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1 как бездонная бочка
General subject: like a bottomless pitУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > как бездонная бочка
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2 Б-187
БЕЗДОННАЯ БОЧКА a?// NP; sing only; fixed WO 1. usu. subj-compl with copula, nom or instrum (subjhuman)a person who can drink a lot of alcohol without getting drunkX — бездонная бочка - X drinks like hе's got a hollow leg; X can really hold his liquor.2. subj-compl with copula, nom or instrum (subjusu. a noun denoting an enterprise) or obj sth. that requires perpetual monetary investments (which fail to bring about the desired result)X is like a bottomless pit; X sucks up s.o.'s money; spending money on X is like pouring your money down the drain. -
3 бездонная бочка
• БЕЗДОННАЯ БОЧКА coll[NP; sing only; fixed WO]=====1. [usu. subj-compl with copula, nom or instrum (subj: human)]⇒ a person who can drink a lot of alcohol without getting drunk:- X can really hold his liquor.2. [subj-compl with copula, nom or instrum (subj: usu. a noun denoting an enterprise) or obj]⇒ sth. that requires perpetual monetary investments (which fail to bring about the desired result):- X sucks up s.o.'s money;- spending money on X is like pouring your money down the drain.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > бездонная бочка
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4 П-579
КАК В ПРОРВУ highly coll как + PrepP Invar adv or subj-compl with бытье ( subj: usu. a noun denoting money, efforts etc)) ( usu. in refer, to appreciable amounts of money, energy etc spent on sth.) sth. is completely wasted, has no perceptible resultsitfs money (a lot of effort etc) down the drain (the tubes)(in limited contexts) (ift) like throwing it sth. down a well (into a bottomless pit)."...Им сто твоих зарплат не хватит, дели - не дели, всё равно не насытишь, как в прорву...» (Иоффе 1). "You could pay them a hundred times over, share everything you've got with them, and they'd never be satisfied. It's like throwing it down a well!" (1a). -
5 как в прорву
• КАК В ПРОРВУ highly coll=====⇒ (usu. in refer, to appreciable amounts of money, energy etc spent on sth.) sth. is completely wasted, has no perceptible results:- it's money (a lot of effort etc) down the drain (the tubes);- [in limited contexts](it's) like throwing it (sth.) down a well (into a bottomless pit).♦ "...Им сто твоих зарплат не хватит, дели - не дели, всё равно не насытишь, как в прорву..." (Иоффе 1). "You could pay them a hundred times over, share everything you've got with them, and they'd never be satisfied. It's like throwing it down a well!" (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > как в прорву
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6 LAW
• Every law has a loophole - Закон, что дышло: куда повернешь, туда и вышло (3)• Ignorance of the law excuses no man - Незнание закона не есть оправдание (H)• Ignorance of the law is no excuse - Незнание закона не есть оправдание (H)• Law is a bottomless pit /; keep far from it/ - В суд ногой, в карман рукой (B)• Law is like an axle: you can turn it whichever way you please if you give it plenty of grease (The) - Закон, что дышло: куда повернешь, туда и вышло (3)• Laws are like cobwebs which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through - Что ворам с рук сходит, за то воришек бьют (4)• Laws are made to be broken (evaded) - Закон, что дышло: куда повернешь, туда и вышло (3)• Laws catch flies and (, but) let hornets go free - Что ворам с рук сходит, за то воришек бьют (4)• One law for the rich and another for the poor - Бедному с богатым судиться - лучше в ложке утопиться (Б)• There is one law for the rich and another for the poor - Бедному с богатым судиться - лучше в ложке утопиться (Б)• Will is his law - Хозяин - барин (X)
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