complex life, has acquired vast life experience; occas. of a person with a tarnished reputation, undiscriminating sexual experiences etc) to experience, endure much:

- X прошёл огонь и воду( и медные трубы) ≈ X has been (gone) through fire and water;

- X has survived fire and water;

- X has been through the mill (through it all, through hell, through the wringer);

- X has been there and back;

- [in limited contexts] there's nothing X doesn't know.

     ♦ Осталась она [при немцах] потому, что как пострадавшая от Советской власти ждала себе от немцев много хорошего и, пройдя огни и воды и медные трубы... решила, что и здесь не пропадёт (Рыбаков 1). She had stayed behind because she thought that, as someone who had suffered under Soviet rule, she could do well for herself with the Germans, and as she had already survived fire and water...she thought she would survive this, too (1a).

     ♦ Её [Одинцову] не любили в губернии... рассказывали про неё всевозможные небылицы, уверяли, что она помогала отцу в его шулерских проделках... "Прошла через огонь и воду", - говорили о ней (Тургенев 2). She [Madame Odintsov] was not popular in the province:...all sorts of impossible stories were invented about her: it was asserted that she had helped her father in his gambling escapades....'There's nothing she doesn't know," they said of her... (2c).

• ПРОЙТИ (СКВОЗЬ <ЧЕРЕЗ, И> ОГОНЬ И ВОДУ < ОГНИ И воды> (И МЕДНЫЕ ТРУБЫ) coll

[VP; subj: human; usu. past; the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WO]

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⇒ (of a person who, in the course of a difficult or complex life, has acquired vast life experience; occas. of a person with a tarnished reputation, undiscriminating sexual experiences etc) to experience, endure much:

- X прошёл огонь и воду( и медные трубы) ≈ X has been (gone) through fire and water;

- X has survived fire and water;

- X has been through the mill (through it all, through hell, through the wringer);

- X has been there and back;

- [in limited contexts] there's nothing X doesn't know.

     ♦ Осталась она [при немцах] потому, что как пострадавшая от Советской власти ждала себе от немцев много хорошего и, пройдя огни и воды и медные трубы... решила, что и здесь не пропадёт (Рыбаков 1). She had stayed behind because she thought that, as someone who had suffered under Soviet rule, she could do well for herself with the Germans, and as she had already survived fire and water...she thought she would survive this, too (1a).

     ♦ Её [Одинцову] не любили в губернии... рассказывали про неё всевозможные небылицы, уверяли, что она помогала отцу в его шулерских проделках... "Прошла через огонь и воду", - говорили о ней (Тургенев 2). She [Madame Odintsov] was not popular in the province:...all sorts of impossible stories were invented about her: it was asserted that she had helped her father in his gambling escapades....'There's nothing she doesn't know," they said of her... (2c).

• ПРОЙТИ (СКВОЗЬ <ЧЕРЕЗ, И> ОГОНЬ И ВОДУ < ОГНИ И воды> (И МЕДНЫЕ ТРУБЫ) coll

[VP; subj: human; usu. past; the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WO]

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⇒ (of a person who, in the course of a difficult or complex life, has acquired vast life experience; occas. of a person with a tarnished reputation, undiscriminating sexual experiences etc) to experience, endure much:

- X прошёл огонь и воду( и медные трубы) ≈ X has been (gone) through fire and water;

- X has survived fire and water;

- X has been through the mill (through it all, through hell, through the wringer);

- X has been there and back;

- [in limited contexts] there's nothing X doesn't know.

     ♦ Осталась она [при немцах] потому, что как пострадавшая от Советской власти ждала себе от немцев много хорошего и, пройдя огни и воды и медные трубы... решила, что и здесь не пропадёт (Рыбаков 1). She had stayed behind because she thought that, as someone who had suffered under Soviet rule, she could do well for herself with the Germans, and as she had already survived fire and water...she thought she would survive this, too (1a).

     ♦ Её [Одинцову] не любили в губернии... рассказывали про неё всевозможные небылицы, уверяли, что она помогала отцу в его шулерских проделках... "Прошла через огонь и воду", - говорили о ней (Тургенев 2). She [Madame Odintsov] was not popular in the province:...all sorts of impossible stories were invented about her: it was asserted that she had helped her father in his gambling escapades....'There's nothing she doesn't know," they said of her... (2c).

• ПРОЙТИ (СКВОЗЬ <ЧЕРЕЗ, И> ОГОНЬ И ВОДУ < ОГНИ И воды> (И МЕДНЫЕ ТРУБЫ) coll

[VP; subj: human; usu. past; the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WO]

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⇒ (of a person who, in the course of a difficult or complex life, has acquired vast life experience; occas. of a person with a tarnished reputation, undiscriminating sexual experiences etc) to experience, endure much:

- X прошёл огонь и воду( и медные трубы) ≈ X has been (gone) through fire and water;

- X has survived fire and water;

- X has been through the mill (through it all, through hell, through the wringer);

- X has been there and back;

- [in limited contexts] there's nothing X doesn't know.

