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СТАВИТЬ/ПОСТАВИТЬ ВОПРОС РЕБРОМ VP subj: human usu. this WO to say sth. or ask sth. straightforwardly, in an abrupt mannerX поставил вопрос ребром a X posed the issue (put the question) point-blankX put the question bluntly (squarely).Эта дама... поставила вопрос ребром: или я убираю квартиру, или должен идти домой (Лимонов 1). The lady...posed the issue point-blank: Either I cleaned the apartment or I had to go home (1a).«Не можете ли вы сообщить... откуда вы взяли вдруг столько денег, тогда как из дела оказывается по расчёту времени даже, что вы не заходили домой?» Прокурор немножко поморщился от вопроса, поставленного так ребром, но не прервал Николая Парфёновича (Достоевский 1). "Would you mind informing us...as to where you suddenly got so much money, when it appears from the evidence, even from the simple reckoning of time, that you did not stop at your own lodgings?" The prosecutor winced slightly at the bluntness with which the question had been put, but he did not interrupt Nikolai Parfenovich (1a).Ипполит:) Сегодня, Надя, в последний час старого года, я намерен поставить вопрос ребром. Хватит водить меня за нос! (Надя:) Чем ты недоволен? (Ипполит:) Своим холостым положением. И я предлагаю... (Надя (перебивает):) Сядь! (Брагинский и Рязанов 1). (I.:) Today, Nadya, in the last hour of the old year, I intend to put the question squarely. No more leading me on like this! (N.:) What's wrong? (I.:) My bachelor status. And I propose... (N. (interrupting):) Please, sit down (1a). -
2 поставить вопрос ребром
• СТАВИТЬ/ПОСТАВИТЬ ВОПРОС РЕБРОМ[VP; subj: human; usu. this WO]=====⇒ to say sth. or ask sth. straightforwardly, in an abrupt manner:- X put the question bluntly (squarely).♦ Эта дама... поставила вопрос ребром: или я убираю квартиру, или должен идти домой (Лимонов 1). The lady...posed the issue point-blank: Either I cleaned the apartment or I had to go home (1a).♦ "Не можете ли вы сообщить... откуда вы взяли вдруг столько денег, тогда как из дела оказывается по расчёту времени даже, что вы не заходили домой?" Прокурор немножко поморщился от вопроса, поставленного так ребром, но не прервал Николая Парфёновича (Достоевский 1). "Would you mind informing us...as to where you suddenly got so much money, when it appears from the evidence, even from the simple reckoning of time, that you did not stop at your own lodgings?" The prosecutor winced slightly at the bluntness with which the question had been put, but he did not interrupt Nikolai Parfenovich (1a).♦ [Ипполит:] Сегодня, Надя, в последний час старого года, я намерен поставить вопрос ребром. Хватит водить меня за нос! [Надя:] Чем ты недоволен? [Ипполит:] Своим холостым положением. И я предлагаю... [Надя (перебивает):] Сядь! (Брагинский и Рязанов 1). [I.:] Today, Nadya, in the last hour of the old year, I intend to put the question squarely. No more leading me on like this! [N.:] What's wrong? [I.:] My bachelor status. And I propose... [N. (interrupting):] Please, sit down (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > поставить вопрос ребром
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3 ставить вопрос ребром
• СТАВИТЬ/ПОСТАВИТЬ ВОПРОС РЕБРОМ[VP; subj: human; usu. this WO]=====⇒ to say sth. or ask sth. straightforwardly, in an abrupt manner:- X put the question bluntly (squarely).♦ Эта дама... поставила вопрос ребром: или я убираю квартиру, или должен идти домой (Лимонов 1). The lady...posed the issue point-blank: Either I cleaned the apartment or I had to go home (1a).♦ "Не можете ли вы сообщить... откуда вы взяли вдруг столько денег, тогда как из дела оказывается по расчёту времени даже, что вы не заходили домой?" Прокурор немножко поморщился от вопроса, поставленного так ребром, но не прервал Николая Парфёновича (Достоевский 1). "Would you mind informing us...as to where you suddenly got so much money, when it appears from the evidence, even from the simple reckoning of time, that you did not stop at your own lodgings?" The prosecutor winced slightly at the bluntness with which the question had been put, but he did not interrupt Nikolai Parfenovich (1a).♦ [Ипполит:] Сегодня, Надя, в последний час старого года, я намерен поставить вопрос ребром. Хватит водить меня за нос! [Надя:] Чем ты недоволен? [Ипполит:] Своим холостым положением. И я предлагаю... [Надя (перебивает):] Сядь! (Брагинский и Рязанов 1). [I.:] Today, Nadya, in the last hour of the old year, I intend to put the question squarely. No more leading me on like this! [N.:] What's wrong? [I.:] My bachelor status. And I propose... [N. (interrupting):] Please, sit down (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > ставить вопрос ребром
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