     ♦ Осталась она [при немцах] потому, что как пострадавшая от Советской власти ждала себе от немцев много хорошего и, пройдя огни и воды и медные трубы... решила, что и здесь не пропадёт (Рыбаков 1). She had stayed behind because she thought that, as someone who had suffered under Soviet rule, she could do well for herself with the Germans, and as she had already survived fire and water...she thought she would survive this, too (1a).

     ♦ Её [Одинцову] не любили в губернии... рассказывали про неё всевозможные небылицы, уверяли, что она помогала отцу в его шулерских проделках... "Прошла через огонь и воду", - говорили о ней (Тургенев 2). She [Madame Odintsov] was not popular in the province:...all sorts of impossible stories were invented about her: it was asserted that she had helped her father in his gambling escapades....'There's nothing she doesn't know," they said of her... (2c).

• ПРОЙТИ (СКВОЗЬ <ЧЕРЕЗ, И> ОГОНЬ И ВОДУ < ОГНИ И воды> (И МЕДНЫЕ ТРУБЫ) coll

[VP; subj: human; usu. past; the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WO]

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⇒ (of a person who, in the course of a difficult or complex life, has acquired vast life experience; occas. of a person with a tarnished reputation, undiscriminating sexual experiences etc) to experience, endure much:

- X прошёл огонь и воду( и медные трубы) ≈ X has been (gone) through fire and water;

- X has survived fire and water;

- X has been through the mill (through it all, through hell, through the wringer);

- X has been there and back;

- [in limited contexts] there's nothing X doesn't know.

     ♦ Осталась она [при немцах] потому, что как пострадавшая от Советской власти ждала себе от немцев много хорошего и, пройдя огни и воды и медные трубы... решила, что и здесь не пропадёт (Рыбаков 1). She had stayed behind because she thought that, as someone who had suffered under Soviet rule, she could do well for herself with the Germans, and as she had already survived fire and water...she thought she would survive this, too (1a).

     ♦ Её [Одинцову] не любили в губернии... рассказывали про неё всевозможные небылицы, уверяли, что она помогала отцу в его шулерских проделках... "Прошла через огонь и воду", - говорили о ней (Тургенев 2). She [Madame Odintsov] was not popular in the province:...all sorts of impossible stories were invented about her: it was asserted that she had helped her father in his gambling escapades....'There's nothing she doesn't know," they said of her... (2c).

• ПРОЙТИ (СКВОЗЬ <ЧЕРЕЗ, И> ОГОНЬ И ВОДУ < ОГНИ И воды> (И МЕДНЫЕ ТРУБЫ) coll

[VP; subj: human; usu. past; the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WO]

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⇒ (of a person who, in the course of a difficult or complex life, has acquired vast life experience; occas. of a person with a tarnished reputation, undiscriminating sexual experiences etc) to experience, endure much:

- X прошёл огонь и воду( и медные трубы) ≈ X has been (gone) through fire and water;

- X has survived fire and water;

- X has been through the mill (through it all, through hell, through the wringer);

- X has been there and back;

- [in limited contexts] there's nothing X doesn't know.

     ♦ Осталась она [при немцах] потому, что как пострадавшая от Советской власти ждала себе от немцев много хорошего и, пройдя огни и воды и медные трубы... решила, что и здесь не пропадёт (Рыбаков 1). She had stayed behind because she thought that, as someone who had suffered under Soviet rule, she could do well for herself with the Germans, and as she had already survived fire and water...she thought she would survive this, too (1a).

     ♦ Её [Одинцову] не любили в губернии... рассказывали про неё всевозможные небылицы, уверяли, что она помогала отцу в его шулерских проделках... "Прошла через огонь и воду", - говорили о ней (Тургенев 2). She [Madame Odintsov] was not popular in the province:...all sorts of impossible stories were invented about her: it was asserted that she had helped her father in his gambling escapades....'There's nothing she doesn't know," they said of her... (2c).

• ПРОЙТИ (СКВОЗЬ <ЧЕРЕЗ, И> ОГОНЬ И ВОДУ < ОГНИ И воды> (И МЕДНЫЕ ТРУБЫ) coll

[VP; subj: human; usu. past; the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WO]

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⇒ (of a person who, in the course of a difficult or complex life, has acquired vast life experience; occas. of a person with a tarnished reputation, undiscriminating sexual experiences etc) to experience, endure much:

- X прошёл огонь и воду( и медные трубы) ≈ X has been (gone) through fire and water;

- X has survived fire and water;

- X has been through the mill (through it all, through hell, through the wringer);

- X has been there and back;

- [in limited contexts] there's nothing X doesn't know.

     ♦ Осталась она [при немцах] потому, что как пострадавшая от Советской власти ждала себе от немцев много хорошего и, пройдя огни и воды и медные трубы... решила, что и здесь не пропадёт (Рыбаков 1). She had stayed behind because she thought that, as someone who had suffered under Soviet rule, she could do well for herself with the Germans, and as she had already survived fire and water...she thought she would survive this, too (1a).

     ♦ Её [Одинцову] не любили в губернии... рассказывали про неё всевозможные небылицы, уверяли, что она помогала отцу в его шулерских проделках... "Прошла через огонь и воду", - говорили о ней (Тургенев 2). She [Madame Odintsov] was not popular in the province:...all sorts of impossible stories were invented about her: it was asserted that she had helped her father in his gambling escapades....'There's nothing she doesn't know," they said of her... (2c).

1) (to walk, travel, move etc: He is going across the field; Go straight ahead; When did he go out?) ir

2) (to be sent, passed on etc: Complaints have to go through the proper channels.) passar

3) (to be given, sold etc: The prize goes to John Smith; The table went for $100.) ir

4) (to lead to: Where does this road go?) ir

5) (to visit, to attend: He goes to school every day; I decided not to go to the movie.) ir

6) (to be destroyed etc: This wall will have to go.) ser liquidado

7) (to proceed, be done: The meeting went very well.) decorrer

8) (to move away: I think it is time you were going.) ir embora

9) (to disappear: My purse has gone!) sumir

10) (to do (some action or activity): I'm going for a walk; I'm going hiking next week-end.) ir (fazer)

11) (to fail etc: I think the clutch on this car has gone.) ir-se abaixo

12) (to be working etc: I don't think that clock is going.) funcionar

13) (to become: These apples have gone bad.) ficar

14) (to be: Many people in the world regularly go hungry.) estar

15) (to be put: Spoons go in that drawer.) guardar-se

16) (to pass: Time goes quickly when you are enjoying yourself.) passar

17) (to be used: All her pocket-money goes on sweets.) gastar-se

18) (to be acceptable etc: Anything goes in this office.) valer

19) (to make a particular noise: Dogs go woof, not miaow.) fazer

20) (to have a particular tune etc: How does that song go?) ser

21) (to become successful etc: She always makes a party go.) correr bem

1) (an attempt: I'm not sure how to do it, but I'll have a go.) tentativa

2) (energy: She's full of go.) genica

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- going

1) (successful: That shop is still a going concern.) bem sucedido

2) (in existence at present: the going rate for typing manuscripts.) actual

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- go-ahead

- go-getter

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[gou] n 1 ação de andar, andar. 2 espírito, impulso, energia, animação. 3 estado das coisas, modo, estilo. 4 autorização para prosseguir. 5 vez (de jogar), tentativa. 6 remessa. 7 ocorrência. 8 sucesso. • vt+vi (ps went, pp gone) 1 ir, seguir, prosseguir, andar. 2 sair, partir, deixar, ir embora. 3 estar em movimento, andar, trabalhar (máquinas), soar. 4 ficar, tornar-se, vir a ser. 5 estar, ser. 6 começar, empreender. 7 proceder, avançar. 8 correr, vagar, estar em uso corrente. 9 meter-se, intrometer-se. 10 estender-se, alcançar. 11 passar. 12 ser vendido, ser entregue. 13 tender, levar, conduzir. 14 resultar, redundar. 15 pertencer, caber. 16 combinar, harmonizar. 17 explodir, estourar. 18 deixar de existir, perder, gastar. 19 morrer. 20 afrouxar. a fair go uma chance. all the go na moda. a near go um escape por um triz. anything goes Amer vale tudo. as men go como costuma acontecer com os homens. at one go de uma só vez, simultaneamente. be gone! afaste-se!, saia! dead and gone morto e passado. do you go with me? você me compreende?, você concorda comigo? from the word go desde o começo. go along with you! sem essa!, não acredito em você! going, going, gone! Auction primeiro, segundo, terceiro! go to it! coll vamos a isso! have a go at it! faça uma tentativa! he goes by the name of X ele é conhecido sob o nome X. here’s a go! agora avante! is it a go? combinado? it is all (quite) the go está bem em moda. it is no go coll não vai, não adianta. (it’s) no go nada feito. it was touch and go estava por um fio de cabelo, por um triz. let go! largue! let me go! solte-me! on the go em movimento, em atividade. pop went the bottle a garrafa estourou. that goes for you too isto também se aplica a você. that goes to show Amer isto demonstra. there is no go in the show coll o negócio não anda. there it goes again vai começar tudo de novo. to give it a go tentar. to go about 1 passar de um lugar para outro. 2 estar ocupado com. 3 procurar. 4 circular. to go about one’s business 1 prestar atenção com as suas coisas, seu negócio. 2 partir, deixar. to go abroad viajar para o exterior. to go against ir contra. to go ahead continuar, começar imediatamente. to go along with concordar com, apoiar. to go aside 1 errar. 2 retirar-se. to go astray perder-se, perder o caminho. to go at atacar. to go away partir. to go back voltar. to go back on trair, não cumprir uma promessa. to go bail fiar, afiançar. to go down 1 afundar. 2 deteriorar. 3 ser aceito, acreditado. 4 Comp quebrar. 5 sair da universidade. 6 sl acontecer. 7 ir para a cadeia. to go down on vulg fazer sexo oral com. to go down the drain 1 desperdiçar, não ser aproveitado. 2 perder o valor. to go down with pegar uma doença. to go Dutch repartir proporcionalmente uma conta ou despesa, Braz coll rachar uma conta. to go far ir longe, ter sucesso. to go for 1 atacar. 2 ir atrás. 3 tentar. 4 ser atraído por. 5 buscar, procurar. to go for broke arriscar tudo para vencer, dar o máximo de si. to go for nothing não ter valor. to go halves dividir igualmente uma conta, despesa. to go hang ser esquecido, negligenciado. to go hard with passar por dificuldades, custar caro a, ser difícil para. to go in entrar. to go in and out entrar e sair livremente. to go in for 1 praticar. 2 ter como profissão ou hobby. he goes in for sailing / ele gosta de velejar. he decided to go in for law / ele decidiu estudar (seguir a carreira de) direito. 3 participar de uma competição, prestar um exame. to go into 1 entrar. he went into convulsions / ele entrou em convulsões. he went into business / ele entrou nos negócios. 2 investigar. 3 ter, adotar como profissão. to go in unto Bib ter relações sexuais com. to go in with entrar em uma sociedade com, ajuntar-se com. to go it alone fazer algo sozinho, virar-se sozinho. to go live Radio, TV estar ao vivo. to go native adaptar-se a uma cultura estrangeira. to go off 1 deixar, partir. the train went off / o trem partiu. 2 disparar, explodir. the gun went off / a arma disparou. 3 piorar, deteriorar. the cinema has gone off / o cinema piorou. 4 estragar (comida). 5 chegar a uma conclusão esperada. 6 deixar de gostar de uma pessoa. 7 sl experimentar orgasmo. to go off with 1 largar um relacionamento para se relacionar com uma outra pessoa. 2 levar, pegar, carregar. to go on 1 continuar. you can’t go on the way you’ve been / você não pode continuar desta maneira. 2 comportar-se. 3 falar muito. he went on about it for half an hour / ele falou sobre isso durante meia hora. 4 existir, durar. 5 adequar-se. 6 começar. 7 aparecer no palco. 8 acontecer. to go on a journey sair em viagem. to go one better than exceder, sobrepujar. to go one’s own way agir, fazer independentemente. to go one’s way partir. to go on horseback andar a cavalo. to go on strike entrar em greve. to go on well with dar-se muito bem com. to go out 1 tornar-se extinto, extinguir. the fire went out / o fogo apagou-se. 2 partir, sair. 3 sair de moda. to go out of business deixar, desistir de um negócio, fechar as portas. to go out of fashion sair da moda. to go out of print estar esgotado (livros). to go over 1 revisar, rever, examinar. 2 relembrar. 3 ficar perto de. 4 visitar. 5 repetir. to go over to 1 mudar de opinião ou de partido. 2 TV mudar o lugar da transmissão. to go places 1 viajar muito. 2 prosperar, progredir, fazer sucesso. to go round ter suficiente. to go shares dividir. to go sick ficar doente. to go slow trabalhar, produzir menos (para obter algo dos empresários). to go stag sair desacompanhado. to go steady namorar firme. to go through 1 passar por. 2 gastar tudo. 3 Jur ir, ser aceito. 4 praticar, ensaiar. 5 olhar cuidadosamente. 6 ler do começo ao fim. to go through fire and water passar por todas as situações. to go together harmonizar, condizer. to go to pieces ficar em pedaços. the doll has gone to pieces / a boneca ficou em pedaços. to go under 1 falhar. 2 afundar, submergir. to go up 1 subir, ascender, aumentar. 2 ser destruído por fogo ou explosão. 3 aumentar preços. 4 entrar em uma universidade. to go with acompanhar, concordar, combinar. to go without passar sem. that goes without saying / é evidente, não precisa dizer. to go wrong dar errado, falhar, fracassar. to have a go tentar. to have a go at 1 criticar. 2 atacar fisicamente. 3 amolar, irritar alguém. what goes with it? o que é que acompanha isto? who goes? de quem é a vez? who goes there? quem está aí? years gone by anos passados.